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On Wednesday Professor Alison Young gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, alongside Lord Mance (former Justice of the Supreme Court), Professor Adam Tomkins (University of Glasgow) and Dr Hélène Tyrell (University of Newcastle). The Committee was looking at proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998. Following the Independent Hum…

On 20 January JUSTICE published their report on A Parole System fit for Purpose, chaired by the Faculty's Professor Nicky Padfield. A working party was appointed in April 2021 to coincide with the Government’s 'Root and Branch of Review of parole', which was expected to report in the summer. But the Government’s review has still not been published …

Photo: Lysanne Larose   We are delighted to announce that Professor Lionel Smith will join the Faculty of Law later this year as Downing Professor of the Laws of England. The Downing Professorship was founded in 1800, supported from a bequest from Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College. Previous holders have included Andrew Amos, FW Ma…

On 14 December 2021, the Independent Human Rights Act Review (IHRAR) published its report on the Human Rights Act 1998. This was accompanied by the Government’s response to the Review, and a further call for evidence on questions relating to the potential reform of the Human Rights Act 1998. The Centre for Public Law submitted evidence to both the …

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Kirsty Hughes, Dr Stevie Martin and Dr Stephanie Palmer have been appointed as the General Editors of the European Human Rights Law Review (EHRLR). The EHRLR is the leading human rights law journal providing unrivalled, cutting-edge coverage of key issues in human rights law. It is at the forefront of se…

The Faculty has published Volume 12 Number 7 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Matthew H. Kramer: Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint (30/2021) In my recent book Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint, I expound and defend the moral principle …

Cambridge University Press has published Legal Fictions in Private Law by Liron Shmilovits. Legal fictions are falsehoods that the law knowingly relies on. It is the most bizarre feature of our legal system; we know something is false, and we still assume it. But why do we rely on blatant falsehood? What are the implications of doing so? Should we …

Since 2014 the Faculty of Law has maintained successful pathways agreements with leading Law Faculties in Australia and, more recently, in South Africa. The Faculty is very pleased to announce the conclusion of another such agreement with the Law School of the University of Auckland | Te Wāhanga Ture o Tāmaki Makaurau commencing in 2022. This new l…

It is with great sadness that we have to announce that Bill Cornish, Professor Emeritus and inaugural holder of the Herchel Smith Chair in Intellectual Property here at Cambridge, has passed away. We remember Bill for his pioneering work in intellectual property law and his outstanding contributions to law in its social context, his intellectual ri…

The Editorial Board of the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) welcomes the submission of papers under the theme 'Strengthening Global Governance through International Law: Challenges and Opportunities' for the 11th Annual Conference of the Cambridge International Law Journal, which will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge…

A selection of law ebooks were purchased in October, in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are alll available through iDiscover, and include: Elliott & Quinn's Contract Law (12th edition), by Catherine Elliott and Frances Quinn (Pearson, 2019) Elliott & Quinn’s Contract Law explains the fundamental legal principles in this area in cl…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) Professor Spencer is Professor Emeritus of Law and Honorary President of the European Criminal Law Association. He has written extensively on criminal justice matters and has been involved in a number of law reform p…

The Faculty warmly welcomes the news that Professor Lorand Bartels, Professor of International Law at the Faculty, and a Fellow of Trinity Hall has been awarded an MBE for Services to UK Trade Policy in the New Year's Honours List. Professor Bartels, who was appointed Chair of the UK’s Trade and Agriculture Commission in October, said: "It is a gre…

The Grand Final of the 2021 Herbert Smith Freehills Disability Mooting Championship: Oxford v Cambridge was held online in front of an audience from across the country on 5 and 6 November. Jake Emerson and Oliver Clement, of Magdalen College, University of Oxford, won this prestigious mooting championship after the high quality of advocacy of both …

Opening Times Michaelmas Term ends on Friday 3 December, but the Squire Law Library remains open throughout the MCL exam period and for much of the vacation. The library opening times for the vacation will be: Saturday 4 December - Saturday 11 December inclusive: Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 18:45 Saturday: 09:00-12:45 Sunday: Closed Monday 13 December…