by sandydutczak | Nov 3, 2021 | Legal News
By Kate Faulkner PhD student at IALS and Legal Research Librarian at the Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge Photo by Charl Folscher on Unsplash In the Preface to Hobsbawm’s autobiography where he apologises (as so many biographers do) for writing a biography,...
by sandydutczak | Oct 31, 2021 | General, Legal News
UN Resolution Condemning Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks (HPAWR) On 21 July 2021 The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted draft Resolution 47 entitled Elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of...
by sandydutczak | Oct 20, 2021 | General, IALS, Legal News
Eric George Irons OBE (1921–2007) Magistrate and campaigner for equal rights Born in 1921 in Jamaica, Eric Irons came to the UK in 1944 to join the RAF. In the 1950s, Irons became an important local community figure, campaigning for better...
by sandydutczak | Sep 29, 2021 | IALS, Legal News, Library, Research
LLM Students at UCL, LSE, King’s College, Queen Mary, SOAS and Birkbeck are eligible to join the national library for legal research If you’re a new LLM student at one of the University of London colleges, there’s already a lot to think about. You might be finding...
by sandydutczak | Sep 22, 2021 | IALS, Legal News, Publications
By Dr. Virginie Rouas, Legal Advisor at Milieu and Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, author of the forthcoming Open Access title Achieving Access to Justice in a Business and Human Rights Context On 26 May 2021,...
by sandydutczak | Aug 27, 2021 | IALS, Legal News
On 28 August 1833, the Act to abolish slavery was given Royal Assent. Its full bill title was An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies; for promoting the Industry of the manumitted Slaves; and for compensating the Persons hitherto entitled...
by sandydutczak | Aug 12, 2021 | IALS, Legal News, Publications
The case of Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal* in the Indian Supreme Court Some observations By Stephen Mason, co-author of Mason and Seng Electronic Evidence and Electronic Signatures, 5th edn published 1 August 2021 and available to...
