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Rarity and Endangerment: Why Do They Matter? (2023)
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James, S. P. (2023). Rarity and Endangerment: Why Do They Matter?. Environmental Values, https://doi.org/10.1177/09632719231171836

It is often supposed that valuable organisms are more valuable if they are rare. Likewise if they belong to endangered species. I consider what kinds of value rarity and endangerment can add in such cases. I argue that individual organisms of a valua... Read More about Rarity and Endangerment: Why Do They Matter?.

The relationship between speculation and translation in Bioethics: methods and methodologies (2023)
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Johnson, T., & Romanis, E. C. (2023). The relationship between speculation and translation in Bioethics: methods and methodologies. Monash Bioethics Review, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40592-023-00181-z

There are increasing pressures for bioethics to emphasise 'translation'. Against this backdrop, we defend 'speculative bioethics'. We explore speculation as an important tool and line of bioethical inquiry. Further, we examine the relationship betwee... Read More about The relationship between speculation and translation in Bioethics: methods and methodologies.

Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law (2023)
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Minnerop, P. (2023). Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law. Global Policy, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.13219

This article argues that the protection of ‘community interests’ in international law includes intertemporal obligations of States, in cases where it is scientifically foreseeable that (fully) maintaining the ‘status quo’ of a protected community int... Read More about Intergenerational Preparedness: Climate Change, Community Interest Obligations, and the Environmental Rule of Law.

Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective (2023)
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Du, M. (2023). Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective. European Law Journal: Review of European Law in Context, 28(4-6), 281-303. https://doi.org/10.1111/eulj.12468

China's approach to ISDS reform is widely perceived as undecided and ambiguous. This paper provides the first detailed analysis of China's submission to the UNITRAL Working Group III and situates China's approach in the context of global dialogue of... Read More about Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective.

‘Money probably has something to do with my life’: Discourse and materiality in the working lives of start-up entrepreneurs (2023)
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Musilek, K., Jamie, K., & Learmonth, M. (2023). ‘Money probably has something to do with my life’: Discourse and materiality in the working lives of start-up entrepreneurs. Work, Employment and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/09500170231185033

This article contributes to an understanding of work-intensive entrepreneurial lives as part of analysing the intensification of work in society. It offers an empirical extension of Foucauldian analyses which attribute commitment to work to the influ... Read More about ‘Money probably has something to do with my life’: Discourse and materiality in the working lives of start-up entrepreneurs.

Equality-enhancing potential of novel forms of assisted gestation: Perspectives of reproductive rights advocates (2023)
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Romanis, E. C. (2023). Equality-enhancing potential of novel forms of assisted gestation: Perspectives of reproductive rights advocates. Bioethics, 37(7), 637-646. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13187

Novel forms of assisted gestation—uterus transplantation and artificial placentas—are highly anticipated in the ethico-legal literature for their capacity to enhance reproductive autonomy. There are also, however, significant challenges anticipated i... Read More about Equality-enhancing potential of novel forms of assisted gestation: Perspectives of reproductive rights advocates.

Translational or translationable? A call for ethno-immersion in (empirical) bioethics research (2023)
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Parsons, J. A., Johal, H., Parker, J., & Romanis, E. C. (2023). Translational or translationable? A call for ethno-immersion in (empirical) bioethics research. Bioethics, https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13184

The shift towards "empirical bioethics" was largely triggered by a recognition that stakeholders' views and experiences are vital in ethical analysis where one hopes to produce practicable recommendations. Such perspectives can provide a rich resourc... Read More about Translational or translationable? A call for ethno-immersion in (empirical) bioethics research.

The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales (2023)
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Halliday, S., Romanis, E. C., De Proost, L., & Verweij, E. (. (2023). The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales. Medical Law Review, https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwad015

Time plays a fundamental role in abortion regulation. In this article, we compare the regulatory frameworks in England and Wales and the Netherlands as examples of the centrality accorded to viability in the determination of the parameters of non-cri... Read More about The (mis)use of fetal viability as the determinant of non-criminal abortion in the Netherlands and England and Wales.

Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems (2023)
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Spencer, M., Culhane, F., Chong, F., Powell, M. O., Roland Holst, R. J., & Helm, R. (2023). Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems. PeerJ – the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences, 11, Article 15021. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15021

The open ocean beyond national jurisdiction covers nearly half of Earth’s surface and is largely unexplored. It is also an emerging frontier for new types of human activity. Understanding how new activities interact with high seas ecosystems is criti... Read More about Estimating the impact of new high seas activities on the environment: the effects of ocean-surface macroplastic removal on sea surface ecosystems.

Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean (2023)
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Roland Holst, R. J. (2023). Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 38(2), 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718085-bja10122

This article takes the fortieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as an opportunity to reflect on the role that the compulsory dispute settlement system under Part XV of the Convention plays in maintaining the legal o... Read More about Reflections on the Governance Function of Compulsory Dispute Settlement in the Legal Order for the Ocean.

The end of (reproductive) liberty as we know it: A note on Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health 597 USC __ (2022) (2023)
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Romanis, E. C. (2023). The end of (reproductive) liberty as we know it: A note on Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health 597 USC __ (2022). Medical Law International, 23(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/09685332231154562

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, a 6–3 majority of the US Supreme Court overturned 50 years of established precedent, ruling that the Constitution confers no right to abortion. Since first recognition that the constitutional right to privacy encom... Read More about The end of (reproductive) liberty as we know it: A note on Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health 597 USC __ (2022).

Skeleton Keys to Hospital Doors: Adolescent Adults who Refuse Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment (2023)
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Cave, E., & Cave, H. (2023). Skeleton Keys to Hospital Doors: Adolescent Adults who Refuse Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment. Modern Law Review, 86(4), 984-1010. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12798

We consider how the sufficiency of young adults’ autonomy is judged in light of biological, social and psychological evidence that adolescence can continue into the mid 20s. Until then, adolescent adults are prone to developmental immaturity which ca... Read More about Skeleton Keys to Hospital Doors: Adolescent Adults who Refuse Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment.

Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism (2023)
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Du, M. (2023). Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism. German law journal, 24(1), 125-150. https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.2

Much ink has been splashed on the ideological, conceptual, and practical challenges that China’s state capitalism has posed to global trade rules. There is a growing perception that the current international trade rules are neither conceptually coher... Read More about Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism.

Early telemedical abortion, safeguarding, and under 18s: a qualitative study with care providers in England and Wales (2023)
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Romanis, E. C., & Parsons, J. A. (2023). Early telemedical abortion, safeguarding, and under 18s: a qualitative study with care providers in England and Wales. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, 49(4), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2022-201762

Background: Telemedical early medical abortion (TEMA) was introduced in England and Wales as a temporary measure in 2020 and was made permanent in 2022. While there are considerable data showing the safety, efficacy, and acceptability of TEMA for pat... Read More about Early telemedical abortion, safeguarding, and under 18s: a qualitative study with care providers in England and Wales.

Abortion Access and the Benefits and Limitations of Abortion-Permissive Legal Frameworks: Lessons from the United Kingdom (2023)
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Romanis, E. C. (2023). Abortion Access and the Benefits and Limitations of Abortion-Permissive Legal Frameworks: Lessons from the United Kingdom. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 32(3), 378-390. https://doi.org/10.1017/s096318012200086x

This paper argues that abortion access is an important subject for bioethics scholarship and reflects on the relationship between legal frameworks and access to care. The author uses the example of the United Kingdom to examine the benefits and limit... Read More about Abortion Access and the Benefits and Limitations of Abortion-Permissive Legal Frameworks: Lessons from the United Kingdom.

Huawei Strikes Back: Challenging National Security Decisions before Investment Arbitral Tribunals (2023)
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Du, M. (2023). Huawei Strikes Back: Challenging National Security Decisions before Investment Arbitral Tribunals. Emory international law review, 37(1), 1-54

As a direct reaction to rising investment from China amid the transformation of the geopolitical context in which China has emerged as a great power, Western countries, including the United States, have introduced new or reinforced existing national... Read More about Huawei Strikes Back: Challenging National Security Decisions before Investment Arbitral Tribunals.