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The Faculty's Professor Lorand Bartels gave evidence today to the House of Commons Business and Trade Select Committee, broadcast on the BBC Parliament channel. Professor Bartels was speaking as Chair of the Trade and Agriculture Commission, presenting the Commission's advice on the latest free trade agreement concluded by the UK, namely the Compre…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) In this short video Dr Jonathan Rogers explains the background, explores the challenges that will face those who draft the legislation, and comments further on the likely reservations that many will still entertain a…

The Human Rights Centre at Queen’s University Belfast and the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge will co-host a workshop in the School of Law at Queen’s University Belfast on Friday 27 September 2024. The Workshop will be held in conjunction with the European Human Rights Law Review and co-organised by members of the Editorial tea…

On 11 January 2024, the OECD has published its report on 'Developing Effective Online Dispute Resolution in Latvia'. The report documents the assessment of online dispute resolution in Latvia and develops key policy recommendations to support its development. It draws from prior influential work of the OECD on access to justice, for example, the OE…

Calling all prospective and current University students interested in learning about Law at Cambridge and the exciting and impactful career paths available to Law graduates! The Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge is excited to introduce its first annual Exploring Legal Futures webinar. This series of free online events will provide those…

Routledge has published the thirteenth edition of Modern Land Law by Martin Dixon. Modern Land Law is one of the most current and reliable textbooks available on land law today, offering a lively and thought-provoking account of a subject that remains at the heart of our legal system. Providing an accessible approach to a complex subject, this comp…

Professor Eyal Benvenisti is to step down as Director of the Lauterpacht Centre from the beginning of the upcoming Lent Term 2024. Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran will take on directorship of the Centre and will be supported by Professor Surabhi Ranganathan, who will continue in her role as Deputy Director. Professor Benvenisti took on the role of Ce…

The Faculties of Law of the University of Hong Kong and the University of Cambridge, and Des Voeux Chambers have renewed a visiting fellowship agreement for another five years. Under the Des Voeux Chambers Cambridge-HKU Visiting Fellowship Scheme, which was first introduced in 2016, an academic from the Cambridge Faculty of Law will visit HKU Facul…

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the re-launch of its online course, Exploring Law: Studying Law at University. The course will re-start on 29 January 2024. Learners can register for the course immediately via the Exploring Law course page, and at any time before 11 March 2024. Over 7,600 learners have enrolled on the course since it was…

Lesson plans written by the Centre's Deputy Director, Dr Jan Ewing, working in collaboration with Prof Anne Barlow (University of Exeter), and Resolution members Graeme Fraser (BBS Law) and Yuliya Osudina (Child and Child) won the 'Family Law Community Interaction Award' at the prestigious Family Law Awards 2023 recently. The PSHE Association-appro…

At a ceremony on Thursday 16 November, Dr Lena Holzer was awarded the 2023 Prix Senior Maurice Chalumeau from the Centre Maurice Chalumeau of Social Sciences of the University of Geneva. The award is bestowed upon the best PhD thesis addressing issues of sexuality in Switzerland. Dr Holzer is an Assistant Professor in Gender, Race, and the Law at t…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) In this short video Professor Mark Elliott explores the legal and constitutional implications of the Bill. Mark Elliott is Professor of Public Law and Chair of the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge, and a…

Bristol University Press has published Unchecked Power?: How Recent Constitutional Reforms Are Threatening UK Democracy by Alison Young. Is the government really acting for the people? Or does this rhetoric simply justify an executive power-grab? For some, Boris Johnson’s premiership epitomised how far the UK’s democracy has been captured by populi…

The Cambridge Socio-Legal Group (CSLG) is an interdisciplinary discussion forum promoting debate on topical socio-legal issues and empirical research methodology. It adopts an inter-disciplinary approach aid is affiliated with the Institute of Criminology and the Centre for Family Research and Physiology, Development & Neuroscience (PDN), as well a…

Sweet & Maxwell has published the 35th edition of Chitty on Contracts volumes 1 & 2 edited by Professor Hugh Beale with chapters by Richard Hooley (on Bills of Exchange and Banking), Louise Merrett (on the Conflict of Laws and Sale of Goods) and Graham Virgo (on Restitution). Chitty on Contracts is the pre-eminent reference work on contract law in …