by Ioannis Glinavos, Faculty of Law, University of Westminster As the troubles of Deutsche Bank remind us of the heady days leading to the collapse of Lehman, we have a good opportunity to reflect on financial rescues and resistance to the austerity that resulted, at least in Europe. While on the systemic level resistance to bailouts, [...]
by Clare Williams* If you subscribe to World Bank publications, the 2017 World Development Report will be landing on your doormat soon. This annual report is met with fanfare not only because it charts the work of the World Bank over the previous 12 months, but because it serves as a good indicator of the [...]
Newcastle Law School is pleased to host the Socio-Legal Studies Association’s annual conference on 5-7 April 2017. We are proud to have so many academic members of staff engaged in and connected to the socio-legal community, and we are looking forward to celebrating the field and welcoming delegates to present, discuss and debate cutting-edge socio-legal [...]
by James Hand, School of Law, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth The First 100 Years is an ambitious, dynamic and valuable project that is seeking to build a digital museum recording the journey of women in law ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919. Alongside such things as an illuminative [...]
By Professor Rosie Harding, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham Over the last few days, my social media news feeds have been populated with commentary on the Conservative Party leadership contest. For the first time ever, two women, Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom, will be the candidates on the Conservative Party membership ballot for their [...]
Professor Roger Cotterrell of Queen Mary University of London, argues that the current "Brexit" debate and the EU referendum campaign can be usefully seen through a "community lens." Implications of the EU referendum result are so immense that stock-taking will surely go on long into the future. Writing this it is easy to imagine books being [...]
Dermot Feenan, Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation, May 2016, and Research Fellow, University of Portsmouth, reflects on a number of themes arising from the conference ‘Metrics, Diversity and Law’ organized by the Research Group on Legal Diversity, American Bar Foundation, 5-6 May, 2016. Increasing attention is being paid in legal scholarship to diversity. [...]