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Reproductive Cloning (2008)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Reproductive Cloning. In P. Cane, & J. Conaghan (Eds.), The New Oxford Companion to Law (1013-1014). Oxford University Press

Prenatal Testing (2008)
Book Chapter
Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Prenatal Testing. In P. Cane, & J. Conaghan (Eds.), The new Oxford companion to law. Oxford University Press

Organ Trading, Tourism, and Trafficking within Europe (2008)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D. (2008). Organ Trading, Tourism, and Trafficking within Europe. Medicine and law, 27(1),

This article argues for a regulatory and institutional response towards organ trading, tourism and trafficking that differs from extant approaches. European countries have hitherto adopted blanket prohibitions on organ trading (i.e. the buying or sel... Read More about Organ Trading, Tourism, and Trafficking within Europe.

Food Advertising and Obesity Prevention: What Role for the European Union? (2008)
Journal Article
Garde, A. (2008). Food Advertising and Obesity Prevention: What Role for the European Union?. Journal of Consumer Policy, 31(1), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10603-007-9061-2

When the Television Without Frontiers Directive (TVWF Directive) was first adopted in 1989, there was very little discussion on how food advertising should be regulated at Community level. However, things have changed as a result of rising levels of... Read More about Food Advertising and Obesity Prevention: What Role for the European Union?.

Religion, identity and public policy in the UK. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Choudhury, T. (2008, February). Religion, identity and public policy in the UK. Paper presented at International Studies Association. Annual Conference. Bridging Dividies, San Fransisco, USA

Trial by Media: the Betrayal of the First Amendment’s Purpose (2008)
Journal Article
Phillipson, G. (2008). Trial by Media: the Betrayal of the First Amendment’s Purpose. Law and contemporary problems, 71(4), 15-30

There is continuing concern in the United States about the kind of media storms that swirl around high-profile criminal proceedings such as the Sam Sheppard case,3 the O.J. Simpson trial,4 or the Duke lacrosse case.5 The knowledge that the transforma... Read More about Trial by Media: the Betrayal of the First Amendment’s Purpose.

Seeing the Wood Despite the Trees? On the Scope of Union Citizenship and its Constitutional Effects (2008)
Journal Article
Spaventa, E. (2008). Seeing the Wood Despite the Trees? On the Scope of Union Citizenship and its Constitutional Effects. Common Market Law Review, 45(1), 13-45

The article looks at the impact of the introduction of Union citizenship on the scope of application of the Treaty. In particular it considers how the citizenship provisions have affected the personal and the material scope of the Treaty. By virtue o... Read More about Seeing the Wood Despite the Trees? On the Scope of Union Citizenship and its Constitutional Effects.

Re-possessing "Home": A re-analysis of Gender, Home Ownership and Debtor Default for Feminist Legal Theory (2008)
Journal Article
Fox, L. (2008). Re-possessing "Home": A re-analysis of Gender, Home Ownership and Debtor Default for Feminist Legal Theory. William & Mary journal of women and the law, 14(3), Article 2

The current credit crisis has brought the subject of subprime and other problematic debt to the forefront of many agendas - both political and personal. This article explores some of the underlying legal, theoretical, economic, and phenomenological i... Read More about Re-possessing "Home": A re-analysis of Gender, Home Ownership and Debtor Default for Feminist Legal Theory.

'YL v Birmingham City Council: Contracting out and “functions of a public nature” (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, A. (2008). 'YL v Birmingham City Council: Contracting out and “functions of a public nature”. European Human Rights Law Review, 4, 524-531

This analysis examines the recent House of Lords ruling on the interpretation of ‘functions of a public nature’ under s 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998. It criticises the reasoning and result, suggesting that the ruling has failed satisfactorily... Read More about 'YL v Birmingham City Council: Contracting out and “functions of a public nature”.

Proportional, Not Strict, Scrutiny: Against a U.S. Suspect Classifications Model under Article 14 ECHR in the U.K (2008)
Journal Article
Baker, A. (2008). Proportional, Not Strict, Scrutiny: Against a U.S. Suspect Classifications Model under Article 14 ECHR in the U.K. The American Journal of Comparative Law, 56(4), 847-894. https://doi.org/10.5131/ajcl.2007.0030

This article maintains that U.K. courts, in applying Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), should under no circumstances emulate the U.S. Equal Protection Clause (EPC) approach to justifying state discrimination, and that to d... Read More about Proportional, Not Strict, Scrutiny: Against a U.S. Suspect Classifications Model under Article 14 ECHR in the U.K.

The Human Rights Act, public protest and judicial activism (2008)
Book Chapter
Fenwick, H., & Phillipson, G. (2008). The Human Rights Act, public protest and judicial activism. In A. Sajó (Ed.), Free to protest : constituent power and street demonstration (189-219). Eleven International Publishing