New book published: 'Modern Economic Regulation: An Introduction to Theory and Practice', by Dr. Christopher Decker

Drawing from the most recent work on economic regulation, this book introduces readers to the main principles and examines how economic regulation is applied in four key public utility industries...

'The Law in These Parts' - film Screening and panel discussion

Thursday, 27 February, 1600-1900
 
 University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Humanities and Social Sciences building, room G25.
 
 Panelists: Professor Susan Breau (School of Law), Dr. James Green (School of Law), Dr. Christina Hellmich...

The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance book launch and conference

The conference involved Oxford faculty such as John Armour, Paul Davies, Colin Mayer, and Luca Enriques, and other leading scholars such as Ronald J. Gilson (Columbia &...

Diana Dajer receives exciting new appointment

We are pleased to announce that Diana Dajer, DPhil Candidate in Socio-Legal Studies, was recently appointed as part of the research board of the newly launched Global Participatory Budgeting Hub....

Law and Finance conference at Merton College

The annual Oxford-LSE conference on Law and Finance was held at Merton College on Friday May 23, 2014. The event was co-organised by John Armour of Oxford’s Law Faculty and...

OPBP Shortlisted for National Pro Bono Award

The Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP) student committee has been shortlisted for the 'Best Contribution by a Team of Students' award in the annual LawWorks and Attorney General Awards. The...

Ethical Business Regulation being taken up across the world

The concepts of Ethical Business Practice and Regulation, described by Prof Hodges and Ruth Steinholtz in their book are attracting attention from officials and regulators and businesses...

Inside Immigration Detention

In September 2014  Mary Bosworth published the first national study of life in Britain’s immigration removal centres (IRCs).  Granted unprecedented levels of research access by the Home Office and the...

OIPRC gets its first Postdoctoral Fellow

We are pleased to announce that Dr Poorna Mysoor has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for 2018. The award funds her research on...

Professor John Tiley

It is with great regret that we have learned of the death on 30 June 2013 of John Tiley, Emeritus Professor of the Law of Taxation at Cambridge. Professor Tiley...

Prof. Sandra Fredman - appointed Honorary fellow of Wadham College

Professor Sandra Fredman, Director of the Human Rights for Future Generations Programme, has been appointed an honorary fellow of Wadham College. This appointment was made in recognition of her distinguished...

Call for Applications - Funded Internship at the International Court of Justice 2017-2018

Deadline for submission is Friday 3 February 2017The Oxford Law Faculty is one of a group of leading law faculties around the world invited by the International Court of Justice...

Building project notices w/c 5th October 2015

Works update w/c 5th October 2015 GF Toilets ...

New Book: Medical Decision Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective

Few legal cases have generated such heated and divisive public debates as those involving Charlie Gard and Alfie Evans. Figures from the Pope to President Donald Trump...

Faculty launches new blog in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy

One year on from the 2017 Grenfell tragedy, a new blog has been launched on the Faculty website. The blog, ​Housing After Grenfell​, is managed by an...

Mary Bosworth Appointed Concurrent Professor in Criminology at Monash University

Mary Bosworth has been appointed to a Concurrent Professorship in Criminology at Monash University in Melbourne for the next two years. During her visits to Melbourne she will continue her...

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the SLSA annual conference

Recently, seven of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies students made the journey to Lancaster to present at the annual Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference. Lancaster University Law School...

Oxford Women in Law event

Last week, the second OWL event was held. This panel session and networking event was kindly hosted by Hogan Lovells at their London office. The panel discussion – entitled ‘Your...

Call for panels/papers: Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy, and Praxis

The Program Committee is pleased to invite colleagues in forced migration studies and practitioners working with forced migrants to submit proposals for Organized Paper Panels, Roundtables, and Individual Papers for...

Report of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Competition Amongst Retailers and Suppliers

The Report of the 2018 Symposium on Trends in Retail Competition is now available to read here. The Symposium considered competition involving distributors and suppliers, unfair trading...

A-RCSL Podgorecki Prize 2011

We are delighted to announce that David Nelken, Visiting Professor in the Centre for Criminology, has been awarded the ISA-RCSL PODGORECKI PRIZE 2011by the...

Vinerian Scholars Gather in Oxford

On 18 September, twenty eight Vinerian scholars and proxime accessit award holders gathered for an evening seminar, Reflections on the Vinerian Scholarship, and dinner at All Souls'...