The Northern Ireland legal quarterly 

About: The Northern Ireland legal quarterly is an academic journal published by School of Law, Queen's University Belfast. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Human rights & Jurisprudence. It has an ISSN identifier of 0029-3105. Over the lifetime, 459 publications have been published receiving 1327 citations.

Financialization and Corporate Governance

Abstract: It used to be thought that what we now call ‘corporate governance’ was a rather complex affair. Which models of the corporation and corporate governance were productively superior? Which most encouraged research and development and investment in new technologies? Which best contributed to job satisfaction, to social cohesion and to the realisation of a ‘good life’? In the 1970s and 80s, as the developed capitalist world lurched from one economic crisis to another, many commentators came to believe that the more-stakeholder-friendly models of the corporation found in Germany and Japan were not only socially more cohesive than their more shareholder-oriented counterparts, but economically more efficient. Some continued to make this argument well into the 1990s. In 1992, for example, one of America’s most influential management writers, Michael Porter, argued that American corporate ownership and governance structures were seriously defective, prioritising short-term shareholder returns over long-term productive investment. In the UK commentators like the business economist John Kay were making very similar cases for the adoption of a conception of the corporation as a social or quasi-social institution.

Better the second time around? Department of Justice Registered Intermediaries Schemes and lessons from England and Wales

Abstract: In 2012 the Department of Justice (DoJ) Northern Ireland recruited and trained a cohort of Registered Intermediaries in preparation for the commencement in 2013 of pilot schemes to assist vulnerable witnesses and defendants to communicate their evidence. This article reviews the history of intermediaries and critically analyses the lessons learnt from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Witness Intermediary Scheme (WIS) operating in England and Wales over the last decade. It compares the schemes which, though similar, are distinct and significantly different in respect of defendants and suggests what more is required in Northern Ireland in order to support the introduction of Registered Intermediaries.

Is the creation of a discrete offence of coercive control necessary to combat domestic violence

Abstract: This is the final version of the article. Available from Queen's University Belfast, School of Law via http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofLaw/Research/NorthernIrelandLegalQuarterly/

You can’t judge a book by its cover: evolving professional responsibilities, liabilities and ‘judgecraft’ when a party has Asperger’s Syndrome

Abstract: In the context of increasing legal emphasis on fairness for people with disability, this article analyses the responsibilities and liabilities of lawyers in relation to the recognition and identification of client disability, and specifically Asperger’s Syndrome, prior to a hearing This article also analyses the judge’s responsibilities when a party has Asperger’s Syndrome Lord Justice Gillen’s seven points of principle and practical guidance for fair hearings when a party has a disability (Galo v Bombardier Aerospace UK) are used as a framework to explore the art of judging, or ‘judgecraft’