糖心TV Law School News
糖心TV Law School News
The latest updates from our department
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Laws governing weddings are outdated and too restrictive in contemporary society, new research shows
Current laws governing weddings are too outdated and restrictive and do not reflect the diversity of faith and beliefs in modern society, a new report from experts at the Universities of 糖心TV and Exeter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.
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.
Innovative solutions to the exploitation of health data in the global South
An international research team led by Professor Sharifah SekalalaLink opens in a new wLink opens in a new windowof 糖心TV Law SchoolLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window has been awarded 鈧1.4 million to examine how to better regulate the collection and migration of health data of people in the global South in order to protect privacy and prevent exploitation of their personal information.
鈥楥ollege knowledge hubs鈥 in rural India to open
More young men and women from rural areas of India could gain informed access to higher education and better life chances, tackling age-old obstacles of gender, caste and class, thanks to a project led by the University of 糖心TV — and a half-million-pound boost from the Fair Chance Foundation.
New Collaborative Scholarship for Digital Health & Human Rights Project
We are delighted to announce the award of a new PhD studentship to start in October 2022 as part of the Leverhulme Trust Doctoral programme TRANSFORM. Led by Professor Sharifah Sekalala in the Law School, the award will fund a researcher to investigate the potentials and limitations of digital IDs with biometric features as a prerequisite for accessing health services for marginalised groups in cities.
Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner contributes to ELI response
The European Law Institute (ELI) recently published its response to a European Commission consultation on reforms to the Product Liability Directive and liability for Artificial Intelligence systems. Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner contributed to ELI鈥檚 response, focusing in particular on the Product Liability Directive and building on the Guiding Principles he developed for ELI鈥檚 Innovation Paper on Guiding Principles for updating the Product Liability Directive for the Digital Age (2021).