17 results

"Like a pot without a handle": Law, Meaning and Practice in Medieval Bhutan

Journal Article
Whitecross, R. (2018)
"Like a pot without a handle": Law, Meaning and Practice in Medieval Bhutan. Cahiers d'Extrême-Asie, 26, 87-103. https://doi.org/10.3406/asie.2017.1490
No abstract available.

The Problem of the Authority of the International Criminal Court

Journal Article
Moran, C. F. (2018)
The Problem of the Authority of the International Criminal Court. International Criminal Law Review, 18(5), 883-901. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718123-01805001
This research examines the problem of the authority of the International Criminal Court (ICC), focusing on its claim to jurisdiction as its primary exercise of authority. The ...

Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?

Journal Article
Macfarlane, L. (2018)
Rethinking Childhood Contributory Negligence: 'Blame', 'Fault' - but what about Children's Rights?. Juridical Review, 75-97
Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child provides that the child’s ‘best interests… shall be a primary consideration’ in all actions concerning th...

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...

Patrick v Patrick and Re A letter to a Young Person : Judicial Letters to Children – an Unannounced, but not an Unwelcome, Development

Journal Article
Barnes Macfarlane, L. (2018)
Patrick v Patrick and Re A letter to a Young Person : Judicial Letters to Children – an Unannounced, but not an Unwelcome, Development. Edinburgh Law Review, 22(1), 101-107. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2018.0458
"A letter", Nietzsche once wrote, "is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises". Given the extremely personal nature of many family law judgments, it is r...

Of Texts and Drama: Delivering Justice in Bhutan.

Journal Article
Whitecross, R. W. (2017)
Of Texts and Drama: Delivering Justice in Bhutan. Buddhism, Law & Society, 2,
This paper presents a short history of the development of legal texts in Bhutan with some analysis of how the later texts reflect the globalized language of the rule of law re...

Crystallising the International Rule of Law: Trump’s Accidental Contribution to International Law

Journal Article
Moran, C. F. (2017)
Crystallising the International Rule of Law: Trump’s Accidental Contribution to International Law. Washburn Law Journal, 56(3), 491-506
No abstract available.

Human rights law.

Book
Moran, C. F. (2017)
Human rights law. In N. Busby, & R. Zahn (Eds.), Studying EU law during and after Brexit, 81-84. Scotland: Scottish Universities Legal Network on Europe
The European Union’s original focus was on economic integration among the six founding Member States. The task of securing human rights at a supranational level had been entru...

Decision Making Process of Jurors.

Book Chapter
Curley, L. (2017)
Decision Making Process of Jurors. In B. Baker, R. Minhas, & L. Wilson (Eds.), Factbook: Psychology and Law(2). European Association of Psychology and Law Student Society
No abstract available.

Section 11 Orders and the “Abuse” Provisions: Family Lawyers’ Experience and Understanding of Section 11(7A)-(7E)

Journal Article
Whitecross, R. W. (2017)
Section 11 Orders and the “Abuse” Provisions: Family Lawyers’ Experience and Understanding of Section 11(7A)-(7E). Edinburgh Law Review, 21(2), 269-275. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2017.0419
No abstract available.