Journals

Garden Leave vs. Covenants Not to Compete

“Garden leave” (GL)—when workers are paid but do not work—may be preferred by firms since courts are more likely to enforce GL than “covenants not to compete” (CNCs). We consider when GL is more profitable than a CNC. Also, assuming [...]

Volume 92 Issue 879

International Review of the Red Cross, Volume 92 Issue 879 The International Review of the Red Cross is published by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Cambridge University Press. It promotes reflection on humanitarian law, policy [...]



Book review: PATRICK CAPPS, Human Dignity and the Foundations of International Law. Oxford: Hart, 2009, 306 pp., ISBN 9781841133577, {pound}40 (hbk)

Book review: CHARLES FOSTER, Choosing Life, Choosing Death: The Tyranny of Autonomy in Medical Ethics and Law. Oxford and Portland, OR: Hart Publishing, 2009, 189 pp., ISBN: 9781841139296 {pound}22.50

Book review: JENNIFER TEMKIN AND BARBARA KRAHE, Sexual Assault and the Justice Gap: A Question of Attitude. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2008, 258 pp., ISBN 9781841136707, {pound}30 (pbk)



Book review: Samantha Murray, The ‘Fat’ Female Body. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, 196 pp., ISBN 9780230542587 (hbk) {pound}50.00

‘It is Not for Me to Say Whether Consent Was Given or Not’: Forensic Medical Examiners’ Construction of ‘Neutral Reports’ in Rape Cases

Attrition rate studies have outlined the role the ‘real rape’ stereotype plays in prosecutor decisions concerning the progression of rape cases through the criminal justice system. According to the ‘real rape’ stereotype, the [...]

Common Law, Mountain Music, and the Construction of Community Identity

This article suggests how law and the arts can shape a community’s identity over time, by exploring the unique parallels between the common law and the folk music of the Appalachian region of the United States — two cultural transplants [...]

The Right to Pass Freely: Circulation, Begging, and The Bounded Self

Scholars of public space criticize regulation governing the behaviour of the public poor for both its illiberal effects and motivations. The arguments used to justify such regulation are frequently characterized as a smokescreen that conceal more [...]

Burying Indigeneity: The Spatial Construction of Reality and Aboriginal Australia

In this article we argue that spatial distance and historic socio-ethnic boundaries play a critical role in determining the relative priority given to groups that are marginally placed. These priorities are materialized through law. We utilize [...]