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A database of legal actions and artefacts devised in conflicts over mineral resources

A database of legal actions and artefacts devised in conflicts over mineral resources

by Talking Humanities | May 28, 2019 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Human Rights, Politics & Law, Projects, Training and Research

Dr Ainhoa Montoya, a lecturer at the Institute of Latin American Studies, and international lawyer and researcher, Constanza Pauchulo, report on a project that created a database of legal actions relating to mining conflicts in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and...
#PoTW: Wellbeing and resilience for law school managers

#PoTW: Wellbeing and resilience for law school managers

by Talking Humanities | May 27, 2019 | Events, Politics & Law, PotW, Public Engagement

Jointly organised by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) and the Committee of Heads of UK Law Schools (CHULS) this workshop, aimed at law school managers and leaders, will focus on wellbeing challenges in relation to performing those leadership roles. Some...
#PoTW: Women’s legal landmarks – in conversation

#PoTW: Women’s legal landmarks – in conversation

by Talking Humanities | Feb 11, 2019 | Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW

In the centenary year of women’s admission to the legal profession in the UK and Ireland, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies is launching a year-long series of talks, exploring key legal landmarks. Speakers drawn from the contributors to the Women’s Legal...
#PoTW: Privacy in the new public sphere, its value and its threats

#PoTW: Privacy in the new public sphere, its value and its threats

by Talking Humanities | Sep 10, 2018 | Events, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW

Privacy in the new public sphere, its value and its threats will draw together philosophers, legal scholars and practitioners to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue focused on the value of privacy in contemporary society, and the threats it faces. Organised by...
#PoTW: Placeless people: writing, rights and refugees

#PoTW: Placeless people: writing, rights and refugees

by Talking Humanities | May 20, 2018 | Events, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW

The political philosopher and refugee Hannah Arendt, wrote in 1944  that: ‘Everywhere the word “exile” which once had an undertone of almost sacred awe, now provokes the idea of something simultaneously suspicious and unfortunate.’ This John Coffin* memorial lecture...
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