"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K.

Ryder, Nicholas

Litigating extraterritorial nuisances under English Common Law and UK Statute (2016)
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Blanco, E. M., & Pontin, B. (2017). Litigating extraterritorial nuisances under English Common Law and UK Statute. Transnational Environmental Law, 6(2), 285-308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2047102516000303

© 2016 Cambridge University Press. English common law and United Kingdom legislation provide various - overall liberal - jurisdictional grounds for hearing foreign tort claims. The article examines these grounds with reference to recent and ongoing o... Read More about Litigating extraterritorial nuisances under English Common Law and UK Statute.

Are universities preventing violence against women? (2016)
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Mott, H. L. (2016). Are universities preventing violence against women?

Sexual harassment of women students is rife and violence against women in universities is commonplace. Are universities reflecting cultural norms of violence against women instead of shaping new norms?

Hard, soft and now smart Brexit? Leaving the EU but not the EEA, is it that simple? (2016)
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Dadomo, C. (2016). Hard, soft and now smart Brexit? Leaving the EU but not the EEA, is it that simple?

On 28 November 2016 the think tank British Influence announced that it will write to the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Rt Hon David Davis MP, to find out what is the position of the UK government regarding its membership to the A... Read More about Hard, soft and now smart Brexit? Leaving the EU but not the EEA, is it that simple?.

Financial transparency in Britain’s secrecy jurisdictions has just got a whole lot murkier following the UK’s decision to leave the EU (2016)
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Young, M. A. (2016). Financial transparency in Britain’s secrecy jurisdictions has just got a whole lot murkier following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 31(11), 583-586

In light of recent political events, this commentary aims to provoke and promote a discussion concerning the effect of the UK’s decision to leave the EU, on its ability to regulate financial crime in the Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies wh... Read More about Financial transparency in Britain’s secrecy jurisdictions has just got a whole lot murkier following the UK’s decision to leave the EU.

The Chilcot Report: Some thoughts on international law and legal advice (2016)
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Green, J. A., & Samuel, S. (2017). The Chilcot Report: Some thoughts on international law and legal advice. Journal of Conflict and Security Law, 22(2), 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcsl/krw023

The Report of the Iraq (Chilcot) Inquiry was finally published, 7 years after the Inquiry's creation, on 6 July 2016. The scope of the Inquiry's work was vast and this was reflected in the enormous size of its final Report. The publication of the Rep... Read More about The Chilcot Report: Some thoughts on international law and legal advice.

Book Review: Jackson Maogoto, Technology and the Law on the Use of Force (2016)
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Grimal, F., & Green, J. (2016). Book Review: Jackson Maogoto, Technology and the Law on the Use of Force. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 3(1), 177-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2016.1183972

The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing (2016)
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O’Laocha, E., Cicmil, S., & O'Laocha, E. (2016). The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(3), 546-561. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-09-2015-0092

© 2016, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between project-based organizing and the initiatives labelled as “development” by critically engaging with some unchallenged assumptions in... Read More about The logic of projects and the ideal of community development: Social good, participation and the ethics of knowing.

All rise for the interventionist: The judiciary in the 21st century (2016)
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Johnston, E. (2016). All rise for the interventionist: The judiciary in the 21st century. Journal of Criminal Law, 80(3), 201-213. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018316647870

This paper will examine the changing role played by the judiciary in criminal trials. The paper examines the genesis of the adversarial criminal trial that was born out of lifting the prohibition on defence counsel in trials of treason. The paper wil... Read More about All rise for the interventionist: The judiciary in the 21st century.

Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors (2016)
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Case, P., & Gaggiotti, H. (2016). Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors. Culture and Organization, 22(2), 178-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2014.901325

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. This article explores the way in which uses or abuses of urban metaphors can inform differing polities and ethics of human organization. From its earliest inception, the city has taken on a metaphorical significance for hum... Read More about Italo Calvino and the organizational imagination: Reading social organization through urban metaphors.

The National Referral Mechanism: Querying the response of 'first responders' and the competence of 'competent authorities' (2016)
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Elliott, J. (2016). The National Referral Mechanism: Querying the response of 'first responders' and the competence of 'competent authorities'. Tottels Journal of Immigration Asylum and Nationality Law, 30(1), 9-30

The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) – the process by which putatively trafficked persons are identified as 'trafficked' or 'not trafficked' – has been subject to widespread criticism since its inception in 2009. In late 2014, the Home Office publis... Read More about The National Referral Mechanism: Querying the response of 'first responders' and the competence of 'competent authorities'.

The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice (2016)
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Keppel-Palmer, M. (2016). The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice. Entertainment Law Review, 27(3), 92-97

The new version of the Editors’ Code of Conduct was published in December 2015, the first new version of the Code since the formation of IPSO and the first since the Leveson Inquiry on Press Standards criticised the PCC, the effectiveness of the Code... Read More about The emperor’s new clothes – IPSO’s version of the editors’ code of practice.

Consumer transformation: Cosmetic surgery as the expression of consumer freedom or as a marketing imperative? (2016)
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Hill, B. (2016). Consumer transformation: Cosmetic surgery as the expression of consumer freedom or as a marketing imperative?. M/C Journal, 19(4),

McCracken’s analysis of identity construction in contemporary culture sees the drive to transform oneself as the expression of consumer agency and individual freedom. Transformation is accessible through cosmetic surgery, enabling consumers with fund... Read More about Consumer transformation: Cosmetic surgery as the expression of consumer freedom or as a marketing imperative?.

Brain scanning and lie detectors: The implications for fundamental defence rights (2016)
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Johnston, E. (2016). Brain scanning and lie detectors: The implications for fundamental defence rights. European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 22(2),

This paper will explore how the use of neuroscientific technology to identify deception may impact on the human rights of the accused. The particular focus of the paper centres on accused persons in England and Wales. However, in order to understand... Read More about Brain scanning and lie detectors: The implications for fundamental defence rights.

The early guilty plea: The need for adequate disclosure (2016)
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Johnston, E. (2016). The early guilty plea: The need for adequate disclosure. Criminal Law and Justice Weekly,

This paper examines the implementation of the early guilty plea scheme. Furthermore, the paper highlights the potential ramifications the scheme holds for both defendants and adversarial criminal justice in England and Wales.

The financing of terrorism and the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (2016)
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Ryder, N., & Webb, G. (2016). The financing of terrorism and the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Financial Regulation International, 11-15

The aim of this article is to identify the funding streams that have been exploited by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant.

Is justice deferred, justice denied? Not necessarily (2016)
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Ryder, N., & Palmer, A. (2016). Is justice deferred, justice denied? Not necessarily. Financial Regulation International, 6-11

At long last, the Serious Fraud Office has received a major boost in its prosecution of bribery. Serious Fraud Office v Standard Bank PLC is a landmark case because it is not only the first case where the SFO has looked to prosecute a commercial orga... Read More about Is justice deferred, justice denied? Not necessarily.

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K. (2016)
Journal Article
Ryder, N. (2016). "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K

Since the start of the 2008 financial crisis, a multitude of scholarly work has been written on identifying the factors that contributed towards it. Many excellent texts and articles have identified such factors, including weak banking regulation, th... Read More about "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works": A contemporary and comparative review of the relationship between the global financial crisis, financial crime and white collar criminals in the U.S. and the U.K..

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