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The interface of international trade law and taxation: defining the role of the World Trade Organisation in the field of international taxation
(2011)
This thesis explores the ill-defined and oft-underestimated relationship between the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and taxation. By adopting a two-pronged approach, the work will (i) examine the extent to which the WTO ...
EU Financial Regulation: Federalisation, Crisis Management and Law Reform
(Oxford University Press, 2011)
The regulation of franchising in the European Union
(2011)
Business format franchising is a specific, distinct and uniform type of commercial activity
with significant economic impact in the European Union. It stimulates economic activity by
offering significant advantages to ...
Carotid atherosclerotic plaque characterisation by measurement of ultrasound sound speed in vitro at high frequency, 20 MHz
(Queen Mary University of London, 2010)
The first part of the study was to characterise the acoustic properties of an IEC agar-based tissue mimicking material (TMM) at ultrasound frequencies centred around 20 MHz. The TMM acoustic properties measured were the ...
Party Autonomy and the Role of the Courts in Saudi Arbitration Law With Reference to the Arbitration Laws in the UK, Egypt and Bahrain and the UNCITRAL Model Law
(2010)
Arbitration plays an effective role in settling commercial disputes. It is indeed the first
and oldest means of dispute settlement mankind has ever known. Its importance has
shored up the Court System by reducing the ...
Article 31(3)(c) of the VCLT and the principle of systemic integration
(2010)
The proliferation of international courts and tribunals combined with the expansion of
the areas and density of regulation of international law has given rise to a debate on
the issue of fragmentation of international ...
Analysing restrictive and liberal approaches towards assisted suicide and euthanasia
(2010)
The ‘end of life’ issue in relation to assisted suicide and euthanasia is one of our prime concerns and a most widely discussed phenomenon not only in academic and official literature, but also in day-to-day life. Some ...
A barrister’s role in the plea decision: an analysis of drivers affecting advice in the crown court
(2010)
This thesis explores the reasons behind barristers' advice to defendants in the
Crown Court on plea, primarily through interviews with criminal law practitioners
themselves. Beginning with a critical overview of the ...