All Outputs (28)

Law as institution (2010)
Book
La Torre, M. (2010). Law as institution. Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6607-8

The book's argument moves from discussing the relation between law and power. Theories defending the primacy of law over power are played against doctrines which center around the prevailing role of law. Legal positivism and natural law are here the... Read More about Law as institution.

The use of article 31(3)(c) of the VCLT in the case-law of the ECtHR : an effective anti-fragmentation tool or a selective loophole for the reinforcement of human rights teleology? (2010)
Journal Article
Tzevelekos, V. (2010). The use of article 31(3)(c) of the VCLT in the case-law of the ECtHR : an effective anti-fragmentation tool or a selective loophole for the reinforcement of human rights teleology?. Michigan Journal of International Law, 31(3), 621-690

In Part I the Article will briefly introduce the question of the fragmentation of international law, and will more extensively delineate the role that the ILC attributed to Article 31(3)(c) and the ILC's expectations regarding its success in this rol... Read More about The use of article 31(3)(c) of the VCLT in the case-law of the ECtHR : an effective anti-fragmentation tool or a selective loophole for the reinforcement of human rights teleology?.

T.M. Knox and the study of economic activity (2010)
Journal Article
Connelly, J. (2010). T.M. Knox and the study of economic activity. International Journal of Social Economics, 37(11), 880-893. https://doi.org/10.1108/03068291011082847

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how T.M. Knox sought to conceptualise economic activity in the context of his philosophical background and in relation to the analysis of the nature of economics offered by Lionel Robbins. Design/methodol... Read More about T.M. Knox and the study of economic activity.

In search of alternative solutions : can the state of origin be held internationally responsible for investors' human rights abuses that are not attributable to it? (2010)
Journal Article
Tzevelekos, V. (2010). In search of alternative solutions : can the state of origin be held internationally responsible for investors' human rights abuses that are not attributable to it?. Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 35(1), 155-231

The paper establishes a three-step (due diligence, positive effect of human rights and extraterritoriality) argument for the responsibility of the home state for the human right breaches of its investors in third countries.

Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia' (2010)
Journal Article
Harrison, K., Manning, R., & McCartan, K. (2010). Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia'. Social & legal studies, 19(4), 481-496. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663910369054

Despite the current high-profile concern over paedophiles and paedophilic activity, there is no easily accessible or widely accepted multi-disciplinary definition of paedophilia. Commentators have pointed to a general contemporary misunderstanding su... Read More about Multi-disciplinary definitions and understandings of 'paedophilia'.

Making the case for socio-legal research in land law: Renner and the law of mortgage (2010)
Journal Article
Whitehouse, L. (2010). Making the case for socio-legal research in land law: Renner and the law of mortgage. Journal of Law and Society, 37(4), 545-568. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2010.00521.x

The aim of this article is to enhance knowledge of and to encourage further research into two areas not traditionally the subject of socio-legal research, namely, the work of Karl Renner and the English law of mortgage, for three reasons. First, an a... Read More about Making the case for socio-legal research in land law: Renner and the law of mortgage.

Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies (2010)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2011). Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies. In The Role of the Regions in EU Governance (81-108). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11903-3_4

The European Regional policy should contribute to increasing growth, competitiveness and employment by incorporating the Union's priorities for sustainable development as defined at the Lisbon European Council and at the Göteborg European Council. Ar... Read More about Chapter 4 the role and function of structural and cohesion funds and the interaction of the EU regional policy with the internal market policies.

Consolidation and Simplification of UK Consumer Law / report for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills, Consumer and Competition Policy Directorate (2010)
Report
Twigg-Flesner, C., & Canavan, R. (2010). Consolidation and Simplification of UK Consumer Law / report for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills, Consumer and Competition Policy Directorate

Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a leader in international climate change politics (3-20). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, few still doubt that climate change poses one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. Certainly, the European Union (EU) and most of its Member States have made climate change a major political priori... Read More about Introduction: European Union political leadership in international climate change politics.

Conclusion: The European Union's leadership role in international climate change politics reassessed (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. (2010). Conclusion: The European Union's leadership role in international climate change politics reassessed. In The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (271 - 289). Routledge

Environmental NGOs Taking a lead? (2010)
Book Chapter
Connelly, J., & Wurzel, R. K. (2010). Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?. In R. Wurzel, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change (214-231). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839959

The European Environmental Bureau (EEB), which set up its offi ce in Brussels in 1974, remained for more than a decade the only major environmental non-governmental organisation (ENGO) focusing primarily on European Union (EU) environmental policy. I... Read More about Environmental NGOs Taking a lead?.

Introduction (2010)
Book Chapter
Panagakou, S., & Connelly, J. (2010). Introduction. In J. Connelly, & S. Pangakou (Eds.), Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas (389). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/978-3-0353-0019-2

This volume is devoted to a critical discussion and re-appraisal of the work of Anglo-American Idealists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Idealism was the dominant philosophy in Britain and the entire English-speaking world during the last... Read More about Introduction.

Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas (2010)
Book
Panagakou, S., & Connelly, J. (2010). Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas. Peter Lang

This volume is devoted to a critical discussion and re-appraisal of the work of Anglo-American Idealists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Idealism was the dominant philosophy in Britain and the entire English-speaking world during the last... Read More about Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas.

The Legacy of Leo Strauss (2010)
Book
Burns, T., & Connelly, J. (2010). The Legacy of Leo Strauss. Imprint Academic

Introduction : Straussian voices (2010)
Book Chapter
Burns, T., & Connelly, J. (2010). Introduction : Straussian voices. In T. Burns, & J. Connelly (Eds.), The Legacy of Leo Strauss (1-25). Imprint Academic

Policy arguments before courts: Identifying and evaluating consequence-based judicial reasoning (2010)
Journal Article
Cserne, P. (2010). Policy arguments before courts: Identifying and evaluating consequence-based judicial reasoning. Humanitas Journal of European Studies, 3, 9-30

This paper is a modest contribution to a long lasting discussion in legal theory and touches on two broad and related questions: what is and what ought to be the role of consequence-based arguments in legal reasoning. Although putting too much stress... Read More about Policy arguments before courts: Identifying and evaluating consequence-based judicial reasoning.

On the Necessity of Necessity: An Economic Analysis of Contracts Concluded in a Situation of Need (2010)
Journal Article
Szalai, A., & Cserne, P. (2010). On the Necessity of Necessity: An Economic Analysis of Contracts Concluded in a Situation of Need. Silesian journal of legal studies, 2, 11-25

In this paper the authors argue that the received view is unwarranted. Their model suggests that in many cases the socially efficient contract price is higher than the rescue costs. To be sure, due to serious information problems the practical implem... Read More about On the Necessity of Necessity: An Economic Analysis of Contracts Concluded in a Situation of Need.

Legal aspects of surgical castration (2010)
Journal Article
Harrison, K. (2010). Legal aspects of surgical castration. Sexual offender treatment, 5(2), 42856

The use of surgical castration, whilst still legal in some European countries is now being practised only on a very small scale. This is largely due to the fact that many people have objections to the practice of surgically castrating offenders, espe... Read More about Legal aspects of surgical castration.

Grievances, remedies and the state - revisited and re-appraised (2010)
Book Chapter
Birkinshaw, P. (2010). Grievances, remedies and the state - revisited and re-appraised. In M. Adler (Ed.), Administrative Justice in Context (353-382). Hart Publishing

War crimes in the armed conflict in Pakistan (2010)
Journal Article
Shah, N. A. (2010). War crimes in the armed conflict in Pakistan. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 33(4), 283-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/10576100903582535

This article argues that an internal armed conflict exists in Pakistan and the law of armed conflict together with human rights law applies to it. It is further argued that both the security forces of Pakistan and the Pakistani Taliban have and will... Read More about War crimes in the armed conflict in Pakistan.