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The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe (2018)
Journal Article
Goodman, M., & Connelly, J. (2018). The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe. Environmental Politics, 27(6), 1014-1032. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1438789

The European environmental movement has been reconfigured since the introduction of the pan-European public interest environmental law group based on the model founded in the USA around 1970. Yet it has been claimed that there is a low degree of succ... Read More about The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe.

Paternalism and contract law (2018)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2018). Paternalism and contract law. In K. Grill, & J. Hanna (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of paternalism (293–310). Routledge

Les nudges sont-ils des outils extra-juridiques? (2018)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2018). Les nudges sont-ils des outils extra-juridiques?. In A. Brunon-Ernst, & M. Bozzo-Rey (Eds.), Nudges et normativités: Généalogies, Concepts et Applications (121–145)

Civil disputes leading to crimes: A baseline study of terrorism affected North Western Pakistan (2017)
Journal Article
Iqbāl, K. A., & Shah, N. (2017). Civil disputes leading to crimes: A baseline study of terrorism affected North Western Pakistan. Australian journal of Asian law, 18(1),

The article explores the relationship between civil disputes and private crimes in two districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is a hard hit area by terrorism and the war on terror. This article investigates if and why civil injustice may lead people... Read More about Civil disputes leading to crimes: A baseline study of terrorism affected North Western Pakistan.

Overseeing criminal justice: The supervisory role of the public prosecution service in China (2017)
Journal Article
Mou, Y. (2017). Overseeing criminal justice: The supervisory role of the public prosecution service in China. Journal of Law and Society, 44(4), 620-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12060

© 2017 The Author. Journal of Law and Society and 2017 Cardiff University Law School. The Chinese public prosecution service, the procuracy, is modelled on the Soviet Union system and has been accorded the controversial function of supervising other... Read More about Overseeing criminal justice: The supervisory role of the public prosecution service in China.

Trans people and the Church of England: disadvantage and microaggressions (2017)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2017). Trans people and the Church of England: disadvantage and microaggressions. Modern believing, 58(4), 321-342. https://doi.org/10.3828/mb.2017.22

In this article, I discuss the situation of trans people within the Church of England. I outline instances of legal and institutional discrimination in the following situations: the Equality Act 2010 in the context of employment, promotion and traini... Read More about Trans people and the Church of England: disadvantage and microaggressions.

Policing the culture of silence: strategies to increase the reporting of sexual abuse in British South Asian communities (2017)
Journal Article
Harrison, K., & Gill, A. K. (2019). Policing the culture of silence: strategies to increase the reporting of sexual abuse in British South Asian communities. Policing and Society, 29(3), 302-317. https://doi.org/10.1080/10439463.2017.1405958

The policing of black and minority ethnic communities have a chequered history, with institutional racism, over policing and under protection being rife. While there have been several studies completed on policing and race, very little has looked at... Read More about Policing the culture of silence: strategies to increase the reporting of sexual abuse in British South Asian communities.

Pharmacological treatment of patients with paraphilic disorders and risk of sexual offending: an international perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Turner, D., Petermann, J., Harrison, K., Krueger, R., & Briken, P. (2017). Pharmacological treatment of patients with paraphilic disorders and risk of sexual offending: an international perspective. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15622975.2017.1395069

Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate existing policy and practice relating to the use of pharmacological treatments with patients suffering from paraphilic disorders who are at risk of committing further sexual offences. Methods: A systemat... Read More about Pharmacological treatment of patients with paraphilic disorders and risk of sexual offending: an international perspective.

Challenges and opportunities of the China – Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement (2017)
Journal Article
Villalta Puig, G., & Yee, A. T. H. (2017). Challenges and opportunities of the China – Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement. Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 40(1), 123-158

The free trade agreement between China and the Gulf Cooperation Council (“the GCC”) currently under negotiation is due to become China’s first comprehensive trade and investment agreement with a supranational customs union. The article explores the c... Read More about Challenges and opportunities of the China – Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement.

Restorative justice for victims: inherent limits? (2017)
Journal Article
Johnstone, G. (2017). Restorative justice for victims: inherent limits?. Restorative justice, 5(3), 382-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/20504721.2017.1390999

Campaigners for restorative justice suggest that we should deal with criminal behaviour by encouraging those responsible to repair the harm they have caused and that those who cause and suffer harm should be at the centre of deliberation and decision... Read More about Restorative justice for victims: inherent limits?.

Preferential trade agreements and the World Trade Organization: developments to the dispute settlement understanding (2017)
Journal Article
Hyams, A., & Villalta Puig, G. (2017). Preferential trade agreements and the World Trade Organization: developments to the dispute settlement understanding. Legal Issues of Economic Integration, 44(3), 237-264

© 2017 Kluwer Law International BV, The Netherlands. On 21 March 2016, at the 9th Annual Update on World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement, former Chairman of the Special Session of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), Ambassador Ronald Sabor... Read More about Preferential trade agreements and the World Trade Organization: developments to the dispute settlement understanding.

Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddqui v. Bangladesh: Bangladesh's Dilemma with Judges' Impeachment (2017)
Journal Article
Chowdhury, M. J. A., & Saha, N. K. (2017). Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddqui v. Bangladesh: Bangladesh's Dilemma with Judges' Impeachment. Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Quarterly, 3(3), 7-27

Like the major constitutional systems of the world, Bangladesh had a parliamentary removal process for the judges of the highest court. The system was however changed by the military rulers of late 1970s. Very recently, the parliament of Bangladesh a... Read More about Advocate Asaduzzaman Siddqui v. Bangladesh: Bangladesh's Dilemma with Judges' Impeachment.

China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone investor-state dispute settlement : an uncertain experiment (2017)
Journal Article
Villalta Puig, G., & Tsam Tai, S. L. (2017). China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone investor-state dispute settlement : an uncertain experiment. Journal of World Investment and Trade, 18(4), 673-711. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340055

The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (PFTZ) is the first free trade zone of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). It seeks to reform the national economy and open it up to foreign investment. This article argues that the suite of legal instrume... Read More about China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone investor-state dispute settlement : an uncertain experiment.

Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and Legislation (2017)
Book Chapter
Harrison, K. (2017). Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and Legislation. In T. Sanders (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Sex Offenders and Sex Offences (327-343). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190213633.013.19

This essay considers sex offender legislation in a number of countries, including England and Wales, Germany, and the United States, and details sex offender sentencing provisions in various systems. It evaluates the policies behind these laws. The e... Read More about Sentencing high-risk sex offenders: Policy and Legislation.

Charlie Hebdo : testing the limits of freedom of expression (2017)
Journal Article
Shah, N. A. (2017). Charlie Hebdo : testing the limits of freedom of expression. Muslim World Journal of Human Rights, 14(1), 83-111. https://doi.org/10.1515/mwjhr-2017-0007

The right to freedom of expression is a qualified right: it allows expression that might ‘offend, shock or disturb’ but prohibits ‘insults’, ‘abusive attacks’ and ‘hate speech’. Applying the Convention test I argue that all cartoons of the Prophet Mu... Read More about Charlie Hebdo : testing the limits of freedom of expression.

Sexual orientation change efforts, conservative christianity and resistance to sexual justice (2017)
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2017). Sexual orientation change efforts, conservative christianity and resistance to sexual justice. Social Sciences, 6(2), 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6020054

© 2017 by the authors. In this article, I situate the practice of sexual orientation conversion efforts (SOCE), sometimes known as conversion or reparative therapy, within historical, cultural, religious and political attitudes to non-heterosexuality... Read More about Sexual orientation change efforts, conservative christianity and resistance to sexual justice.