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Brexit and its Implications for Democratic Governance in the United Kingdom (2024)
Book Chapter
Mcharg, A. Brexit and its Implications for Democratic Governance in the United Kingdom. In Research Handbook on Law and Democracy. Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter explores the implications of withdrawal from the European Union (Brexit) on 31 January 2020 for democratic governance in the United Kingdom. Following an unexpected vote to leave the European Union in the June 2016 referendum, the lengt... Read More about Brexit and its Implications for Democratic Governance in the United Kingdom.

O.G. and others v. Greece: A belated vindication for (some) sex workers living with HIV (2024)
Other
Kagiaros, D. (2024). O.G. and others v. Greece: A belated vindication for (some) sex workers living with HIV. [https://strasbourgobservers.com/2024/02/27/o-g-and-others-v-greece-a-belated-vindication-for-some-sex-workers-living-with-hiv/]. Strasbourg Observers

In O.G. and others v. Greece, the Third Section of the ECtHR delivered a compelling judgment vindicating the rights of sex workers living with HIV in Greece who had been subjected to unprecedented public shaming and vilification by Greek authorities... Read More about O.G. and others v. Greece: A belated vindication for (some) sex workers living with HIV.

The Power to Contract and the Offer-and-Acceptance Analysis of Contract Formation (2024)
Journal Article
Sakharova, I. (2024). The Power to Contract and the Offer-and-Acceptance Analysis of Contract Formation. Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, 37(1), 261-285. https://doi.org/10.1017/cjlj.2023.19

The offer-and-acceptance analysis has long been questioned as not (easily) applicable to certain methods of contracting. This paper looks at this analysis through the prism of normative powers and identifies much deeper problems with the analytic exp... Read More about The Power to Contract and the Offer-and-Acceptance Analysis of Contract Formation.

Legal Nature of NFTed Artwork: A Comparative Study (2024)
Book Chapter
Wang, J., & Alpini, A. (2024). Legal Nature of NFTed Artwork: A Comparative Study. In N. Naim (Ed.), Developments in Intellectual Property Strategy: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and New Technologies (65-90). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42576-9_3

Tokenisation in blockchain opens multiple new possibilities for businesses and individuals. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are widely adopted by the token owner. While NFTs look promising in many respects in trading artworks on digital platforms, legal r... Read More about Legal Nature of NFTed Artwork: A Comparative Study.

Two decades after Doha: Compulsory licence and the Waiver Proposal under the COVID-19 pandemic (2024)
Book Chapter
Wang, J., & Zheng, C. (2024). Two decades after Doha: Compulsory licence and the Waiver Proposal under the COVID-19 pandemic. In J. Schovsbo (Ed.), Intellectual Property Rights in Times of Crisis (26-58). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035323579.00007

The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (‘TRIPS’) is the major international agreement that aligns countries’ IP laws to provide a minimum standard of protection. Most notably, Article 27(1) of TRIPS requires member sta... Read More about Two decades after Doha: Compulsory licence and the Waiver Proposal under the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nothing to See Here? Allister in the Supreme Court (2024)
Journal Article
Elliott, M., & Kilford, N. (2024). Nothing to See Here? Allister in the Supreme Court. Edinburgh Law Review, 28(1), 95-102. https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2024.0875

In the Allister case, it was argued (among other things) that the Northern Ireland Protocol (agreed between the UK and the EU as part of the arrangements for the withdrawal of the former from the latter) was incompatible with certain ‘rights of a con... Read More about Nothing to See Here? Allister in the Supreme Court.