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On Friday 14 November 2025, the Lauterpacht Centre hosted an award ceremony honouring Prof Eliav Lieblich, recipient of the 2025 Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law. Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran, Director of the Centre, opened the event with a warm welcome, followed by a Laudatio delivered by Professor Anne Peters, Managing Director o…

The Cambridge International Law Journal ('CILJ') is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts to be considered for presentations at the 15th Annual Conference of the CILJ. The Conference will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, on 23–24 April 2026. The topic of the Conference is ‘Reimagining International Law: Critical, Regi…

Edward Elgar Publishing has published Research Handbook on Judging and the Judiciary, edited by Sophie Turenne, and Mohamed Moussa as part of the Research Handbooks in Law and Society series. In this timely Research Handbook, leading legal scholars join forces with political scientists to discuss court adjudication in common and civil law systems. …

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has today published a report which warns the Government that the UK’s failure to retain and scale its science and technology companies has now reached crisis point and is causing the UK economy to bleed out. 'Bleeding to death: the science and technology growth emergency' argues that without urgen…

The highly anticipated 'Keep Britain Working' report, spearheaded by Sir Charlie Mayfield for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) was published today. It has thrown its weight behind proposals aimed at overhauling the current system of employment dispute resolution. The report specifically endo…

The UK's Trade and Agriculture Commission's advice to the UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the UK-India FTA has been published today. Professor of International Law Lorand Bartels has been Chair of the Government Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) since 2021, having been reappointed in May. The TAC advises on whether an FTA affec…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has announced the publication of Key Ideas in Constitutional Law by renowned author David Feldman. This essential new textbook offers a fresh, critical examination of constitutionalism, focusing on how fundamental legal frameworks emerge from and respond to inherent political tension. Key Ideas …

Cambridge University Press has published Human Rights Law in the UK: Themes and Principles, a major new textbook authored by three Faculty scholars: Kirsty Hughes, Stevie Martin, and Stephanie Palmer. The book also contains a foreword by Lady Brenda Hale, Yorke Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty. The book offers a rich and analytical guide to the …

The Inner Temple has announced that Dr Liron Shmilovits' book Legal Fictions in Private Law has been shortlisted for the Main Prize in the triennial book competition. Dr Shmilovits is Fellow and College Associate Professor at Wolfson College, where he focuses on private law, primarily contract and legal fictions. Legal Fictions in Private Law was p…

Lexis Nexis has published The Law and Practice of Human Rights edited by Alistair Mills, David Blundell KC, and Miranda Butler. The Law and Practice of Human Rights provides a thorough yet usable guide to human rights law and practice. Written by a team of expert practitioners at Landmark Chambers, the book examines the legal framework established …

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce its strong performance in the most recent round of UK university league tables. The Faculty continues to be recognised as a top-tier institution for legal education both in the UK and globally, reinforcing its standing as a leader in the field. In the Complete University Guide 2026, the Faculty of Law secur…

Brill has published On the Interface between Public and Private International Law by Campbell McLachlan. Our understanding of the operation of law beyond the nation State has been deeply shaped by two great disciplines: public and private international law. Yet surprisingly little systematic attention has been devoted to the relationship between th…

Bloomsbury Professional has published the fourth edition of Corporate Finance Law: Principles and Policy by Louise Gullifer and Jennifer Payne. The 4th edition of this acclaimed book continues to provide a discussion of key theoretical and policy issues in corporate finance law. It has been fully updated to reflect developments in the law and the …

The Faculty has distributed Volume 16 Number 4 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Eilis Ferran: Regulating for Growth in an Era of Rising Economic Nationalism: UK and EU Perspectives (14/2025) The UK and EU have become acutely aware of the strategic …

For the second year running a team comprising Cambridge Law students has won the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer National Law University Delhi International Negotiation Competition. Guan Rong Tan and Yee Rei Lim (both of Trinity College) fought off stiff competition to win the final against a team from the University of Technology Sydney on 31 Augus…