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Some thoughts on the Philippines/China arbitration and the future of the South China Sea disputes
The Philippines/China arbitration has entered its final phase. The Arbitral Tribunal established under Annex V of the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) delivered its award on jurisdiction and admissibility on 29th October 2015, and the merits hearing was concluded on 30th November. The award on remaining issues of jurisdiction and the merits is expected in 2016.
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A right to live at the end of life in the way one would wish or a right to die: is there a difference?
M and Mrs N v Bury Clinical Commissioning Group [2015] EWCOP 76 (Fam) Last Thursday, in a significant judgement in the Court of Protection, Hayden J granted an application allowing the medical team caring for a patient in the minimally conscious state (MCS) to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (clinically assisted nutrition and hydration – CANH).
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Tax credits, work incentives and poverty relief: how George Osborne got things wrong
The rejection of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s plans to cut expenditure on tax credits by the House of Lords has been portrayed as being a personal political blow to George Osborne. The rejection of Osborne’s proposals in favour of a slower pace of cuts and the development of transitional protection for existing recipients, however, is more than the consequence of political hubris
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From Scolds to Trolls; Social and Legal Responses to Visible and Audible Women - A Conference Blog
Dr Sarah Beresford summarises the conference, From Scolds to Trolls; Social and Legal Responses to Visible and Audible Women', held by the Centre of Law and Society at Lancaster University on 15th September 2015.
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Frozen eggs + ‘absence of proven informed consent’ = frustrated (grand)parental ambitions
R (on the application of IM and MM) v. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2015] EWHC 1706 (Admin)
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What is “Proper Medical Treatment”?
The relationship between medical practice and criminal law is much closer than many realise. Doctors are permitted to do things that others are not, provided that what they do is regarded as ‘proper medical treatment’.
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A Stern Warning
Under the Climate Change Act 2008, the UK has made a binding commitment to an immensely ambitious and costly programme of ‘decarbonisation’ so that (let us allow for the purposes of argument) its anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 will be 80% less than they were in 1990.
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School of Law students visit our partner campus in Ghana
In March 2015 a group of seven School of Law students and one staff member visited Lancaster University’s partner campus in Accra, Ghana as part of the Lancaster-Ghana Ambassadors scheme. They were accompanied by staff and students from Linguistics and Politics, Philosophy and Religion (PPR) and followed an intensive programme of educational and networking activities.
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Why Shouldn’t “Lunatics” Run the “Asylum”?: Re A (Application for DNA Testing) and Attitudes to Children in Proceedings
Staff at the European Children’s Rights Unit (University of Liverpool) and elsewhere are involved in Children’s Rights Judgments – a project to progress the use of a children’s rights approach in judgment writing.
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