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Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) and the spill overs effects on the Gulf – cooperation council
(2017-02-13)
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP). The EU and the USA are negotiating the TTIP, a trade agreement that aims to remove trade barriers across different ...
National Sovereignty over Natural Resources, Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Development
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016-11-25)
Environmental interdependencies place undeniable pressures and challenges on the cardinal principle of state sovereignty and in particular on the principle of national sovereignty over natural resources. This chapter ...
The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?
(2016-08-22)
The UK government’s Green Paper, ‘Fulfilling Our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice’, presents both significant challenges and opportunities for universities. Whilst the quantitative element ...
Legal Nature of Emails: A Comparative Perspective
(2016-02-21)
There is currently a conflict between laws and the market in their treatment of email. Laws mandate that emails are not protected as property unless copyrightable or protected by another legal mechanism. But the market ...
Social Media and the Student Experience
(2015-10)
The static paper-based School noticeboard is a thing of the past. There is no longer a need, or desire, for small groups of students to congregate around a central location. Advertised events are no longer printed on to ...
Get Real: Using authentic assessment techniques to improve law degree academic performance’
(2015-09-17)
Authentic assessments are closely aligned with activities that take place in real work settings, as distinct from the often artificial constructs of university courses. The undergraduate law degree differs from many other ...
Virtual Worlds – a Legal Post-Mortem Account
(2014-12-31)
This paper addresses the lack of legal literature in the area of death and virtual worlds. It sheds light on the legal status of different in-game assets, assessing whether these could fit within the notions of property ...
Inchoate offences in Cyberspace – a moveable feast or the end of harm?
(ATINER, 2012)
This paper is intended to draw attention to the number of criminal offences – in English law specifically, but also more generally – that can now be committed without harm or the risk of harm to putative ‘victims’. It will ...
Closing the digital divide: who will invest in universal access?
(2006)
It is estimated that by 2007 the milestone of two billion mobile users will be achieved, with the three billion mark being claimed as a realistic target for 2010. This in turn bodes well for the goal of 50% access to ...