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Terrorist prisoners pose various special risks for the penal system, leading to questions about the appropriate sentence and prison regime, and the circumstances applicable to release and post-release. The triggers for release are central to this paper because they have been the subject of...
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The United Kingdom has considerable prowess in handling emergencies, not just in counterterrorism but also in a wide range of other real or imagined disasters, including public health risks. Core legislation has been installed, including the all-encompassing Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004...
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Many have argued that thought should constitute per se unpatentable subject matter, and some have even suggested that any patent claim that includes a mental step should lie outside patentability. Many courts have long disagreed with such a draconian rule, and have instead upheld myriad patent...
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Our laws have sought to promote “and enforce a sense of morality in the business community. Well-settled laws regulating fraud, undue influence, fiduciary relationships, confidential information, truth-in-advertising, fair reporting practices, etc., have their origins in moral codes and...
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This article argues that the enforcement in England in Re New Cap Reinsurance Corporation of an Australian monetary judgment rendered under Australian insolvency law does not sit easily with the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933. This is because the Foreign Judgments...
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second part of the article tests whether national identity, independence, ethnocentrism, attitudes to Northern Ireland, and …
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Fundamental corporate law concepts such as limited liability, corporate personality, share ownership and transferability, and the division between ownership (shareholders) and control (management) are all part of company law systems in common and civil law countries. These concepts are designed...
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interpretation of the Irish Constitution. This accommodationist interpretation is however incompatible with Ireland's system of …
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One of the most difficult issues in cyber conflict is the application of territorial sovereignty and other geographic principles to an activity that defies the traditional notions of borders. The structure of the internet and the protocols by which it operates, including the inability to direct...
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In today's regulatory environment, a corporation engaged in wrongdoing can be sure of one thing: regulators will point to an ineffective compliance program as a key cause of institutional misconduct. The explosion in the importance of compliance is unsurprising given the emphasis that...
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