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The recall request facility on iDiscover has been switched on this term, giving current staff and student members of the University the option to request books that are on loan.This change has been applied across all University libraries, including the Squire Law Library, and further details can be found here.  Please be aware that if you have a bo…

The Law Faculty is proud to recognise the achievements of the Pro Bono team of the Cambridge University Law Society 2020-21 who have recently been shortlisted for two awards for the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2021. The Pro Bono team have been led by four committed Law students this year, Jack Bailey, Natasha Godsiff, Abig…

The Faculty is delighted to report that the 2021 Cambridge Sixth-Form Law Conference (CSFLC), which took place as a virtual event over the week of 22-26 March, had the most diverse cohort of delegates in the Conference’s four-decade history. The CSFLC usually takes place as a four-day residential, which brings 200 delegates to Cambridge. Traditiona…

Routledge has published Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights by Dr Stevie Martin. Locating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available from the increasing number of permissive jurisdictions, this book provides a novel examination of the human rights implications…

The Faculty has published Volume 12 Number 5 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Stephanie Palmer & Stevie Martin: Public Health Emergencies and Human Rights: Problematic Jurisprudence Arising from the COVID-19 Pandemic (14/2021) The COVID-19 pandemic…

After a successful and safe reopening of the Squire Law Library during the vacation, we are pleased to announce that for Easter Term the opening hours for use of the Squire Law Library will be extended, and occupancy levels increased slightly, to include two study sessions on weekdays and one session on Saturday mornings. From Tuesday 27 April, the…

A selection of law ebooks were purchased in March - April in association with the ebooks@cambridge team. These are all available to access through iDiscover, and include: Algorithmic Governance and Governance of Algorithms: Legal and Ethical Challenges, edited by Martin Ebers and Marta Cantero Gamito (Springer, 2021).  Algorithms are now widely emp…

The Squire and the Faculty of Law are pleased to announce that an entry for John Rason Spencer, Emeritus Professor of Law, has been added to the Eminent Scholars Archive. Professor Spencer was interviewed via the internet at his home in Trunch, Norfolk on 20th November 2020, 15th January, and 26th February 2021. In addition to transcripts of the au…

Professor Philip Allott has published the new book Eusophia: A New Future for Humanity. The book for a human world in chaos and despair. A personal adventure story which is also a philosophical adventure story and a political adventure story. Why do human beings do so much evil? Why is there so much human suffering? The story of a young man who rea…

The Squire Law Library begins a phased re-opening from today, Wednesday 7 April. Initially, the library will be open to pre-booked staff and students from 10:00-13:00 (Monday-Friday) to enable access to the IT facilities, print collections and study spaces. In order to use the library, pre-booking is required: Socially distanced study spaces on le…

Cambridge University Press has published the eighth edition of Turpin and Tomkins' British Government and the Constitution: Text and Materials by Alison Young. A lot has happened to the UK Constitution in the last seven years. We've witnessed the UK's exit from the EU, further devolution to Scotland and Wales, a number of prominent cases by the Sup…

The Faculty has published Volume 12 Number 4 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Bobby V. Reddy: The Emperor’s New Code? Time to Re-Evaluate the Nature of Stewardship Engagement Under the UK’s Stewardship Code (10/2021) John Kingman’s review of the Fi…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Secured Transactions Law in Asia edited by Louise Gullifer and Dora Neo (Associate Professor and the founding Director of the Centre for Banking & Finance Law at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore). This collection of essays offers a unique insight and overview of…

Oxford University Press has published Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint by Professor Matthew Kramer. 'Freedom of Expression as Self-Restraint' rigorously expounds the principle of freedom of expression, and provides a novel justificatory foundation for it. Under that principle, a system of governance in any society can legitimately prohibit v…

The Faculty has published Volume 12 Number 3 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Jenifer Varzaly: The Dynamics of Shareholder Dispersion and Control in Australia (5/2021) There is ongoing academic interest in understanding share ownership and control …