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Treading a tightrope: Professional perspectives on balancing the rights of patient's and relative's under the Mental Health Act in England (2019)
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Dixon, J., Stone, K., Wilkinson-Tough, M., & Laing, J. (2020). Treading a tightrope: Professional perspectives on balancing the rights of patient's and relative's under the Mental Health Act in England. Health and Social Care in the Community, 28(1), 300-308. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12864

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Involuntary detention is used internationally to detain and treat people who are deemed to have a mental disorder. In England and Wales, approved mental health professionals (AMHPs) co-ordinate Mental Health Act assessm... Read More about Treading a tightrope: Professional perspectives on balancing the rights of patient's and relative's under the Mental Health Act in England.

The adversarial defence lawyer: Myths, disclosure and efficiency—A contemporary analysis of the role in the era of the Criminal Procedure Rules (2019)
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Johnston, E. (2020). The adversarial defence lawyer: Myths, disclosure and efficiency—A contemporary analysis of the role in the era of the Criminal Procedure Rules. International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 24(1), 35-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1365712719867972

© The Author(s) 2019. This article contends that piecemeal changes to the adversarial process since the dawn of the new millennium have transformed the CJS. The advent of (near) compulsory disclosure means the defendant has to reveal many elements of... Read More about The adversarial defence lawyer: Myths, disclosure and efficiency—A contemporary analysis of the role in the era of the Criminal Procedure Rules.

Mbube in the age of social media (2019)
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Jooste, C. (2019). Mbube in the age of social media. IP Briefs, 3(6), 9-11

Walt Disney’s 2019 remastering of The Lion King as an entirely computer generated, or so-called live-action, film, broke several records to beat the previous box office figures held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Disney’s own Froz... Read More about Mbube in the age of social media.

Re-visiting rules and norms (2019)
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Fleetwood, S. (2021). Re-visiting rules and norms. Review of Social Economy, 79(4), 607-635. https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2019.1623909

Rules (i.e. formal rules) are injunctions, constituted by social phenomena. They are learned, mutually understood, located in artefacts and govern agents’ actions. When rules are broken, formal sanctions occur. They are cognised and followed consciou... Read More about Re-visiting rules and norms.

A competition law first (2019)
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Johnson, D. (2019). A competition law first. New Law Journal, 7848,

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published the full text of its first competition law decision in May 2019. The decision related to three asset management firms whose employees operated a cartel sharing price sensitive information during an init... Read More about A competition law first.

A police specialist rape investigation unit: a comparative analysis of performance and victim care (2019)
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Rumney, P. N., McPhee, D., Fenton, R. A., & Williams, A. (2020). A police specialist rape investigation unit: a comparative analysis of performance and victim care. Policing and Society, 30(5), 548-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2019.1566329

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article examines quantitative and qualitative data in an analysis of the workings of a specialist rape investigation unit and compares its performance with a non-specialist... Read More about A police specialist rape investigation unit: a comparative analysis of performance and victim care.

The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces? (2019)
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Quénivet, N. (2019). The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces?. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 37(2), 119-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/0924051919844374

© The Author(s) 2019. The growing number of military operations conducted by States Party to the European Convention on Human Rights abroad has led to a concomitant surge in court cases, notably relating to the duty to investigate an attack resulting... Read More about The obligation to investigate after a potential breach of article 2 ECHR in an extra-territorial context: Mission impossible for the armed forces?.

Like dust before the wind, or, the winds of change? The influence of international criminal tribunals on narratives and media frames (2019)
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Bachmann, K., Kemp, G., Ristić, I., Trbovc, J. M., Ljubojević, A., Nȩdzi-Marek, A., …Krasniqi, V. (2019). Like dust before the wind, or, the winds of change? The influence of international criminal tribunals on narratives and media frames. International Journal of Transitional Justice, 13(2), 368-386. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijz005

When created, international criminal tribunals (ICTs) were not only expected to do justice but also to provide stabilization to postconflict regions, contribute to reconciliation and curb the potential denial of atrocities. Based on media content ana... Read More about Like dust before the wind, or, the winds of change? The influence of international criminal tribunals on narratives and media frames.

Personhood, jurisdiction and injustice: Law, colonialities and the global order (2019)
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Blanco, E., & Grear, A. (2019). Personhood, jurisdiction and injustice: Law, colonialities and the global order. Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 10(1), 86-117. https://doi.org/10.4337/jhre.2019.01.05

Set against the colonial and neo-colonial unevenness of the globalized neoliberal order, this article offers a critical reading of legal personhood and jurisdiction as mechanisms of privilege and predation. Transnational corporations (TNCs) are, we s... Read More about Personhood, jurisdiction and injustice: Law, colonialities and the global order.

Organised crime and security threats in Caribbean Small Island Developing States: A Critical analysis of US assumptions and policies (2019)
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Young, M., & Woodiwiss, M. (2019). Organised crime and security threats in Caribbean Small Island Developing States: A Critical analysis of US assumptions and policies. European Review of Organised Crime, 5(1), 85-117

The prevailing attitude of international legal institutions is that drug trafficking remains a dominant organised crime, which presents a major security threat to all nations, including the US. While US assumptions and policies on organised crime and... Read More about Organised crime and security threats in Caribbean Small Island Developing States: A Critical analysis of US assumptions and policies.

For better or worse - The demise of the high-cost short-term credit market and consumer protection (2019)
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Jasinski, D. (2019). For better or worse - The demise of the high-cost short-term credit market and consumer protection. Financial Regulation International, 22(9), 15-16

Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold (2019)
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Dadomo, C. (2019). Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold. International Comparative Jurisprudence, 5(2), 108-118. https://doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2019.12.001

European regional integration seemed to be unstoppable and unbreakable despite the many political and economic crises it navigated since the 70s, and more recently in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Yet, for the first time in its history,... Read More about Brexit: Chronicle of a crisis foretold.

Contextualising international law in North East Asia - Asif H Qureshi (2018) Book Review (2018)
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Blanco, E. (in press). Contextualising international law in North East Asia - Asif H Qureshi (2018) Book Review

Professor Qureshi’s volume offers a new, welcome, and original insight into the international legal relationships between China, Japan and Korea (the three countries constituting North East Asia ¬-NEA) and the framework of international law where th... Read More about Contextualising international law in North East Asia - Asif H Qureshi (2018) Book Review.

The persistent objector rule in the work of the International Law Commission on the Identification of Customary International Law (2018)
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Green, J. A. (2018). The persistent objector rule in the work of the International Law Commission on the Identification of Customary International Law. Italian Yearbook of International Law Online, 27(1), 175–188. https://doi.org/10.1163/22116133-02701011

Dissenting state immunity - ICJ'S tryst with the 'sovereign immunity' myth (2018)
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Babu, P. (2018). Dissenting state immunity - ICJ'S tryst with the 'sovereign immunity' myth. Zanzibar Yearbook of Law, 8, 27-62

The concept of state immunity has been through a severe process of development in the recent past. State immunity initially accorded to the states in recognition of their sovereign character, and the concept later underwent a series of fine-tuning to... Read More about Dissenting state immunity - ICJ'S tryst with the 'sovereign immunity' myth.

The plagiarist on trial (2018)
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Jooste, C. (2018). The plagiarist on trial. Without Prejudice, 18(9),

It is true that plagiarism is not a legal concept in the strict sense. It is not defined by any statute or specifically regulated by the common law. Neither industry-specific codes nor policy amount to law, regardless of their consequences. However,... Read More about The plagiarist on trial.

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutional status and force of the principle of fraternity (2018)
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Dadomo, C. “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutional status and force of the principle of fraternity

In its Decision n° 2018-717/718 QPC of 06 juillet 2018 - M. Cédric H. et autre [Délit d'aide à l'entrée, à la circulation ou au séjour irréguliers d'un étranger (Criminal offence of providing assistance to a foreigner entering, moving and residing il... Read More about “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The French Constitutional Court confirms the constitutional status and force of the principle of fraternity.

Regaining digital privacy? The new "right to be forgotten" and online expression (2018)
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Brimblecombe, F., & Phillipson, G. (2018). Regaining digital privacy? The new "right to be forgotten" and online expression. Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law, 4, 1-66

This article considers how the newly-formulated "Right to be Forgotten" in Article 17 of the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation will apply to "online expression", that is, content placed online via social and other forms of media. It starts... Read More about Regaining digital privacy? The new "right to be forgotten" and online expression.

The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice (2018)
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Smith, T. (2018). The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice. Criminal Law Review -London-, 711-731

Miscarriages of justice have historically acted as catalysts for reform. It seems we only learn to fix the most serious problems — often obvious to those at the coal-face of practice — once the damage is done. Such miscarriages have largely resulted... Read More about The “near miss” of Liam Allan: Critical problems in police disclosure, investigation culture, and the resourcing of criminal justice.

Evaluation of the Intervention Initiative: A bystander intervention program to prevent violence against women in universities (2018)
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Fenton, R. A., & Mott, H. L. (2018). Evaluation of the Intervention Initiative: A bystander intervention program to prevent violence against women in universities. Violence and Victims, 33(4), 645-662. https://doi.org/10.1891/0886-6708.VV-D-16-00074

© 2018 Springer Publishing Company. Violence against women students is increasingly recognized as a significant public health and human rights issue. The Intervention Initiative is a facilitated bystander intervention educational program commissioned... Read More about Evaluation of the Intervention Initiative: A bystander intervention program to prevent violence against women in universities.