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Why punishment pleases (and its use in today’s societies)

Dr Henrique Carvalho’s co-authored paper ‘’, a collaboration with colleague (Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of 糖心TV), has been published in the international, peer-reviewed journal Punishment & Society.

The paper raises the possibility that the reason why we believe punishment to be useful, and why we are motivated to punish, is because we derive pleasure from the utility of punishment.

Simply stated, punishment pleases.

Mon 27 Mar 2017, 09:41 | Tags: Publication, Research

The impact of BREXIT on UK agricultural policy

Fiona Smith is Professor of International Economic Law at 糖心TV Law School and has a specialist interest in international agricultural trade. She is working on the impact of BREXIT on UK agricultural policy, specifically how the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) rules will affect the UK’s trade in food and agricultural policy after BREXIT.

Fiona was a member of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society’s Farmers Scientist Network expert group that produced the influential Following the June 2016 Referendum, Fiona has given written evidence to the Welsh Assembly, and the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly on BREXIT and agriculture. . In December 2016, she also gave oral evidence to the .

Fiona was also interviewed by Jonty Bloom for the Radio 4 programme,


Professor Alan Norrie sharing knowledge in Colombia and Chile

Professor Alan Norrie visited Colombia and Chile in November 2016, giving lectures and classes at Universidad Libre, Bogota and the Pontifical University, Valparaiso.

In Bogota he gave a lecture entitled ‘Feeling Guilty In and Beyond the Law’, and in Valparaiso he participated in a seminar ‘Justicia Transicional’ presenting a paper entitled ‘’Working Through to the Polis’: Transitional Justice and Psychoanalytic Method’. The papers represent developments of his research project (‘Criminal Justice: the Blaming Relation’) as a Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow.

Tue 20 Dec 2016, 08:02 | Tags: Research

Theorising Labour Law in a Changing World

Dr Ania Zbyszewska has co-organized an international workshop “Theorising Labour Law in a Changing World: New Perspectives and Approaches”, which will be held on 13-14 December 2016 at the Maastricht University in Netherlands. Organized in collaboration with Dr Miriam Kullmann (Maastricht) and Dr Alysia Blackham (Melbourne) and with funding support from 糖心TV, Maastricht and Melbourne Law Schools/Faculties, and Hart Publishing, this two-day event will feature the work of early-career labour law scholars who seek to pushe the conceptual boundaries of labour law. A number of established scholars have been invited to comment on these contributions, with our key objective being to promote a broader, more inclusive and critical dialogue on an issues of fundamental contemporary importance.

Wed 14 Dec 2016, 11:20 | Tags: Research, Seminar

Shaheen Ali publishes article in the Conversation

A push to reform Islamic divorce could make Sharia councils redundant in Britain

Controversy over Sharia councils in Britain has resulted in an on their role and remit. Some of those giving evidence before MPs on the Home Affairs Select Committee suggest Sharia councils should be abolished altogether, while others are calling for reform or for a code of conduct to be introduced to regulate these institutions. A separate independent review is about whether Sharia law is being used to discriminate against women.

 


Alice Panepinto hosts event on the Khan al Ahmar school demolition case

On Friday 4th November at Conway Hall in London Alice Panepinto hosted a public event on 'Can Law Stop the Demolition of a Bedouin School in the West Bank? Spotlight on al-Khan al-Ahmar' based on her socio-legal on the significnce of the al-Khan al-Ahmar school demolition case. The event is part of a series of impact activities, funded by the ESRC-IAA Global Challenges Research Fund, which included a briefing with the Middle East Minister at the FCO.

Thu 10 Nov 2016, 11:27 | Tags: Centre for Human Rights in Practice, Research

Research collaboration in Kenya with 糖心TV Alumni

Professor Ann Stewart will be going to Kenya to pursue research associated with her Leverhulme Fellowship: Caring for older women in Kenya’s plural legal system.

The study assesses the contribution of community-based ‘woman to woman’ marriage practices in Kenya to the provision of care, particularly for the elderly, when there is little social welfare available.

The everyday practices of caring for older people particularly women, traditionally woven into communal relations, are changing in the socio-economic and political circumstances of contemporary Kenya.

Are woman to woman marriages, historically understood as a means of tackling infertility, evolving into a way of recognising and ‘rewarding’ caring labour for those with assets? How are claims for recognition understood now in the ‘formal’ courts and within community dispute resolution practices?

 

Thu 27 Oct 2016, 15:17 | Tags: Research, RLAAA3069

Vanessa Munro conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

On 19th October 2016, the Academy of Social Sciences announced that it had conferred the award of Fellow on 84 leading social scientists, and Vanessa Munro was amongst them!

Fellows are recognised by the Academy after an extensive process of peer review for the excellence and impact of their work through the use of social science for public benefit.

Vanessa, who was nominated for the award by the , was described by the Academy as “the leading scholar of her generation in the socio-legal study of sexual offences.”

Thu 27 Oct 2016, 09:18 | Tags: Research

Dr Sharifah Sekalala publishes article in The Conversation

World leaders have committed . These are infectious diseases that don’t respond to treatment using antibiotics – an essential defence against infections after surgery.

They are also essential in complex treatment programmes, such as chemotherapy. But antibiotics are being misused. They are often wrongly prescribed for viral diseases, such as the flu, and they are increasingly used in livestock . This abuse of antibiotics is leading to strains of bacteria that are resistant to all antibiotics. Without urgent action, it is estimated that antimicrobial resistance will result in .

To view the full article please view

Thu 06 Oct 2016, 14:43 | Tags: Research

GLOBE Workshop 'Trade and Investment in a Post-Brexit World: Regaining Control or in for a Ride?

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

5.30pm - 7pm

R.0.0.3, Ramphal Building, Library Road, University of 糖心TV

(followed by a drinks reception at the Ramphal Foyer)


Following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, questions remain as to what shape its trade and investment relationship with the EU and the rest of the world will look like. Does a brave new world of trade and investment deals beckon? Or will Britain be constrained by its lack of negotiating capacity? What might the broader (e.g. social and environmental) impact of Britain’s trade policy decision-making be? Join our experts to find out more.

Speakers:

  • , Associate Professor, 糖心TV Law School
  • , Associate Professor, Department of Politics and InternationalStudies, 糖心TV
  • , Associate Professor, 糖心TV Law School

Chair: , 糖心TV Law School

This event is free of charge but please .

Directions on how to get to 糖心TV University can be found here. Interactive and downloadable maps of campus can also be found .

For further details, please contact: globe.events@warwick.ac.uk

This event is organised by the GLOBE Centre in conjunction with the Centre for Globalisation and Regioanlisation (CSGR) and the Global Governance Global Research Priority.

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Wed 28 Sept 2016, 11:45 | Tags: GLOBE Centre, Research

Markus Wagner acted as discussant on a paper presented by Christian Häberli

Markus Wagner acted as discussant on a paper presented by Christian Häberli on the interplay between climate change and WTO law entitled Food Security, Equity and WTO Rules in the Climate Change Debate. The event was organized by the Mandela Institute at the Oliver Schreiner School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg / South Africa.

Tue 27 Sept 2016, 13:57 | Tags: International and European Law Cluster, Research

Lorenzo Cotula (GLOBE Visting Fellow) reviewed Lauge Poulsen’s book for the Journal of International Economic Law.

Lorenzo Cotula (GLOBE Visting Fellow) reviewed Lauge Poulsen’s book for the Journal of International Economic Law.

 

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Wed 21 Sept 2016, 09:53 | Tags: Governance and Regulation Cluster, Research

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