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Towards a common standard of protection of the right to housing in Europe through the charter of fundamental rights
(Wiley, 2019-12-17)The trend towards the financialisation of housing since the 1980s and the global financial crisis exposed a dramatic lacuna in the legal protection of the right to housing. Yet, the right to housing features not only in ... -
Translating popular sovereignty as unfettered constitutional amendability
(Cambridge University Press, 2019-12-03)Popular sovereignty translated as unfettered constitutional-amendment power - Weakness of constituent power as justification for unfettered amendability - Alternative concept of sovereignty as unaccountability of constituted ... -
Vicarious liability and employment discrimination
(Oxford University Press, 1997)The issue of employer liability for discriminatory acts committed by employees is complex and contentious. In tort, the established principle is that 'every act which is done by a servant in the course of his duty is ... -
Virtual rights? property in online game objects and characters
(Taylor & Francis, 2008-07-18)The new industry of Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) brings together two sets of fictions: the interactive stories of shared computer games and the legal devices of intellectual property. In these ... -
Was it Author's Rights all the time?: Copyright as a Constitutional Right in Ireland
(Dublin University Law Journal, 2011)If property rights are “the Cinderella of the fundamental rights provisions of the Irish Constitution,” copyright may be its glass slipper, seeking its proper owner. The underlying rationale for copyright in Irish law is ...