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Was quashing the Maji-Maji uprising genocide? An evaluation of Germany's conduct through the lens of international criminal law (2021)
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Bachmann, K., & Kemp, G. (2021). Was quashing the Maji-Maji uprising genocide? An evaluation of Germany's conduct through the lens of international criminal law. Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 35(2), 235-249. https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcab032

Recently, political actors in Tanzania have demanded compensation from Germany for colonial atrocities against various ethnic and religious groups during the Maji-Maji uprising (1905-1907). By analyzing first-hand archival records from Germany and Ta... Read More about Was quashing the Maji-Maji uprising genocide? An evaluation of Germany's conduct through the lens of international criminal law.

A definition of habit for socio-economics (2021)
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Fleetwood, S. (2021). A definition of habit for socio-economics. Review of Social Economy, 79(2), 131-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/00346764.2019.1630668

The paper argues that it is a mistake to define habit as behaviour or action; as a regular conjunction of actions; as a stock; as a form of automaticity (although habit is acquired and activated automatically); as a tendency, propensity or dispositio... Read More about A definition of habit for socio-economics.

How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? A transnational law perspective (2021)
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Eda, L. (2021). How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? A transnational law perspective. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 54(2), 343-412

All over the world, several thousands of migrants go missing when they attempt to flee from war, violence, persecution, repressive regimes, systematic human rights violations etc. Thousands die each year in deadly shipwrecks in a desperate attempt to... Read More about How transnationally effective are the UK migration policies in relation to missing migrants? A transnational law perspective.

A lesser bigotry? The UK conservative evangelical response to Stephen Sizer's antisemitism (2021)
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Mendelsohn, J., & Howard, B. N. (2021). A lesser bigotry? The UK conservative evangelical response to Stephen Sizer's antisemitism. Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, 4(1), 37-72. https://doi.org/10.26613/jca.4.1.72

Jewish commentators frequently lament that antisemitism is seen as a "lesser bigotry" by those claiming to oppose racism. This article argues that the response of British conservative evangelical Christians to the antisemitic activity of Rev. Dr. Ste... Read More about A lesser bigotry? The UK conservative evangelical response to Stephen Sizer's antisemitism.

Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development (2021)
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Visseren-Hamakers, I. J., Razzaque, J., McElwee, P., Turnhout, E., Kelemen, E., Rusch, G. M., …Zaleski, D. (2021). Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 53, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2021.06.002

While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative chang... Read More about Transformative governance of biodiversity: Insights for sustainable development.

The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it? (2021)
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Dadomo, C. (2021). The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it?. Environmental Liability, 26(3), 106-111

On 3 February 2021, the administrative court of Paris delivered its first judgment in a very publicised climate litigation case nicknamed the case of the century by the applicant associations. While this judgment is novel in so far as the court recog... Read More about The first successful claim against the French State for failure to honour its obligation to combat global warming – Paris administrative court’s judgment of 3 February 2021 on climate change: The case of the century, or is it?.

The French citizens’ convention on climate change (2021)
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Dadomo, C. (2021). The French citizens’ convention on climate change. IUCN AEL Journal of Environmental Law, 76-84

Following the French President’s speech of 25 April 2019 in which Emmanuel Macron announced a change in the decision-making process regarding the ecological transition agenda, a Citizens’ Convention for climate change was set up in October 2019. Un... Read More about The French citizens’ convention on climate change.

The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse? (2021)
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Pollard, M., & Grimal, F. (2021). The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?. Fordham International Law Journal, 44(3), 671-734

This Article not only questions whether an embodied artificial intelligence (“EAI”) could give an order to a human combatant, but controversially, examines whether it should also refuse one. A future EAI may be capable of refusing to follow an order,... Read More about The duty to take precautions in hostilities, and the disobeying of orders: Should robots refuse?.

Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports (2021)
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Keys, C., Nanayakkara, G., Onyejekwe, C., Sah, R. K., & Wright, T. (2021). Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports. Feminist Legal Studies, 29(1), 107-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10691-020-09446-y

COVID-19 has uncovered the vulnerabilities, inequalities and fragility present within our social community which has exposed and exacerbated the pre-existing racial and socioeconomic inequalities that disproportionately affect health outcomes for Bla... Read More about Health inequalities and ethnic vulnerabilities during COVID-19 in the UK: A reflection on the PHE reports.

Cryptoassets, social media platforms and defence against terrorism financing suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown (2020)
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Ryder, N. (2020). Cryptoassets, social media platforms and defence against terrorism financing suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown. Journal of Business Law, 8, 668-693

This paper is divided into three parts. Firstly, the paper presents evidence how terrorism financiers are able to operate via the Internet and social media platforms. Secondly, it enhances the understanding of the use of Defence against Terrorism Fin... Read More about Cryptoassets, social media platforms and defence against terrorism financing suspicious activity reports: A step into the regulatory unknown.

Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach (2020)
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Razzaque, J., & Lester, C. (2021). Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach. Transnational Environmental Law, 10(1), 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102520000333

Sites of ancient woodland in the United Kingdom (UK) are diminishing rapidly and the multi-functional forest management system with its fragmented approach fails effectively to protect such woodland. In the face of reports on the destruction of ancie... Read More about Why protect ancient woodland in the UK? Rethinking the ecosystem approach.

A looming threat? - A survey of anti-shechita agitation in contemporary Britain (2020)
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Mendelsohn, J. (2020). A looming threat? - A survey of anti-shechita agitation in contemporary Britain. Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.26613/JCA/3.2.58

Following the comprehensive defeat of Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party in the 2019 General Election, many British Jews felt relieved that an “existential threat” had been vanquished. Subsequently, however, a different cloud has come on to the horizon: n... Read More about A looming threat? - A survey of anti-shechita agitation in contemporary Britain.

‘Rushing remand’? Pre-trial detention and bail decision-making in England and Wales (2020)
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Smith, T. (2021). ‘Rushing remand’? Pre-trial detention and bail decision-making in England and Wales. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 60(1), 46-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/hojo.12392

Deprivation of liberty as part of the criminal process is always a significant step, and arguably even more so when the person so deprived has not yet been convicted of an offence. Remand decision making – that is, granting bail or requiring detentio... Read More about ‘Rushing remand’? Pre-trial detention and bail decision-making in England and Wales.

AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa (2020)
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Onyejekwe, C., & Ekhator, E. (2021). AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa. Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 47(1), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050718.2020.1812097

This paper focuses on the Agreement for the Establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It argues that commercial activities in precolonial Africa was akin to the phenomenon of lex mercatoria in medieval Europe. It discusses tw... Read More about AfCFTA and lex mercatoria: reconceptualising international trade law in Africa.

Research informed practice; Practice informed research (2020)
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Vicary, S., Stone, K., Hemmington, J., & Leah, C. (2020). Research informed practice; Practice informed research. Practice, 32(4), 247-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/09503153.2020.1800622

An inaugural conference was held in May 2019 which had as its theme research informed practice; practice informed research. The aim of this conference was to encourage practitioner researchers to engage with and share research from their own practice... Read More about Research informed practice; Practice informed research.

“It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with”: Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom (2020)
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Vicary, S., Stone, K., McCusker, P., Davidson, G., & Spencer-Lane, T. (2020). “It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with”: Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 72, Article 101601. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2020.101601

The coronavirus pandemic, referred to here as Covid-19, has brought into sharp focus the increasing divergence of devolved legislation and its implementation in the United Kingdom. One such instance is the emergency health and social care legislation... Read More about “It's about how much we can do, and not how little we can get away with”: Coronavirus-related legislative changes for social care in the United Kingdom.

Binding the United Nations to customary (human rights) law (2020)
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Quénivet, N. (2020). Binding the United Nations to customary (human rights) law. International Organizations Law Review, 17(2), 379-417. https://doi.org/10.1163/15723747-20181138

Whilst most legal scholarship focuses on the responsibility of the United Nations for human rights violations few studies have ascertained the legal basis of the primary rules leading to such responsibility. This article fills this gap by reviewing t... Read More about Binding the United Nations to customary (human rights) law.

A world fit for money laundering: The Atlantic alliance’s undermining of organized crime control (2020)
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Young, M. A., & Woodiwiss, M. (2021). A world fit for money laundering: The Atlantic alliance’s undermining of organized crime control. Trends in Organized Crime, 24(1), 70-95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-020-09386-8

This is the untold history of how prominent civil servants in the UK tailored US-devised anti-money laundering (AML) policies in ways that suited the needs of Britain’s financial services industry. In the aftermath of these initial compromises in 198... Read More about A world fit for money laundering: The Atlantic alliance’s undermining of organized crime control.