This article addresses how non-experts understand the general notion of human rights. After a discussion of the various ways in which human rights are understood by experts
and lay people, new Q methodological results are presented. Results support previous research in suggesting the existence of at least four distinct ways of understanding [...]
Recent neuroscientific research by Caspar et al has demonstrated that it is possible to show that subjective experience of our sense of agency is modified when the actions
result from the coercive behaviour of others. This finding that the reporting of experience of acting was altered when the subject of the experiment experienced coercion [...]
The question of whether Nazi law was valid law has been at the background of jurisprudential discourse since the Hart-Fuller debate in the 1950s. The enduring focus of that
discourse on the validity question – the conditions of validity for law – and the separability question – the nature of the relationship between law and morality [...]
Legal professionals are thought to have higher levels of mental health issues and lower levels of wellbeing than the general population. Drawing on qualitative data from new
research with legal practitioners, this in-depth study of mental health and wellbeing in the UK and Republic of Ireland’s legal sector is a timely contribution [...]
The European Court of Human Rights requires that any person at the risk of losing their home should be able to have the proportionality of the eviction determined by an independent
tribunal in the light of the relevant principles under Article 8 echr. Consequently, member states of the Council of Europe are obliged to implement a minimum level [...]
The German Library Association (dbv) expresses support for the government's draft of the Copyright Knowledge Society Act (UrhWissG), acknowledging its positive adjustments
to the previous proposal. While it balances the interests of academic authors and publishers, certain limitations may hinder academic freedom, particularly concerning [...]
The German Library Association (dbv) has been advocating since October 2012 for a legal framework that allows the lending of e-books in public libraries. In its statements
regarding the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive, the dbv emphasizes the importance of seizing this opportunity to establish regulations for electronic [...]
The German Library Association (dbv) comments on the draft legislation by the German Federal Ministry of Justice from October 13, 2020, which implements the EU Directive 2019/790
on copyright in the digital single market. The dbv emphasizes the need to remove time limits on certain copyright exceptions, calls for a legal basis for e-lending, [...]
Referral orders are the standard sentence in England and Wales for children and young people pleading guilty to a first conviction unless the court decides to pass an immediate
custodial sentence; an absolute discharge (for some very minor offences); or a hospital order (under mental health legislation). [...]
