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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Balancing Data Subjects’ Rights and Public Interest Research: (2019)
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Aidinlis. (2019). Balancing Data Subjects’ Rights and Public Interest Research:. https://doi.org/10.21552/edpl/2019/1/8

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) seeks to balance the public interest in research with privacy rights of individuals, in particular, through research exemptions and safeguards set out in Article 89. While this affords Member States... Read More about Balancing Data Subjects’ Rights and Public Interest Research:.

Global health security and universal health coverage: from a marriage of convenience to a strategic, effective partnership (2019)
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(2019). Global health security and universal health coverage: from a marriage of convenience to a strategic, effective partnership. BMJ Global Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001145

Global health security and universal health coverage have been frequently considered as “two sides of the same coin”. Yet, greater analysis is required as to whether and where these two ideals converge, and what important differences exist. A consequ... Read More about Global health security and universal health coverage: from a marriage of convenience to a strategic, effective partnership.

Climate Change and Disappearing Island States: Pursuing Remedial Territory (2018)
Journal Article
Allen, E. (2018). Climate Change and Disappearing Island States: Pursuing Remedial Territory. https://doi.org/10.1163/23527072-00101008

As at the start of 2018, at least eight low-lying Pacific islands have been found to have disappeared as a result of climate change induced rising sea levels and more seem likely in future to suffer the same fate. Because international law demands te... Read More about Climate Change and Disappearing Island States: Pursuing Remedial Territory.

The success of university law schools in England and Wales: or how to fail (2018)
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(2018). The success of university law schools in England and Wales: or how to fail. The Law Teacher, 490 -498. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2018.1529278

University law schools in England and Wales presently have a very successful model for providing undergraduate education. This model allows them to discharge their duties with respect to both teaching and research. Providing they are careful in their... Read More about The success of university law schools in England and Wales: or how to fail.

The Success of University Law Schools in England and Wales: Or How to Fail (2018)
Journal Article
(2018). The Success of University Law Schools in England and Wales: Or How to Fail. The Law Teacher, 490-498. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2018.1529278

University law schools in England and Wales presently have a very successful model for providing undergraduate education. This model allows them to discharge their duties with respect to both teaching and research. Providing they are careful in their... Read More about The Success of University Law Schools in England and Wales: Or How to Fail.

Quo Vadis EU Investment Law and Policy? The Shaky Path Towards the International Promotion of EU Rules (2018)
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(2018). Quo Vadis EU Investment Law and Policy? The Shaky Path Towards the International Promotion of EU Rules. European Foreign Affairs Review, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3527604

Following the Lisbon changes to the EU’s Common Commercial Policy (CCP), the path was set for the EU to conclude international agreements that cover the protection of foreign direct investment and to participate in international investment law (IIL)... Read More about Quo Vadis EU Investment Law and Policy? The Shaky Path Towards the International Promotion of EU Rules.

'Benefit tourism' post Brexit: tackling the ghost by more EU social engagement (2018)
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(2018). 'Benefit tourism' post Brexit: tackling the ghost by more EU social engagement. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly,

This article argues that welfare migration, although ill-defined and yet to be proven empirically, needs to be addressed by the EU. The negative perception of immigration has given rise to anti-EU, nationalist sentiment. Financial solidarity between... Read More about 'Benefit tourism' post Brexit: tackling the ghost by more EU social engagement.