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Commentaries on Article 2, 17-32, and 51-54 (2017)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2017). Commentaries on Article 2, 17-32, and 51-54. In A. Proelss (Ed.), Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Commentary. Bloomsbury Publishing

May science be with you: Can scientific expertise confer legitimacy to transnational authority? (2017)
Journal Article
Paskalev, V. (2017). May science be with you: Can scientific expertise confer legitimacy to transnational authority?. Transnational Legal Theory, 8(2), 202-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/20414005.2017.1356624

The paper draws on the recent science and technology scholarship (STS) to criticise the dominant understanding of the role of science on which the existing system of transnational regulation is based. In particular, it employs the concept of epistemi... Read More about May science be with you: Can scientific expertise confer legitimacy to transnational authority?.

Free trade as a force of political stability? The case of mainland China and Hong Kong (2017)
Journal Article
Villalta Puig, G., & Chan, V. (2017). Free trade as a force of political stability? The case of mainland China and Hong Kong. International Lawyer, 49(3), 299-323

Is free trade a force of political stability? This article argues that, while political stability could be a cause, it is not always a consequence of free trade. To test this argument, the article analyses the political causes and consequences of the... Read More about Free trade as a force of political stability? The case of mainland China and Hong Kong.

Island biodiversity (2017)
Book Chapter
Barnes, R. (2017). Island biodiversity. In E. Morgera, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), Biodiversity and Nature Protection Law (175-188). Edward Elgar Publishing

Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales: towards a 'win-win' outcome (2017)
Journal Article
Whitehouse, M. (2017). Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales: towards a 'win-win' outcome. Mediation theory and practice, 2(1), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1558/mtp.31937

Civil mediation in Britain has rapidly moved away from being an option, for private choice, to becoming increasingly a compulsory or near-compulsory part of the public justice system. But regulation of the mediation industry remains minimal, and unde... Read More about Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales: towards a 'win-win' outcome.

English as common legal language: Its expansion and the effects on civil law and common law lawyers (2017)
Journal Article
Künnecke, M. (2017). English as common legal language: Its expansion and the effects on civil law and common law lawyers. European review of private law = Revue européenne de droit privé = Europäische Zeitschrift für Privatrecht, 24(5), 733-757

English has become the common language in a globalized legal world. However, the far-reaching consequences of the domination of key areas of the international practice of law by legal English are not yet fully understood and analysed. This article is... Read More about English as common legal language: Its expansion and the effects on civil law and common law lawyers.

Ethnic origin of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offenders (2017)
Journal Article
Harrison, K., & Gill, A. K. (2017). Ethnic origin of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offenders. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 23(3), 300-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2016.1267271

This article examines R v Jamal Muhammed Raheem Ul Nasir, a Court of Appeal case where leave to appeal against a seven-year custodial sentence for sexual offences against children was refused. The appellant argued that his sentence length was excess... Read More about Ethnic origin of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offenders.

Islamic law and transnational diplomatic law: A quest for complementarity in divergent legal theories (2016)
Book
Ismail, M.-B. (2016). Islamic law and transnational diplomatic law: A quest for complementarity in divergent legal theories. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137558770

This book, in its effort to formulate compatibility between Islamic law and the principles of international diplomatic law, argues that the need to harmonize the two legal systems and have a thorough cross-cultural understanding amongst nations gener... Read More about Islamic law and transnational diplomatic law: A quest for complementarity in divergent legal theories.

An assessment of current regulation of GMOs in the EU and proposals for amending it (2016)
Report
Paskalev, V. (2016). An assessment of current regulation of GMOs in the EU and proposals for amending it. Weymouth, Dorset: Green House

Vesco Paskalev argues that the regulation of GMOs in the EU is a shambles. The main problem lies in a very narrow conception of risk and safety. All the emphasis is wrongly on laboratory tests, and evidence on the wider environmental effects is sca... Read More about An assessment of current regulation of GMOs in the EU and proposals for amending it.