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“Gay couple’s break like Fawlty Towers”: dangerous representations of lesbian and gay oppression in an era of ‘progressive’ law reform (2009)
Journal Article
Cobb, N. A. (2009). “Gay couple’s break like Fawlty Towers”: dangerous representations of lesbian and gay oppression in an era of ‘progressive’ law reform. Social and Legal Studies, 18(3), 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1177/0964663909339085

This article considers the production of knowledge around the discursively constructed sexual subject in light of the politico-cultural debates that ensued during the enactment of the controversial Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007.... Read More about “Gay couple’s break like Fawlty Towers”: dangerous representations of lesbian and gay oppression in an era of ‘progressive’ law reform.

Taxonomies of squatting: unlawful occupation in a new legal order (2008)
Journal Article
Fox O’Mahony, L., & Cobb, N. A. (2008). Taxonomies of squatting: unlawful occupation in a new legal order. Modern Law Review, 71(6), 878-911. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00721.x

Legal responses to the activity of 'squatting' include criminal justice, civil actions, property law and housing policy. Some legal analyses of unauthorised occupation focus on the act of squatting, others on the squatter's claim to title through adv... Read More about Taxonomies of squatting: unlawful occupation in a new legal order.

Better outcomes for unaccompanied or separated children seeking asylum: a case of putting one’s money where one’s mouth is? (2008)
Journal Article
Cobb, N. A. (2008). Better outcomes for unaccompanied or separated children seeking asylum: a case of putting one’s money where one’s mouth is?. Child and family law quarterly, 20(2), 183-198. http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/online-services/family-law/cflq-online

This article considers the accommodation and care of unaccompanied or separated children who seek asylum in the United Kingdom, currently administered by children's services authorities under the Children Act 1989, in light of recent Government plans... Read More about Better outcomes for unaccompanied or separated children seeking asylum: a case of putting one’s money where one’s mouth is?.

‘Governance through publicity: anti-'social behaviour orders, young people and the problematization of the right to anonymity’ (2007)
Journal Article
Cobb, N. (2007). ‘Governance through publicity: anti-'social behaviour orders, young people and the problematization of the right to anonymity’. Journal of Law and Society, 34(3), 342-373. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2007.00396.x

Since the early twentieth century, young people under eighteen involved in legal proceedings have been granted a degree of protection from the glare of media publicity. One controversial consequence of recent reforms of the anti-social behaviour orde... Read More about ‘Governance through publicity: anti-'social behaviour orders, young people and the problematization of the right to anonymity’.

Living outside the system: the (im)morality of urban squatting after the Land Registration Act 2002 (2007)
Journal Article
Cobb, N., & Fox, L. (2007). Living outside the system: the (im)morality of urban squatting after the Land Registration Act 2002. Legal Studies, 27(2), 236-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2007.00046.x

The Land Registration Act 2002 (LRA 2002) has effectively curtailed the law permitting the acquisition of title through adverse possession in relation to most types of adverse possessor, including the paradigmatic urban squatter. While the traditiona... Read More about Living outside the system: the (im)morality of urban squatting after the Land Registration Act 2002.

Patronising the mentally disordered? Social landlords and the control of 'anti-social behaviour' under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (2006)
Journal Article
Cobb, N. A. (2006). Patronising the mentally disordered? Social landlords and the control of 'anti-social behaviour' under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Legal Studies, 26(2), 238-266. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-121x.2006.00013.x

The 2004 decision of the Court of Appeal in Manchester City Council v Romano and Samari highlighted the unexpected impact of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) upon the control of anti-social behaviour by social landlords where that conduct... Read More about Patronising the mentally disordered? Social landlords and the control of 'anti-social behaviour' under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.