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Improvidence, Precaution, and the Logical-Empirical Disconnect in UK Health Policy. (2022)
Journal Article
Parsons. (2022). Improvidence, Precaution, and the Logical-Empirical Disconnect in UK Health Policy. Health Care Analysis, 1 - 20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-022-00450-8

The last decade has seen significant developments in UK health policy, with are largely claimed to be evidence based. However, such a characterisation ought, in many cases, to be questioned. Policies can be broadly understood as based primarily on ei... Read More about Improvidence, Precaution, and the Logical-Empirical Disconnect in UK Health Policy..

The Paris Agreement as a Human Rights Treaty: The Ruling in PSB et al v Brazil (on Climate Fund) (2022)
Journal Article
Rutherford, A. (2022). The Paris Agreement as a Human Rights Treaty: The Ruling in PSB et al v Brazil (on Climate Fund)

This article examines the ruling of the Brazilian Supreme Court in the case PSB et al v Brazil (on Climate Fund) and its contribution to the climate litigation debate. It puts forward two main arguments. The first argument revolves around the politic... Read More about The Paris Agreement as a Human Rights Treaty: The Ruling in PSB et al v Brazil (on Climate Fund).

You Can’t Have Your Cake: A Queer-Informed View of Religious Conscientious Exemptions from Equality Law (2022)
Journal Article
Coyle. (2022). You Can’t Have Your Cake: A Queer-Informed View of Religious Conscientious Exemptions from Equality Law

This paper offers a Queer-informed challenge to Adenitire’s claim that the principle of liberal neutrality can sometimes justify religious conscientious objection to equality law. It begins with a Queer critique of the assumptions behind the rights p... Read More about You Can’t Have Your Cake: A Queer-Informed View of Religious Conscientious Exemptions from Equality Law.

Facebook with money: the rise of online brokerage platforms and vulnerable groups (2022)
Journal Article
Pearson. (2022). Facebook with money: the rise of online brokerage platforms and vulnerable groups. Legal Studies, 377 - 395. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2021.51

The recent advances in information technology now allow millions of people to trade and invest in an array of financial assets with the help of online brokerage platforms. This allows retail investors to have more control over their own financial wel... Read More about Facebook with money: the rise of online brokerage platforms and vulnerable groups.

Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries. (2022)
Journal Article
De Sabbata. (2022). Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0010476 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010476

BACKGROUND: Leprosy reactions, Type-1 and erythema nodosum leprosum, are immune-mediated complications of leprosy, which play a significant role in the morbidity associated with the disease. A considerable amount of literature has been published on t... Read More about Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries..

Directed and conditional uterus donation. (2022)
Journal Article
Parsons. (2022). Directed and conditional uterus donation. Journal of Medical Ethics, 810 - 815. https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107902

Uterus transplantation (UTx) is highly anticipated for the benefits that it might bring to individuals wanting to carry a pregnancy in order to reproduce who do not have a functioning uterus. The surgery-now having been performed successfully in seve... Read More about Directed and conditional uterus donation..

Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model (2022)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss. (2022). Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model. Criminal Law Review, 271-289. https://doi.org/10.3316/agispt.20220322064068

This article explores the Law Commission’s 2021 paper - Modernising Communications Offences: a final report. The Commission recommends replacing the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003 with a new offen... Read More about Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model.

To Everything There is a Season: Instrumentalising Article 10 TEU to Exclude Undemocratic Member State Representatives from the European Council and the Council (2022)
Journal Article
Cotter. (2022). To Everything There is a Season: Instrumentalising Article 10 TEU to Exclude Undemocratic Member State Representatives from the European Council and the Council. European Law Review, 47(1), 69-84. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4032080

This paper presents the argument that art. 10 TEU could be utilised to confront the problem of undemocratic Member State representatives in the European Council and the Council. First, it is contended that art. 10(2) TEU, read with the principle of r... Read More about To Everything There is a Season: Instrumentalising Article 10 TEU to Exclude Undemocratic Member State Representatives from the European Council and the Council.

The Excessive Regulation of Early Abortion Medication in the UK: The Case for Reform. (2022)
Journal Article
Parsons. (2022). The Excessive Regulation of Early Abortion Medication in the UK: The Case for Reform. Medical Law Review, 4 - 32. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab042

Early medical abortion (EMA) involves the administration of two medications-mifepristone and misoprostol-24-48 hours apart. These routinely used medications are recognised as safe and effective by the World Health Organization which recommends this c... Read More about The Excessive Regulation of Early Abortion Medication in the UK: The Case for Reform..

The Application of the Environment Act 2021 Principles to Carbon Capture and Storage (2022)
Journal Article
Rutherford, A. (2022). The Application of the Environment Act 2021 Principles to Carbon Capture and Storage. Laws, 15 - 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws11010015

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a new technology considered to have the potential to decarbonise economies. However, nationally and internationally the use of CCS has also been raising concerns about its potential global risks and adverse impacts... Read More about The Application of the Environment Act 2021 Principles to Carbon Capture and Storage.

“I was able to ask for help when I became stressed rather than sitting alone and struggling”: psychology and law students’ views of the impact of identity and community on mental wellbeing (2022)
Journal Article
Fay. (2022). “I was able to ask for help when I became stressed rather than sitting alone and struggling”: psychology and law students’ views of the impact of identity and community on mental wellbeing. Law Teacher, 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2021.2020507

People derive a sense of self from membership in social groups. Universities are an ecosystem of different communities and represent a significant opportunity to explore how group memberships can impact mental wellbeing. A key university group is stu... Read More about “I was able to ask for help when I became stressed rather than sitting alone and struggling”: psychology and law students’ views of the impact of identity and community on mental wellbeing.

“Make Glorious Mistakes!” Fostering growth and wellbeing in HE transition (2022)
Journal Article
Coyle. (2022). “Make Glorious Mistakes!” Fostering growth and wellbeing in HE transition. Law Teacher, 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2021.2010406

This paper uses Keele’s Legal Essentials module as a case study to evaluate how curriculum design can promote wellbeing in first-year law students, by supporting their transition to higher education and fostering a sense of belonging to the Law Schoo... Read More about “Make Glorious Mistakes!” Fostering growth and wellbeing in HE transition.

Privacy International and Quadrature du Net: One Step Forward Two Steps Back in the Data Retention Saga? (2022)
Journal Article
(2022). Privacy International and Quadrature du Net: One Step Forward Two Steps Back in the Data Retention Saga?. European Public Law, 123-154. https://doi.org/10.54648/euro2022007

The present contribution aims to critically reflect on the future direction of data retention at the EU and the national levels by discussing the lessons arising from two seminal Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) decisions: Privacy International and... Read More about Privacy International and Quadrature du Net: One Step Forward Two Steps Back in the Data Retention Saga?.

Ceci n’est pas un État: The Order of Malta and the Holy See as precedents for deterritorialized statehood? (2022)
Journal Article
Prost, M., & Allen, E. (2022). Ceci n’est pas un État: The Order of Malta and the Holy See as precedents for deterritorialized statehood?. Review of European Comparative and International Environmental Law, 171 - 181. https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12431

Sinking island States have become allegories of the Anthropocene and a symbol of the radical violence of climate change. Various theories have been advanced supporting the continued existence of sunken islands as deterritorialized States. A common vi... Read More about Ceci n’est pas un État: The Order of Malta and the Holy See as precedents for deterritorialized statehood?.

Deemed consent for organ donation in Northern Ireland. (2022)
Journal Article
Parsons. (2022). Deemed consent for organ donation in Northern Ireland. The Lancet Regional Health Europe, 100254 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100254

Shortages of organs for transplantation have led many countries to introduce systems of deemed consent for organ donation, whereby donation is the default upon death and an individual must provide express opposition to donation to prevent it. Despite... Read More about Deemed consent for organ donation in Northern Ireland..