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The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.This case note critically examines the January 2026 High Court judgment in The King (on the application of The Howard League for Penal Reform) v The Secretary of State for Justice which dismissed a judicial review challenging the expansion of the use of PAVA spray in Young Offender Institutions (YOIs) in England.
Raymond Arthur
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An update of the Kianjokoma brothers’ case and the struggle for police accountability in Kenya
Kabarak Law ReviewThis paper begins with a heartfelt narration of the author’s sentiments in relation to the loss of a close friend through police brutality. Thereafter, it traces the history of police brutality in Kenya from the colonial period when its primary mandate ...
Tekin Saeko
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History, EarlyView.Abstract During the 1960s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) embraced Chinese overtures for a commercial opening as consistent with its anti‐imperialist posture, thereby foreshadowing the diplomatic opening to China in 1972. Yet this professed ideological pluralism was eclipsed by an underlying allegiance to the United States' anti ...
YIXIN TIAN
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the pro‐Montenegrin political campaigns of Alexander Devine, a schoolmaster and journalist who became Montenegro's leading British advocate following its incorporation into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War.
ROSS CAMERON
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'Pandemic within a pandemic': a call to end police brutality. [PDF]
J Public Health (Oxf), 2022 Corpuz JCG.
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History, EarlyView.Abstract In March 1976, around 2000 women from forty countries arrived at the Palais des Congrès in Brussels to participate in the first International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women. Explicitly positioning themselves against the United Nations‐led ‘International Year of the Woman’, the organizers and participants of the tribunal proclaimed a global ...
NIVEDITA JOON
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Free Press under Threat in Hong Kong Protest Fallout [PDF]
Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal, 2020 A government bill on cross-border transfer of fugitives whipped up a storm of protests in Hong Kong in June 2019. It soon morphed into a social movement against police brutality, authoritarian rule and resistance against the “one country, two systems ...
Chris Yeung
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A law and politics contextualization of corporate activism in Nigeria's 2020 anti-police brutality campaign. [PDF]
SN Soc Sci, 2022 Okanga OO.
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