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The constitutional crisis in Poland: A critical analysis of the changes to the judiciary based on th
The laws adopted by Poland in 2015–2018 fundamentally changed the structures of the Constitutional Tribunal, the National Council of the...


Reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women: A threat to endin
The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Convention) was formed with the principal aim of protecting...


The relationship between originality and infringement of copyright law in the UK and the EU: When wi
In the age of the internet and social media, and in a time of rapid technological change, creating and distributing works has taken...


Characterising jus cogens in practice: sovereign immunities and the challenge to hierarchically supe
Peremptory norms of jus cogens are regarded as representing the core values of the international community. The consensus among states,...


Assessing the legality of US military intervention against ISIS in Syria under international law
In the wake of the Arab Spring in 2010 and the Syrian Civil War the following year, the Islamic State terror group quickly rose to...


Unilateral humanitarian intervention in international law: Does and should such a right exist?
There are three bases commonly offered as granting recognition of a right to resort to unilateral humanitarian intervention (hereafter...


Between Artificiality and Malleability: Can an ‘Inherent’ Right to Self Defence Harmoniously Co-exis
It may be argued that, in such a politically fractured world, it has never been so important for the global community to have access to a...


Absolute supremacy in an evolving European Union: possible reconciliation of Member State conflict w
This article discusses the principle of supremacy of EU law over conflicting legislation in national legal orders of Member States. The...


An Essay to Explore the Ethical Principle of ‘Do No Harm’ in the Context of Cosmetic Surgery and to
Beauchamp and Childress in their widely accepted framework for medical ethics outlined four prima facie principles (respect for autonomy,...


Domestic Abortion Law in its Current Context: Fit for Purpose 50 Years on or a Statute Ripe for Refo
It has been widely perceived that the Abortion Act 1967 served to legalise abortion in the United Kingdom. However, this was not the...
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