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The secret achievements of nineteenth century nuisance law (2007)
Journal Article
Pontin, B. (2007). The secret achievements of nineteenth century nuisance law. Environmental Law and Management, 19(6), 271-290

An in-depth, micro-contextual analysis of Attorney General v Birmingham Corporation (1858), charting the clean up of sewage pollution through the enforcemt of the common law of nusiance during the industrial revolution.

The torture debate (2007)
Journal Article
Rumney, P., & O'Boyle, M. (2007). The torture debate. New Law Journal, 157(7296), 1566-1567

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.

An unusual silence (2007)
Journal Article
Green, J. A. (2007). An unusual silence. New Law Journal, 157(7294), 1478-1479

Challenging corporate 'humanity': Legal disembodiment, embodiment and human rights (2007)
Journal Article
Grear, A. (2007). Challenging corporate 'humanity': Legal disembodiment, embodiment and human rights. Human Rights Law Review, 7(3), 511-543. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngm013

This article interrogates the corporate use of human rights discourse. It does so in light of concern surrounding corporate distortion of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) paradigm, and in light of the fact that corporations can claim... Read More about Challenging corporate 'humanity': Legal disembodiment, embodiment and human rights.

Integrated pollution control in Victorian Britain: Rethinking progress within the history of environmental law (2007)
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Pontin, B. (2007). Integrated pollution control in Victorian Britain: Rethinking progress within the history of environmental law. Journal of Environmental Law, 19(2), 173-199. https://doi.org/10.1093/jel/eqm009

Three theories of the history of environmental are introduced, applied, and discussed: 'progress'; 'constraint'; and 'cycle' theories. The cycle theory is defended in relation to an extended case study of integrated pollution control legislation, 186... Read More about Integrated pollution control in Victorian Britain: Rethinking progress within the history of environmental law.

Consultation document: Bearing good witness - Proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases (2007)
Journal Article
McDonald, I., Heenan, S., & Heenan, A. (2007). Consultation document: Bearing good witness - Proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 29(2), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649060701666630

Several high‐profile criminal cases, such as those of Sally Clark, Angela Cannings, Trupti Patel and Donna Anthony – all wrongly convicted of the murder of their children on the basis of flawed expert evidence – have raised serious questions about th... Read More about Consultation document: Bearing good witness - Proposals for reforming the delivery of medical expert evidence in family law cases.

The death penalty by lethal injection and Hill v McDonough: Is the USA starting to see sense? (2007)
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Harrison, K., & Melville, C. (2007). The death penalty by lethal injection and Hill v McDonough: Is the USA starting to see sense?. Journal of Criminal Law, 71(2), 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1350/jcla.2007.71.2.167

Since the late 1980s lethal injection has been the preferred method of executing prisoners on death row in the USA. This has largely been because it is seen by many as the most humane method of lawful killing. The injection consists of a lethal cockt... Read More about The death penalty by lethal injection and Hill v McDonough: Is the USA starting to see sense?.

Tipping v St Helens Smelting (1865): 'Anti-development' or 'sustainable development'? (2007)
Journal Article
Pontin, B. (2007). Tipping v St Helens Smelting (1865): 'Anti-development' or 'sustainable development'?. Environmental Law and Management, 19(1), 7-18

An in-depth, micro contextual study of Tipping, looking at the law and the impact of its enforcement on the town and countryside at the centre of this leading nuisance action.

Breach of contract and the expectation deficit: Inconvenience and disappointment (2007)
Journal Article
Chandler, A., & Devenney, J. (2007). Breach of contract and the expectation deficit: Inconvenience and disappointment. Legal Studies, 27(1), 126-154. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121X.2006.00041.x

One of the most controversial aspects of the assessment of damages for breach of contract is the extent to which there can be recovery for ‘intangible’ losses such as disappointment and inconvenience. In Watts v Morrow, Bingham LJ assumed that public... Read More about Breach of contract and the expectation deficit: Inconvenience and disappointment.

Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia (2007)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2007). Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia

Despite having several procedural routes to bring actions in the court, public interest litigation seems to be the often-used tool used by the community groups in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to protect the environment. In recent years, the decisio... Read More about Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia.

Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations (2007)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J., & Ssenyonjo, M. (2007). Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 25(3), 401-436

Traditional knowledge and human rights are two fields that have largely developed separately despite being interrelated. A number of international institutions are pursuing different priorities related to the protection of traditional knowledge. The... Read More about Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations.

Danger money (2007)
Journal Article
Ryder, N. (2007). Danger money. New Law Journal, 157(7300), 6-8