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Combating Transnational Organised Crime through International Human Rights Law (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Combating Transnational Organised Crime through International Human Rights Law. International Human Rights Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1163/22131035-00801003

This article explores the key obligations imposed upon States under international human rights law to combat transnational organised crime. It begins by highlighting a number of human rights which are affected by various forms of organised crime, suc... Read More about Combating Transnational Organised Crime through International Human Rights Law.

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997: Failures by the Criminal Justice System in a Social Media Age (2019)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss. (2019). The Protection from Harassment Act 1997: Failures by the Criminal Justice System in a Social Media Age. Journal of Criminal Law, 217 - 228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022018319829262

This article will critically examine how the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 is currently being used to tackle online abuse. The use of the Internet to abuse another is on the increase, with the police receiving increasing reports concerning abu... Read More about The Protection from Harassment Act 1997: Failures by the Criminal Justice System in a Social Media Age.

Conscientious Objection and Equality Laws: Why the Content of the Conscience Matters (2019)
Journal Article
Nehushtan, Y. (2019). Conscientious Objection and Equality Laws: Why the Content of the Conscience Matters. Law and Philosophy, 227-266. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10982-019-09347-5

By enacting equality laws the liberal state decides the limits of liberal tolerance by relying on content-based rather than content-neutral considerations. Equality laws are not and cannot be neutral. They reflect a content-based moral decision about... Read More about Conscientious Objection and Equality Laws: Why the Content of the Conscience Matters.

Familial genetic risks: how can we better navigate patient confidentiality and appropriate risk disclosure to relatives? (2019)
Journal Article
Fay. (2019). Familial genetic risks: how can we better navigate patient confidentiality and appropriate risk disclosure to relatives?. Journal of Medical Ethics, 504-507. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2018-105229

This article investigates a high-profile and ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals (HCPs), namely whether the existence of a (legal) duty of care to genetic relatives of a patient is a help or a hindrance in deciding what to do in cases where... Read More about Familial genetic risks: how can we better navigate patient confidentiality and appropriate risk disclosure to relatives?.

Students’ perceptions of assessed seminar performance in law (2019)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss. (2019). Students’ perceptions of assessed seminar performance in law. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 1 - 15. https://doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-01-2019-0020

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine assessed seminars in law modules across first-, second- and third-year students at a higher education academy in Lancashire (England). This form of assessment is essentially a 1?h tutorial, where stude... Read More about Students’ perceptions of assessed seminar performance in law.

Health Data Linkage for Public Interest Research in the UK: Key Obstacles and Solutions (2019)
Journal Article
Aidinlis. (2019). Health Data Linkage for Public Interest Research in the UK: Key Obstacles and Solutions. International Journal of Population Data Science, https://doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v4i1.1093

IntroductionAnalysis of linked health data can generate important, even life-saving, insights into population health. Yet obstacles both legal and organisational in nature can impede this work. 
 ApproachWe focus on three UK infrastructures set... Read More about Health Data Linkage for Public Interest Research in the UK: Key Obstacles and Solutions.

Parents Making Meaning of High-Conflict Divorce (2019)
Journal Article
Treloar, R. (2019). Parents Making Meaning of High-Conflict Divorce. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 40(1), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1347

This article reports on the findings of an empirical study conducted with 25 parents in British Columbia, Canada, who experienced a high-conflict divorce and later came to see the experience as having been transformative despite the difficulties they... Read More about Parents Making Meaning of High-Conflict Divorce.