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Bioethics by Committee (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2019, December). Bioethics by Committee. Paper presented at SLS Annual Conference 2019, Preston

Tony Bland as a 'Novel Being' (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Pattinson, S. D. (2019, December). Tony Bland as a 'Novel Being'. Paper presented at Novel Beings in the Humanities, Newcastle University

Intelligence Law and Oversight in the UK (2019)
Book Chapter
Leigh, I. (2019). Intelligence Law and Oversight in the UK. In J. Dietrich, & S. Sule (Eds.), Intelligence law and policies in Europe (535-585). C.H. Beck/ Hart

Life after Brexit: Operationalising the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s Principle of Consent (2019)
Journal Article
Murray, C., & O'Donoghue, A. (2019). Life after Brexit: Operationalising the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s Principle of Consent. Dublin University law journal, 42(1), 147-189

Brexit has energised discussions upon Irish (re)unification, with even Theresa May recognising that the threat of a no-deal Brexit heightens the possibility of the break up of the UK. The increasingly prominent discussion of a so-called “border poll”... Read More about Life after Brexit: Operationalising the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement’s Principle of Consent.

Multi-Layered Constitutions (2019)
Book Chapter
Masterman, R. (2019). Multi-Layered Constitutions. In R. Masterman, & R. Schütze (Eds.), The Cambridge companion to comparative constitutional law (47-497). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316716731.019

Examination of the state-centric dynamics of constitutions can only partially illuminate the multi-faceted characteristics of constitutional law. A statist focus often obscures both internal and external dimensions of constitutions themselves, and of... Read More about Multi-Layered Constitutions.

"Ourworld": A Feminist Approach to Global Constitutionalism (2019)
Journal Article
Houghton, R., & O'Donoghue, A. (2020). "Ourworld": A Feminist Approach to Global Constitutionalism. Global Constitutionalism, 9(1), 38-75. https://doi.org/10.1017/s2045381719000273

Global constitutionalism offers a utopian picture of the future of international law. Its advocates suggest a governance system is emergent that will fill the gaps in legitimacy, democracy and the rule of law present in international law. Speculation... Read More about "Ourworld": A Feminist Approach to Global Constitutionalism.

“External Stakeholder Benevolence”: An Emerging Policy Paradigm in International Criminal Justice? – Critical reflections on the Paris Declaration 2017 and the Oslo Recommendations 2018 on the efficiency and legitimacy of international courts (2019)
Book Chapter
Bohlander, M. (2019). “External Stakeholder Benevolence”: An Emerging Policy Paradigm in International Criminal Justice? – Critical reflections on the Paris Declaration 2017 and the Oslo Recommendations 2018 on the efficiency and legitimacy of international courts. In G. Z. Capaldo (Ed.), Global community yearbook of international law and jurisprudence 2018 (21-67). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190072506.003.0002

The debate about concerns surrounding the efficiency and legitimacy of international (criminal) courts has been joined by a new voice, judicial declarations on how proceedings can be expedited and the legitimacy deficit resolved, in particular the Pa... Read More about “External Stakeholder Benevolence”: An Emerging Policy Paradigm in International Criminal Justice? – Critical reflections on the Paris Declaration 2017 and the Oslo Recommendations 2018 on the efficiency and legitimacy of international courts.

Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions (2019)
Journal Article
Beyleveld, D., & Brownsword, R. (2019). Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions. International Journal of Law in Context, 15(2), 198-218. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744552319000120

In the context of a technology-driven algorithmic approach to criminal justice, this paper responds to the following three questions: (1) what reasons are there for treating liberal values and human rights as guiding for punitive justice; (2) is prev... Read More about Punitive and Preventive Justice in an Era of Profiling, Smart Prediction and Practical Preclusion: Three Key Questions.

Murder by Dangerous Driving: Decision of the BGH of 16 January 2019, Case No 4 StR 345/18 Judgment of the LG Hamburg of 19 February 2018, Case No 621 Ks 12/17 German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof—BGH) 4th Criminal Senate (2019)
Journal Article
Bohlander, M. (2019). Murder by Dangerous Driving: Decision of the BGH of 16 January 2019, Case No 4 StR 345/18 Judgment of the LG Hamburg of 19 February 2018, Case No 621 Ks 12/17 German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof—BGH) 4th Criminal Senate. Journal of Criminal Law, 83(3), 191-194

Can Global Constitutionalism be Feminist? (2019)
Book Chapter
O'Donoghue, A., & Houghton, R. (2019). Can Global Constitutionalism be Feminist?. In S. Harris Rimmer, & K. Ogg (Eds.), Research handbook on feminist engagement with international law (81-102). Edward Elgar Publishing

Religious Adjudication and the European Convention on Human Rights (2019)
Journal Article
Leigh, I. (2019). Religious Adjudication and the European Convention on Human Rights. Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, 8(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/ojlr/rwz008

Despite extensive discussion of the desirability of recognition of religious law in Europe in recent years and widespread agreement among commentators that the precondition for any such recognition must be respect for human rights, there has little d... Read More about Religious Adjudication and the European Convention on Human Rights.

The enactment of the counter-terrorism “Prevent duty” in British schools and colleges: beyond reluctant accommodation or straightforward policy acceptance (2019)
Journal Article
Busher, J., Choudhury, T., & Thomas, P. (2019). The enactment of the counter-terrorism “Prevent duty” in British schools and colleges: beyond reluctant accommodation or straightforward policy acceptance. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 12(3), 440-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2019.1568853

When Britain imposed the “Prevent duty”, a legal duty on education, health and social welfare organisations to report concerns about individuals identified as at-risk of radicalisation, critics argued it would accentuate the stigmatisation of Muslim... Read More about The enactment of the counter-terrorism “Prevent duty” in British schools and colleges: beyond reluctant accommodation or straightforward policy acceptance.

‘Finding ‘East’/’West’ divisions in Council of Europe states on treatment of sexual minorities: the response of the Strasbourg Court and the role of consensus analysis’ (2019)
Journal Article
Fenwick, H., & Fenwick, D. (2019). ‘Finding ‘East’/’West’ divisions in Council of Europe states on treatment of sexual minorities: the response of the Strasbourg Court and the role of consensus analysis’. European Human Rights Law Review, 3, 247-273

Manifestations of prejudice against sexual minorities are currently especially resurgent in certain “Eastern” Council of Europe Member States. This article argues that the current approach at the Strasbourg Court in this context shows tensions betwee... Read More about ‘Finding ‘East’/’West’ divisions in Council of Europe states on treatment of sexual minorities: the response of the Strasbourg Court and the role of consensus analysis’.