The lecture will be delivered by Professor Sir John Baker (St Catherine’s College Cambridge) on the subject of the history of English Law. It will be followed by a wine…Read More >
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The Commercial Law Research Network Nigeria Conference
The Commercial Law Research Network – Nigeria (CLRN_N) has been created to address the challenge of ineffective commercial law reform and policy in the emerging world. It brings together researchers…Read More >
Compensating Human Rights Violations: Damages Before The European Court of Human Rights
The Ghandi Research Seminar Series Dr Veronika Fikfak – University of Cambridge Chair – Dr Ruvi Ziegler Attendance is free Visitors coming from outside the University of Reading are asked…Read More >
Law School: ‘Axis of Protection’ Seminar
‘THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE NATIONAL AND THE FOREIGNER IN SOUTH AMERICA OVER 200 YEARS’ Speaker: Dr Diego Acosta, Reader in European and Migration Law, Bristol Discussants: Dr Ana Beduschi, Senior…Read More >
Why Japan is reluctant to retry the world’s longest-serving death row inmate
Evidence against a death row inmate in Japan is shaky, but retrial is unlikely because it would damage the Japanese criminal justice system’s image of infallibility and provide an opportunity for abolitionists,…Read More >
Rights for same-sex married couples to move around the EU confirmed in landmark ruling
Dr Alina Tryfonidou explores a landmark EU Court of Justice ruling which provides greater clarity and legal certainty for same-sex couples who get married in an EU member state, in a new…Read More >
12 years without an execution: Is Zimbabwe ready to abolish the death penalty?
Dr Mai Sato has just published a report examining Zimbabwean citizens’ attitudes towards the death penalty in their country which concludes that public opinion needn’t pose a barrier to its…Read More >
News from Prosperity and Resilience: Walker Institute and Marie Aronsson-Storier
The School of Law and the Walker Institute, together with the American Society of International Law, held the Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law Symposium at UoR between 29 June…Read More >
Top UN expert’s resignation spells trouble for defenders of LGBT rights
by Rosa Freedman, School of Law, University of Reading Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN’s first Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, has resigned after…Read More >
