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EU Member State Enforcement of ‘Mixed’ Agreements and Access to Justice: Rethinking Direct Effect (2013)
Journal Article
(2013). EU Member State Enforcement of ‘Mixed’ Agreements and Access to Justice: Rethinking Direct Effect

Article 344 TFEU forbids Member States to pursue any other means of dispute settlement, when issues regarding the application and interpretation of the Treaties are concerned. The Court of Justice extended this principle to include disputes arising u... Read More about EU Member State Enforcement of ‘Mixed’ Agreements and Access to Justice: Rethinking Direct Effect.

What Are Conscientious Exemptions Really About? (2013)
Journal Article
Nehushtan, Y. (2013). What Are Conscientious Exemptions Really About?. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 393 - 416. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rws045

The main argument of this article is that granting conscientious exemptions is best understood as the outcome of tolerance than as a way of applying the idea of equality. It is also argued that perceiving the right to be granted conscientious exempti... Read More about What Are Conscientious Exemptions Really About?.

Researching older lesbians: problems and partial solutions (2013)
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(2013). Researching older lesbians: problems and partial solutions. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 380 - 392. https://doi.org/10.1080/10894160.2013.773840

There is a lack of research about older lesbians, who can be considered not only a "hidden population" but also a population in hiding. Yet older lesbians hold vital historical and cultural narratives that are, in turn, the heritage of younger lesbia... Read More about Researching older lesbians: problems and partial solutions.

What Constitutes ‘Failure to Notify’ National Measures? (2013)
Journal Article
(2013). What Constitutes ‘Failure to Notify’ National Measures?. European Public Law, 281-294

The inclusion of article 260(3) TFEU adopted as part of the Lisbon Treaty changed the landscape of infringement proceedings. The provision grants the Commission the power to propose monetary sanctions already during the initial Court litigation again... Read More about What Constitutes ‘Failure to Notify’ National Measures?.

Limitations on personhood arguments for abortion and 'after-birth abortion'. (2013)
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Wrigley, A. (2013). Limitations on personhood arguments for abortion and 'after-birth abortion'. Journal of Medical Ethics, 39(5), e15 -e18. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2012-100958

Two notable limitations exist on the use of personhood arguments in establishing moral status. Firstly, although the attribution of personhood may give us sufficient reason to grant something moral status, it is not a necessary condition. Secondly, e... Read More about Limitations on personhood arguments for abortion and 'after-birth abortion'..

‘My Friends are my Family’: an argument about the limitations of contemporary law's recognition of relationships in later life. (2013)
Journal Article
(2013). ‘My Friends are my Family’: an argument about the limitations of contemporary law's recognition of relationships in later life. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 347-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2013.801688

Current law and social policy in the various UK legal systems privilege the conjugal couple, biological and filial relationships. Friendship remains on the margins of regulatory recognition. Yet friendship is of growing significance in contemporary s... Read More about ‘My Friends are my Family’: an argument about the limitations of contemporary law's recognition of relationships in later life..