This paper shall reflect on the potential role of environmental law academics in public service. It is based to a large degree on personal experience working on the environmental implications of Brexit, as well as the considerable literatures on ‘impact’ and on legal and environmental law...

Interview with The George Washington University’s Karen Thornton, director of the Government Procurement Law and Master of Science in Government Contracts programs. This article presents background about the school's mission to educate, develop, and expand the acquisition community. Emphasis...

This short essay makes three points regarding Brexit that have not been widely considered in public or academic debate. First, Brexit advocates (Leavers) successfully misrepresented the referendum of June 2016 as a definitive expression of democratic will. ("The people have spoken.") The slim...

As evidence accumulates about the harmful effects Brexit is likely to cause to the British economy, one may wonder what made a majority of Brits vote to leave the EU. Rather than treat it as a fit of ill temper or an unfortunate accident, this paper explores the idea that it should be seen as a...

An address to the Ōtara community, delivered on 5 May 2010. The address provides an overview of the Law Commission’s review of New Zealand’s liquor laws. It discusses a range of issues identified during consultation with the Ōtara community, including the density of alcohol outlets in...

The United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU provides an opportunity forconceptual and substantive reform of EU citizenship. The study purposes of summarizing thechanges in the special sui generis status of EU citizenship, which are necessarily affected bythe withdrawal. The situation is a...

This article takes you on a journey through concept to practice where minoritized populations are often judged less than—less competent, less intelligent—and pushed to society’s margins because they do not speak or write “the Queen’s English.” This practice is particularly pervasive...

We provide a quantitative macrohistory of the evolution and coevolution of three fundamental elements of English caselaw: property, contract, and procedure. Our dataset is derived from a comprehensive corpus of reports on pre-1765 English court cases. Leveraging existing topic model estimates,...

This article provides a comprehensive overview and analysis of the adoption and regulation of telehealth and telemedicine services in the United Kingdom, and specifically with reference to its National Health Service (“NHS”). The discussion and analysis reveal waxing and waning ambitions on...

Easteal describes the extra pressure women from a non English speaking background may face when they find themselves imprisoned. These women experience difficulties with the prison culture which may cause shock and distress; language difficulties; an inability to adapt to food offered in prison;...