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People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond

Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2023)
People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond. In B. D. Kelly, & M. Donnelly (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law (166-178). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003226413
‘Learning disability’ is currently included in the statutory definition of ‘mental disorder’ used by Scottish capacity and mental health legislation, along with mental illness...

Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality

Book Chapter
Gillies, L. (in press)
Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality. In J. Borg-Barthet, K. Trimmings, B. Yüksel Ripley, & P. Živkovic (Eds.), From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. Oxford: Hart Publishing
The first two decades of this century have already witnessed an increasing range of inequalities between individuals across borders. These inequalities are socio-legal or soc...

Adapting or Discarding the Status Quo? Supporting the Exercise of Legal Capacity in Scottish Law and Practice

Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2022)
Adapting or Discarding the Status Quo? Supporting the Exercise of Legal Capacity in Scottish Law and Practice. In M. Donnelly, R. Harding, & E. Tascioglu (Eds.), Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context. Hart Publishing

Introduction: Crises, convergence and divergence

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (in press)
Introduction: Crises, convergence and divergence. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), National Legal Systems: Convergence or Divergence? Lessons from Contemporary Crises. Springer

The Role of Harmonisation in Times of Crisis

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (in press)
The Role of Harmonisation in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), National Legal Systems: Convergence or Divergence? Lessons from Contemporary Crises. Springer
Globalisation generally and European integration more specifically have led to calls the minimisation of legal diversity which can result in transaction costs and the lack of ...

Core notions and terminology

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (in press)
Core notions and terminology. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), National Legal Systems: Convergence or Divergence? Lessons from Contemporary Crises. Springer

The Vita Cragii of James Baillie

Book Chapter
Dodd, L. (2020)
The Vita Cragii of James Baillie. In A. M. Godfrey (Ed.), Miscellany VIII (265-283). Edinburgh: Stair Society. https://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.7
A Latin edition and annotated English translation of the advocate James Baillie's 1732 biography of Thomas Craig.

National Report for France

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2019)
National Report for France. In J. Chuah, & E. Vaccari (Eds.), Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law: A Global Guide (226-247). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115520.00018
In France, companies encountering financial difficulties are offered two paths to deal with their distress: liquidation or restructuring. The French insolvency test is a pure ...

Thrims khang and the Setting of Justice: the spatial evolution of the Bhutanese Court of Justice

Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2018)
Thrims khang and the Setting of Justice: the spatial evolution of the Bhutanese Court of Justice. In S. Kumagai (Ed.), Buddhism, Culture and Society in BhutanNepal: Vajra Books/ Vajra Publications
No abstract available.

Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars

Book Chapter
Morgera, E., & Gillies, L. (2018)
Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars. In V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm, K. McCall-Smith, & D. French (Eds.), Linkages and Boundaries in Public and Private International Law (175-198). London: Hart: Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509918652.ch-008
This chapter maps little-studied interactions between public and private international law by comparing experiences in using private contracts to specify the meaning of intern...