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Sue Farran

Professor of Laws, Northumbria University, Newcastle
I am an academic lawyer with a particular interest in the Pacific islands. I have researched and published on a range of human rights, family and resource issues. Recent work has focused on environmental concerns including but not limited to Marine Protected Areas, indigenous rights, climate risks.

Having initially majored in English and Social Anthropology, I studied law in the mixed jurisdiction of South Africa before post-graduate studies in South Africa and at Cambridge. I have held posts at the University of KwaZulu Natal (Pietermaritizburg), the University of the West of England, the University of the South Pacific and at the University of Dundee, as well as teaching at universities in France and Malaysia. I am currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of the South Pacific and an Associate of the Centre for Pacific Studies at St Andrews University in Scotland.

Research interests are broadly human rights, particularly those of women and children, and the law that governs property, including but not limited to, land and intellectual property. My research often uses case studies from the island countries of the South Pacific region to focus on issues of human rights, legal pluralism, the challenges of development and sustainability, globalisation and legal colonialism. In particular I am interested in the interface between legal systems and normative frameworks within states and between states, and the relationship between national, regional and international players in shaping and developing legal responses to contemporary issues. I welcome interdisciplinary collaboration and research that escapes from the usual categorisation of legal topics.

Protecting marine areas seem a good idea – but they may have insidious political effects

Oct 09, 2018 13:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Zones of ocean known as Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are all the rage. They have no single or agreed definition, but essentially they are areas of sea in which human activity is restricted or prohibited in order to...

Economy

What moves markets more, Twitter or traditional news?

Can a single tweet make a countrys currency depreciate by 16%? Apparently it did on August 10, when Donald Trump tweeted that US tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminium would rise sharply. Amid 36,100 retweets, and calls by...

Corporate welfare bums: It’s payback time

Canadas welfare state is disintegrating. Meanwhile, Canadas corporate welfare state has never been stronger. In his 2018 Fall Economic Report, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced that corporations would receive $14...

Why Apple is no longer a by-word for innovation – just ask the markets

Which company would you say is going to grow faster in the coming years: Apple or Dominos Pizza? Intuitively, we see Apple as an innovative firm with a forward-looking culture and disruptive ideas, while Dominos Pizza...

‘Start-up nation’: a symptom, but of what?

Under pressure, young entrepreneurs would tend to forget to take into account the effects of their ambitions on their surroundings. Just dance/Shutterstock Today, becoming a start-up nation is a public policy objective...

Angel investors, not entrepreneurs, need government support

What is the secret sauce in Silicon Valleys success? It doesnt hurt to have a high concentration of brilliant minds in one place, but perhaps the biggest factor is the high concentration of angel investors successful,...

Politics

WhatsApp skewed Brazilian election, proving social media's danger to democracy

Misinformation via social media was probably the main winner in Brazils October 2018 election, playing a troubling role in boosting far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro to presidency. Bolsonaro did not win 55 percent of...

Neoliberalism has led to a crisis in care – and we urgently need to solve it

Infant mortality is on the rise in the UK, while life expectancy for both men and women has stalled and is even dropping in some areas. In 2017, the number of homeless families and individuals placed in temporary...

Ramaphosa is missing an economic policy. What needs to be in it

As the entrails of the era under South Africas former president Jacob Zuma continue to be exposed each day before a commission set up to investigate corruption, so the country witnesses the consolidation of the political...

Law and order is no get-out-of-jail card for floundering politicians

With confidence in politicians at an all-time low, it would be easy to assume criminal law-making is only ever about law and order bidding and winning elections. For example, when it emerged that Hassan Khalif Shire Ali...

Emission targets: If there's a (political) will, there's a way

It seems like a day doesnt pass without the release of yet another study that shows human actions will inevitably increase the Earths average temperature past a tipping point that will lead to runaway climate...

Science

Proteins reveal intricate details about life under the microscope

People have always been fascinated by life. We dream about revealing all its mysteries and are even searching other planets trying to find some forms of life there. Philosophies around the world have tried to define and...

How researchers assess whether medications work

This article is in the series This is research, where we ask academics to share and discuss open access articles that reveal important aspects of science. Todays piece explains how clinical trials assess drug...

These 'useless' quirks of evolution are actually evidence for the theory

Evolution is a fascinating field but can be rife with misunderstanding. One misconception is that evolution has some innate sense of direction or purpose. In reality, evolution is a mindless, plan-free phenomenon, driven...

Curious Kids: How does the Moon, being so far away, affect the tides on Earth?

This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. You can send your question to [email protected] You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The...

Opening Pandora's Box: Gene editing and its consequences

Today, the scientific community is aghast at the prospect of gene editing to create designer humans. Gene editing may be of greater consequence than climate change, or even the consequences of unleashing the energy of the...

Technology

How Twitter got blindsided by India’s still-toxic caste system

Twitter chief Jack Dorseys first visit to India had been going so well. He got to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi (an avid Tweeter with 44.5 million followers), King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan (36.8 million followers),...

The Montréal Declaration: Why we must develop AI responsibly

I have been doing research on intelligence for 30 years. Like most of my colleagues, I did not get involved in the field with the aim of producing technological objects, but because I have an interest in the the abstract...

Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats

One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the...

3 ways Facebook and other social media companies could clean up their acts – if they wanted to

Facebook is in crisis mode, but the company can take major steps to fix itself and the global community it says it wants to promote. Facebook founder, CEO and majority shareholder Mark Zuckerberg need not wait for...

Tech giants need to take more responsibility for the advertising that makes them billions

Last week I was followed around the Internet by a pair of shoes. I had looked at them online as a gift for my father-in-law, but he didnt like them, and neither did I. Yet no matter what site I visited, there they were,...

Digital Currency

Bitcoin's successor? More consistent values might make 'stablecoins' a safer cryptocurrency option

FxWirePro: Crypto arbitrage opportunity for the day

French Authority’s Actions on Crypto and Binary Options to Prevent frauds

Law

Carlos Ghosn, algorithms and ‘gilets jaunes’: becoming responsible

The government's encryption laws finally passed despite concerns over security

The government can restrain electricity prices without threatening to break up power companies. Its adviser says so

Life

Going travelling? Don't forget insurance (and to read the fine print)

Islamophobia and media stigma is having real effects on Muslim mothers in maternity services

You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you think

Nature

From pledges to action: Cities need to show their climate progress with hard data

We've been studying a glacier in Peru for 14 years – and it may reach the point of no return in the next 30

Badger cull alone won't work for eradicating bovine TB – but this might

Sports

Michael Schumacher 2018: German Legend’s Half-Brother Speaks About Their Relationship With Each Other

Trevor Ariza 2018: Is Former Houston Rockets Guard Coming to the Lakers? Is He a Good Fit?

Michael Schumacher Health Update: FIA President Jean Todt Revealed New Information About German Icon’s Recovery

Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: USD/CHF Trade Idea

FxWirePro: EUR/USD gravestone doji, shooting star and engulfing patterns develop sloping channel – Trade one touch put

FxWirePro: USD/CAD trades higher on broad-based US dollar buying, good to buy on dips

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CHINA NOV 2018 CHINA HOUSE PRICES YY INCREASE TO 9.3 % VS PREV 8.6 %

BRAZIL’S CENTRAL BANK SAYS AUCTION TO ROLL OVER EXISTING CONTRACTS

BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK TO AUCTION ON MONDAY AS MANY AS 13.83 K TRADITIONAL CURRENCY SWAPS

BRAZIL’S CENTRAL BANK SAYS AUCTION TO ROLL OVER EXISTING CONTRACTS

BRAZIL CENTRAL BANK TO AUCTION ON MONDAY AS MANY AS 13.83 K TRADITIONAL CURRENCY SWAPS

S&P 500 FINANCIAL INDEX CONFIRMS BEAR MARKET, ENDS DOWN MORE THAN 20 PCT FROM JAN. 26 CLOSING HIGH

FITCH SAYS TURKEY IS SET FOR PROLONGED PERIOD OF BELOW TREND GROWTH AGAINST A BACKDROP OF TIGHT DOMESTIC POLICY SETTINGS AND TOUGH EXTERNAL CONDITIONS

FITCH SAYS TURKEY'S MONETARY POLICY HAS LONG PROVED UNABLE TO ANCHOR INFLATION IN SINGLE DIGITS

FITCH ON TURKEY SAYS IT PROJECTS THAT 2018 AND 2019 TARGETS WILL BE MISSED DUE TO IMPACT OF WEAK ECONOMY ON REVENUES

S&P SAYS SERBIA OUTLOOK REVISED TO POSITIVE ON STRONGER GROWTH AND IMPROVED MONETARY FLEXIBILITY; 'BB/B' RATINGS AFFIRMED

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CONFIRMS CORRECTION, ENDS DOWN MORE THAN 10 PCT FROM OCT 3 CLOSING HIGH

FITCH ON TURKEY SAYS NEGATIVE OUTLOOK REFLECTS SIGNIFICANT & MULTIFACETED RISKS TO ADJUSTMENT PATH POSED BY ECONOMIC POLICY SETTINGS, DOMESTIC POLITICAL & GEOPOLITICAL RISKS & GLOBAL FINANCING CONDITIONS

BRAZIL'S BOVESPA CLOSED AT 87,449.50, DOWN -0.44%

CANADA'S S&P/TSX COMPOSITE CLOSED AT 14,595.41, DOWN -1.05%

NASDAQ UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES DOWN 160.79 POINTS, OR 2.27 PERCENT, AT 6,909.55

S&P 500 UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES DOWN 50.50 POINTS, OR 1.91 PERCENT, AT 2,600.04

DOW JONES UNOFFICIALLY CLOSES DOWN 495.82 POINTS, OR 2.02 PERCENT, AT 24,101.56

CFTC-SPECULATORS INCREASE CBOT US 10-YEAR TREASURY FUTURES NET SHORT POSITION BY 100,616 CONTRACTS TO 393,802 IN WEEK ON DECEMBER 11

CFTC-SPECULATORS INCREASE CBOT US 2-YEAR TREASURY FUTURES NET SHORT POSITION BY 55,677 CONTRACTS TO 417,237 IN WEEK ON DECEMBER 11

CFTC-SPECULATORS TRIM CBOT US TREASURY BONDS FUTURES NET SHORT POSITION BY 10,391 CONTRACTS TO 62,194 IN WEEK ON DECEMBER 11

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Economics Monitor

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