New book: 'The Structure of Tort Law' by Nils Jansen translated by Sandy Steel

This English translation makes available to anglophone readers a modern classic of German tort theory. It argues that modern German tort law is faced with doctrinal tensions...

New Year’s Honour

Philip Wood of Allen & Overy, who taught Global Comparative Financial Law on the BCL for some years, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours list.
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John Fell Award to explore water scarcity and management

New funding will enable additional research to shed light on a new and underexplored issue in water resource management: how large UK water consumers such as thermal power stations, pulp...

Prosecuting in the public eye: Transparency and Accountability of the DPP

On Thursday 23 January 2014 the Public Law Discussion Group welcomed Lord Ken McDonald QC and Sir Keir Starmer QC to the Oxford Law Faculty. They talked on the theme...

‘Access to Judgments and Justice Data’ workshop

Oxford, 6 March 2020—Members of the AI4Law research team hosted a workshop at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights to discuss pressing issues concerning access to judgments...

Call for Applications - Future Directions in EU Labour Law

Early Career Scholars in EU labour law and social policy are invited to apply for a space on the British Academy-funded project on Future Directions in EU Labour Law. The...

PIL DPhil student Mr Sotirios-Ioanis Lekkas selected by the International Court of Justice to undertake a traineeship in 2017 - 2018

As the result of a very generous donation and further funds raised by members of the Oxford Public International law subject group, the Oxford Law Faculty is able to offer...

Call for Papers: Migration and Crisis in Europe

This special issue wants to critically examine how the relationship between migration and different dimensions of crisis has played out in the context of Europe over the last ten years,...

Oxford students awarded Middle Temple scholarship

Two undergraduate students from the Faculty have been chosen for the Middle Temple Access to the Bar award. Anaum Riaz (LMH) and James Shaw (Saint Hugh's) will gain experience of...

ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize

Rachel Condry, Associate Professor of Criminology, is the joint runner up in the 'Outstanding Impact in Public Policy' category at the ESRC Impact Awards. Dr Condry's large-scale study...

OUP publish Dr Justine Pila’s new monograph, The Subject Matter of Intellectual Property

Despite a rich academic literature in the field of IP, there has been little conceptual analysis of the subject matter that IP rights protect and, in reflection of this, little...

Podcast on 'International Climate Change Regime' by Lavanya Rajamani released by the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law for Earth Day

Call for Papers: The International Journal of Migration and Border Studies

The International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (IJMBS) is pleased to announce a call for papers for its issues in 2017. IJMBS aims to bring together a diverse range...

Human Rights for Future Generations: Climate negotiations - Perspectives and Priorities - Panel Debate

On Tuesday 14 January 2014 at 16.30 Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets) Oxford OX1 3BD.
 Speakers: Andrew Light, Senior Adviser to the Special Envoy...

Prof Donal Nolan elected as a member of the American Law Institute

Professor Nolan currently serves on the international advisory panel for the ALI’s Property Restatement, FourthALI’s membership is known for its judgment, collective experience, and analytic ability,” said ALI President David...

Alumnus Prof Kenneth Mwenda awarded Zambia’s highest civilian honour

It was the first time ever that such an award was being conferred on a legal scholar. The PIMA award is Zambia’s highest civilian honour for meritorious...

Oxford Victorious in First Oxford v Cambridge Mooting Competition on Disability, 2019

The Grand Final of the inaugural Herbert Smith Freehills Disability Mooting Championship: Oxford v Cambridge was held at Worcester College in November 2019 to mark the beginning of Disability History...

Watch Tariq Modood give the 2021 Equality and Diversity Lecture

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol and...

Hans Sigrist Prize 2011 awarded to Nicola Lacey

We are delighted to announce that Nicola Lacey has been awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize 2011 by the University of Bern. For more details see http://www.diesacademicus.unibe.ch/content/diesacademicus2011/preise/index_ger.html  ...

Oxford wins the 2019 French Moot

The 2019 edition of the Oxford French Moot was held on 11 March. Sixteen teams from across the world debated a problem of French law which this...

Ethical Business Regulation policy approved by the UK Committee on Standards in Public Life

On 14 September 2016 the UK's Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) published a major report on ethics for regulators, Striking the Balance. Upholding the Seven Principles of Public...

Discussion on current issues in the law of treaties

On the occasion of the publication of Eirik Bjorge's The Evolutionary Interpretation of Treaties  (OUP) and of the Research Handbook on the Law of Treaties  (Elgar), co-edited by Antonios Tzanakopoulos, PIL...