James Hand
University of Portsmouth
Reader, Law & Criminology
United Kingdom
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My Publications
A review of claims of a compensation culture (in PI and beyond)
Journal of Law and Society
November 2010
The ‘compensation culture’ has featured frequently in the UK popular press. There have, however, been comparatively few academic studies and such studies as there have been have largely focussed ...
Discrimination Law and the Ebb and Flow of Indirect Effect in Britain
Liverpool Law Review
September 2016
Strained judicial interpretation of British discrimination law is not new; some of the leading House of Lords cases on the European Union law doctrine of Indirect Effect have concerned discriminati...
Unification, simplification, amplification? An analysis of aspects of the British Equal...
Commonwealth Law Bulletin
September 2012
The landmark Equality Act 2010 was designed to unify,simplify and, to a limited extent, strengthen the legislation in this area. This article sets the Act in context and by analysing aspects of it...
Reform of the House of Lords: the 2011 Bill and a simpler alternative
Amicus Curiae
June 2012
There have been many proposals for reforming the House of Lords over the years. This short article looks at one of the more recent, that by Nick Clegg and the Coalition government. It analyses it...
The Attorney General's multiple roles (legal and political)
Legal Studies
January 2022
This article presents and analyses a range of data on aspects of the role and on characteristics of Attorney-Generals (of England & Wales) and considers whether the backgrounds and activities of re...
Crumbling, creeping or enduring – the foundations of legal knowledge at a time of train...
Amicus Curiae
April 2019
House of Lords Reform: Many Anniversaries and a False Dichotomy?
October 2017
Crumbling, creeping or enduring – the foundations of legal knowledge at a time of train...
May 2017
Discrimination Law and the Ebb and Flow of Indirect Effect in Britain
March 2017
Enigmas of the Equality Act 2010—“Three uneasy pieces” Cogent Social Sciences (2015), 1...
March 2017
The “Big Society” and legal paradoxes
Amicus Curiae
February 2016
Life, work and capital in legal practice
International Journal of the Legal Profession
January 2016
The Equality Act 2010: Pregnancy/Maternity; Gender Reassignment; Victimisation
Cogent Social Sciences
December 2015
Whistle-blowing -- Trade Union -- Rehabilitation of Offenders -- Membership of Politica...
International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
July 2015
The British Equality Act 2010 and the foundations of legal knowledge
Commonwealth Law Bulletin
January 2015
Employer's Liability for Third-Party Harassment: An 'Unworkable' and Superfluous Provis...
Industrial Law Journal
January 2013
The curious case of marriage/civil partnership discrimination in Britain
International Journal of Discrimination and the Law
September 2012
A Decade of Change in British Discrimination Law: Positive Steps Forward?
Commonwealth Law Bulletin
September 2008
