This Article critically considers the effectiveness of the European Union’s (EU) counter terrorist financing (CTF) strategies. In particular, it concentrates on the use of financial intelligence gathered from the submission of suspicious activity rep... Read More about Is it time to reform the counter-terrorist financing reporting obligations? A critical and comparative assessment of the counter-terrorist financing reporting obligations in the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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Responsible lending and high-cost credit - does the cost-cap on payday loans really protect consumers? (2018)
Journal Article
This article explores the extent to which the cost-cap imposed on high-cost short-term credit in the UK protects users of the consumer credit market.
Pull and Push'- Implementing the complementarity principle of the Rome statute of the ICC within the AU: Opportunities and challenges (2018)
Journal Article
The complementarity principle of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is an international legal principle that governs the relationship between two; sometimes; contrasting international principles of law; namely sovereign equali... Read More about Pull and Push'- Implementing the complementarity principle of the Rome statute of the ICC within the AU: Opportunities and challenges.
Teaching to think: Challenges and suitability of teaching inequality topics in a business school (2018)
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This article explores the teaching of inequality in economics through two case studies. By employing a critical pedagogical approach that discusses non-dominant forms of knowledge, we demonstrate how two inequality topics – gender and trade – provide... Read More about Teaching to think: Challenges and suitability of teaching inequality topics in a business school.
‘Too scared to prosecute and too scared to jail?’ A critical and comparative analysis of enforcement of financial crime legislation against corporations in the United States of America and the United Kingdom (2018)
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This paper has two aims. Firstly, it critically considers the responses towards tackling corporate financial crime in the United States of America (US). Secondly, it analyses the United Kingdom’s (UK) efforts to tackle corporate financial crime and... Read More about ‘Too scared to prosecute and too scared to jail?’ A critical and comparative analysis of enforcement of financial crime legislation against corporations in the United States of America and the United Kingdom.
Defendant participation in the criminal process book review (2018)
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Abenaa Owusu-Bempah’s book, Defendant Participation in the Criminal Process, argues that the growing obligation for the defendant to participate in the criminal process lacks justification. The first half of the book creates a normative theory that t... Read More about Defendant participation in the criminal process book review.
Digital currencies and organised crime update (2018)
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Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies, gambling, money laundering, illicit financing, narcotics trade, slave trade, sex trafficking, endangered species trafficking and the mafia, are all intertwined in the underbelly of crime, and the narrative behind... Read More about Digital currencies and organised crime update.
Full stop ahead: Public interest in blocking digital content (2018)
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It makes for the perfect ideological storm when IP law and ICT law meet and the right to freedom of expression stands in the way. Capitalist and socialist, activist and pacifist, pragmatist and idealist: differing legal experts abound in the battle f... Read More about Full stop ahead: Public interest in blocking digital content.
BAWSO Diogel project: An interview with Imogen Gunner (2018)
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This contribution to the special issue is a contextual interview providing an insight into the work of a senior support worker of victims of trafficking in Wales; victims who often apply for asylum at the same time as trying to recover from extreme e... Read More about BAWSO Diogel project: An interview with Imogen Gunner.
Bermuda's domestic partnership act 2018: From "living tree" to broken branches? (2018)
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It is often thought that affording rights is a progressive movement; rights are given to natural legal persons; the rights are normalised in societal expectations and they form part of a body of enforceable rights against the state. On 7 February 201... Read More about Bermuda's domestic partnership act 2018: From "living tree" to broken branches?.
Brexit and financial services: Law and policy (2018)
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Book review
Alcohol and football spectators: Time for a choice (2018)
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Spectators of football have long been subject to strict alcohol curtailment via s 2(1)(a) Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985. Yet, despite its repeal by the Licensing Act 2003, no Commencement Order has been forthcoming. To tackle iss... Read More about Alcohol and football spectators: Time for a choice.
At the crossroads of law and ideology: The ideology of law as a reflection of social ontology? (2017)
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The paper examines the link between ideology in law and social ontology. Whereas academic enquiries have thus far mainly concentrated on the link between law per se and social reality, the question of the relationship of the ideology of law and socia... Read More about At the crossroads of law and ideology: The ideology of law as a reflection of social ontology?.
Law society breaches competition rules over financial regulation training for conveyancers (2017)
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The article considers the impact of a competition law ruling against the Law Society of England and Wales. The Law Society was found to have breached UK competition law rules in relation to its provision of anti-money laundering and mortgage frau... Read More about Law society breaches competition rules over financial regulation training for conveyancers.
Howzat?!: In limbo: Ben Stokes and the use of released under investigation (2017)
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This article examines the decrease in the use of police bail and the increase in Released Under Investigation. The article highlights a number of differing issues with the use of RUI and examines the Ben Stokes case a prime example; he is effectively... Read More about Howzat?!: In limbo: Ben Stokes and the use of released under investigation.
Purported false allegations of rape, child abuse and non-sexual violence: Nature, characteristics and implications (2017)
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The subject of false rape allegations is shrouded in anxiety, confusion and misunderstanding. Despite a growing body of quality research, there continue to be significant gaps in our knowledge about the topic, including the phenomenon of false allega... Read More about Purported false allegations of rape, child abuse and non-sexual violence: Nature, characteristics and implications.
Walking for coaching (2017)
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This article is the second in an occasional series of papers that attempt to articulate different approaches to coaching practice and should be read in conjunction with the first article about working with finger puppets (Author, 2016). Both articles... Read More about Walking for coaching.
The digital revolution: Body worn cameras and ‘street’ interviews (2017)
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This article examines the idea that the police can interview suspects away from the police station. The article focuses on the due process concerns of such activity.
The Form and Content of the Greek Crisis Legislation (2017)
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© 2017, The Author(s). This paper offers a dialectical analysis of the law relating to the Greek crisis. The form and content of the measures introduced in the Greek legal system to deal with the debt crisis is examined under the concept of ‘necessit... Read More about The Form and Content of the Greek Crisis Legislation.
The disappearing Ghosh test (2017)
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Matt Hall and Dr Tom Smith write on the recent case of Ivey v. Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords [2017] UKSC 67