York Law School
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Volume 1 - Spring 2020
Foreword
Professor Caroline Hunter
Hunter - Foreword Spring 2020 (PDF 
, 101kb)
Editorial: A Whole New World
Carl Makin and Isabel Ringrose
Makin and Ringrose - Editorial (PDF , 135kb)
Blurring Lines: Loot Boxes and Gambling in the Video Game Industry
Deric Lui, Benjamin Thompson, and Carter Rich
Lui, Thompson and Rich - Blurring Lines (PDF , 503kb)
May the Farce Be With You: Confusing Sculptures Post-Lucasfilm
Elinor Coombs
Coombs - May the Farce Be With You (PDF , 368kb)
EU Competition Policy: Algorithmic Collusion in the Digital Single Market
Alexander Stewart-Moreno
Stewart-Moreno - EU Competition Policy (PDF , 587kb)
Harmful Comments on Social Media
Kathryn Chick
Chick - Harmful Comments on Social Media (PDF , 465kb)
Disabled Foetuses and the Search for Equality
Rachel Adam-Smith
Adam-Smith - Disabled Foetuses and the Search for Equality (PDF , 473kb)
Reflecting on the Impact of Strike Action on Problem-Based Learning at York Law School
Lauryn Clarke
Clarke - Reflecting on Impact of Strike Action (PDF , 240kb)
Read the full volume: York Law Review Vol. 1, Spring 2020 (PDF , 1,532kb)
Volume 2 - Spring 2021
FOREWORD
Professor Caroline Hunter
Editorial: Publishing In The ‘New Normal’
Carl Makin and Sam Guy
Makin and Guy - Publishing In The New Normal (PDF , 2,652kb)
Understanding Jonestown: The Criminal Liabilities Of The Port Kaituma Airstrip Shooting And Jonestown Massacre
Charlie Tye
Tye - Understanding Jonestown (PDF , 14,229kb)
Lessons Unlearned: Bloody Sunday And The Conduct Of British Armed Forces In Conflict
Amy Maria Butler
Butler - Lessons Unlearned (PDF , 345kb)
Legitimising Biopiracy? Fairness And Efficacy Of The Nagoya Protocol
Dominic Querée Hodnett
Hodnett - Legitimising Biopiracy (PDF , 14,264kb)
The Truth Within Our Roots: Exploring Hair Discrimination And Professional Grooming Policies In The Context Of Equality Law
Stephanie Cohen
Cohen - The Truth Within Our Roots (PDF , 7,687kb)
Blowing The Whistle On The Iraq War: Conscientious Moral Objection And The Duty To Obey The Law
Laura Burke
Burke - Blowing The Whistle (PDF , 13,258kb)
Dworkin's Gift to Constitutional Jurisprudence: Justifying The Moral Reading of The US Constitution
Max Williams
Williams - Justifying the Moral Reading (PDF , 15,859kb)
A Game Of Thrones: The Battle For The Supremacy Of EU Law Following Weiss II
Jakub Kozlowski
Kozlowski - A Game of Thrones (PDF , 5,992kb)
It's Not All Zoom And Gloom: Reflections On University Study During COVID–19
Fraser King
King - It's Not All Zoom and Gloom (PDF , 5,042kb)
"They Were Supposed To Protect Us": Analysing Patriarchy And The Work Of Human Rights Defenders In Nigeria
Nabila Okino
Okino - 'They Were Supposed to Protect Us' (PDF , 15,617kb)
Mechanisms Used To Translate The International Prohibition On Child Recruitment To Armed Non-State Actors In The Democratic Republic Of Congo
Ella Allen
Allen - Mechanisms Used to Translate (PDF , 16,104kb)
Read the full volume: York Law Review Vol. 2, Spring 2021 (PDF , 2,186kb)
Volume 3 - Summer 2022
EDITORIAL: WIDENING PERSPECTIVES
Sam Guy
Guy - Widening Perspectives (PDF , 161kb)
EXPLORING VICARIOUS LIABILITY TO REMEDY THE #E-TOO MOVEMENT
Eloise Hewson
Hewson - Exploring Vicarious Liability to Remedy the #E Too Movement (PDF , 401kb)
‘WON’T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!’ – ONLINE CONTENT PROMOTING/ENCOURAGING SELF-HARM AND THE LAW: A SOCIO-LEGAL STUDY
Danial Kamal Shahreen
Shahreen - Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children! (PDF , 404kb)
TO WHAT EXTENT WOULD A PROBLEM-SOLVING FAMILY COURT HELP YOUNG OFFENDERS CONSTRUCT MORE DURABLE PATHWAYS OUT OF CRIME?
James Garrity
Garrity - Problem Solving Family Court and Young Offenders (PDF , 333kb)
BREAKING THE BINARY: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF ‘LEGAL SEX’ ON ‘GENDERED PARENTING’
Freya Cole Norton
Norton - Breaking the Binary (PDF , 414kb)
AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO ALTERNATIVE CARE MODELS: A CASE STUDY OF ASYLUM-SEEKING CHILDREN AT THE MAKENI TRANSIT CENTRE IN ZAMBIA
Emily Forbes
Forbes - An Intersectional Approach to Alternative Care Models (PDF , 397kb)
JUDICIAL MORALITY AND THE LIMITS OF THE LAW
Ed Clothier
Clothier - Judicial Morality and the Limits of the Law (PDF , 204kb)
Read the full volume: York Law Review Volume III Summer 2022 (PDF , 1,586kb)
Volume 4 - Summer 2023
Foreword
TT Arvind
Editorial
Shivangi Gangwar
Walking the Streets Without Fear: Investigating a Specific Offence of Public Sexual Harassment
Holly Robson
Beyond Gender Advice: NATO's Implementation of the Women Peace and Security Agenda
Brook Morrison
International Unaccountability: the Normalisation of the Syrian Regime and its Impact on Refugee Protection
Taran Anna Kaur Cheema
Loophole or Law-Breaking? Rwanda Plan's Inconsistency with International Refugee Law
Rhys Drakeley
Some Hope in Harm: a Normative Evaluation of the UK Government's Proposals to Bifurcate Drug Users, Dependent on Their Drug Use Status
Ed Clothier
Read the volume in full: York Law Review Volume IV Summer 2023 (PDF , 1,504kb)
Volume 5 - Summer 2024
Foreword
TT Arvind
Editorial
Eleana Kasoulide
Conciousness over Code: How Judicial Review can Address Algorithmic Decision-Making in Policing
Harriet Green
Defending Strong Constitutional Review in a Declining Democracy: The Case of Indonesia's Eroding Limitation of Power
Azeem Marhendra Amedi
Contextualising the Law on Pre-Nuptial Agreements in England: A Comparative Study and a Proposal for Reform
Emily Patterson
Betrayed, Deceived and Violated: A Critical Feminist Analysis of the R v Lawrence Judgment
Lauren Seery-Loudon
An Exploration of How Current Legislations Restrict Women's Access to Abortion Services in England
Caitlin Day
Global Ivory Legislation: Is it a Case of Material Culture vs the Elephant?
Genevieve Celeste Steele
Grave-Robbing, Private Collections and Repatriation: A Case Study on Cultural Heritage in the United States
Ellie Allan
To What Extent Should Non-Human Animals Have Legal Rights?
Roma Beke
Read the volume in full: York Law Review Volume V Summer 2024 (PDF , 1,339kb)
Volume 6 - Summer 2025
Foreword
Mattia Pinto
Editorial
Eleana Kasoulide
Investigating Cybercrime: The Key Jurisdictional and Technical Challenges Faced by Law Enforcement and Ways to Address Them
Hayden Coupland
The Impact of ADR on SME Development: A Comparative Study Between England and India
Anirudh Gundumi
The Chilling Effect: Hong Kong’s Securitisation and the Erosion of Rights-Based Environmental Protection
Mateusz Tokarz
Pedal to the Metal: Safeguarding Local Communities’ Affected Rights in Developing Countries’ Mining Legal Frameworks Amid the Global Rare Earth Race
Hòa Bùi
Legal, Financial, Physical and Structural: A Socio-Legal Analysis of the Reasons Why Disabled People are More Likely to Experience Homelessness
Helen Clifton
Paddington Bear and the View from Outside the Hostile Environment: A Legal Analysis of Refugee Stories in the UK
Amber Asmeena Shah
Read the volume in full: York Law Review Volume VI Summer 2025 (PDF , 1,543kb)
