Law and Circular Economy

Examining the Circular Economy from legal, commercial, business and management perspectives

Our work on circular economy

Here we list some of our published work and other research projects on circular economy

  • Sean Thomas, ‘‘Relationship and Intersections between Intellectual Property, Property (as security) and Circular Economy’ in T Pihlajarinne, J Mähönen, and P Upreti (eds), Rethinking the Role of Intellectual Property Rights in the Post Pandemic World: An Integrated Framework of Sustainability, Innovation and Global Justice (Elgar, forthcoming 2023)
  • Sean Thomas, ‘Legal considerations for a circular economy’ in T Tudor and C Dutra (eds) A Handbook of Waste, Resources and the Circular Economy (Routledge 2021) ch 17, 176-186
  • Sean Thomas, ‘Waste, marginal property practices, and the Circular Economy’ (2020) 12(3) Journal of Property, Planning, and Environmental Law 203-218 https://doi.org/10.1108/JPPEL-02-2020-0012 
  • Sean Thomas, ‘Circular Economy, Title, and Harmonisation of Commercial Law’ in Orkun Akseli and John Linarelli (eds), The Future of Commercial Law: Ways Forward for Harmonisation (Oxford, Hart Publishing 2020) 187-217
  • Sean Thomas, ‘Personal Property Law for a Zero-Waste Circular Economy: using retention of title clauses to reduce plastics waste’ (2019) 15 (2) Law, Environment and Development Journal 176-207  
  • Sean Thomas, ‘Law and the Circular Economy’ [2019] Journal of Business Law 62-83
  • Sean Thomas, ‘Law, Smart Technology, and Circular Economy: All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace?’ (2018) 10 (2) Law, Innovation & Technology 230-265
  • Reza Beheshti, ‘The Circular Economy and the Implied Terms of Contract in English Sales Law‘ (2021) 13 Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law 31-45