by sandydutczak | Mar 5, 2021 | General, IALS, Library, Publications
International Women’s Day 2021 IALS Reading List International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. IWD has occurred for well over a century with the first gathering held in 1911; see...
by Lindsey Caffin | Dec 16, 2020 | General, Legal News, Publications
By Stephen Mason, Barrister and Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London. In August 2020, Alex Chalk MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice, invited Paul Marshall, Barrister, Cornerstone Barristers,...
by alicetyson | Nov 26, 2020 | General
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser at Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), and Alex Read, Democratic governance practitioner COVID-19 could affect a shift towards a surveillance culture. Once introduced, privacy-infringing technologies may be...
by alicetyson | Nov 11, 2020 | General
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser at Westminster Foundation for Democracy, and Sean Molloy, Lecturer in Law at Northumbria University. COVID-19 emergency legislation is often fast-tracked, approved without much parliamentary scrutiny, expanding...
by alicetyson | Oct 29, 2020 | General
By Franklin De Vrieze, Senior Governance Adviser at WFD and Sarah Moulds, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, University of South Australia. How do journalists and citizens find out about these real-world impacts of government’s policy responses to COVID-19? How can...
by alicetyson | Oct 15, 2020 | General
:By Franklin De Vrieze and Joelle Grogan In response to COVID-19, countries have applied different legislative models to introduce emergency measures. Some countries declared a state of emergency. Others decided to rely on existing legislation to face the...
by Lindsey Caffin | Sep 9, 2020 | General, Research
By Dermot Feenan, Associate Research Fellow (IALS) Introduction The death of George Floyd during an arrest in the US in May 2020 has accelerated international examination of, and reaction against, racism and the continuing legacies of slavery. The toppling of the...
