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UCL Legal Studies Research Paper Series
UCL Laws is an agenda-setting community of legal scholars. Informed by a rich heritage of philosophical, contextual and empirical enquiry, our research has real-world impact, shaping legal and judicial policy in the UK and across the globe. The Faculty launched its own (RPS) in October 2018 which听contains听works in progress听and published papers from our faculty.听
Editors
Dr Bernard Keenan, Lecturer in Law, University College London
2024听
听听Conclusion to 鈥淪tate Silence Across International Law: Meaning, Context, and Developments鈥� by Danae Azaria
听听State Silence and the Law on the Use of Force听by Danae Azaria
听听Introduction to "State Silence Across International Law: Meaning, Context, and Developments"听by Danae Azaria
听听Religious Expression and Exemptions in the Private Sector Workplace: Spotting Bias by Myriam Hunter-Henin
听听Minding Competition in Complex Adaptive Social Systems: The Sociological Approach to Competition Law听by Ioannis Lianos
听Non-Custodial Sentences and Human Rights听by Virginia Mantouvalou &听Hadassa Noorda
A Framework for Implementing the Right of the Child to Play: Space, Time, Acceptance, Rights-Informed by Naomi Lott
Towards a Legal Theory of Digital Ecosystems听by Ioannis Lianos,听Klaas Hendrik Eller &听Tobias Kleinschmitt
Proportionality without Balancing听by George Letsas
Commercial Common Sense in Contract Interpretation: A Legal Realist Analysis听by Marc Moore
听 Tacit Agreements by Danae Azaria听
听听Ventriloquism in Geneva: The League of Nations as International Organisation by Megan Donaldson
Peace, War, Law: Teaching International Law in Contexts听by Megan Donaldson
听听Structural Injustice and the Law - Introduction听by Jonathan Wolff & Virginia Mantouvalou
听听Private Equity's Neglected Pre-History: A Trans-Atlantic Perspective by Marc Moore
听听The Agency Costs of Multi-Product Private Equity Suites: Towards a Post-Jensenian Paradigm by Marc Moore & Chris Hale
听听Reflections on War in Ukraine and International Law听by Martins Paparinskis
听听Myths and Misconceptions in Extraterritorial Torts听by Haim Abraham
听听Moderating Model Marketplaces: Platform Governance Puzzles for AI Intermediaries听by Robert Gorwa and Michael Veale
Dual or Single Gauge? Govert Den Hartogh's 鈥楧ual-Track鈥� Assisted Death听by Isra Black
听听Frameworks for Accountability: How Domestic Tort Law Can Inform the Development of International Law of State Responsibility in Armed Conflicts by Haim Abraham
听听Legislative Reform in the EU 鈥� The Role of Drafting in Legislative Quality by Helen Xanthaki
听听Landmark Cases in Private International Law: Godard V Gray and Schibsby V Westenholz (1870)听by Joshua Folkard and Ian Bergson
- 2023
听听What Does it Mean for Lawyers to Uphold the Rule of Law? by Richard Moorhead, Kenta Tsuda and Steven Vaughan
听听Politics and Expertise: New Environmental Targets in English Environmental Law by Maria Lee
听听The Indirect Legal Effects of Non-Binding Agreements by Danae Azaria
听听When a House is not the (Matrimonial) Home by Leon Vincent Chan
听听Salomon vs Salomon听by Marc T. Moore
听听Fraud, Trusts and Trusting: Enforcing Crown Forfeitures in Equity, c.1570鈥�1620听by David Foster
听听Judicial Review and Presidential Elections in Africa听by听Berihun Adugna Gebeye
听听Rationalising the Penalties Rule by Prince Saprai
听听State Silence as Acceptance: A Presumption and an Exception听by Danae Azaria
听听The Conditions for Inferring a 'Dispute' from State Silence听by Danae Azaria
听听Reflections on the Law Governing Confidentiality in Arbitration听by Lawrence Collins
听听The Use and Abuse of 28 U.S.C. Section 1782 Litigation in England by Lawrence Collins
听听The Histories, Practices, and Policies of Community Data Governance in the 鈥楪lobal South鈥�听by听Divij Joshi听&听Aditya Singh
听听Public Trusts, 1750-1850听by Charles Mitchell
听 The Rule of Law听by Jeff King
听听Environmental Democracy and Law on Public Participation听by Maria Lee
听听Constitution-Making as a Technique of International Law: Reconsidering the Post-War Inheritance听by Anna Saunders
听听Law after Dominium: Thinking with Martti Koskenniemi on Property, Sovereignty and Transformation听by Anna Saunders
听听Historical Conceptions of the Express Trust, c 1600-1900听by David Foster
听 The Four Faces of Ethiopian Federalism by Berihun Adugna Gebeye
听听The EU鈥檚 Evolving Approach to Environmental Sustainability in Free Trade Agreements by Gracia Marin Duran
听听The Identity of the Constitutional Subject and the Construction of Constitutional Identity: Lessons from Africa by Berihun Adugna Gebeye
听听Balancing as a Legal Method: What It Is and How (Not) to Do It by George Letsas
- 2022
听听Religious Neutrality at Europe's Highest Courts: Shifting Strategies by Myriam Hunter-Henin
听 Netting Off Gains and Losses in the Law of Unjust Enrichment by Charles Mitchell
听 International Law Since the Cold War: Jurisdiction by Alex Mills
听听The Unethical Environmental Lawyer by Steven Vaughan
听听The Figure of the Lawyer in Orford's International Law and the Politics of History by Megan Donaldson
听听Carbon Border Adjustments: Ensuring Compatibility With the International Climate and Trade Regimes by Gracia Marin Duran
听听The Law and Political Economy of AI Governance in India by Divij Joshi
听听Justificanda by Charles Mitchell & Jessica Hudson
听听Queering the Reasonable Person by Haim Abraham
听听The Disappointment of Climate Change Legislation: Investigating Tensions with the Rule of Law by Eloise Scotford
听听Climate Change and the Rule of Law(Yers): What Thinner and Thicker Accounts Might Require of Those in Practice by Steven Vaughan
听听From 鈥楥orporate Governance鈥� to Ecological Regulation: Flipping the Regulatory Story on Climate Change by Christine Parker
听听Environmental Rule of Law as Key to Strengthening the Response to the Climate Crisis: A Comment by Maria Socorro Manguiat
听听A Changing Climate for In-House Lawyers? What Should They Really Say to Clients? by Peter Kellett
听听Do England & Wales Qualified Solicitors Have a Legal Duty to Advise Their Clients on Climate-Related Risks? by Sarah de Gay
听听Never Let Me Go: Private Law and the Conservative Impulse by Prince Saprai
听听Justifying and Challenging Territoriality in Private International Law by Alex Mills
听听Thinking, Talking and Acting about Public Health Ethics in the COVID-19 Pandemic by Jonathan Montgomery, Kenneth Kaufman & Richard Williams
听听Crippling Compensation in the International Law Commission and Investor鈥揝tate Arbitration by Martins Paparinskis
听听Structures of Injustice, the Law, and Exploitative Work by Virginia Mantouvalou
听听Tort Liability, Combatant Activities, and the Question of Over-Deterrence by Haim Abraham
- 2021
听听Long Live Monetary Gold *Terms and Conditions Apply by Martins Paparinskis
听听The Boundaries of Peace-Making: British Imperial Encounters, c. 1700鈥�1900 by Megan Donaldson
听听The Power to Consent and the Criminal Law by Mark Dsouza
听听Probing the Hidden Depths of Climate Law: Analysing National Climate Change Legislation by Eloise Scotford
听听Legislation and the Stress of Environmental Problems by Eloise Scotford
听听Rethinking Clean Air: Air Quality Law and COVID-19 by Eloise Scotford
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Submission
We welcome submissions from members of UCL Laws, doctoral students and visiting scholars. To submit papers to the UCL Legal Studies Research听Papers Series, please write to the Editor, including the paper, an abstract and key words.听