Regional Anesthesia

The World Turned Upside Down? Neo-Liberalism, Socioeconomic Rights, and Hegemony

“…110 It was submitted that tuition fee increases constituted a retrogressive measure and would discriminate against students from disadvantaged backgrounds because they were the most debt-averse of potential university attendees. 111 The High Court rejected the claimants' submissions and upheld the Government's regulations. Lord Justice Elias suggested that whilst the ICESCR could be considered in relation to A2P1, it was not binding and under the ECHR states had a wide margin of appreciation in relation to charging fees at university level.…”

A Critical Evaluation of the Historical and Contemporary Justifications for Criminalising Begging

“…[p]eople have not understood that this was a speculation'. 117 If the government is going to criminalise incivilities such as begging, on the basis of broken windows, it should prove that there is a credible nexus between disorder and crime. My analysis of the available literature suggests that there is clearly no empirical evidence to support the broken windows thesis.…”