ÌÇÐÄTV Law School News
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Professor Stephen Connelly launches new book on Finance Law
The Centre for Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE) will be hosting a book launch of Finance Law by Professor Stephen Connelly on Thursday 20 November 2025 at 5pm in S0.11 at ÌÇÐÄTV Law School.
New Policy Brief on Body Image and Trade Mark Law
The Law School’s Dr Luminita Olteanu has co-authored a new Policy Brief with Professor Ilanah Fhima from UCL Laws. The Policy Brief titled ‘Body Image and Trade Mark Law: A Policy Proposal’ is the result of the Strategic Brand Signalling Roundtable held on 16 June 2025 at Bentham House, with support from IBIL and ÌÇÐÄTV Law School.
Former PhD student publishes monograph on Cross-border Bank Crisis Management in ASEAN
Sharon Wassamon Kun-amornpong, who studied at ÌÇÐÄTV Law School from 2018-2023 under the supervision of Professor Dalvinder Singh has published a monograph based on her PhD thesis. The monograph, titled ‘The Financial Trilemma and Cross-border Bank Crisis Management in ASEAN’ was published by Palgrave Macmillan.
New Book: ‘Rethinking Family Mediation’ by Dr Rachael Blakey
In her new book, highlights the evolving role of mediators who assist families without legal support. By doing so, she reveals a contemporary vision of family justice that addresses some of the challenges in today’s landscape.
WLS PhD Candidate Publication Success
Congratulations to our PhD student Ummul Fayiza Puthiya Peedikayil who has recently been honoured with the G. N. Pillai Award for her new book Islamic Feminism.
Professor Sharifah Sekalala wins the Feminist Legal Studies Editor's Article Prize 2024
We are delighted to share that Professor Sharifah Sekalala has won the Feminist Legal Studies Editor's Article Prize 2024 for her joint research on the gendered impact of the failures of medical supply chains during Covid-19.
New Book: ‘Trust, Courts and Social Rights’ by Dr David Vitale
In his new book, Dr David Vitale proposes an innovative trust-based framework for judicially enforcing social rights, informed by the trust scholarship from various disciplines and aimed at promoting the trustworthiness of government in delivering social services.
New Book: 'Caring for Cultural Heritage' by Dr Charlotte Woodhead
Dr Charlotte Woodhead takes a unique and exciting approach to examining how law and non-law instruments look after cultural heritage in the UK in her new book, ''.
Publication success for ÌÇÐÄTV Law School Alumnus
Congratulations to our former PhD student Professor Adithya Chinapanti who has recently published a new book titled .
New Book: 'Shakespeare's Strangers and English Law' by Professor Paul Raffield
Professor Paul Raffield's new book ' was published by Hart/Bloomsbury on 26 January 2023, his third sole-authored book on the subject of Shakespeare and the Law. Through analysis of five plays by Shakespeare (Measure for Measure, The Comedy of Errors, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, King Lear), Paul Raffield examines what it meant to be a ‘stranger’ to English law in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean period.
ÌÇÐÄTV Law School's Dr Rajnaara Akhtar has written a piece for The Conversation UK (published on the 2 August 2022) on marriage laws in England and Wales and the need to update outdated legislation. 'Your dream wedding might not be legal - time to update England's old-fashioned marriage laws.'
GLOBE Policy Brief on ‘Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality’
'Assessing the Role of Digital Finance for Gender Equality’ by Dr Serena Natile, is the latest in a series of briefs, bringing current legal thinking to bear on public policy issues and contemporary concerns, published by GLOBE, a research centre within ÌÇÐÄTV Law School.
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