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Covid-19 and Illegal Wildlife Trade: Where does the Law Fail and How Digital Technologies can help?

This is the fifth in a blog post series being produced under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law in response to the coronavirus crisis. This blog post was first published on the NERC/UKRI ‘Constructing a Digital Environment’ Programme Blog and is re-posted here with their kind permission. 

The exact…

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Role of the United Nations in Responding to COVID-19

 

By Ulku Halatci Ulusoy (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ankara University, Law School and Honorary Lecturer, University of Aberdeen)

The United Nations (UN), which was given the primary responsibility for protecting and ensuring international peace and security, is incapable of responding to COVID-19, as with many other issues.…

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Regulating the Unknown: the Interactions Between Risk Regulation and Uncertainties in the Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

“the risk problems confronting contemporary society are trans-scientific in character – that is, …while they can be posed by science, they cannot be solved by science alone”-John Paterson.[1]

Early this year when the Global Risk Report was released, climate change topped the list of the most severe global risks. Little…

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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Scotland's Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Abuse: Part 2

Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline (24 hours): 0800 027 1234 or helpline@sdafmh.org.uk

 

This is Part 2 of a two-part blog post which makes a number of preliminary observations about the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing policy on Scottish criminal justice…

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The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Scotland's Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Abuse: Part 1

Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline (24 hours): 0800 027 1234 or helpline@sdafmh.org.uk

 

Introduction

Largely due to the efforts of feminist campaigners, over the last few decades the scale of domestic abuse has become increasingly visible, and there have been major strides in terms of legal recognition…

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Legislating for the Insolvency Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis

This is the third in a blog post series being produced under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law in response to the coronavirus crisis.

Introduction

The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is becoming more apparent with each passing day. The forecasts and analyses range from gloomy to apocalyptic: research indicates that…

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COVID-19 and the Frustration of Leases on Grounds of Illegality

[This blog is an extract of a much fuller article on Frustration available online from the University of Aberdeen  Centre for Scots Law]

 

Contract Law and Frustration

Certainty of performance is at the heart of contract law, as Lord Hope remarked

 “…the maxim pacta sunt servanda [‘agreements must be…

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