Warwick Law School News
Warwick Law School News
The latest updates from our department
Student Article: Who should pay up for Climate Carnage?
Current PhD student Harpreet Kaur Paul's article on 'Who should pay up for Climate Carnage?' has been featured in Novara Media this month.
Harpreet is also co-founder of Tipping Point UK, a movement which aims to help people from all communities and backgrounds use their power to take bold and regular action in order to win climate justice.
CLAW publishes Legal Pocketbook
The Critical Legal Pocketbook is the result of an exciting collaboration between Warwick Law School colleagues and students involved in Critical Lawyers at Warwick (CLAW).
Edited by students at the University of Warwick, and written by expert critical legal researchers and practitioners, the Critical Legal Pocketbook is essential reading for law students in the UK and other common law jurisdictions and provides the tools for law students to uncover the hidden intricacies of law.
Dr Sharifah Sekalala and other co-authors publish paper on Sexual and Reproductive Health of young women in Uganda
The article titled “Realising sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls and young women living in slums in Uganda: a qualitative study” was published on the 12 June 2021 by BMC (Bio Med Central) as part of their open access publishing. This project was funded by a GCRF and IAS grant on Sexual and Reproductive health in Ugandan Slums.
New Book on Migration by Professor Dallal Stevens
Released this month and published by Manchester University Press, the new book Reclaiming Migration: Voices from Europe's 'Migrant Crisis' was co-authored by Warwick Law School’s Dallal Stevens, Vicki Squire and Nick Vaughan-Williams (Department of Politics and International Studies) and Nina Perkowski (University of Hamburg).
ELI Publishes Pilot Innovation Paper on Guiding Principles
The European Law Institute (ELI), an independent non-profit organisation that connects over 1,600 legal professionals and organisations from Europe and beyond, published an Innovation Paper on ‘Guiding Principles for Updating the Product Liability Directive for the Digital Age’ prepared by the Law School's Professor Christian Twigg-Flesner.
Tor Krever on imperialism and international law in the New Left Review
With US president-elect Joe Biden pledging to restore the ‘rules-based order’, international lawyers have extolled the triumph of a peaceful new world over its war-torn forerunner.
New Paper: The EU Rule of Law Initiative Towards the Western Balkans
The EU “Rule of Law” initiative aimed at encouraging social and political reform in the Western Balkans is struggling to make an impact in the face of domestic political indifference, and opposition to perceived external interference, argues a new paper from Western Balkans expert Dr Andi Hoxhaj.
Warwick Alumnus publishes Training Contract Handbook
Warwick alumnus Jake Schogger’s new book ‘The Training Contract Handbook’ was published by City Career Series in July 2020.
The handbook offers a solid grounding in the legal, commercial and financial knowledge required for commercial law interviews and internships.
James Harrison wins JCMS Best Article Prize
The Journal of Common Market Studies has announced the winners of their Best Article Prize for 2019 as Governing Labour Standards through Free Trade Agreements: Limits of the European Union's Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters.
COVID-19: Suspending Debt Service for Indebted Countries
Dr Stephen Connelly and Dr Celine Tan are supporting civil society groups, led by Jubilee Debt Campaign UK and Oxfam GB, in proposing legislation in the UK that will have the effect of suspending debt owed to private creditors of countries eligible for the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI).
New Book from Professor Dalvinder Singh on European Cross-Border Banking
Professor Dalvinder Singh’s new book on ‘European Cross-Border Banking and Banking Supervision’ was published in April 2020 by Oxford University Press.
GLOBE releases new briefing note from Stephen Connelly
The Centre for Law, Regulation and Governance of the Global Economy (GLOBE) today released their first Briefing Note on ‘Registering Security at UK Companies House’.
The note supports Jubilee Debt Campaign’s push for public registration of bank loans to states, by showing how the existing UK regime for registration of company debentures works and could form the basis for a system of loan registration.