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NEW BLOG SERIES: Advancing our understanding of the field of space law and policy – Leave No Trace, is it the Same for Space?: Planetary Protection and Surface Space Waste

May 6th, 2025|0 Comments

The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth's orbits, on celestial bodies, and across tech such as governance challenges regarding cybersecurity or the use of AI [...]

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BlOG SERIES: Exploring people’s experiences of ‘law‘ – Low-wage’ not ‘low-skill’: moving away from the skills binary in labour migration discourse

May 6th, 2025|0 Comments

This blog is part of SLSA blog series ‘Exploring people’s experiences of ‘law’ through the lens of migration’ (Edited by Dr Simran Kalra and Dr Fanni Gyurko), which takes a socio-legal approach to migration related issues in a variety of [...]

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Board Selection Based on Sex under the EU “Women on Boards” Directive: Appraising the Impacts

April 8th, 2025|0 Comments

by Dr. Joy Anwulika Debski, a dual-qualified Solicitor and Chartered Governance Professional (CGI), and Law Lecturer at Robert Gordon University's Law School, specialising in Global Corporate Governance and Sustainability Current research from the EU Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (R&I) affirms that [...]

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Exceptions to the Mental Health Exemption: Examining and Re-examining Terror Offences

April 1st, 2025|0 Comments

Part of the SLSA Blog Series ‘The Legal Treatment of Defendants with Partial Criminal Responsibility’ Dr. Wannette Van Eg Dom -Tuinstra, Student Experience Manager and Associate Lecturer at The Open University Law School ‘How could a person commit such an act [...]

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