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Volume 14, issue 3, 2025

Navigating Uncertain Terrain: Risk of Abuse or Misuse of Psychiatric Epistemic Power in the Face of Uncertainty Without Ethical Reflexivity and Regulation pp. 1-11

Abdullah Yıldız and Berna Arda

Intersections of the Right to Education and Human Dignity in International Human Rights Law: A Purpose-Based Analysis pp. 1-22

Obinna Christian Edeji

Using Computational Methods to Explore Law in Sermons pp. 1-16

Markus M. Totzeck and Valentin Fuchs

AI Moderation and Legal Frameworks in Child-Centric Social Media: A Case Study of Roblox pp. 1-38

Mohamed Chawki

From a Medical to a Social Model: The Evolution of Disability Rights in the Peruvian Constitutional Court’s Jurisprudence (2004–2024) pp. 1-21

Alfonso Renato Vargas-Murillo, Enlil Iván Herrera-Pérez, Rafael Fortunato Supo Hallasi, Carlos Alberto Cueva Quispe and Ilda Nadia Monica de la Asuncion Pari-Bedoya

Volume 14, issue 2, 2025

Emerging Technologies, Law and Policies pp. 1-4

Esther Salmerón-Manzano

The Lawfulness of Citizenship Deprivation: Comparing Australia and the UK pp. 1-21

Guy Baldwin

Intellectual Property as a Strategy for Business Development pp. 1-21

Ligia Isabel Beltrán-Urvina, Byron Fabricio Acosta-Andino, Monica Cecilia Gallegos-Varela and Henry Marcelo Vallejos-Orbe

Between Urgency and Exception: Rethinking Legal Responses to the Ecological Crisis pp. 1-15

Houda Alhoussari

Application of Shia Islamic Law in Contemporary Legal Systems pp. 1-18

Akif Tahiiev

A Little Too Little, A Little Too Late: The Political Impact of Russia’s Anti-Corruption Enforcement pp. 1-19

Marina Zaloznaya and William M. Reisinger

The Evolution of Mental Health Legislation in South Africa: Towards a Rights-Based Approach pp. 1-26

Letitia Pienaar

A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Alternative Models of Incarceration pp. 1-16

Anamalia Suʻesuʻe, Dylan Pilger and Lorinda Riley

Global Compacts and the EU Pact on Asylum and Migration: A Clash Between the Talk and the Walk pp. 1-16

Gamze Ovacık and François Crépeau

Inter-American Human Rights System and Social Change in Latin America pp. 1-16

Martha Gutiérrez

Judicial Narratives and ‘Reality’: A Thematic Analysis of References to Family Violence in Sentencing Remarks for the Offence of Threat to Kill pp. 1-16

Jonathan Pears and Patricia Easteal

Limits of Legal Certainty: A Commentary on the “Dana Gas” Case pp. 1-16

Badreddine Berrahlia and Mourad Benseghir

An Adaptive Conceptualisation of Artificial Intelligence and the Law, Regulation and Ethics pp. 1-28

Ikpenmosa Uhumuavbi

Corporate Insolvency Laws in Selected Jurisdictions: US, England, France, and Germany—A Comparative Perspective pp. 1-28

Ana Maria Fagetan

Use of Drones in Disasters in the European Union: Privacy Issues and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mass Surveillance Jurisprudence of the ECtHR and the CJEU pp. 1-28

Maria Maniadaki, Dimitrios D. Alexakis and Efpraxia-Aithra Maria

The Fourteenth Amendment and University Intellectual Diversity pp. 1-11

Christopher R. Green

Special Prosecutor’s Offices and Their Position in a State Governed by the Rule of Law: Is the Abolition of Office of Special Prosecution in Slovakia Unconstitutional? pp. 1-23

Libor Klimek and Bystrík Šramel

The UK’s Foreign Investment Security Review Mechanism: Characteristics, Origins, and Responses pp. 1-22

Shaotang Wang, Lingyi Yang and Guozhen Li

Volume 14, issue 1, 2025

The Right to Be Oneself: The International and Italian Situation Regarding Gender Incongruence, Focusing on Legislation, Rights, Access to Care, and Appropriateness pp. 1-12

Nicola Di Fazio, Giuseppe Delogu, Miriam Ottaviani, Gianpietro Volonnino, Mauro Arcangeli, Fabio Del Duca, Biancamaria Treves and Raffaele La Russa

Confiscation Beyond the All-Crime Approach and the Proportionality Principle—A Case of the Lithuanian Illicit Enrichment Offence Concept pp. 1-14

Skirmantas Bikelis

Termination Clauses in Common Law and Civil Law: A Comparative Corpus-Based Analysis of English–Italian Terms of Service pp. 1-14

Patrizia Giampieri

Cryptocurrencies as a Threat to U.S. Homeland Security Interests pp. 1-10

Austen D. Givens

Political Parties as “Great Schools” of Civic Education pp. 1-13

Joseph Postell

Promoting Equal Protection and Regulatory Remedies for Balanced Civic Education pp. 1-23

Peder Humlen

In Pursuit of Civic Engagement in Texas: Leveraging Trust in a Changed Legal Landscape pp. 1-34

Catherine Copeland, Amy O’Dell, Abigail Smith, Jessica Garcia and Boleslaw Z. Kabala

Unkept Promises: On the Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in Korea pp. 1-17

Dae Un Hong and Jae Sun Kim

Advancing Asset Tokenization in the European Union and Latvia: A Regulatory and Policy Perspective pp. 1-17

Nauris Jūrmalis, Anželika Berķe-Berga and Marta Urbāne

Antibiotic Resistance, Polycentricity, and the Regulation of Antibiotic Prescribing in the Primary Care Setting pp. 1-26

David J. Carter

Volume 13, issue 6, 2024

To Impose or Not Impose Penalty Conditions Following Professional Misconduct: What Factors Are Cited by Three Professional Disciplinary Tribunals in New Zealand? pp. 1-11

Lois Surgenor, Kate Diesfeld, Marta Rychert, Olivia Kelly and Kate Kersey

Commercial Use of Satellite Remote Sensing Data and Civil Liability pp. 1-22

Young-Ju Kim

Practice and Prospect of Regulating Personal Data Protection in China pp. 1-17

Liping Yang, Yiling Lin and Bing Chen

Religious Slaughter and Supranational Jurisprudence in the Context of Animal Welfare Science pp. 1-16

Michela Maria Dimuccio, Virginia Conforti, Gaetano Vitale Celano, Francesco Emanuele Celentano, Federico Ceci and Giancarlo Bozzo

A Home for All: The Challenge of Housing in Refugee Resettlement pp. 1-16

Andria D. Timmer

Identity Theft: The Importance of Prosecuting on Behalf of Victims pp. 1-28

Christopher S. Kayser, Sinchul Back and Marlon Mike Toro-Alvarez

Capitalizing Trademarks as Security: The Canadian Trademark Finance Perspective pp. 1-28

Eslam Shaaban and Janice Denoncourt

AI Accountability in Judicial Proceedings: An Actor–Network Approach pp. 1-18

Francesco Contini, Elena Alina Ontanu and Marco Velicogna

The Legal Challenges of Realistic and AI-Driven Child Sexual Abuse Material: Regulatory and Enforcement Perspectives in Europe pp. 1-19

Katalin Parti and Judit Szabó

Light Pollution Control: Comparative Analysis of Regulations Across Civil and Common Law Jurisdictions pp. 1-19

Chun Kit Law, Savannah Yan Tsing Lai and Joseph Hung Kit Lai

Understanding the Nature of the Transnational Scam-Related Fraud: Challenges and Solutions from Vietnam’s Perspective pp. 1-15

Hai Thanh Luong and Hieu Minh Ngo

From Asset to Liability–Considerations on the Constitutionalizing of Religious Freedom Within the European Union Member States pp. 1-15

Catalin Raiu

Unjust Deprivation of Liberty During the Criminal Process: The Romanian National Standard Compared to the European Standard for the Protection of Individual Freedom in Judicial Proceedings pp. 1-13

Anca-Lelia Lorincz and Adriana Iuliana Stancu

The Problem of Civic and Liberal Education: Legislative and Civil-Society Remedies for Our Era pp. 1-13

Gregory A. McBrayer

Global Migration Law in Tunisia: The Potential of the Global Compact for Migration to Support the Ratification of the United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers Rights pp. 1-21

Younous Arbaoui and Amina Semaoui

Volume 13, issue 5, 2024

Human Rights at the Climate Crossroads: Analysis of the Interconnection between Human Rights, Right to Climate, and Intensification of Extreme Climate Events pp. 1-23

Eliana Díaz-Cruces, María Méndez Rocasolano and Camilo Zamora-Ledezma

Linking a Digital Asset to an NFT—Technical and Legal Analysis pp. 1-19

William Fernando Martínez Luna, Ana María Moreno Ballesteros and Edgar José Ruiz Dorantes

Transformative Impact of the EU AI Act on Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships pp. 1-20

Young-Gyu Lee, Chang-Hee Lee, Young-Hun Jeon and Jae-Hwan Bae

Adapting the Competition Policy for the Digital Age: Assessing the EU’s Approach pp. 1-20

Gentjan Skara, Oriona Muçollari and Bojana Hajdini

Green Belt Legislation Regulation: Comparative Legal Research pp. 1-22

Natalia Lisina, Aleksandra Ushakova and Svetlana Ivanova

Social Farming in EU from Legal to Sociological Perspective: Developing European Solution pp. 1-16

Georg Miribung

Correction: Cowart et al. (2023). Should Pharma Companies Waive Their COVID-19 Vaccine Patents? A Legal and Ethical Appraisal. Laws 12: 47 pp. 1-2

Tammy Cowart, Tsuriel Rashi and Gregory L. Bock

China’s Legal Practices Concerning Challenges of Artificial General Intelligence pp. 1-14

Bing Chen and Jiaying Chen

Volume 13, issue 4, 2024

Natural Law, Common Law, and the Problem of Historicism in American Public Life and Education pp. 1-11

Benjamin P. Haines

National Parks and Protected Areas: A Comparison of the Approach Taken in the UK and France for the Protection of Green Spaces pp. 1-24

Caroline Cox and Meganne Natali

Beyond Auto-Brewery: Why Dysbiosis and the Legalome Matter to Forensic and Legal Psychology pp. 1-24

Alan C. Logan, Susan L. Prescott, Erica M. LaFata, Jeffrey J. Nicholson and Christopher A. Lowry

Mediation in Criminal Matters: A Perspective from Kosovo pp. 1-17

Flutura Tahiraj and Emine Abdyli

First-Year Experience or One-Year Experience? The Future of Civic Engagement in Higher Education pp. 1-17

Glenn Moots and James M. Patterson

RETRACTED: Ahmad (2021). Protecting the Rights of Minorities under International Law and Implications of COVID-19: An Overview of the Indian Context. Laws 10: 17 pp. 1-1

Nehaluddin Ahmad

Enhancing the Accessibility of Pedestrian Environments: Critical Reflections on the Role of the Public Sector Equality Duty pp. 1-31

Anna Lawson, Maria Orchard, Ieva Eskyte and Morgan Campbell

Revisiting the Conceptual Terrains of the Right to Accessibility in India: The Role of Judicial Enforcement pp. 1-25

Sanjay Jain and Malika Jain

The UDHR at 75: Analysing the Prevalence of the Use of the UDHR and Other Human Rights Treaties in the Work of the Constitutional Court of South Africa pp. 1-10

Angelo Dube

Explaining Asylum Law Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis pp. 1-18

Philip Kretsedemas

Reconceptualizing Policing for Cybercrime: Perspectives from Singapore pp. 1-19

Azfer A. Khan

Disabled Pedestrians, Micromobility, and Furthering Disability Equality Law through Consultation: A Case Study of the Toronto E-Scooter Ban pp. 1-9

Laverne Jacobs and Harry Dhaliwal

Managing Active Shooter Events in Schools: An Introduction to Emergency Management pp. 1-15

Selina E. M. Kerr

The OECD Dispute Resolution System in Tax Controversies pp. 1-15

Marco Greggi and Anna Miotto

A Lived Experience Well-Understood: What Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws Can Tell Us about Civic Learning in Higher Education pp. 1-14

Constantine Christos Vassiliou

Criminalizing Abuse, Neglect, and Financial Exploitation of Older Adults pp. 1-14

Julie N. Brancale and Thomas G. Blomberg

Energy Security, Energy Transition, and Foreign Investments: An Evolving Complex Relationship pp. 1-21

Maria Rosaria Mauro

The Right to Data Portability as a Personal Right pp. 1-8

Alejandro Laje and Klaus Schmidt

Volume 13, issue 3, 2024

The Danger of the Interpretation of Facts: Legal Uncertainty in the Spanish Saga Cases pp. 1-16

Nataša Rajković

Algorithmic Exploitation in Social Media Human Trafficking and Strategies for Regulation pp. 1-10

Derek M. Moore

The Judicialisation of Parliamentary Privilege in Canada: A Cautionary Tale pp. 1-28

Lorne Neudorf

Incentivizing Civic Engagement at Public and Private Universities: Tax Exemptions, Laws, and Critical Dialogues pp. 1-30

Eric Morrow, Casey Thompson, Payton Jones and Boleslaw Z. Kabala

Redefining Boundaries in the Metaverse: Navigating the Challenges of Virtual Harm and User Safety pp. 1-23

Mohamed Chawki, Subhajit Basu and Kyung-Shick Choi

Law, Technology, and Our Governance Dilemma pp. 1-14

Roger Brownsword

Facial Recognition Technology in Policing and Security—Case Studies in Regulation pp. 1-14

Nessa Lynch

Human and Divine Law at the Secular University: The Divide between Classical Liberalism and Post-Classical Liberalism pp. 1-13

Owen Anderson

Constituting the American Higher-Education Elite: Rush and Jefferson on Collegiate Civic Engagement pp. 1-13

Luke Foster

Child Welfare, Immigration, and Justice Systems: An Intersectional Life-Course Perspective on Youth Trajectories pp. 1-21

Marsha Rampersaud, Kristin Swardh and Henry Parada

Rethinking Just Transition in Investment Law Perspective: Incentives against Climate Crisis between Sustainability, Economic Security, and Strategic Industrial Planning pp. 1-21

Sara Pugliese

The Challenge of Defining the Secular pp. 1-20

Georgina Clarke and Renae Barker

Establishing Boundaries to Combat Tax Crimes in Indonesia pp. 1-19

Dwi Nurferyanto and Yoshi Takahashi

An Artificial Review of Jesus’s Torah Compliance and What That Might Mean for Jews and Gentile Christians pp. 1-32

Jonathan Dawayne Brackens

Volume 13, issue 2, 2024

Recognising Religious Groups as Litigants: An International Law Perspective pp. 1-24

Mark Fowler and Alex Deagon

Influence of the Cultural Defence on Conduct and Culpability in South African Criminal Law pp. 1-18

Jacques Matthee

Neurolaw: Revisiting Huberty v. McDonald’s through the Lens of Nutritional Criminology and Food Crime pp. 1-19

Alan C. Logan, Jeffrey J. Nicholson, Stephen J. Schoenthaler and Susan L. Prescott

The Invocation of the Precautionary Principle within the Investor–State Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Not Seizing the Occasion pp. 1-19

Naimeh Masumy and Sara Hourani

Reconciling International Climate Law and the Energy Charter Treaty through the Use of Integrative Interpretation in Arbitration pp. 1-19

Eike Hinrichsen

Narrative Review of Legal Aspects in the Integration of Simulation-Based Education into Medical and Healthcare Curricula pp. 1-20

Andreta Slavinska, Karina Palkova, Evita Grigoroviča, Edgars Edelmers and Aigars Pētersons

Implications of Law’s Response to Mitochondrial Donation pp. 1-15

Karinne Ludlow

Deinstitutionalization as Reparative Justice: A Commentary on the Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in Emergencies pp. 1-48

Tina Minkowitz

Leveraging Continental Norms and Mechanisms to Enhance Barrier-Free Access for Pedestrians with Disabilities in Kenya pp. 1-16

Lawrence M. Mute and Agnes K. Meroka-Mutua

Assessing the Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Saudi Arabia: A Critical Analysis in the Context of the 2003 UNESCO Convention pp. 1-16

Fatimah Alshehaby

Civic Thought and Leadership: A Higher Civics to Sustain American Constitutional Democracy pp. 1-16

Paul O. Carrese

The Law as Fragment pp. 1-12

Kimberly Maslin

New Trends of Digital Justice: The Online Mediation—Between a Challenge and a Reality (The Portuguese Legal Framework) pp. 1-12

Cátia Marques Cebola and Susana Sardinha Monteiro

Trashing the Tables: The Critical Legal Studies Symposium of the Stanford Law Review, Then and Now pp. 1-12

Paul Baumgardner

Volume 13, issue 1, 2024

Exploring Defuturing to Design Artificial-Intelligence Artifacts: A Systemic-Design Approach to Tackle Litigiousness in the Brazilian Judiciary pp. 1-13

Luciane Amaral Corrêa Münch and Taís Schilling Ferraz

Windfall Profit Taxation in Europe (and Beyond) pp. 1-14

Marco Greggi and Anna Miotto

The Professional Conflict Pertaining to Confidentiality—The Obligation of Disclosure for Intermediaries of Financial Transactions pp. 1-14

Mihaela Tofan and Alina-Adriana Arseni

Application of the “Novel Foods” Regulation to Botanicals in the European Union pp. 1-14

Javier Morán and Alina Kilasoniya

The Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Access to Public Spaces pp. 1-12

Barry A. Whaley, Jonathan G. Martinis, Giuseppe F. Pagano, Sara Barthol, Jessica Senzer, Pamela R. Williamson and Peter D. Blanck

A Renaissance of Civic Education and Civic Engagement in Higher Education in the Spirit of the American Founders and Constitutionalism pp. 1-12

Kody W. Cooper

Technology Architecture as an Instrument for Digital Taxation pp. 1-15

Amelia Cahyadini, Sherly Ayuna Putri, Tasya Safiranita and Muhammad Jaka Hidayat

Resh(AI)ping Good Administration: Addressing the Mass Effects of Public Sector Digitalisation pp. 1-15

Albert Sanchez-Graells

Protection of Property under Human Rights and International Investment Law: A Case-Law Analysis pp. 1-20

Eleni Gavriil

Why Equity Follows the Law pp. 1-11

Adam J. MacLeod