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A new approach to fund regulation in the United Kingdom
Get PDFAn overview of proposed changes in 2003 to
fund regulation in the United Kingdom from the Financial Services
Authority (FSA). Article by Timothy Spangler of Berwin Leighton
Paiser, published in Amicus Curiae – Journal of the Society for
Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal
Studies. The Journal is produced by SALS at the IALS (Institute
of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University
of London)
The evidential issues relating to economic signatures II
No full textBoth the government and the industry are keenly promoting the use of electronic signatures. It is assumed that the widespread use of electronic signatures will encourage greater use of the internet as a means to buy goods and services. Part two of an article looking at the evidential issues relating to electronic signatures, illustrating the weakness of the infrastructure, which in turn highlights the risks that both users and recipients encounter when using electronic signatures. Published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
The implications of the "USA Patriot Act" and US counter-terrorism on international human rights law
No full textArticle by Dr Klint Alexander published in
Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal
Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced
Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
University of London
New town and village greens: the need for reform
Get PDFArticle by Morag Ellis, Barrister,
considering the law related to common land and town and country
greens (TVGs)in England and Wales. Published in Amicus Curiae -
Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is
produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of
London
Solicitors' conflicts of interest
Get PDFBrief overview of the need for the Law
Society of England and Wales to formulate new rules to address
conflicts of interest situations and accommodate modern practices
which have followed from the merger of firms of solicitors
resulting for example in requests to act in a dispute with a
former client or to represent several parties in the same
commercial or financial transaction. Published in Amicus Curiae –
Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by
SALS at the IALS (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of
Advanced Study, University of London)
Supreme Court UK-style
Get PDFBrief overview of the issues and options
involved in establishing the UK Supreme Court. Article by
Professor Robert Hazell (Director of the Constitution Unit at
University College London) published in Amicus Curiae – Journal
of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of
Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by SALS at the
IALS (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced
Study, University of London)
Lecky's circle: thoughts from the frontier of international law I
Get PDFThe author, James Bacchus, (Chairman of the
Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization) reflects on what
the nineteenth century moral philosopher W.E.H. Lecky can tell us
about our own era. Part one of an article published in Amicus
Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The
Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at
the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of
London
The law as Janus: children, crime and care
Get PDFThe author's inspiration for the choice of subject of this article was the Michael Sieff Foundation conference which took place in September 2001 on "The Needs of Offending Children". The focus of that conference was the forensic dichotomy that is represented by the Civil and Criminal Justice Systems when the State intervenes in the lives of children in respect of events which require a judicial decision. Article published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
The debate over trustee exemption clauses. Law Commission Consultation Paper 171: a response
No full textA personal response to the Law Commission
of England and Wales Consultation Paper 171, Trustee Exemption
Clauses, by Mr Gregory Hill (Barrister who appeared in the
leading case of Armitage v Nurse). Article published in Amicus
Curiae - Journal of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The
Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at
the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. A
brief summary of the proposals in the Law Commission's
consultation paper on trustee exemption clauses is included in
preliminary matter