by Talking Humanities | Apr 27, 2021 | Features, Philosophy, Politics & Law
Alongside their Instagram takeover @artlawnetwork this week, Marie-Andrée Jacob, professor of law at Leeds University and Dr Anna Macdonald, a dance and moving image artist from the Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University, reflect upon their...
by Talking Humanities | Nov 18, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, Politics & Law, Republished, Research & Resources
Law lecturers, Dr Faith Gordon, Dr Jess Mant and Dr Daniel Newman, examine how technological innovation might help law centres address the ‘justice gap’ and target advice and support for different communities during the pandemic and in the long-term. The COVID-19...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 24, 2019 | Digital, Interviews, Politics & Law, Republished
Postdoctoral researcher Dr Damian Clifford underscores some challenges with the current legal framework in addressing commercial practices such as ‘puffing’. He also recounts a few highlights from the Information Law and Policy Centre’s (ILPC)* annual conference, and...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 17, 2019 | Events, Politics & Law, PotW
State pensions are the largest item in the UK social security budget. It is estimated to cost £91.6 billion in 2016/17, with 12.9 million recipients paid an average of £7,100 each. Enormous wealth is also managed by the trustees of occupational pension schemes on...
by Talking Humanities | Jun 4, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, Politics & Law, Research & Resources
Dr Francis Calvert Boorman’s research on the history of arbitration for the Access to Justice project at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, reveals why we need to understand the uses of this alternative justice system to explain the workings of...
