Monthly Archives: January, 2025
‘Do People Matter? The importance of the individual in the construction of legal history’, Catharine MacMillan, King’s College London, 22 January 2025
The Dickson Poon School of Law is proud to present our Inaugural Lecture Series. Inaugural Lectures are a celebration of our Professors, as they present an overview of their contribution to their field, as well as highlight its latest developments. The lecture is open to both members of the university community and the wider public, […]
Isola and Esposito, ‘Better Call Your Lawyer: Dark Patterns are Best Understood as Unfair Commercial Practices’
ABSTRACT This article offers a clear definition of dark patterns and a comprehensive classification thereof using the framework provided by Directive 2005/29 on unfair commercial practices. The analysis builds on a systematic literature review that analyses how dark patterns are defined and the types of dark patterns discussed in 77 articles. Accordingly, we define a […]
Giovanni Maria Riccio, ‘Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Rights and Remuneration’
ABSTRACT Throughout human history, whenever a new device has been invented, society has continued to move forward, never regressing to an earlier stage. Therefore, when we are analysing the problems posed by artificial intelligence (AI) systems and, specifically, those posed by generative AI (GenAI), we must assume that there will be no regression to the […]
Albertina Antognini, ‘Fraudulent Families’
ABSTRACT The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld distinctions between unwed mothers and unwed fathers on the basis of sex. Unwed women are recognized as mothers automatically upon birth, while unwed men must undertake a series of affirmative steps before being recognized as fathers. One of the central rationales for this differential treatment is the Court’s […]
Katharine Kemp, ‘Driving Blind: The Unexamined Privacy Risks of Connected Cars’
ABSTRACT Connected cars are an emerging category of consumer vehicles marketed for features ranging from automatic SOS calls in the event of an accident and notifications when a child is left in the back seat, to the ability to cool a hot car in advance or take ‘selfies’ of the driver whenever they smile. At […]
Tabrez Ebrahim, ‘Comparative Intellectual Property and Religion’
ABSTRACT How can religion play a role in comparative intellectual property (IP) law scholarship? Why have comparative IP scholars rarely focused on religion, which seems to be relegated to discussions about legal history or non-Western legal systems? Should comparative IP scholarship consider religious dimensions of Western IP laws, and if so, can religion provide a […]
‘Using Private Law to Combat Influencers’ Health Misinformation’
Leah Fowler, Max Helveston and Zoë Robinson, ‘Influencer Speech-Torts’, 113 Georgetown Law Journal (forthcoming, 2025), available at SSRN (August 22, 2024). The spread of disinformation is one of the most pressing problems facing society today. Lawmakers, policymakers, and researchers have focused on how disinformation disrupts political discourse and undermines democratic processes, threatens global security by […]
‘Commercial Court claims fall to lowest number in decade’
The number of new claims issued in the Commercial Court last year fell to the lowest figure in over a decade, new research has revealed. It also highlighted the ‘dampening’ impact of the Supreme Court’s 2023 PACCAR decision, leading to a decline in new group actions … (more) [Neil Rose, Legal Futures, 10 January 2025]
Funding for two joint PhD projects in Comparative Trusts Law (Melbourne/Bonn)
We have secured scholarship funding for two joint PhD positions (Universities of Melbourne and Bonn) in comparative trusts law. One project would be based primarily in Melbourne, with a 12-month stay at Bonn; the other would be based primarily in Bonn with 12 months in Melbourne. We would jointly supervise both projects, and upon successful […]
‘Contractual interpretation: eSIMplified’
In Kigen v NOR Capital, the High Court was asked to interpret a clause to determine whether a ‘Success Fee’ was payable by one party to the other. In a useful illustration of how to apply the established principles of contractual interpretation, the court found no Success Fee was payable … (more) [A&O Shearman, 9 […]