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Deprivation of Liberty update (2015)
Other
Stavert, J. (2015). Deprivation of Liberty update. [Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland]. Edinburgh

Crime prevention and the development of the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS). (2015)
Journal Article
Aston, E. V., & Lum, C. (2015). Crime prevention and the development of the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS). Scottish Justice Matters, 3(2), 17-18

THE Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS) is a knowledge exchange tool which aims to provide easy access to evidence on policing and community safety from Scotland and
farther afield. It has emerged against the backdrop of a collaborati... Read More about Crime prevention and the development of the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS)..

The limitations of legislation in the field of business law: a study of developments in company law, bankruptcy and diligence (2015)
Thesis
Grier, N. The limitations of legislation in the field of business law: a study of developments in company law, bankruptcy and diligence. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9164

This critical appraisal demonstrates three particular themes that are dominant in certain areas of business law, these themes being:
 achieving the balance between the interests of debtors and creditors,
 the use of legislation to alter business... Read More about The limitations of legislation in the field of business law: a study of developments in company law, bankruptcy and diligence.

‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’ (2015)
Journal Article
Macfarlane, L.-A. (2015). ‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’. Stellenbosch Law Review, 26(2), 424-442

This article addresses the right to life, survival and development, guaranteed to every child by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, article 6, within the context of childhood accidental injury in Scotland. It is argued that Sc... Read More about ‘Taking care of the small: Article 6 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and childhood accidental injury claims in Scotland’.

Access to equal recognition before the law for persons with mental disabilities through supported decision-making in Scotland. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J., & McGregor, R. (2015, April). Access to equal recognition before the law for persons with mental disabilities through supported decision-making in Scotland. Paper presented at Commonwealth Law Legal Education 2015 Conference

Equal recognition before the law of persons with mental disabilities, as identified as a right in Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), has the potential to reshape mental health and incapacity laws nation... Read More about Access to equal recognition before the law for persons with mental disabilities through supported decision-making in Scotland..