This article identifies and clarifies some of the miscommunication between Chinese and English in the discussion of rule of law or rule by law. “Rule by law” is not a concept

readily understandable by a Chinese audience because there is no acceptable translation or equivalent in Chinese. [...]

The international community has awoken to the reality that large transnational corporations (TNCs) do not only control more resources than a good number of states. They wield

enormous influence in the corporate world which greatly impacts on local cultures and initiatives. [...]

The assessment of the usefulness of terrorist profiling is often conflated with an exaggerated presentation of the threat of terrorism as a basis to justify the use of terrorist

profiling or an exaggerated impact of terrorist profiling as a basis to criticize its use by law enforcement officers. [...]

Human trafficking is connected to migration as it often involves crossing international borders. This article argues that by failing to view the issue of human trafficking

through the lens of migration, the current framework for assisting victims of human trafficking fails to ensure the protection of the individuals concerned. [...]

This paper examines the effect of changes in corporate law in the mid-nineteenth century – incorporation and limited liability – on the ownership, control and socio-economic

objectives of a Quaker family firm between 1841 and 1972. The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) were wellknown for adhering to internalized quasi-legal rules [...]

The UK Supreme Court took the opportunity in Ivey v Genting Casinos (UK) Ltd t/a Crockfords [2017] UKSC 67 to reverse the long-standing, but unpopular, test for dishonesty

in R v Ghosh. It reduced the relevance of subjectivity in the test of dishonesty, and brought the civil and the criminal law approaches to dishonesty into line by [...]

Can we provide legislative drafters with tools to simplify and clarify legislation, and make it more accessible? In the UK, USA, Canada, Australia and EU, through strategies

such as the ‘Plain Language’ and ‘Good Law’ (PL/GL) initiatives, it is claimed that the answer is ‘yes’. [...]

Cloud computing has raised both technological and legal issues in its implementation. The readiness and the awareness of the legal effect of the implementation of cloud computing

in the workplace should be distributed and applied among the employees, most importantly, the policy makers. [...]

Cohabitation has become increasingly widespread, yet the law refuses to recognise the consequences of the breakdown of such relationships. The inaction of Parliament has left

it to the courts to distribute proprietary rights based upon the law of trusts. However, the focus on purely financial contributions, penalises those who are most [...]

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) witnesses an increase in usage by disputing parties through the world. Arbitration comes on the top of the list of this means of dispute

settlement. This thesis studies arbitration in Islamic Shari'ah principally, along with international law and the English legal system. [...]