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Law and the Circular Economy (2019)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. (online). Law and the Circular Economy. Journal of Business Law, 62-83

Assesses whether English law can accommodate the circular economy. Reviews key features of the circular economy, its status within organisations, and how it may be distinguished from the sharing economy. Considers whether regimes applicable to the tr... Read More about Law and the Circular Economy.

English Commercial Law in the Longue Durée: Chasing Continental Shadows (2019)
Book Chapter
Thomas, S. (2019). English Commercial Law in the Longue Durée: Chasing Continental Shadows. In M. Gałędek, & A. Klimaszewska (Eds.), Modernization, national identity, and legal instrumentalism : studies in comparative legal history : volume 1 private law (73-110). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004417274_005

Was there anything especially modernising about the late Victorian changes to English commercial law? What institutions changed or continued? Using the theoretical framework of material civilization developed by Fernand Braudel enables a critical ana... Read More about English Commercial Law in the Longue Durée: Chasing Continental Shadows.

Law, Smart Technology, and Circular Economy: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace? (2018)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. (2018). Law, Smart Technology, and Circular Economy: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace?. Law, Innovation and Technology, 10(2), 230-265. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2018.1527478

This paper examines how circular economics addresses and uses smart technology, and demonstrates the lack of consideration given to ownership issues in such contexts. The extent to which circular economic ideals require controlling goods down-stream... Read More about Law, Smart Technology, and Circular Economy: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace?.

Security interests in intellectual property: proposals for reform (2016)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. (2017). Security interests in intellectual property: proposals for reform. Legal Studies, 37(2), 214-247. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12135

This paper considers some of the difficulties arising from how English law conceptualises certain types of security interests over IPRs, and the problems arising from dual registration systems. This analysis is informed by a critical comparison of th... Read More about Security interests in intellectual property: proposals for reform.

The Development of the Implied Terms on Quantity in the Law of Sale of Goods (2014)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. (2014). The Development of the Implied Terms on Quantity in the Law of Sale of Goods. The Journal of Legal History, 35(3), 281-318. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2014.962287

The history of the development of the implied terms on short delivery is a complex story of judicial and academic ignorance of law and facts. Sir Mackenzie Chalmers' statutory formulation of the right to correct delivery was the same as that provided... Read More about The Development of the Implied Terms on Quantity in the Law of Sale of Goods.

The Role of Authorization in Title Conflicts Involving Retention of Title Clauses: Some American Lessons (2014)
Journal Article
Thomas, S. (2014). The Role of Authorization in Title Conflicts Involving Retention of Title Clauses: Some American Lessons. Common Law World Review, 43(1), 29-61. https://doi.org/10.1350/clwr.2014.43.1.0263

This paper considers the lack of protection granted to purchasers of goods encumbered with retention of title clauses. In chains of transactions, disponees are only able to acquire such title that their immediate disponor had. The difficulties involv... Read More about The Role of Authorization in Title Conflicts Involving Retention of Title Clauses: Some American Lessons.