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Southampton Student Law Review
From Nbr. 1-1, January 2011
to Nbr. 9-1, January 2019
University of Southampton, 2020
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SOAS Law Journal
From Nbr. I-I, January 2014
to Nbr. VII-I, January 2020
SOAS University of London, 2020
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La decisión de acusar. Un estudio a la luz del sistema acusatorio inglés
by:
Dykinson, 2014
- Autonomous Weapons Systems & Accountability: Rethinking Criminal Responsibility for War Crimes at the ICC
- Evaluation of Whether The Awards Annulled at The Seat of Arbitration Should be Enforced in Other Jurisdictions in the Context of Juridical Theories of Arbitration
- Reforming the Current United Nations Sanctions System: A Necessary Exercise in the 21st Century
- The Tussle with Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law: The Case of Cameroon
- Regulation of the Social Media in Electoral Democracies: A Case of Kenya
- Corporate Accountability in International Law: a “State Shaming” Exercise
- The Effect of China’s Law-Making Power on its Participation in the WTO DSM
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Don't Go Taking My Heart: A New Model for Organ Donation Law and Consent
In light of continued disparity between registered organ donors and patients in need of a transplant, this article seeks to evaluate purported solutions as enacted by the UK and other governments, with particular focus on the current explicit consent and proposed presumed consent models. The article seeks to view Organ Donation law in the UK through a wide lens, focusing not only on results...
- Foreword: Looking Forward and Back in Time of Transitions
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Modern Day Illegality: Mance LJ and the Range of Factors Approach
The longstanding principles underpinning equitable and common law proprietary claims in relation to illegality have recently been reconsidered in the Supreme Court, the outcome of which was a change of approach in assessing reliance on illegality. This paper explores Mance LJ’s (as he then was) distaste of abiding by established illegality doctrines and the extent to which his view was echoed and
- Banality of Evil Meets Unity of Purpose: Criminological Similarities between Italian Mafia Groups and International Crimes
- Beyond the Failure of Justice: Lebanon’s General Amnesty Law of 1991 and Access to Redress for Victims of the 1975- 1990 Civil War
- Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the Corporation
- The Durability of Truth and Reconciliation in Peru´: A Perspective from 2018
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The Journey of Good Faith: Where Does It belong in General Contract Law?
This piece considers the doctrine of good faith and its existence in contract law which began with Lord Mansfield’s judgment in Carter v Boehm. Then, reconsiders the general contract law approach in reluctance to establishing an overriding duty of good faith. Parallels are drawn from the operation of the pre-contractual duty of good faith in insurance contracts to demonstrate that an overreaching
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The Law of Illegality and Trusts: A New Mess for the Old One
In Patel v Mirza,1 the Supreme Court overruled the highly controversial judgment of the House of Lords in Tinsley v Milligan.2 The new ‘range of factors’ test adopted by the landmark decision, which replaced the narrow ‘reliance’ test formulated in Tinsley v Milligan, however does not produce different results in every single case. This article highlights the impact of the law on illegality of...
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Can the Prospect of Unmanned Ships Stay Afloat under the Current Collision Regulations?
The prospect of unmanned shipping was previously confined to fiction, however, technological developments over the last decade have firmly established their place in the future of the Shipping industry. This essay focuses on unmanned ship’s ability to comply with the 1972 Collision Regulations (COLREGs). This essay will discuss whether unmanned ships can satisfy the existing COLREGs, whether...
- The Rise of Mediation and its Erosive Effect on the Rule of Law in Dispute Resolution
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Does a Choice of Law Bind a Claimant in a Direct Action? An Analysis in Relation to Insurance Contracts in a Maritime Law Context
This article examines the application of European Union rules on a choice of law in relation to direct action claims, with a focus on insurance contracts in a maritime setting. This is an important legal matter which needs to be addressed, since, in cases of insolvent tortfeasors, third parties may be left without a remedy for damages incurred. The analysis will look into the most recent case law
- Can mere incompetence constitute a breach of fiduciary duty?
- Enforced Disappearances and the Application of International Humanitarian Law to the Conflict in the Southern Border Provinces of Thailand
- Charanne v Spain and Eiser v Spain: Comparative Case Analysis on Legitimate Expectations and Fair and Equitable Standard
- Key Changes Introduced by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and their likely Impact in Combatting Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing
- Leveraging International Legal and Human Rights Mechanisms: Efforts to End Forced Labour in Burma/Myanmar
- The Modern Shaping of “Minorities” in the Post-Ottoman Era: An Anachronism in Service of Sectarian Powers and Nation-States
- Foreword
- Reclaiming Nigeria's Natural Resource Frontiers after AG Federation v AG Abia & 35 Ors
- The Turkish Revolution of 1926: The Transition Process of Family Law from Ottoman Legal Heritage to Turkish Civil Law
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Comment on the decision in RFC 2012 Plc (in liquidation) v Advocate General for Scotland [2017] UKSC 45
In the Rangers1 case, the Supreme Court heard an appeal concerning whether a charge to income tax was applicable to payments made by an employer into a trust, on behalf of an employee. It considers the meaning of ‘earnings’ in relation to the income tax statutes and reaches the conclusion that the payments made by the Rangers were ‘earnings’. In this article, the reasoning of the Court will be...
- Truth on Trial: Law, Memory and Freedom of Expression in Europe