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PhD Research
Register of completed and current PhD research regarding an element of electronic evidence and electronic signatures
Harmonisation impossible? On the evolution of the English, French, and Bulgarian approach to hardship in commercial contracts
Dr Radosveta Vassileva (Teaching Fellow at University College London) describes the origins and development of approaches in hardship in commercial contracts, looking particularly at approaches in French, Bulgarian and English law and examining the opportunities for harmonisation.
Index keywords: France, Bulgaria, UK, contract law, commercial contracts, hardshi
Editorial Board and Associate Editors
Information about the Editorial Board and Associate Editors involved in IALS Student Law Review Volume 6, Issue 1, Spring 2019
Case translation: China
Hangzhou Huatai Yimei Culture Media Co., Ltd. v. Shenzhen Daotong Technology Development Co., Ltd. (2018) Zhe 0192 Civil Case, First Court No. 81, Hangzhou Internet Court of the People’s Republic of China, 27 June 2018
China; intellectual property infringement; authenticity of electronic evidence; screenshot of webpage; SHA256 hash value; blockchain related evidence; Bitcoin block chain; integrity of evidence; law of electronic signature
Backtracking on Leveson?
Julian Harris (Deputy General Editor, Amicus Curiae) looks at two developments within the space of a week in autumn 2016 which revived debate over the post-Leveson system of press regulation. The first of these was the decision by the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) on October 25, 2016 to recognise IMPRESS as an “approved regulator”. The second was a surprise consultation launched by Culture Secretary Karen Bradley on November 1, 2016 - Consultation on the Leveson Inquiry and its implementation:Section 40 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 and Part 2 of the Leveson Inquiry
Electronic signatures and reliance
To complement a project considering electronic signatures in the Law Commission 13th programme of reform, Nicholas Bohm and Stephen Mason (members of the Law Commission’s Advisory Group for the project on electronic signatures and the electronic execution of documents) examine the reliability of electronic signatures.
Index keywords: Electronic documents, electronic signature
Current developments: battleground Arctica and lawfare opportunities
In this article the authors highlight briefly the precarious and fragmented Arctic legal architecture and notes its faultlines, which appear to have given opportunities to Russia to adapt the successful Hadesian lawfare pattern applied in Crimea (and to a certain extent in Syria) for its Arctic ambitions. They argue that Hadesian lawfare has been used to distort the rule of law’s leading principles and underpinnings, while in contrast lawfare qualifies as Zeusian if used to reaffirm and strengthen the principles of law