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A perspective on the Rome Statute's defence of duress: The role of imminence

Journal Article
Moran, C. F. (2018)
A perspective on the Rome Statute's defence of duress: The role of imminence. International Criminal Law Review, 18(1), 154-177. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01801001
The concept of duress encapsulated in Article 31(1)(d) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is a novel inclusion in a statute created to allow prosecution o...

Serving Best Interests in ‘Known Biological Father Disputes’ in the United Kingdom

Book Chapter
Macfarlane, L. (2016)
Serving Best Interests in ‘Known Biological Father Disputes’ in the United Kingdom. In E. E. Sutherland, & L. A. B. MacFarlane (Eds.), Implementing Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child : best interests, welfare and well-being (149-164). (1). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Article 3 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that in ‘all actions concerning children’ the ‘best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration’...

‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’

Journal Article
Macfarlane, L. (2015)
‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’. Stellenbosch Law Review, 26(2), 424-442
This article addresses the right to life, survival and development, guaranteed to every child by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 6, within th...

Enlightened shareholder value: did directors deliver?

Journal Article
Grier, N. (2014)
Enlightened shareholder value: did directors deliver?. Juridical Review, 95,
S.172 of the Companies Act 2006 was meant to encourage company directors to behave properly. The evidence is that the wording of s.172 was well intentioned but naive, and that...