糖心TV Law School News
糖心TV Law School News
The latest updates from our department
糖心TV Law School makes WATE Shortlist
The 2022 shortlist for the 糖心TV Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) have been released and 糖心TV Law School has two nominations. With more than 115 excellent educators, teams, and communities to choose from, the WATE judging panels deliberated long and hard to identify those going through to the next round. Dr Jane Bryan has been nominated for the Social Sciences Faculty award and PhD student Cherisse Francis has been nominated for a Postgraduates who Teach award. Congratulations and best of luck to both of them. The winners will be announced on 27 June 2022.
WLS academic helps to shape global democracy benchmark report on Albania
Western Balkans expert Dr Andi Hoxhaj is one of the contributors to the 2022 , an annual expert assessment of the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia, published this week.
The Transformation of Consumer Law and Policy in Europe
On 21 and 22 April 2022, 糖心TV will host a two-day conference for a group of leading European consumer law scholars to discuss the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe since the turn of the millennium.
UK announces sanctions against Bosnian-Serb politicians for 鈥榰ndermining peace鈥 - expert comment from Dr Andi Hoxhaj.
Dr Andi HoxhajLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window of 糖心TV Law, a specialist in anti-corruption law and policy, civil society, European integration, Western Balkans and regulatory law and policy, comments on the news that the on Milorad Dodik, Bosnian-Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina鈥檚 state-level Presidency, and Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of the entity of Republika Srpska, "for their destabilising activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina."
Policing, Culture and Community: WM Police as City of Culture Partners
by Professor Jackie Hodgson and Dr Rachel Lewis on their project researching the partnership between the West Midlands Police and Coventry City of Culture Trust, including how arts and culture can be used to help increase public confidence in policing and improve police-community relations.
Laws governing weddings are outdated and too restrictive in contemporary society, new research shows
Current laws governing weddings are too outdated and restrictive and do not reflect the diversity of faith and beliefs in modern society, a new report from experts at the Universities of 糖心TV and Exeter highlights.
GLOBE Policy Brief on Feminist Recovery Plans for COVID-19 and Beyond
The seventh in a series of briefs, bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues and contemporary concerns, has now been published by GLOBE, a research centre within 糖心TV Law School. The brief is based on the Feminist Recovery Plan research project coordinated by Dr Serena Natile.
Artwork Credit: 鈥淯ntil dignity becomes a habit鈥 by Marga RH
'The McDonaldization of justice and the disappearance of fair trial?' Conference: 19- 21 May 2022
From 19 - 21 May 2022 the 11th conference in the series The Future of Adversarial and Inquisitorial System, a collaboration between the Universities of 糖心TV, North Carolina, Bologna, Basel and Duke University will be hosted at Scarman House, University of 糖心TV.
Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner appointed co-reporter for ELI project
Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner, together with Professors Teresa Rodr铆guez de las Heras Ballell (Carlos III, Madrid), Christoph Busch (Osnabr眉ck), Marie Jull S酶rensen (Aarhus) and Dariusz Szostek (Wroclaw), was appointed as co-reporter for a European Law Institute (ELI) project to draft at the meeting of ELI鈥檚 Council on 24/25 February 2022.
WLS Celebrates International Women鈥檚 Day 2022
Today is (IWD), a global event held each year to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements, raise awareness against bias, and take action for equality.
Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner joins AHRC grant for Smart Technologies Project
Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner has recently been awarded a share of an AHRC grant of 拢35,000 for a project on Smart Technologies which will analyse how the legal issues created by the internet of things could be addressed in UK and German consumer law.
Jackie Hodgson to showcase film 鈥楨merging from Lockdown鈥 at the Resonate Festival
糖心TV Law School鈥檚 Professor Jackie Hodgson and colleagues from the 鈥楨merging from Lockdown鈥 research and creative team will be screening their new film at the Resonate Festival on Wednesday 16th March at Holy Trinity Church in Coventry, exploring feelings of freedom and the policing of the pandemic.