Frederico Varese publishes British Journal of Criminology paper on Somali pirates

Frederico Varese has co-authored a paper in the British Journal of Criminology with Anja Shortland from King's College on the reasons why some Somali clans protect pirates, while others don't.
 
 Federico said: 'A puzzle...

Call for special issues: Canadian Journal of Law & Society

CJLS/RCDS is an interdisciplinary, peer­reviewed journal which produces research dealing with law and its social and cultural context. The annual thematic special issue,...

Professor Dapo Akande Appointed as Legal Adviser to Parliamentary Inquiry

Professor Dapo Akande has recently been appointed as a legal advisor to an Inquiry by the UK Parliament’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Drones into the emerging technologies of drones...

Nicholas Aroney: The Brexit Case

Speaking on 'The Brexit Case: An Outsider/Insider Perspective', Nicholas Aroney delivered a paper discussing the recent Supreme Court Miller judgment, on whether the government was allowed to trigger Article 50...

'A Sociology of Justice in Russia' edited by Marina Kurkchiyan and Agnieszka Kubal: now out with Cambridge University Press

Much of the media coverage and academic literature on Russia suggests that the justice system is unreliable, ineffective and corrupt. But what if we look beyond the stereotypes and preconceptions?...

Antonios Tzanakopoulos in groundbreaking diplomatic immunity case

An important decision was handed down today by the High Court of England and Wales: for the first time, the Court allowed an application to go forward which will determine...

The Putney Debates 2019

The Debaters examined the impact of the ‘Enemies of the People’ controversy and threats to the independence of the judiciary posed by populist movements in the UK...

New JRF in Constitutional Law or Constitutional Theory

The Programme for the Foundations of Law and Constitutional Government in the University of Oxford is pleased to announce sponsorship of a new Junior Research Fellowship "JRF", to be hosted...

'Overlapping nature of politics, philosophy and law' workshop

The workshop in Political Studies, Philosophy, and Law, organised collaboratively between the Faculty of Law and Queen's University was held at St. John’s College in Oxford on...

Online symposium on civil liability for human rights violations

In June 2021, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights partnered with the International Commission of Jurists to organise an online symposium on civil liability...

Invited talks at UN: Dr Ying Yu and Professor Denis Galligan on due process of consumer protection

Dr Ying Yu and Professor Denis Galligan were invited to speak at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva, Switzerland on 17-21 October...

Richard Ekins comments on recent UK Government imposed sanctions

Professor Richard Ekins has recently published notable articles and analyses on the issue of the UK government imposing sanctions on named individuals in the context of the...

New York Reunion

On a perfect spring evening in April, Hogan Lovells hosted the sixth biannual Oxford Law Alumni drinks in New York. Over 50 Oxford alumni and guests attended the reception which...

Laura Hoyano writes opinion piece on judge-alone trials in the era of COVID-19

In this article Laura discusses the proposal by Sir Richard Henriques (a retired High Court judge) to help reduce the huge backlog of jury trials which continues to accumulate due...

Oxford runner-up at the GNLU International Moot Court Competition 2022

The team representing the University of Oxford were the runners up in the 13th GNLU International Trade Law Moot Court Competition (GIMC). The competition took place online from Wednesday 6th...

Professor Hodges assists design of new Financial Ombudsman for SMEs

Professor Christopher Hodges has provided a Report on dispute resolution and feedback of data for regulatory purposes as part of the Report by Simon Walker CBE into new routes for...

Call for papers: International Conference on Migration, Irregularisation & Activism: Challenging Contemporary Border Regimes, Racism & Subordination

Call for Papers: International Conference on Migration, Irregularisation and Activism: Challenging Contemporary Border Regimes, Racism and Subordination15-16 of June 2016, Malmö, Sweden, www.mia-conference.seConfirmed keynote speakers: Bridget Anderson (Oxford University), Liz...

CSLS and Brookes academics produce audio-visual guides for lay users in virtual court hearings

The work of Professor Linda Mulcahy and Anna Tsalapatanis from the Centre for Socio-legal Studies, and Dr Emma Rowden from Oxford Brookes University, has recently been attracting attention amongst the...

Guest Twitter Project- Week 5

From May 29 - June 2 the Border Criminologies Twitter feed will be guest-authored by members of the Desert Unit for Speculative Territories (DUST) project, an experimental research studio working...

The Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot 2016

The 14th Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot competition was held at Pembroke College from 17-20 March 2016. A total of 24 teams from Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany,...

Applications Open for OPBP Executive Committee 2011-12

Oxford Pro Bono Publico is seeking applications for the following positions on its Executive Committee for 2011-2012:ChairpersonDeputy ChairpersonCommunications OfficerTreasurerEvents OfficerIn addition to the above specific roles, members of the Executive...