Simon Roberts

'Listing Concentrates the Mind': the English Civil Court as an Arena for Structured Negotiation (2009)

Roberts, Simon

The dominant image of courts as agencies of trial and judgment has a long history in the common law world. Yet across that region sponsorship of settlement is now widely identified as the courts’...

‘Listing concentrates the mind’: the English Civil Court as an arena for structured negotiation (2009)

Roberts, Simon

The dominant image of courts as agencies of trial and judgment has a long history in the common law world. Yet across that region sponsorship of settlement is now widely identified as the courts’...

Practice, Systems and Technology for Elders (2008)

David Prendergast, Simon Roberts, Intel Corporation

‘When thinking about how practices evolve, it becomes clear that relations between material objects and associated images and forms of competence are of defining importance’. (Shove and Pantzer...

ASSESSING EXCESSIVE PRICING: THE CASE OF FLAT STEEL IN SOUTH AFRICA (2008)

Roberts, Simon

South Africa's Competition Tribunal recently ruled in favor of the complainant in the first case of excessive pricing to come before it since the 1998 Competition Act established new institutions in...

From kinship to magic circle: the London commercial law firm in the twentieth century (2008)

Galanter, Mark, Roberts, Simon

The authors trace the successive transformations of the large London commercial law firm, which entered the 20th century as a small group of partners, typically from one or more family groups,...

La médiation redécouverte (2007)

Marian Roberts;, Simon Roberts

Cet article retrace l’émergence de la médiation en tant que nouvelle approche de la gestion des conflits familiaux ; il traite également de la manière dont les conjoints en cours de divorce...

Local Housing Allowance Final Evaluation: The qualitative evidence of claimants’ experience in the nine pathfinder areas (2007)

Hill, Katherine, Harvey, Janet, Phung, Viet-Hai, Sandu, Adriana, Roberts, Simon

This is an offical report prepared for the DWP by CRSP, Loughborough University. It is also available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/housingbenefit/lha/evaluation/2006/lha-report-13.pdf.

Local housing allowance final evaluation : implementation and delivery in Lewisham (2007)

Unell, Judith, Roberts, Simon

This report is also available online at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/housingbenefit/lha/evaluation/2007/lha-path-eval-report-oct07.pdf

The public sector and equality for disabled people (2006)

Roberts, Simon, Ivaldi, Antonia, Magadi, Monica, Phung, Viet-Hai, Stafford, Bruce, Kelly, Graham, ...

THis report is also available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep343.pdf

The public sector and equality for disabled people (2006)

Roberts, Simon, Ivaldi, Antonia, Magadi, Monica, Phung, Viet-Hai, Stafford, Bruce, Kelly, Graham, ...

THis report is also available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2005-2006/rrep343.pdf

The changing face and strategies of big business in South Africa: more than a decade of political democracy (2006)

Chabane, Neo, Roberts, Simon, Goldstein, Andrea

Under the apartheid regime, South African business was marked by a high degree of concentration, both in terms of ownership and activities; indeed, it could be argued that this concentration was both...

The changing face and strategies of big business in South Africa: more than a decade of political democracy (2006)

Chabane, Neo, Goldstein, Andrea, Roberts, Simon

Under the apartheid regime, South African business was marked by a high degree of concentration, both in terms of ownership and activities; indeed, it could be argued that this concentration was both...

After government? On representing law without the state (2005)

Roberts, Simon

For the greater part of the 20th century, representations of law as state law were dominant in the legal scholarship of the West. But over the last thirty years sustained attempts have been made,...

Receiving the LHA : claimants’ early experiences of the LHA in the nine Pathfinder Areas (2005)

Roberts, Simon, Beckhelling, Jacqueline, Hill, Katherine, Phung, Viet-Hai, Stafford, Bruce, Stratford, Nina, ...

This report is restricted access. The definitive version is available online at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/housingbenefit/lha/evaluation/2005/lha6-receiving.pdf

Evaluation of the New Opportunities for PE and Sport Initiative : annual report year two (2005)

Nevill, Mary, Almond, Len, Armour, Kathleen, Davies, Abigail, Crompton, Amanda, Roberts, Simon, ...

THis report is also available online at: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/er_eval_nopes_year_two_report.pdf

Receiving the LHA : claimants’ early experiences of the LHA in the nine Pathfinder Areas (2005)

Roberts, Simon, Beckhelling, Jacqueline, Hill, Katherine, Phung, Viet-Hai, Stafford, Bruce, Stratford, Nina, ...

This report is restricted access. The definitive version is available online at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/housingbenefit/lha/evaluation/2005/lha6-receiving.pdf

Evaluation of the New Opportunities for PE and Sport Initiative : annual report year two (2005)

Nevill, Mary, Almond, Len, Armour, Kathleen, Davies, Abigail, Crompton, Amanda, Roberts, Simon, ...

THis report is also available online at: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/er_eval_nopes_year_two_report.pdf

Disability in the workplace : employers' and service providers' responses to the DDA in 2003 and preparation for 2004 changes (2004)

Roberts, Simon, Heaver, Claire, Hill, Katherine, Rennison, Joanne, Stafford, Bruce, Howat, Nicholas, ...

This report is restricted access. The definitive version is available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2003-2004/rrep202.asp

Disability in the workplace : employers' and service providers' responses to the DDA in 2003 and preparation for 2004 changes (2004)

Roberts, Simon, Heaver, Claire, Hill, Katherine, Rennison, Joanne, Stafford, Bruce, Howat, Nicholas, ...

This report is restricted access. The definitive version is available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2003-2004/rrep202.asp

Adjusting to Trade Liberalisation: The Case of Firms in the South African Textile Sector (2003)

Roberts, Simon, Thoburn, John

This paper examines the responses of firms in the textile industry of South Africa to that country's rapid liberalisation of trade since the early 1990s. The data reveal that there have been...

Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Technology Study Guide (2002)

Cade, Mark, Roberts, Simon

Guía de estudio para el certificado empresarial de la compañía Sun para arquitectos en la plataforma Java 2 , en sus exámenes de edición empresarial. Contenido: Qué es arquitectura; Repaso de...

La médiation redécouverte (2001)

Marian Roberts, Simon Roberts

Cet article retrace l’émergence de la médiation en tant que nouvelle approche de la gestion des conflits familiaux ; il traite également de la manière dont les conjoints en cours de divorce...

Earnings Top-up : staff views (2001)

Vincent, Jill, Heaver, Claire, Roberts, Simon, Stafford, Bruce

This article is restricted access. The definitive version is available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/IH74.pdf

Earnings Top-up : staff views (2001)

Vincent, Jill, Heaver, Claire, Roberts, Simon, Stafford, Bruce

This article is restricted access. The definitive version is available at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/IH74.pdf

Adjusting to Trade Liberalisation: The Case of Firms in the South African Textile Sector

Simon Roberts, John Thoburn

This paper examines the responses of firms in the textile industry of South Africa to that country's rapid liberalisation of trade since the early 1990s. The data reveal that there have been...

The changing face and strategies of big business in South Africa: more than a decade of political democracy

Neo Chabane, Simon Roberts, Andrea Goldstein

Under the apartheid regime, South African business was marked by a high degree of concentration, both in terms of ownership and activities; indeed, it could be argued that this concentration was both...

Energy, equity and the future of the fuel poor

Roberts, Simon

A warm and adequately-lit home is considered a basic need, together with access to energy-consuming appliances ranging from a fridge to a TV. An underlying tenet of sustainable energy is that such...

Altering existing buildings in the UK

Roberts, Simon

The profiles of both existing housing and existing public and commercial buildings show that many have very poor thermal efficiency. The UK housing stock is replaced at a low rate of about 1% a year,...

Effects of climate change on the built environment

Roberts, Simon

New buildings will have to be designed to cope with the effects of climate change. These include warmer weather in which keeping cool will be important, more extreme and wet weather, and increased...

Infrastructure challenges for the built environment

Roberts, Simon

The twin challenges of a lower-carbon future and national energy security are focusing attention on the most effective means of energy generation in the built environment. Efficiency gains are...

Demographics, energy and our homes

Roberts, Simon

The projected growth in households in the UK is a key factor in future domestic energy consumption, particularly electricity consumption. While every household needs a home and its heating, lighting...

Globalization, industrial development and the plastics industry in South Africa

Simon Roberts

Through a study of the plastics sector in South Africa, the article critically examines the globalization position that greater openness yields gains from exports and foreign direct investment....

Globalization and the South African textiles industry: impacts on firms and workers

Simon Roberts, John T. Thoburn

South Africa has been integrating into the global economy since the early 1990s through a rapid programme of trade liberalization. Its textile industry-an activity important in manufacturing...