Reflection gives students credit where it’s due
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Questioning the peremptory status of the prohibition of the use of force (2011)
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Half the bank, half the risk part 1: The United States (2011)
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This two-part article assesses the 2007/08 financial crisis: explaining how a speculative bubble began, grew and eventually burst; comparing it to the Great Crash of 1929; and assessing the possibility and practicality of a split between commercial a... Read More about Half the bank, half the risk part 1: The United States.
Medal, models and moguls - The fashion news roundup (2011)
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In this special report, the VineOracle (IPStell's personal pundit on all things IP) brings news (and her own brand of predictions) for the aesthetically minded visitor. And it's a star-studded cast of high-flyers (and fast swimmers) from Paris and Ne... Read More about Medal, models and moguls - The fashion news roundup.
Judicial training and rape (2011)
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Girl soldiers and participation in hostilities (2011)
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Recently, organisations working with former child soldiers have observed the growing number of girls involved in armed conflicts. While their fate as sexual slaves is well documented, their participation in hostilities is less acknowledged. Girls, li... Read More about Girl soldiers and participation in hostilities.
How virtual are virtual economies? An exploration into the legal, social and economic nature of virtual world economies (2011)
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Virtual world economies are undoubtedly increasing in growth, participation and importance. Their macroeconomic impact has already been seen as important in the real world economies; however its governance and jurisdiction is unclear. This paper will... Read More about How virtual are virtual economies? An exploration into the legal, social and economic nature of virtual world economies.
This article critically examines the UK's legislative measures to tackle online fraud in light of the recommendations of the Fraud Review and the enactment of the UK Fraud Act (2006). In particular, the article highlights the threat posed by internet... Read More about 'Tis the season to (be jolly?) wise-up to online fraudsters. Criminals on the Web lurking to scam shoppers this Christmas: A critical analysis of the United Kingdom's legislative provisions and policies to tackle online fraud.
The vulnerable living order: Human rights and the environment in a critical and philosophical perspective (2011)
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One of the problems encountered in bringing the discourses of human rights and environment together concerns the philosophical foundations lying beneath certain closures of liberal (legal) theory. Linking a destructive mind/body split to the destruc... Read More about The vulnerable living order: Human rights and the environment in a critical and philosophical perspective.
The reforms: a political safe haven or political suicide – is the Labour bubble bursting? (2011)
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© 2011, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the political influence on the reforms proffered for the banking sector. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is divided into three main parts. First, th... Read More about The reforms: a political safe haven or political suicide – is the Labour bubble bursting?.
Cancun and the new voluntarism in international climate change law and policy (2011)
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An editorial critically reflecting on the Cancun Conference of Parties to the Framework Climate Change Convention
The banks: Rising from the ashes or still smouldering? (2011)
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The paper examines the banking system over the last two years, since the first signs of the economic crisis became apparent with the collapse of Northern Rock. The paper will be in four main parts. Part one will consider briefly the economic crisis b... Read More about The banks: Rising from the ashes or still smouldering?.
Reflections on biodiversity and food supply: From the nano to the macropolitical (2011)
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This critical editorial draws out the implicit politics surrounding the subject of biodiversity and food supply.
US climate nuisance action halted by Supreme Court (2011)
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Discussion of Connecticut ruling, 2011, with comparison drawn with English common law.
The financial services authority and the bribery act (2011)
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The economic crime agency (2011)
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“Mind the Gap”: One dilemma concerning the expansion of legal subjectivity in the age of globalisation’ (2011)
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Addressing the important idea of the legal subjectivity of a range of putative new rights-claimants,the author argues that globalisation needs to form the matrix within which debates concerning the rights of various new kinds of claimant is located,... Read More about “Mind the Gap”: One dilemma concerning the expansion of legal subjectivity in the age of globalisation’.
Evolving to perfection? Enforcement of international arbitral awards in Vietnam (2010)
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Following ‘Doi-moi’, accession to the WTO and liberalisation of foreign investment, the volume of trade and commercial transactions in Vietnam have increased. Arbitration, being the preferred method for dispute resolution in international commercial... Read More about Evolving to perfection? Enforcement of international arbitral awards in Vietnam.
Rape, attitudes, and law enforcement in south Africa (2010)
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This article examines the nature of social attitudes toward adult rape in South Africa and the ways in which they may influence the response of criminal justice professionals to cases of rape. This article draws on a small study of law students who c... Read More about Rape, attitudes, and law enforcement in south Africa.