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The common law and finance: perspectives from the bench

The series, which ran in the 2018-2019 academic year, featured lectures by senior judges from four common law jurisdictions: Geoffrey Ma (Chief Justice, Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal); Justice...

New report on parliamentary engagement with human rights

A new report finds that while there has been an increase in the UK parliament's involvement in debates about human rights over the last decade, and in the...

Delegation of Chinese high-court judges from City University of Hong Kong

A delegation of Chinese high court judges led by Professor Lin Feng (6th from left, top photo), Associate Dean of the School of Law, City University of...

Research grant awarded for project exploring the potential of AI for English Law

The award, from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), will fund the project ‘Unlocking the Potential of AI for English Law’, a research collaboration between various...

International Intellectual Property Moot 2010

St Catherine’s College on Saturday 20th March saw the conclusion of the Oxford IP Research Centre (OIPRC)’s eighth annual mooting competition, hosted for the first time by its new Director,...

Frank Berman delivers final report as Chairman of General Settlement Fund’s Claims Committee

In his closing remarks the Chairman of the Claims Committee, Sir Frank Berman, expressed Claims Committee’s hope thatthrough its work and, indeed, its very existence it had in its own...

A Comparative Analysis of General Anti Avoidance Provisions

Judith Freedman has been awarded the 2012-13 Oxford-Melbourne Research Partnership funding with Ann O’Connell at Melbourne Law School. The two year project on “A Comparative Analysis of General Anti Avoidance...

'Respect and Criminal Justice' by Gabrielle Watson published by OUP

Gabrielle commented:The book’s publication is especially timely in this political moment, as we reflect on the stark, seemingly intractable problems of police misconduct and deep structural racism....

Conference on "The Rule of Crisis: Crisis Legislation, Emergencies and the Rule of Law"

On 29th April, the Maison Française d’Oxford, with the support of the Institute of European and Comparative Law, the Institut Michel Villey and the Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion...

Part-time DPhil Criminology - Applications now open

Applications for the part-time DPhil Criminology are now being considered.   The deadline for applications to this programme, for entry in 2015/16, is 1st June 2015 although later applications may be...

Border Criminologies Masters' Dissertation/Thesis Prize 2018

Border Criminologies seeks to support early career researchers working on the intersections between border control and criminal justice. As part of this goal, we have established a Border Criminologies Masters’...

Exploring the Fundamentals of Public Law - A conference in honour of Paul Craig

Paul Craig has been a member of the Law Faculty since 1974 (including as Professor of English Law at St John’s since 1998) and is at the scholarly frontiers of...

Paris Climate Conference: Contributions made by the Human Rights for Future Generations Programme

The December 2015 Climate Conference in Paris changed the course of climate policy in important ways and calls for fresh analysis. Soon after, Prof Simon Caney and Dr Dominic Roser...

Border Criminologies statement on the British Government’s proposal to forcibly send people seeking asylum to Rwanda

Border Criminologies is an international network of researchers, practitioners, and those who have experienced border controls. Our globalised expertise lies in research and advocacy around border controls, policing, and immigration...

John Gardner joins founding editors Leslie Green and Brian Leiter to produce the latest edition of 'Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law'

'Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law' published by Oxford University Press is a forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior...

Researchers use lost postcard method to investigate the public's view on communicating neuroscience

That is the finding of research being presented this week by Robert Blakey from the University of Oxford at the British Psychological Society’s 2018 annual conference.Robert Blakey said:“Neuroscience has identified...

Oxford Legal Assistance Public Law Moot 2015

The fourth annual Oxford Legal Assistance Public Law Moot took place on 9 May 2015 at the Oxford Law Faculty. The competition was open to undergraduates and postgraduates.The competition is...

Debating perspectives and priorities in climate negotiations

After 19 years of international climate talks, is it time for a fresh look at how these vital negotiations are carried out?  In a panel debate organised by the Oxford Martin...

Seminar on Preventive Justice

On 5-6th January 2012 an international inter-disciplinary workshop on Preventive Justice took place at All Souls College. It was attended by scholars from Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Israel, the United States...

Would compulsory vaccination and treatment for COVID-19 be justified?

The post makes a moral case for considering legal provisions for compulsory vaccination and treatment for COVID-19, alongside the restrictions on movement and association already being deployed. The blog post...

Balliol and Queen's Law Students Triumph at the Shearman and Sterling Moot

The Shearman & Sterling LLP University of Oxford Moot Competition was held at St. Catherine’s College, the University of Oxford, on Saturday, January 26, 2013.Twelve teams of two members entered...

Andrea Raab (MJur) awarded Oxford Meron MICT funding for internship at the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

We are delighted to announce that Andrea Raab has been awarded funding from the Oxford Meron MICT programme for an internship from September 2017 to March 2018 at the Mechanism...

Building Notices w/c 21st September

Weekly update for w/c 21st September Continued demolition to the Ground Floor areasSoft strip progressively working up the buildingBreaking out of the lift pitGroundworks and drainage From Monday through...

Nazila Ghanea awarded Alberigo Award

The award is the first one to be made by Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose 'Giovanni XXIII' in memory of Professor Giuseppe Alberigo.You can see her acceptance speech here:...

Oxford Wins BPP Advocate Of The Year 2020/2021

Having won the Midlands & South West Regional Finals, Athena Kam (Pembroke College) and Ruth Flame (New College) were two of sixteen individual Finalists who competed for the coveted title...