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The Death of Law, Another Obituary (2022)
Journal Article
Lucy, W. (2022). The Death of Law, Another Obituary. Cambridge Law Journal, 81(1), 109-138. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0008197321001021

This essay argues that a defining characteristic of modern law – the distinctive way in which it judges its addressees – will disappear. After sketching the distinctive nature of modern law's judgment, I show that it is part of a broader regulatory p... Read More about The Death of Law, Another Obituary.

"It has literally been a lifesaver": The role of 'knowing kinship' in supporting fat women to navigate medical fatphobia (2022)
Journal Article
Kost, C., & Jamie, K. (2023). "It has literally been a lifesaver": The role of 'knowing kinship' in supporting fat women to navigate medical fatphobia. Fat Studies, 12(2), 311-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/21604851.2022.2041295

This article focuses on the development of online fat kinship in the Health at Every Size (HAES) movement. We draw upon 15 fat women’s experiences of their HAES community membership to explore the ways that fat kinship develops around fatphobic exper... Read More about "It has literally been a lifesaver": The role of 'knowing kinship' in supporting fat women to navigate medical fatphobia.

Reading Clay: The Temporal and Transformative Potential of Clay in Contemporary Scientific Practice (2022)
Journal Article
Bryant, L., Jamie, K., & Sharples, G. (2023). Reading Clay: The Temporal and Transformative Potential of Clay in Contemporary Scientific Practice. Journal of Material Culture, 28(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591835221074159

Clay has a long history in the global south and has been extensively studied by ‘Western’ social scientists particularly anthropologists and archeologists in relation to histories of earlier civilisations and cultural practices. Clay in relation to c... Read More about Reading Clay: The Temporal and Transformative Potential of Clay in Contemporary Scientific Practice.

Vaccine Liability in the Light of Covid-19: A defence of risk-benefit (2022)
Journal Article
Goldberg, R. (2022). Vaccine Liability in the Light of Covid-19: A defence of risk-benefit. Medical Law Review, 30(2), 243-267. https://doi.org/10.1093/medlaw/fwab053

Vaccines have played an essential role in advancing medical treatment in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. However, no medical intervention is risk free, and vaccines are no exception to that rule. This article considers how lawyers have conf... Read More about Vaccine Liability in the Light of Covid-19: A defence of risk-benefit.

From Discipline to Quality of Care: How Neurologists Can Learn from Decisions of Disciplinary Tribunals (2022)
Journal Article
Gimbel, I., Mostert, M., Van Leeuwen, B., & Van Leeuwen, R. (2022). From Discipline to Quality of Care: How Neurologists Can Learn from Decisions of Disciplinary Tribunals. European Neurology, 85(3), 202-207. https://doi.org/10.1159/000521391

Background: One of the primary aims of medical disciplinary law is to improve the quality of care. However, the decisions of disciplinary tribunals are not sufficiently analysed to identify the learning elements. Aim: This study aimed to investigate... Read More about From Discipline to Quality of Care: How Neurologists Can Learn from Decisions of Disciplinary Tribunals.

Appropriately framing maternal request caesarean section (2022)
Journal Article
Romanis, E. C. (2022). Appropriately framing maternal request caesarean section. Journal of Medical Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107806

In their paper, ‘How to reach trustworthy decisions for caesarean sections on maternal request: a call for beneficial power’, Eide and Bærøe present maternal request caesarean sections (MRCS) as a site of conflict in obstetrics because birthing peopl... Read More about Appropriately framing maternal request caesarean section.

Using theory and reflexivity to preserve methodological rigour of data collection in qualitative research (2022)
Journal Article
Jamie, K., & Rathbone, A. (2022). Using theory and reflexivity to preserve methodological rigour of data collection in qualitative research. Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences, 3(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/26320843211061302

This paper examines the place of theory in qualitative medical research. While theory’s place in research planning and data analysis has been well-established, the contribution of theory during qualitative data collection tends to be overlooked. Yet,... Read More about Using theory and reflexivity to preserve methodological rigour of data collection in qualitative research.

Towards a Win-Win EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Challenges and Prospects (2022)
Book Chapter
Bush, C., & Du, M. (2022). Towards a Win-Win EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Challenges and Prospects. In Y. Kim (Ed.), China and the Belt and Road Initiative (145-177). (1). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86122-3_7

Bilateral investment between China and the EU has accelerated rapidly, with both sides seeking a mutually beneficial yet sustainable relationship. Limitations remain however, given that the current legal framework governing EU-China investments are r... Read More about Towards a Win-Win EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Challenges and Prospects.

The Status of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in International Investment Arbitration: Much Ado about Nothing? (2021)
Journal Article
Du, M. (2021). The Status of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in International Investment Arbitration: Much Ado about Nothing?. Chinese Journal of International Law, 20(4), 785-815. https://doi.org/10.1093/chinesejil/jmab040

Chinese State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a key role not only in China’ domestic market, but also in implementing the Government of China (GOC)’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. Accordingly, Chinese SOEs have increasingly fallen back on investo... Read More about The Status of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in International Investment Arbitration: Much Ado about Nothing?.

Regulating the promotion of renewable electricity consumption and production: a European Union case study (2021)
Book Chapter
Woolley, O. (2021). Regulating the promotion of renewable electricity consumption and production: a European Union case study. In M. Roggenkamp, K. de Graaf, & R. Fleming (Eds.), Energy Law, Climate Change, and the Environment (388-398). Edward Elgar Publishing

Increasing renewable electricity production and consumption is viewed worldwide as a desirable policy goal, for reasons including climate change mitigation and energy security enhancement. However, realising this goal is far from simple. This is due... Read More about Regulating the promotion of renewable electricity consumption and production: a European Union case study.

Renewable Energy Consumption (2021)
Book Chapter
Woolley, O. (2021). Renewable Energy Consumption. In E. Woerdman, M. Roggenkamp, & M. Holwerda (Eds.), Essential EU Climate Law: 2nd edition (98-129). (2nd ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing

• Promoting the consumption of renewable energy is one of the key means to reduce carbon emissions from electricity production, heating and transportation, while it also improves energy security and contributes to economic growth; • Repealing the ear... Read More about Renewable Energy Consumption.

Patient autonomy, capacity and consent (children) (2021)
Book Chapter
Berg, J., & Cave, E. (2021). Patient autonomy, capacity and consent (children). In T. Hervey, & D. Orentlicher (Eds.), Oxford Handbook on Comparative Health Law. Oxford University Press