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Editorial: Setting the scene: The HSBC banking scandal (2015)
Journal Article
Young, M. A. (2015). Editorial: Setting the scene: The HSBC banking scandal. Company Lawyer, 36(8), 229-230

At the beginning of February 2015, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp—or HSBC, as it is more widely known—was exposed by an international collaboration of news outlets and investigative journalists as a bank which assists transnational organised... Read More about Editorial: Setting the scene: The HSBC banking scandal.

Children's social care: An evaluation of two pre-proceedings protocols (2015)
Journal Article
Whewell, E., Heenan, S., Chudry, F., Owen, R., & Percy-Smith, B. (2015). Children's social care: An evaluation of two pre-proceedings protocols. Family Law -Bristol-, 45(7), 751-760

In April 2013, a team of researchers at the University of the West of England, Bristol was asked to monitor a pre-proceedings protocol that was about to be introduced in the field of Children’s Social Care by the Designated Family Judge for Bristol.... Read More about Children's social care: An evaluation of two pre-proceedings protocols.

Thought, Law, Rights and Action in the Age of Environmental Crisis (2015)
Book
Grear, A., & Grant, E. (2015). Thought, Law, Rights and Action in the Age of Environmental Crisis. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

This timely book combines theoretical reflections, doctrinal analyses and insights drawn from rights-based praxis to offer thoughtful and at times provocative engagements with the limitations of law as it faces the complexities of contemporary socio-... Read More about Thought, Law, Rights and Action in the Age of Environmental Crisis.

The ratione temporis elements of self-defence (2015)
Journal Article
Green, J. A. (2015). The ratione temporis elements of self-defence. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 2(1), 97-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2015.1043097

This article focuses on one particular factor that is of crucial importance to all self-defence actions. It is a factor that is almost always present in the application and appraisal of the right, but one that is not always explicitly engaged with: t... Read More about The ratione temporis elements of self-defence.

5 years on from the EA10 - Should the armed forces remain a special case? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, R. (2015, June). 5 years on from the EA10 - Should the armed forces remain a special case?. Paper presented at The Equality Act 2010: Five years on, University of Chester

The Equality Act 2010 amalgamated and enhanced previous anti-discrimination laws with s 4 providing a list of protected characteristics for which direct (s 13) and indirect (s 19) discrimination was outlawed, along with harassment (s 26) and victimis... Read More about 5 years on from the EA10 - Should the armed forces remain a special case?.

The Financial War on Terror: A Review of Counter-Terrorist Financing Strategies since 2001 (2015)
Book
Ryder, N. (2015). The Financial War on Terror: A Review of Counter-Terrorist Financing Strategies since 2001. UK: Routledge

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists committed the largest and deadliest terrorist attack in the United States of America. The response from the inter-national community, and in particular the US, was swift. President George Bush declared what has co... Read More about The Financial War on Terror: A Review of Counter-Terrorist Financing Strategies since 2001.

Contemporary problems with the GATS and internet gambling (2015)
Journal Article
Turksen, U., & Holder, R. (2015). Contemporary problems with the GATS and internet gambling. Journal of World Trade, 49(3), 457-493

This article focuses on the issue of enforcement of the WTO rules on international cross-border trade in services. It is argued that the examination of the GATS jurisprudence and state practice reveal that the GATS does not address the needs of the d... Read More about Contemporary problems with the GATS and internet gambling.

Exhaustion-harmonization by case law or the clarification of a long standing principle (2015)
Journal Article
Gillen, M. C. (2015). Exhaustion-harmonization by case law or the clarification of a long standing principle. Journal of Internet Law, 18(11), 1-29

The article discusses the cases related to software companies UsedSoft and PC Box, and appellant Anders Grund regarding the ability of copyright holders in constraining the use of their work in the software field. It mentioned the concern of the Cour... Read More about Exhaustion-harmonization by case law or the clarification of a long standing principle.

Truth, orthodoxy and false rape allegations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Rumney, P. (2015, April). Truth, orthodoxy and false rape allegations. Paper presented at Rape: Challenging the Orthodoxy, University of Nottingham School of Law, Nottingham, UK

The phenomenon of false rape allegations is the subject of widespread controversy. It is an area littered with misunderstanding, myths and stereotypes. This paper will argue that two broad approaches have emerged in response to the subject. The first... Read More about Truth, orthodoxy and false rape allegations.

Are virtual currencies actually currencies? If not, what are they? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Hillman, H. (2015, March). Are virtual currencies actually currencies? If not, what are they?. Presented at Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference 2015, Warwick, England

To some extent the publicity around virtual currencies has subsided in recent months; Bitcoin is no longer worth over $1,000 per coin, in fact at the time or writing nearly 5 Bitcoins could be bought for $1,000, and it is not appearing in newspapers... Read More about Are virtual currencies actually currencies? If not, what are they?.

Violence against Women in armed conflict: An overview (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Quenivet, N. (2015, March). Violence against Women in armed conflict: An overview. Presented at Violence against Women in Armed Conflict, Cardiff, Wales

This paper provides a historical overview of the development of the legal framework relating to the protection of women in armed conflict. After explaining why for centuries the plight of women in armed conflict was invisible in international law the... Read More about Violence against Women in armed conflict: An overview.

Military targeting in the context of self-defence actions (2015)
Journal Article
Green, J. A., & Waters, C. P. (2015). Military targeting in the context of self-defence actions. Nordic Journal of International Law, 84(1), 3-28. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718107-08401002

For self-defence actions to be lawful, they must be directed at military targets. The absolute prohibition on non-military targeting under the jus in bello is well known, but the jus ad bellum also limits the target selection of states conducting def... Read More about Military targeting in the context of self-defence actions.

Modern nuisance law from a historical perspective (2015)
Thesis
Palmer, R. C. Modern nuisance law from a historical perspective. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/838521

This thesis discusses issues affecting contemporary nuisance law from an historical standpoint. It is recognised that there is a considerable volume of literature relating to the nineteenth century antecedents of the law today. Yet nuisance is a most... Read More about Modern nuisance law from a historical perspective.