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The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework: a viable procurement option for developing states? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework: a viable procurement option for developing states?. Medical Law International, 227-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533217723683

In this article, I argue that the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness (PIP) Framework is unlikely to have a significant impact on procurement of pandemic influenza vaccines by developing states during the next pandemic. I argue this on the basis that the... Read More about The Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework: a viable procurement option for developing states?.

Cousins, Genetic Diagnosis and Liability of Clinicians: Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB) (2017)
Journal Article
Fay. (2017). Cousins, Genetic Diagnosis and Liability of Clinicians: Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB). Medical Law Review, 672-683. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwx032

This comment analyses the recent High Court decision in Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust. In this case, the court struck out a claim brought by a patient’s second cousins regarding their failure to provide the patient with an accur... Read More about Cousins, Genetic Diagnosis and Liability of Clinicians: Smith & Another v University of Leicester NHS Trust [2016] EWHC 817 (QB).

Accountability, international law, and the World Health Organization: A need for reform? (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Accountability, international law, and the World Health Organization: A need for reform?

Recently the World Health Organization (henceforward WHO) has received significant criticism for its choice of action, as well as on occasion its inaction, with much of this criticism focusing on the role the Organization plays in coordinating the gl... Read More about Accountability, international law, and the World Health Organization: A need for reform?.

The Tale of Two Men: Testimonial Styles in the Presentation of Asylum Claims (2017)
Journal Article
Ramezankhah. (2017). The Tale of Two Men: Testimonial Styles in the Presentation of Asylum Claims. International Journal of Refugee Law, 110-137. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eex014

In determining refugee status, the credibility of an asylum seeker is significantly influenced by the way he or she presents the claim. In the United Kingdom, as elsewhere, the initial decision makers place great emphasis on a detailed, consistent, a... Read More about The Tale of Two Men: Testimonial Styles in the Presentation of Asylum Claims.

Hierarchy and the Sources of International Law: A Critical Perspective (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Hierarchy and the Sources of International Law: A Critical Perspective

The doctrine of sources is constructed around a set of shared intuitions and accepted wisdoms. One of them is that there exists no hierarchy in and among the recognized sources of international law. Conventional accounts of international law-making d... Read More about Hierarchy and the Sources of International Law: A Critical Perspective.

Beyond patents: Scientific knowledge, and access to vaccine (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Beyond patents: Scientific knowledge, and access to vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jemep.2017.02.011

Knowledge is a public good. Patents provide property rights in knowledge, which gives the patentee the right to exclude others from utilising the knowledge for the life of the patent. Patents in the field of pharmaceuticals are controversial because... Read More about Beyond patents: Scientific knowledge, and access to vaccine.