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In addition to Professor Richard Fentiman's appointment as a QC Honoris Causa, the Faculty also warmly welcomes the appointment of a large number of Cambridge graduates as Queen's Counsel. Also appointed Queen’s Counsel honoris causa was Professor Mads Andenas. Professor Andenas, an alumnus of Jesus College, received his PhD from the Faculty in 199…

The Faculty needs to make some changes to the Faculty of Law firewall which will hopefully take less than 15 minutes to put in place, which will be undertaken on the morning of 15 January. During this time there will be no access to the internet from the Faculty affecting wired and wireless devices. The work is scheduled to start and finish between…

Professor Richard Fentiman has been appointed as a Queen’s Counsel honoris causa. The names of this year’s new honorary and practising QCs were announced by the Ministry of Justice on 10 January 2019. Richard Fentiman is Professor of Private International Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Queens' College. The announcement highlight…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Landmark Cases in Revenue Law edited by John Snape and Dominic de Cogan. In an important addition to the series, this book tells the story of 20 leading revenue law cases. It goes well beyond technical analysis to explore questions of philosophical depth, historical context and con…

The Faculty has published Volume 10 Number 1 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Nicholas McBride: The Defence of Illegality: Not a Principle of Justice? (67/2018) This paper criticises the common trope that the defence of illegality is not based on …

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published The Humanity of Private Law - Part I: Explanation by Nicholas McBride. The Humanity of Private Law presents a new way of thinking about English private law. Making a decisive break from earlier views of private law, which saw private law as concerned with wealth-maximisation or pre…

Oxford University Press has published the thirteenth edition of Cross & Tapper on Evidence edited by Dr Roderick Munday. Clear, authoritative and detailed, Cross & Tapper on Evidence has, over successive editions, become firmly established as a classic of legal literature. The thirteenth edition of this essential textbook reflects on all recent cha…

The Squire Law Library winter vacation opening hours will be as follows: 7-19 December Monday - Friday: 9am - 6.50pm Saturday: 9am - 12.50pm Sunday: Closed 20 December Thursday 20 December: 9am - 4.50pm 21 December Friday 21 December: 9am - 12noon 22 December - 1 January The Squire Law Library will be closed from 22 December - 1 January incl…

At the end of November, Professor David Howarth was appointed as an Honrary Bencher of the Middle Temple. David is Professor of Law and Public Policy at Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare College.  Previously, he was Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 2005 to 2010 and served in office as the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Justice …

The Faculty has published Volume 9 Number 15 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Sarah Nouwen: Is There Something Missing in the Proposed Convention on Crimes Against Humanity? A Political Question for States and a Doctrinal One for the International …

The Faculty has published Volume 9 Number 14 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Brian Sloan: Solidarity Across Generations in England and Wales (60/2018) This paper was presented at the International Academy of Comparative Law’s XXth General Congress…

The Cambridge International Law Journal Eighth Annual Conference on the topic 'New Technologies: New Challenges for Democracy and International Law' will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 20-21 March, 2019. Call for papers The Editors of the Cambridge International Law Journal (CILJ) and the Conference Convenors welcome subm…

John Wiley & Sons has published H.L.A. Hart by Professor Matthew Kramer in their Key Contemporary Thinkers series. H.L.A. Hart is among the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, with an especially great influence on the philosophy of law. His 1961 book The Concept of Law has become an enduring classic of legal philosophy, and has al…

The Faculty has published Volume 9 Number 13 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan: Intellectual Property and International Law (56/2018) Written for a Handbook on Intellectual Property Research, edited by Irene Caboli and Maria…

Dr Sophie Turenne and Professor John Bell were commissioned by the Senior Salaries Review Body to independently investigate the factors affecting The Attractiveness of Judicial Appointments in the United Kingdom. They interviewed over 60 practitioners of varying profiles and areas of expertise in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Th…