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The Faculty of Law in collaboration with the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London are delighted to announce a conference to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Law Commissions Act 1965, which will be held on 10-11 July 2015.   Matthew Dyson and Shona Wilson Stark from the Faculty, and James Lee from King's College, London are hostin…

On 1 May, the University hosted an expert workshop on intellectual property and genomics to explore the ways in which intellectual property policy currently supports, or hinders, the realisation of genomic medicine. Attendees included senior experts from the fields of genomic discovery, technology management, European biobank development, IP law, h…

Research by Dr Findlay Stark has been relied upon in a report published on 21 April 2015. The report was produced by the Post-Corroboration Safeguard Review (PCSR), a group set up in the light of the Scottish Government’s proposal to abolish the requirement of corroboration in criminal cases. This proposal was included in the Criminal Justice (Scot…

During the Easter vacation, Professor John Spencer was in Brussels as the Ganshof van der Meersch Visiting Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, where he gave lectures on European criminal law and criminal procedure. Previous holders of the Ganshof van der Meersch Chair include three other members of the Law Faculty at Cambridge: Philip A…

The Faculty has published Volume 6 Number 4 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Matthew H. Kramer: Political Justification (12/2015) Throughout the past several decades, the matter of political justification has been one of the central preoccupations …

The Faculty of Law has again retained its No. 1 ranking for Law in the independent Complete University Guide league table which was published today. The University of Cambridge also made it five years in a row by taking top ranking for all UK universities. The table, compiled by Mayfield University Consultants, ranks universities based on the ten …

It is a matter of great sadness to the Faculty that the death has been announced of Lord Mustill. A distinguished and often innovative member of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords, Michael Mustill was, as counsel, judge, and author, a leader in the fields of commercial law and international arbitration. An Honorary Fellow of St John's Co…

Cambridge University Press has published International Environmental Law by Professor Jorge E. Vinuales and Pierre-Marie Dupuy (Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva). This textbook provides a concise, conceptually clear and legally rigorous introduction to contemporary international environmental law and practice. Written in an acces…

Palgrave has published the second edition of Great Debates in Contract Law by Dr Jonathan Morgan. Great Debates in Law is an evolving series offering engaging and thoughtful introductions to the more advanced concepts, written by authors who are amongst the foremost thinkers in their field. They are designed to provide a cutting edge for students w…

The Law Faculty is delighted to welcome the announcement that the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) elected Síofra O'Leary as judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Ireland last week. Dr O’Leary was elected with an absolute majority of votes cast, and will serve a term of office of nine years. Prior to her election,…

Professor Richard Fentiman has become Chair of the Faculty of Law. He succeeds Professor Eilís Ferran at the end of her three-year term of office. Richard Fentiman is a Fellow of Queens’ College and Professor of Private International Law. A specialist in commercial dispute resolution, he is the author of International Commercial Litigation (2nd ed,…

Last month, the Centre for European Legal Studies organized an international one-day conference exploring the implications for the future of internet regulation of C-131/12 Google v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD), Mario Costeja González, the Court of Justice of the European Union's long awaited "right to be forgotten" case. This con…

The University of Cambridge Vis Moot team, consisting of BA Law students Jian Wei Aw (Hughes Hall), Sheena Shu Ting Wong (Hughes Hall), So Tsz Ching Natalie (Magdalene College), and Yiwei Lu (Magdalene College), was very successful in this year's 22nd edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition held in Vienna,…

The Faculty has published the third edition of 2015, Volume 6 Number 3 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: David Fox: Monetary Obligations and the Fragmentation of the Sterling Monetary Union (71/2014) This chapter explains the development during the …

Professor Christopher Forsyth has been appointed to an Honorary Professorship in the University of Stellenbosch. Honorary professors are appointed to "give recognition for their proven specialized expertise and/or their eminence in their profession and field of study". Professor Forsyth has been an extraordinary professor in Stellenbosch for over t…