Amicus Curiae Series 2, Volume 7, Issue 2 Spring 2026 is now published

We are delighted to announce the publication of Amicus Curiae 7.2 (spring) 2026, edited by Dr Amy Kellam.

The issue opens with an article from Ling Zhou on recent changes to Chinese consumer protection law which advocates a more robust approach to individual rights. There then follows an analysis by Justice Sir Dennis Adjei and Samuel Addo Otoo of the legal and ethical issues posed by unregulated surrogacy in Ghana. In the third article, Chris Thorpe offers a precise technical analysis of UK tax doctrine in relation to partnerships and trusts as legal persons, while, in the fourth, Mai Chen and Alice Strang illuminate the challenges faced by Asian litigants within New Zealand’s property law framework. Next, Say H Goo critiques the Anglo-American corporate model and proposes a fundamental reconstitution of corporate boards to include representatives for core stakeholder constituencies and the environment. The final contribution to this section, by Michael Murphy, advances the theory of Relational Legal Pluralism and applies it to two distinct sites: the Grenfell Tower catastrophe and the European Union’s border regime.

This is followed by our latest Visual Law offering by Gavin Keeney and Amy Kellam which turns to law’s governance of time, applying a radical critique to the legislated temporality of intellectual property.

Our Book Review section comprises the late Patrick Birkinshaw on Jonathan Sumption’s The Challenges of Democracy and the Rule of Law; Mai Anh Nguyen on Erika Arban and colleagues’ Language of Comparative Constitutional Law; and Jean-Pierre Cabestan on Chen Jie’s Taiwan and Cause of Democratisation in China.

The issue also includes a Special Section, edited by Rob Wilks, on a new and emerging field: Deaf Legal Studies. Following the editorial, Bronagh Byrne examines the UNCRPD in relation to sign language justice in Northern Ireland, Joni Oyserman explores the position in The Netherlands relating to recognition of Dutch sign language and Hanna Beer focuses on linguistic rights and duties related to Brazilian sign language. Abigail Gorman closes the Special Section with her article about access to justice for deaf survivors of domestic abuse in England.

Finally, Yseult Marique pays tribute to his distinguished colleague Professor Patrick Birkinshaw who passed away in November 2025.