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The United Kingdom, Targeted Killing, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law (2025)
Journal Article
Moir, L. (2025). The United Kingdom, Targeted Killing, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law. Journal of international and comparative law, 12(1), 75-90

It would appear that, to date, the United Kingdom (UK) has engaged in the targeted killing of suspected terrorists on the territory of a third State on four occasions—most recently in June 2024. In responding to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on H... Read More about The United Kingdom, Targeted Killing, International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law.

Digital Sovereignty in Global Trade: Analysing WTO Governance of Data Flows (2025)
Journal Article
Lateef, M. A. (2025). Digital Sovereignty in Global Trade: Analysing WTO Governance of Data Flows. Beijing law review, 16(2), 875-907. https://doi.org/10.4236/blr.2025.162044

This paper examines the evolving landscape of cross-border data flows within the international trade law framework, with particular focus on the World Trade Organization's governance mechanisms. While digital trade and data transfers have become cent... Read More about Digital Sovereignty in Global Trade: Analysing WTO Governance of Data Flows.

The Application of Human Rights Treaties as Domestic Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2025)
Journal Article
Piri, H., & Shah, N. A. (2025). The Application of Human Rights Treaties as Domestic Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Human rights quarterly, 47(2), 282-307. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2025.a958152

The reading of the post-revolution 1979 Constitution of Iran gives the im pression that Iran is a dualist state, but this article argues that, on its proper analysis together with Article 9 of the Civil Code 1928, Iran is a monist state and human rig... Read More about The Application of Human Rights Treaties as Domestic Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Public Procurement Regulation in EU and UK (2025)
Book Chapter
Bovis, C. (2025). Public Procurement Regulation in EU and UK. In E. Guinchard, & C. Panara (Eds.), The New Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (163-179). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70652-3_9

The application of public procurement regulation in the UK prior to its departure from the EU was based on the judicial activism of the CJEU which has been the most influential factor in developing and honing the concepts of the public procurement ac... Read More about Public Procurement Regulation in EU and UK.

The Failure of Bangladesh’s Constitutional Design (2025)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, J. (in press). The Failure of Bangladesh’s Constitutional Design. In . N. S. Bui, M. Malagodi, & C. Roberts (Eds.), Asian Comparative Constitutional Law: Volume 3: Constitutional Structure (375-396). Bloomsbury Publishing

At independence in 1971, Bangladesh endorsed the Westminster parliamentary system. The choice was influenced, among others, by a desire to reverse the decades-long suppression by the Pakistani military’s authoritarian presidentialism. However, fifty-... Read More about The Failure of Bangladesh’s Constitutional Design.

Customer-centricity, resilience and flexibility in the legal services sector (2025)
Thesis
Pepperell, B. (2025). Customer-centricity, resilience and flexibility in the legal services sector. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087937

The aim of this thesis is to identify and investigate the disconnect between contemporary client expectations and law firms’ current ability to deliver on those expectations, in the context of a chronically underfunded justice system.
It goes on to... Read More about Customer-centricity, resilience and flexibility in the legal services sector.

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Nigeria: Lessons from Bangladesh’s ‘Nature Based Solution’ Approach (2025)
Journal Article
Falade, O. D., & Chowdhury, J. (2025). Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Nigeria: Lessons from Bangladesh’s ‘Nature Based Solution’ Approach. University of Asia Pacific Journal of Law & Policy, 9(1), 1-23

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No. 6 is about ensuring adequate and quality water for all by 2030. However, there are concerns that Nigeria will not achieve SDG 6 as its efforts to ensure quality water have proved abortive. Nig... Read More about Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 in Nigeria: Lessons from Bangladesh’s ‘Nature Based Solution’ Approach.

Fifty Years of Bangladesh Parliament: A Critical Evaluation (2025)
Book
Chowdhury, J. (2025). Fifty Years of Bangladesh Parliament: A Critical Evaluation. Brill Academic Publishers

This book critically examines the constitutional position and contribution of the Bangladesh Parliament during the fifty years of its existence (1973-2023). Examining the institution through a “Westminster” lens, the book unearths how and why it beha... Read More about Fifty Years of Bangladesh Parliament: A Critical Evaluation.

The Emerging Legal Framework for Ecological Restoration under International Environmental Law (2024)
Book Chapter
Nsoh, W., & Muzan, M. (2024). The Emerging Legal Framework for Ecological Restoration under International Environmental Law. In R. C. Brears, & J. Lindley (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on Environmental Policy and Law. Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30231-2

Ecological restoration has only become legal as an international environmental law (IEL) obligation within the last half-century. However, the practice of ecological restoration is not an entirely new phenomenon historically. The evolution of the int... Read More about The Emerging Legal Framework for Ecological Restoration under International Environmental Law.

Procedural justice and the right to a fair trial in Pakistan (2024)
Thesis
Abbas, M. (2024). Procedural justice and the right to a fair trial in Pakistan. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4920507

The study examines how the current tapestry of procedural justice in Pakistan is contrary to the principles of fair trial, as envisaged by Article 10-A of the Constitution of Pakistan, read with Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and P... Read More about Procedural justice and the right to a fair trial in Pakistan.

A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (2024). A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 35(10), 547-561

This article evaluates the objectives of the legal framework on public procurement in the European Union and evaluates its contribution to the internal market. A critical analysis of the public procurement acquis's evolution is set out, which reveals... Read More about A Critical Assessment of the EU Public Procurement Directives: reforming the public and utilities markets in the EU.

Qatar Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Under Political Blockade by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt (2024)
Thesis
Al-Mannai, H. (2024). Qatar Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Under Political Blockade by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4913302

Contemporary businesses face multiple challenges in attracting and retaining customers, particularly in the service industry, due to geopolitical events such as the Qatar blockade, the Russia-Ukraine war, and economic downturns. In particular, the Qa... Read More about Qatar Services Marketing and Customer Relationship Under Political Blockade by Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.

Backsliding and Endurance of Parliamentary System in Bangladesh (2024)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, J. (2024). Backsliding and Endurance of Parliamentary System in Bangladesh. In A. J. Chowdhury, M. Khalequzzaman, & Q. Z. Iqbal (Eds.), The Constitution of Bangladesh: Search for a Just Society (91-109). Universal Book House

Bangladesh’s parliamentary system has endured an eventful journey through one-party monopoly, military dictatorship, non-political caretaker governments and an era of competitively authoritarian bipartisanship. The country is now settled in for anoth... Read More about Backsliding and Endurance of Parliamentary System in Bangladesh.

Can a human right to good mental health be justified? (2024)
Journal Article
Bielby, P. (2024). Can a human right to good mental health be justified?. Bioethics, 38(8), 733-740. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13329

Can a human right to good mental health be justified? This is an under-explored question: until recently, rights in relation to mental health have been framed and debated primarily in terms of their relevance to psychosocial disability and mental ill... Read More about Can a human right to good mental health be justified?.

The International Procurement Instrument: a device to protect or to equalise the playing field. (2024)
Journal Article
Bovis, C. (in press). The International Procurement Instrument: a device to protect or to equalise the playing field. The Company Lawyer,

European and British companies face restrictions in accessing markets in third countries. The purpose of the IPI Instrument, as a commercial policy instrument, is to restrict access to the EU internal market, including the area of public contracts, f... Read More about The International Procurement Instrument: a device to protect or to equalise the playing field..

Internally Displaced Persons and International Human Rights Law: Nigerian Legal Perspective (2024)
Thesis
Falade, O. D. Internally Displaced Persons and International Human Rights Law: Nigerian Legal Perspective. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866307

There are nine core UN treaties on human rights among them are the International Convention on Economic and Social Rights; the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Ra... Read More about Internally Displaced Persons and International Human Rights Law: Nigerian Legal Perspective.

It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor:The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales (2024)
Journal Article
Nichols, H., Saunders, G., Harrison, K., Mason, R., Smith, L., & Hall, L. (2024). It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor:The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales. Incarceration, 5, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/26326663241253698

The wellbeing of prison governors has received little attention in penological research to date. The findings of this research reveal that governors’ wellbeing is negatively impacted by a dominant Masculinity Contest Culture (MCC) permeating through... Read More about It’s not ok to not be ok . . . when you’re a prison governor:The impact of workplace culture on prison governors’ wellbeing in England, Scotland and Wales.

Globalization of American Interpretation Debate: Originalists, Living Constitutionalists, and the Drifters (2024)
Journal Article
Chowdhury, M. J. A., & Ahmed, J. (in press). Globalization of American Interpretation Debate: Originalists, Living Constitutionalists, and the Drifters. The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, 8, Article 7

The American Debate on originalism and living constitutionalism has travelled worldwide. This paper examines four Western and six South and Southeast Asian jurisdictions and argues that the modalities of the Debate there reflect their party systems,... Read More about Globalization of American Interpretation Debate: Originalists, Living Constitutionalists, and the Drifters.

Reappraising Reprisals Against Enemy Civilians in Customary International Humanitarian Law (2024)
Journal Article
Moir, L. (2024). Reappraising Reprisals Against Enemy Civilians in Customary International Humanitarian Law. Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 15(2), https://doi.org/10.1163/18781527-bja10095

Belligerent reprisals are a controversial and largely discredited mechanism for the enforcement of international humanitarian law. Additional Protocol I of 1977 prohibits a range of reprisal activity, including reprisals against enemy civilians. A (r... Read More about Reappraising Reprisals Against Enemy Civilians in Customary International Humanitarian Law.

Universals of legal reasoning by judges: A plea for candour in decision-making (2024)
Book
Lundmark, T. (2024). Universals of legal reasoning by judges: A plea for candour in decision-making. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198785675.001.0001

Universals in Legal Reasoning by Judges explores and expounds the usage of rules to justify judicial decisions. Inspired by Savigny's canons of interpretation, and informed by the author's years of study and teaching in Germany, the book constructs a... Read More about Universals of legal reasoning by judges: A plea for candour in decision-making.