AbstractIn 2025 the International Court of Justice (ICJ) marks 50 years since its advisory opinion on Western Sahara, which confirmed the Ṣaḥrāwī people’s right to

self-determination in respect of the territory’s status. Although non-binding, advisory opinions shape legal narratives and influence the development of customary [...]

This article explores a period during which the Scottish Prison Service aspired to a ‘golden age’ for imprisonment, tracing how a narrative of progress shaped a decade

of struggle to close Scotland's national prison for women: ‘Cornton Vale’. It provides new insights into how a project of prison modernisation resulted in widespread [...]

This special issue demonstrates that regulatory studies and criminology both have virtue. Regulatory criminology has neglected virtues that exceed the sum of its parts. The

editors did a splendid job of pointing out in their introduction that criminology created a number of theoretical traditions that have had moments of passing value [...]

Against a backdrop of increasing political, economic, and ecological volatility, participatory governance could provide a valuable mechanism to counteract democratic backsliding

caused by unchecked power and regulatory capture. Food systems in particular are a site where many interests and sectors converge—including health, agriculture, [...]

Governments worldwide are advancing climate-compatible infrastructure (CCI) to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Agreement targets. Yet implementation

remains fragmented and weakly coordinated, limiting transformative impact. We identify a structural gap across three governance functions critical to CCI delivery: [...]

This teaching note describes a contract negotiation exercise that integrates generative artificial intelligence (GAI) into an undergraduate Legal Environment of Business course.

Students work in teams to review a fictional licensing scenario, negotiate terms with another team, and draft a final agreement. [...]