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Surrogacy and uterus transplantation using live donors: Examining the options from the perspective of ‘womb‐givers’ (2021)
Journal Article
Mullock, A., Romanis, E. C., & Begović, D. (2021). Surrogacy and uterus transplantation using live donors: Examining the options from the perspective of ‘womb‐givers’. Bioethics, https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12921

For females without a functioning womb, the only way to become a biological parent is via assisted gestation—either surrogacy or uterus transplantation (UTx). This paper examines the comparative impact of these options on two types of putative ‘womb-... Read More about Surrogacy and uterus transplantation using live donors: Examining the options from the perspective of ‘womb‐givers’.

Joining the “Galactic Club”: What Price Admission? – A hypothetical case study of the impact of human rights on a future accession of humanity to interstellar civilisation networks   (2021)
Journal Article
Bohlander, M. (2021). Joining the “Galactic Club”: What Price Admission? – A hypothetical case study of the impact of human rights on a future accession of humanity to interstellar civilisation networks  . Futures, 132, Article 102801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102801

Developing VAT Treaties: International Tax Cooperation in Times of Global Recovery (2021)
Journal Article
Zu, Y. (2022). Developing VAT Treaties: International Tax Cooperation in Times of Global Recovery. Legal Studies, 42(1), 159-177. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2021.37

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the pressing need to address common challenges faced by all countries and, in particular, provide special support to developing countries through international cooperation. Taxation, in particular Value Added Tax (VAT... Read More about Developing VAT Treaties: International Tax Cooperation in Times of Global Recovery.

“全球圆形监狱”:大规模监控与作为反人类罪的数据隐私侵犯? (Chinese translation of: "The Global Panopticon" - Mass surveillance and data privacy intrusion as a crime against humanity? In Justice without Borders - Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Schomburg. Böse, Martin, Bohlander, Michael, Klip, André & Lagodny, Otto (eds) Brill Nijhoff, 2018, 73 – 102.) (2021)
Journal Article
Bohlander, M. (2022). “全球圆形监狱”:大规模监控与作为反人类罪的数据隐私侵犯? (Chinese translation of: "The Global Panopticon" - Mass surveillance and data privacy intrusion as a crime against humanity? In Justice without Borders - Essays in Honour of Wolfgang Schomburg. Böse, Martin, Bohlander, Michael, Klip, André & Lagodny, Otto (eds) Brill Nijhoff, 2018, 73 – 102.)

Metalaw – What is it good for? (2021)
Journal Article
Bohlander, M. (2021). Metalaw – What is it good for?. Acta Astronautica, 188, 400-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.06.039

The initial metalaw debate about relations with ETI since the mid-to-late 1950s advocated a transmogrification of the traditional Golden Rule into “Do unto others as they would be done by”. The reasoning built upon full equality between humans and ET... Read More about Metalaw – What is it good for?.

Twin pregnancy reduction is not an ‘all or nothing’ problem: a response to Räsänen (2021)
Journal Article
Begovic, D., Romanis, E. C., & Joanne Verweij, E. (2021). Twin pregnancy reduction is not an ‘all or nothing’ problem: a response to Räsänen. Journal of Medical Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107363

In his paper, ‘Twin pregnancy, fetal reduction and the ‘all or nothing problem’, Räsänen sets out to apply Horton’s ‘all or nothing’ problem to the ethics of multifetal pregnancy reduction from a twin to a singleton pregnancy (2-to-1 MFPR). Horton’s... Read More about Twin pregnancy reduction is not an ‘all or nothing’ problem: a response to Räsänen.

Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation (2021)
Journal Article
Stuart-Smith, R. F., Otto, F. E., Saad, A. I., Lisi, G., Minnerop, P., Cedervall, K., …Wetzer, T. (2021). Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation. Nature Climate Change, 11, 651-655. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01086-7

Lawsuits concerning the impacts of climate change make causal claims about the effect of defendants’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on plaintiffs and have proliferated around the world. Plaintiffs have sought, inter alia, compensation for climate-rel... Read More about Filling the evidentiary gap in climate litigation.

The Law of ‘Never Again’: Transitional Justice and the Transformation of the Norm of Non-Recurrence (2021)
Journal Article
Davidovic, M. (2021). The Law of ‘Never Again’: Transitional Justice and the Transformation of the Norm of Non-Recurrence. International Journal of Transitional Justice, 15(2), 386-406. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijtj/ijab011

This article analyses the transformation of guarantees of non-recurrence (GNRs), the least developed pillar of transitional justice (TJ), and sets a legal and conceptual foundation of the norm for TJ theory and practice. It draws out key characterist... Read More about The Law of ‘Never Again’: Transitional Justice and the Transformation of the Norm of Non-Recurrence.

Climate Law and Environmental Law: Is Conflict Between Them Inevitable? (2021)
Book Chapter
Woolley, O. (2021). Climate Law and Environmental Law: Is Conflict Between Them Inevitable?. In B. Mayer, & A. Zahar (Eds.), Debating Climate Law (398-411). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108879064.029

Climate law has often been framed as a component of environmental law. Under this conception, environmental law and climate law are mutually supportive endeavours towards sustainable development. Yet, in a growing number of instances, climate action... Read More about Climate Law and Environmental Law: Is Conflict Between Them Inevitable?.

Conditional consent and sexual offences: revisiting the Sexual Offences Act 2003 after Lawrance (2021)
Journal Article
Murray, K. L., & Beattie, T. (2021). Conditional consent and sexual offences: revisiting the Sexual Offences Act 2003 after Lawrance. Criminal law review, 7, 556-574

Critically examines the law relating to sexual consent in cases of deception/mistake, and the developing judicial approach to s74 Sexual Offences Act (SOA) 2003. Reflects on the significance of the most recent Court of Appeal judgment in Lawrance as... Read More about Conditional consent and sexual offences: revisiting the Sexual Offences Act 2003 after Lawrance.