Category: Articles

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Difference between shareholders and the board of managers/board of directors

Difference between shareholders and the board of managers/board of directors

Author: Ibrahim Kaunda, Masters of Law and Legal Practice Course at the University of Law in London, 2022-2023. Editor: Danai Daisy Chirawu, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Human Rights Policy & Practice (2021-2023), The University of Gothenburg, University of Deusto, University of Roehampton & The Arctic University of Norway, Bachelor of Laws (With Honours) (LLBS)...

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Electronic contracts. What are the criteria for enforceability of Click-Wrap Agreements in the UK?

Electronic contracts. What are the criteria for enforceability of Click-Wrap Agreements in the UK?

Legal systems of many nations have devoted more attention to the formation and execution of electronic contracts as a fast-paced expansion of the internet necessitated this means of contracting between various parties located at a great distance from one another[1]. Millions of Internet users sign these contracts oftentimes being without fully aware of what a...

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Shaping the International Data Privacy Framework: the Us-Adequacy Decision After President Biden’s Executive Order And The Future Of Transatlantic Data Transfers

Shaping the International Data Privacy Framework: the Us-Adequacy Decision After President Biden’s Executive Order And The Future Of Transatlantic Data Transfers

Author: Annalisa Ricchiuti, LL.M in Intellectual Property and Competition Law-Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), 2020-2021 Editor: Bobbie Smith, MA Geography University of Aberdeen 2016-2020 / Graduate Diploma in Law University of Exeter 2020-2022   In October 2022, US President Biden signed the long-awaited Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for the United States Signals Intelligence...

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Prerequisites and Thresholds of Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: Tax Surcharges and Fines

Prerequisites and Thresholds of Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: Tax Surcharges and Fines

Author: Ilham Gasimov, LL.M. in International Human Rights Law at Saarland University, 2021/2022 Editor: Danai Daisy Chirawu, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Human Rights Policy & Practice (2021-2023), The University of Gothenburg, University of Deusto, University of Roehampton & The Arctic University of Norway, Bachelor of Laws (With Honours) (LLBS) (2012-2016) – the University of...

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War as a Force Majeure Event

War as a Force Majeure Event

Author: Narmin Huseynzada, LLB, Baku State University, 2016-2020 Editor: Bader Kabbani, LLM International Commercial and Economic Law, SOAS, University of London, 2020-2021 Abstract In most contracts, force majeure clauses consider the war an impediment preventing parties’ performance. This article argues that war outbreaks cannot always be reliant on the force majeure clause.  Introduction War affects...

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Should Vaccine Patents Be Waived?

Should Vaccine Patents Be Waived?

Author: Raneem Alfaleh, LLM program in International commercial law at the City University of London, 2021-2022, e-mail: [email protected] Editor: Elnur Karimov, LLD (Doctoral Program in Law) at Kyushu University, 2021-2024, e-mail: [email protected]   Abstract The recent global challenge of coronavirus enables an overview of how intellectual property (IP) has been used to address global health...

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Child Protection vs Privacy. Do ends justify the means?

Child Protection vs Privacy. Do ends justify the means?

ABBREVIATIONS. CSAR – Child Sexual Abuse Regulation CSAM – Child Sexual Abuse Material AI – Artificial Intelligence EU – European Union ePD – EU Privacy and Electrocommunications Directive 2002 Charter – CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ECHR – European Convention of Human Rights GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation ECJ – European...

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AI Governance: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

AI Governance: Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Author: Muhammad Ali Safdar, Ph.D. program in Law at Friedrich Alexander Universität, 2019-2023 Editor: Danai Daisy Chirawu, Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Human Rights Policy & Practice (2021-2023), The University of Gothenburg, University of Deusto, University of Roehampton & The Arctic University of Norway, Bachelor of Laws (With Honours) (LLBS) (2012-2016) – the University of...

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International Women’s Day: women’s rights and other legal aspects

International Women’s Day: women’s rights and other legal aspects

Legal equality is an essential step to achieving gender equality. When properly implemented, laws have the power to protect women and girls from violence, challenge social norms, and define a gender-equal future, which will benefit us all. International Women’s Day, also known as IWD for short, grew out of the labour movement to become a...

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Money and Crime: the EU’s anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing framework

Money and Crime: the EU’s anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing framework

Author: Nafisatu Wiafe Ansah, LLB University of Padova, 2015-2016 Legal Editor: Bader Kabbani, LLM International Commercial and Economic Law, SOAS, University of London, 2020-2021 Abstract Where there is money, there is likely to be a crime. Some of the most common crimes associated with the financial or economic market are money laundering and terrorism financing....