Development Finance in Emerging Markets: Challenges, Innovations and Results

The conference considered many aspects relating to development finance in emerging markets, and speakers included representatives from international financial institutions, central banks and governments as well as leading legal academics...

Oxford Wins Fourteenth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition

The 14th International Roman Law Moot Court was held online from 7th - 9th April 2021. Hosted by the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, this year’s competition featured a problem question...

Dapo Akande appointed to African Group for Justice and Accountability

Professor Dapo Akande has been appointed as a member of the African Group for Justice and Accountability which is an independent Group of twelve senior African experts on international criminal...

Intérêt légitime as the Oxford French Law Moot becomes international

The Oxford French Law Moot , sponsored by French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel, was held in Oxford on 14th March 2011. In its fourth year, the competition has its...

Call for Papers: Experiencing (in)securities

This workshop builds from the premise that the experience of migration produces inherent vulnerabilities: from physically perilous journeys and exposure to exploitative criminality, to precarious living conditions and desperate survival...

Sanja Bogojević featured in Swedish children's book ‘Researchers’ Dreams’

Congratulations to Dr Sanja Bogojević who features in the children’s book Research Dreams (original title Forskardrömmar). The book tells the story of 60 leading Swedish (or Sweden-based)...

Global Reach of the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog

When we launched the OxHRH Blog in June 2012, we had a clear aspiration: to offer an intellectual space that could be resourced and shaped by contributors...

Award for Joint Best Paper at the International PhD Colloquium on the Regulation of New Technologies

Congratulations Hannah!...

The 15th Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot 2017

The 15th annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot competition was held at the Faculty of Law and Pembroke College with 24 teams from across the world. The 2017 problem concerns...

Call for Papers: Legacies of Empire

General InformationSubmissions are sought for a special issue of Punishment & Society, ‘Legacies of Empire’. The special issue will examine the global legacy of empire and colonialism through its effects...

Investing in Securities Conference

Professors Jennifer Payne and Louise Gullifer organised a conference on 16 May 2014 on ‘Investing in Securities’ at Harris Manchester College. The morning session was devoted to the difficulties and risks...

Announcing our new AfOx Visiting Fellow in Law, Dr Emile Sunjo

He will be working on a project in collaboration with the Cameroon Conflict Research Group. The project 'From peace-breakers to peace-makers? The role of Anglophone diaspora in Cameroon’s separatist...

Two new options courses to be offered on the BCL/MJur programme

From September 2021 two new courses will be added to the BCL/MJur options list. Philosophy, Law, and Politics will be led by Professor Ruth Chang, Chair and Professor of Jurisprudence....

Black History Month: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies Celebrates its Black Alumni, Blessed Ngwenya

Blessed studied for a MSt and then DPhil at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS) from 2009 to 2014 under the supervision of Bettina Lange and Nicole Stremlau. His...

Climate Change Special Issue Publication

A Special Issue of Climatic Change, "Climate Justice in Interdisciplinary Research" has just been published.It brings together the work of 37 cross disciplinary authors and is unique in pairing up...

Inaugural International Intellectual Property Moot

The International IP Moot ran on 22 and 23 March 2003. Twenty-one teams from the UK and the Republic of Ireland participated by presenting skeleton arguments and then attending St...

The Brexit Case: Prerogative or Parliament?

Last week, the Supreme Court heard the arguments as to whether the UK government has the power to trigger Article 50. Alison summarises the process and gives an account of...

Building project updates w/c 16 May

No works are planned for the weekend of the 14th/15th May. w/c 16th May FF BLL stripping and removing metal book shelves and rackingSF/FF/GF BLL general cleaning and moving materialsFF...

Professor Jane Stapleton wins the William L. Prosser Award

Professor Jane Stapleton has been awarded the prestigious William L. Prosser Award by the Association of American Law Schools. The award was created in 1974 to honour outstanding contributions to the...

Oxford runner-up at the Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition

The University of Oxford team was the runner-up at the Monroe E Price Media Law Moot Court Competition held in Oxford, 1-4 April 2014. Team members were second-year undergraduates Eewei...

Oxford Global Justice Internship Programme

The Oxford Global Justice Internship Programme is a new programme initiated by the Public International Law Group within the Oxford Law Faculty. The aim of the programme is to provide...

RightsUp Podcast #RightsNow!-The UK Supreme Court Rules in Brexit

On 24 January 2017, the UK Supreme Court ruled in the case Miller and Dos Santos vs. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. The Court decided that the...

St Cross Building Project: Summer works

The St Cross Building project will continue throughout the Long Vacation, with major demolition work commencing on the 20th of June. Building users should be aware that a large amount...