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Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change (2019)
Journal Article
Díaz, S., Settele, J., Brondízio, E. S., Ngo, H. T., Agard, J., Arneth, A., …Zayas, C. N. (2019). Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change. Science, 366(6471), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax3100

The human impact on life on Earth has increased sharply since the 1970s, driven by the demands of a growing population with rising average per capita income. Nature is currently supplying more materials than ever before, but this has come at the high... Read More about Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change.

Out with the old and…in with the old? A critical review of the financial war on terrorism on the Islamic state of Iraq and Levant (2017)
Journal Article
Ryder, N. (2018). Out with the old and…in with the old? A critical review of the financial war on terrorism on the Islamic state of Iraq and Levant. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 41(2), 79-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1249780

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The aim of this article is to critically consider the effectiveness of the “Financial War on Terrorism” on the funding streams of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The article begins by identifying tha... Read More about Out with the old and…in with the old? A critical review of the financial war on terrorism on the Islamic state of Iraq and Levant.

Anti-money laundering law of Turkey and the EU: An example of convergence? (2011)
Journal Article
Türkşen, U., Ufuk Mısırlıoğlu, İ., & Yükseltürk, O. (2011). Anti-money laundering law of Turkey and the EU: An example of convergence?. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 14(3), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1108/13685201111147577

© 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. PurposeThis paper critiques the recent anti-money laundering (AML) legislation in Turkey and the European Union (EU) in order to determine whether there is convergence between them. Given the fact that Turkey... Read More about Anti-money laundering law of Turkey and the EU: An example of convergence?.

The fight against illicit finance: A critical review of the Labour government's policy (2011)
Journal Article
Ryder, N. (2011). The fight against illicit finance: A critical review of the Labour government's policy. Journal of Banking Regulation, 12(3), 252-275. https://doi.org/10.1057/jbr.2011.1

The aim of this article is to identify and critically consider the effectiveness of the Labour government's policy towards financial crime. The article highlights the general threat posed by financial crime, yet concentrates on the government's polic... Read More about The fight against illicit finance: A critical review of the Labour government's policy.

Convenient credit and consumer protection - a critical review of the responses of labour and coalition governments (2011)
Journal Article
Thomas, R., & Ryder, N. (2011). Convenient credit and consumer protection - a critical review of the responses of labour and coalition governments. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 33(1), 85-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2011.571474

This article highlights how the overreliance on access to 'convenient credit' in the United Kingdom has illustrated the inherent low levels of consumer protection afforded to consumers by the Consumer Credit Act. Furthermore, this has also been fuell... Read More about Convenient credit and consumer protection - a critical review of the responses of labour and coalition governments.

Gender neutrality, rape and trial talk (2008)
Journal Article
Rumney, P. (2008). Gender neutrality, rape and trial talk. International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, 21(2), 139-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-008-9071-7

This article examines the notion of gender neutrality in rape, its meaning and why rape definitions that include females and males as potential victims of rape have become influential in those jurisdictions that have engaged in significant levels of... Read More about Gender neutrality, rape and trial talk.

The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level (2007)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2007). The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level. International Criminal Law Review, 7(4), 657-676. https://doi.org/10.1163/156753607X241256

As a growing number of stories unravelled the involvement of United Nations peacekeepers in human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases, the United Nations adopted in 2003 and implemented a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual encounters between... Read More about The dissonance between the United Nations zero-tolerance policy and the criminalisation of sexual offences on the international level.

The effectiveness of coercive interrogation: Scholarly and judicial responses (2005)
Journal Article
Rumney, P. (2005). The effectiveness of coercive interrogation: Scholarly and judicial responses. Crime, Law and Social Change, 44(4-5), 465-489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-006-9028-2

The World after September 11: Has it really changed? (2005)
Journal Article
Quenivet, N. (2005). The World after September 11: Has it really changed?. European Journal of International Law, 16(3), 561-577. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chi131

This review essay aims to assess whether international law has actually changed significantly since 9/11, or whether there is just an impression of change conveyed by books and articles published shortly after the events. Most books on terrorism star... Read More about The World after September 11: Has it really changed?.