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Achieving A (Copy)Right To Repair For The Eu’S Green Economy, Anthony D. Rosborough, Leanne Wiseman, Taina Pihlajarinne

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

• The Right to Repair is a global movement in favour of rebalancing the relationship between manufacturers and end users of products and devices. As part of the European Union (EU) Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan, EU legislators have made the Right to Repair a key policy aim. To date, however, the EU’s Right to Repair policy focus has been predominantly consumer law–oriented.

• This article sheds light on another key dimension of the Right to Repair—IP (and principally copyright law). It canvasses the ways in which copyright can inhibit repair activities, including curtailing access to repair information and …

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Assisted Dying And Evidence-Based Law-Making: A Critical Analysis Of An Article’S Role In New Zealand’S Referendum, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Jocelyn Downie, Andrew Geddis, Colin Gavaghan

Articles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press

Aim: To critically analyse the reliability of an article which claims to be evidence that the End of Life Choice Act 2019 provides a “potential hotspot for family, community and social discord that may not be easily remedied” should the legislation receive public support in New Zealand’s September 2020 referendum.

Method: The subject article was reviewed multiple times by all authors and critiqued against three criteria: a reliability pyramid developed to weigh evidence about assisted dying; principles that guide the conduct of social science research; and the use of reliable and current social science literature to support factual claims.

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The Advantages Of The Civil Law Judiciary As The Model For Emerging Legal Systems, Charles H. Koch Jr.

Faculty Publications

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Strengthening Access To Information And Public Participation In Transition Countries - Latvia As A Case Study In Administrative Law Reform, Jeffrey Lubbers

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

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The Comparative Method And Law Reform, Darius Whelan

Darius Whelan

This 1988 LLM thesis examines law reform, the comparative method, and the combination of these two elements. A broad definition of law reform is adopted, to include law reform by legislators and judges, and proposals for law reform from law reform agencies and from academics. It is explained that the comparative method (commonly referred to as comparative law) is still at an experimental stage, and that no particularly rigid method of comparison has been adopted for the purposes of this thesis. The theory of reception and legal transplants is discussed, from Montesquieu to date. Particular emphasis is placed on the …

Law Reform In The United Kingdom: A New Institutional Approach, Norman Marsh

William & Mary Law Review

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Recent Developments In The Law Of Land In England, Paul V. Baker

William & Mary Law Review

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Introductory Note: Revision And Reform In The Common Law Countries, William F. Swindler

William & Mary Law Review

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Protection Of Immigrant And Racial Minorities: A Survey Of British Legal History, Richard Plender

William & Mary Law Review

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