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LAWTEXT PUBLISHING LIMITED

Lawtext is based in Oxfordshire and has a growing list of specialist journals, law reports and books. These provide a range of information services for lawyers, researchers and advisors practising in the following areas


Our peer-reviewed journals provide a mix of opinion, analysis and commentary with updates of recent cases and regulatory developments. Each title reviews and analyses legal developments within its sector with particular emphasis on forthcoming changes at national, EU and international levels.

Focus is placed on the complex interplay between commercial realities and the current legal regimes, enabling advisors/readers to be aware of new potential liabilities and risks and the influence of court decisions from across the world.

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Journal of Water Law - Volume 28 Issue 6

SPECIAL ISSUE - GROUNDWATER FOR THE ECOSYSTEM
Guest Editor: Stefano Burchi

EDITORIAL
Reverberations in domestic legislation of the ecosystem-support function of groundwater
STEFANO BURCHI  
Chair, Water and Wetlands Law Specialist Group, IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL), Chair Emeritus, International Association for Water Law (AIDA)

Plus 
Environmental groundwater rights in the western United States and Australia
REBECCA L NELSON  
Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
DEBRA PERRONE
University of California, Santa Barbara

This article focuses on one way in which groundwater allocation laws could, and in some cases do, recognise and protect ecological groundwater requirements: through legal rights or entitlements to groundwater for ecological purposes. It explores legal arrangements for environmental groundwater rights in the western United States and Australia and reveals new evidence about the synergistic use of environmental groundwater rights and rules for protecting groundwater-dependent ecosystems, which were previously hypothesised.


Bio-Science Law Review

Volume 19 Issue 6 

Includes

Patent Settlements under EU Competition Law: The EU Court of Justice takes a tough stance against value transfers from originators to generics:
EUROPEAN COMMISSION v SERVIER SAS, SERVIER LABORATOIRES LTD, LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER SAS 
Ingrid Vandenborre, Michael Frese, Antonio Cammalleri and Leonor Catela
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Aeagher & Flom Llp, Brussels

In June 2024, the CJEU handed down two long-awaited judgments in the Commission’s perindopril case, concerning patent settlement agreements between an originator and several generic manufacturers. The Court rejected the notion that granting a licence in some markets could justify restrictions on market entry in other markets, and emphasised that any procompetitive effects in licensed markets cannot compensate for anticompetitive restrictions elsewhere.


Journal of International Maritime Law
Volume 30 Issue 4

EDITORIAL
P&I insurance – third parties and the ‘pay to be paid’ condition

ARTICLES
Ships, sanctions and sovereignty: legal fault lines in US–Iranian maritime confrontations
DANIEL GUNDUZ

Executive Articles Editor, New York International Law Review

This article examines the legal and geopolitical tensions underlying recent maritime vessel seizures between the United States and Iran. The seizure of the Advantage Sweet in April 2023 was followed by a cascade of legal confusion and diplomatic condemnations that exposed a systematic failure at the heart of maritime law. The author proposes the creation of a neutral tribunal to adjudicate maritime seizure disputes and uphold navigational freedoms.

Decarbonising shipping: the EU’s regulatory approach to climate neutrality and maritime energy transition
LEONIDAS SOTIROPOULOS
European University Cyprus
This article examines the ‘Fit for 55’ package, the EU-ETS and the FuelEU Maritime Regulation, exploring the balance of operational efficiency with regulatory compliance, analysing EU taxonomy and IMO standards and offers recommendations to align shipping with EU climate goals.

The culpability of Somali piracy facilitators and ransom dealers under UNCLOS and international law
ADEMUNI-ODEKE
University of Ankara

This article examines the culpability of various pirate actors under Article 101 of UNCLOS and international law for facilitating piracy and funding, profiting from and disbursing piracy
ransom payments. With the aid of American, British and European Court decisions, the author examines the extent of the legal and logistical culpability of these international masterminds,
financiers, insurers, bankers, organised criminals.