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@LSELaw is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof @tarunkhaitan as the next LSE Professor of Public Law. The Chair has an exceptional public law lineage including Profs Glanville Williams, Stanley de Smith, John Griffiths, Carol Harlow & its current holder Martin Loughlin.
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It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Professor Conor Gearty.
The full obituary can be read on our website:
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🎉LSE Department of Law has been ranked 6th for law studies worldwide!
See the 2021 @worlduniranking full list here: bit.ly/3bfm05P
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The Indian Supreme Court ruled TODAY that gay sex between consenting adults is not a crime. The Supreme Court decision cites an article by LSE Law PhD @SroyonMukherjee. bit.ly/2NTg6ZW @LSEnews Congratulations everyone involved in this landmark victory for LGBT rights.
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We are thrilled that Tarun Khaitan—currently Prof of Public Law & Legal Theory @OxfordLawFac & Head of Research @BonaveroIHR & widely recognised as one of the world’s leading scholars in comparative constitutional law, legal theory & discrimination law—has accepted the Chair.
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🎯 Professor Tarun Khaitan cited in landmark Pakistani Supreme Court decision
#lselaw #law #lse #court
@tarunkhaitan
Read on here:
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‼️ Professor Tarun Khaitan cited in Indian Supreme Court judgment on marriage equality
@tarunkhaitan
#lselaw #law #lse #SupremeCourt
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📢 Applications to the Law School’s PhD programme for 2024/25 entry are open! Come join a thriving research community in the heart of legal London, with generous funding available to successful applicants. Closing date 1 Dec 2023:
#lselaw #law #PhD
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📢 CALL FOR PAPERS
Underworlds – Sites and Struggles of Global Dis/Ordering
@MariePetersmann @Dimitri_VdM @clsgcQM
#lselaw #law #lse
Practically, we invite abstracts of no more than 500 words to be submitted by 12 January 2024.
More info here: 👇
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🔴 Professor Martin Loughlin has published a new book Against Constitutionalism (Harvard University Press, 2022).
#law #lselaw #newbook
Read a review essay discussing Against Constitutionalism in the current issue of the Harvard Law Review and more.👇
lse.ac.uk/law/news/2022/mart…
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We are proud to congratulate @conorgearty on his appointment as Honorary Queen’s Counsel today. This marks his role in the development of the law in the fields of civil liberties, human rights and terrorism, among his many other achievements.
gov.uk/government/news/new-q…
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🎉 Professor Martin Loughlin has published a new edition of The British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction (2nd ed. OUP, 2023).
#lselaw #newbook #lse #law #Constitution
Read more:
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📣 I’m honoured to have been invited to join @LSElaw as a Visiting Senior Fellow. I’ll be working with faculty and students on the law of academic freedom and freedom of speech in higher education. There was never a better time to do it.
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👏📢 Professor Nicola Lacey was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oslo, in recognition of her work in the fields of criminal law, legal theory, feminist legal studies and criminology.
#lselaw #lse #law #awards #criminallaw #Criminology
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Our public lecture tomorrow is
"Truth as a Constitutional Value: Liberal Constitutionalism, Private Capital, & Media Regulation" with Prof Tarun Khaitan @tarunkhaitan and Prof Lea Ypi lselaw.events/event/truth-as…
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We are delighted to announce that #LSELaw is ranked again as one of the top 10 universities to study #Law according to @worlduniranking. Many thanks to all our staff & students who made this happen. More info: bit.ly/2H1HDbc #QSWUR #partofLSE
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Our Congratulations to @Margot_Salomon whose new book, 'The Misery of International Law' won the prestigious European Society of International Law 2019 Book Prize.
Huge congratulations to @JohnLinarelli @Margot_Salomon and Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah on winning the 2019 ESIL Book Prize for 'The Misery of International Law' @esil_sedi bit.ly/309Upu0
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❗️ Call for applications: Letten Visiting PhD Studentship
#lselaw #law #lse #studentship #phd
@tarunkhaitan
Please send completed applications by 9th August 2024 at 5pm (BTS).
Click here for the full details:
lse.ac.uk/law/news/2024/lett…
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Jeremy Horder welcoming Baroness Brenda Hale, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Nicola Lacey at tonight's event 100 Years of Votes for Women! Full lecture theatre! #LSELawCentenary #LSESuffrage18
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🚩🚩🚩WE ARE RECRUITING up to four LSE Fellows in Law to start next academic year‼️‼️‼️
Please find all details here:
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2…
@LSELaw
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👏🥳 Huge Congratulations to Marie and Dimitri for their first episode on the underworlds of Oceans as Sites and Struggles of Global Dis/Ordering
@MariePetersmann @Dimitri_VdM
#podcast #oceans
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Congratulations to Nicola Lacey, School Professor of Law, Gender and Social Policy, who has been shortlisted for Law Teacher of the Year. lse.ac.uk/law/news/2025/nico…
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Congratulations to @LSELaw's Professor Martin Loughlin on winning the Crick Prize for Best Piece 2019 ⬇️👏
Congratulations to Martin Loughlin who has won the Crick Prize for Best Piece 2019, given at the @TheOrwellPrize virtual awards last night. You can read more about it here politicalquarterly.org.uk/20… and read his article.
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This term, we welcomed Dr Martin Husovec @hutko to the Department of Law as Assistant Professor.
What better way to get to know him than through a good grilling!🔎
Read his Welcome Interview here: bit.ly/370WGyV
#LSELaw #PartofLSE
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🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳#LSELaw
🎉🎉🎉 Its time! 🎉 🎉🎉
🤩*HUGELY excited to announce this year's #LawSchoolChallenge WINNERS*
Raising over *£4,250* it's the London School of Economics! @LSELaw
🏆 Just Awesome! well done!! 🏆
🎖️🎊🎖️🎊 #YouDoProBono 🎖️🎊 🎖️🎊
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On 15 March, join Prof @wstreeckblog & Prof @PeterRamsay2011 as they examine the legal & political questions surrounding #Brexit at a public lecture hosted by @LSEEI @LSELaw & @LSEPublicPolicy. Details here: bit.ly/2Sfd6sm
@VersoBooks #LSEBrexit #LSELaw
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Tomorrow, we are excited to welcome @AntheaERoberts ; Rein Müllerson; Marko Milanovic @UoN_Law and @DCHovell to explore @AntheaERoberts book "Is International law "International"?
@BIICL @SOAS @soasLAW @KCL_Law @UCLLaws @BirkbeckLaw @CityLawSchool
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congratulations to third-year PhD student, @Fatima_Ahdash whose article 'The interaction between family law and counter-terrorism: a critical examination of the radicalisation cases in the family courts' has just been published in Child and Family Law Quarterly
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A new book by Dr Nafay Choudhury (LSE) @nafayc and Dr Annika Schmeding (KNAW, Netherlands) @AnnikaAneko "Frontier Ethnographies: Deconstructing Research Experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan" berghahnbooks.com/title/Chou…
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📙On Crime, Society, and Responsibility in the work of Nicola Lacey (@OUPAcademic)
We're delighted to announce the release of a collection of essays on the work of LSE Law Professor Nicola Lacey, edited by @Law_Leeds Professor Iyiola Solanke 💐💐
🖥️➡️bit.ly/3cB7Rk4
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‼️🗞️LSE Law students recently submitted a third-party intervention before the European Court of Human Rights.
#LSELaw #Students #law #PartofLSE
Read on:
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Niamh Moloney has been elected to the Fellowship of the @BritishAcademy_
Read more about it here: bit.ly/2O3QPgf
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🥳🥳🥳 We are delighted to announce that #LSE Law School has been ranked as #7 in QS World University Subject Rankings 2022. We are best School in Law and Legal studies in London, and ranked third out of UK Institutions.
View the QS law rankings here:
topuniversities.com/universi…
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We are pleased to announce the 2025 Letten Visiting PhD Studentship mentored by @tarunkhaitan on any aspect of Indian equality and anti-discrimination law
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📢📢📢 We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new MSc Law and Finance programme at LSE, starting in September 2025!
@LSEfinance @Edmund_Schuster
#lse #law #lselaw #finance #corporatelaw
Find out more here and watch the video👇
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Congratulations to #lselaw Prof. Gerry Simpson, elected Fellow of @theBritishAcademy in recognition of his contribution to research in international law bit.ly/30J1OkB
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"Liberal Constitutionalism, Media Ownership & the Public-Private Divide" by Professor Tarun Khaitan @tarunkhaitan ... listen to last week's event here lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=464a…
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Looking through the @LSELibrary Calendars to find
The Law of Carriage by Railway was taught in 1919 #LSELawCentenary #carriage #persons #railway #law
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Dr Insa Koch's new book 'Personalizing the State: An Anthropology of Law, Politics, and Welfare in Austerity Britain' (OUP, 2018) has just been published ... read more here global.oup.com/academic/prod…
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Join us 2 October for a symposium celebrating the life and legacy of Prof. Francisco Orrego Vicuña, a leading figure of public international law in the Spanish speaking world.
bit.ly/2mqn2VN @Chile_in_the_UK @HCLAHeidelberg
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📢 LSE Law School is delighted to announce that Professor Susan Marks, our distinguished Professor of International Law, has been elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy.
Many Congratulations !!! 👏👏👏
#lselaw #law #lse #britishacademy @BritishAcademy_
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A new book by Dr Veerle Heyvaert (@vmlheyvaert) has just been published, entitled 'Transnational Environmental Regulation and Governance' (CUP, 2018) ... read more here cambridge.org/gb/academic/su…
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We are delighted to welcome @gentile_giulia, @StavrosMakris2, @Yusra_Suedi and Maame Mensa-Bonsu joining us as LSE Fellows this month!
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Join us and LSE Law alumna Baroness Jean Corston on 9 October to re-visit her groundbreaking 2007 report on vulnerable women in prison, and discuss its subsequent developments. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. All welcome to join.
#LSEwomeninprison
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Professor David Kennedy from @Harvard_Law will discuss the role of expert knowledge in the (un)making of an unjust world at a public lecture hosted by @LSELaw & @LSEHumanRights on Thursday 7 March, 6.30-8pm.
👉 Don’t miss out: bit.ly/2T0W5aC
#LSEDavidKennedy #LSELaw
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🎉❤️📢 Professor Niamh Moloney elected Honorary Member of RIA
@RIAdawson
We are so proud!!! Thank you for all your wonderful work!!! Congratulations!!!
#lselaw #law #lse #RIA #academia
Read on here:
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Ratio 2021/22 is here! In this issue:
- COVID-19 and the legal landscape
- Supporting student wellbeing at LSE Law School
- “Good” and “bad” deal-making in developing countries
- and lots more!
Download your copy here: bit.ly/3vzdirN
#lselaw #partoflse
ALT Smiling students on the stairs in the LSE Centre Building, a one-way system in place
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Full lecture theatre tonight with @samuelmoyn on human rights in the neoliberal maelstrom @LSEHumanRights @ayca_cu
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Dr Orla Lynskey (@lynskeyo) from #LSELaw explained the risks & opportunities of data processing in the realm of human rights during yesterday's oral evidence session of the @HumanRightsCtte. Watch the extract here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde… …
@LSEnews
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Looking forward to @samuelmoyn's lecture at LSE, "Human Rights in the Neoliberal Maelstrom," 7 February, 2018
@LSELaw @LSEHumanRights @LSEsociology @lsehistory @LSEHumanRights @ayca_cu
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Congratulations to @LSELaw's Dr Insa Koch - her book, Personalizing the State, has been shortlisted for two SLSA book prizes!
👉 slsa.ac.uk/index.php/prizes?…
📘 bit.ly/2RBRvgL
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Congratulations to our LLB alumna @miaamormottley (LLB 1986), who has just been elected as the first female Prime Minister of Barbados!: bit.ly/2KR1Sae
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Thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating Dr Insa Koch's new book "Personalizing the State" & especially to Prof Nicola Lacey, Prof @djameslse & Prof @TimNewburn who shared their interdisciplinary perspectives. Find the book here: global.oup.com/academic/prod… #lselaw #austerity
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It was an unforgettable experience and a very cosy event. Huge thanks to Luke and everyone who participated.
#lselaw #partoflse #community #creativity
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NEW BOOK: by Professor David Kershaw:
The Foundations of Anglo-American Corporate Fiduciary Law, read more about it here: bit.ly/2N754mP
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Dr Chaloka Beyani, @LSELaw Associate Professor, appointed to the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights⬇️
Today @mbachelet announced the appointment of the 3 #FFMLibya members:
Mohamed Auajjar (Morocco), Tracy Robinson (Jamaica) & Chaloka Beyani (Zambia/UK)
Find more info on the #Libya FFM: bit.ly/34l08To
& don't miss their 1st oral update at #HRC45 (2 Oct 2020)
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We are very sorry to hear of the passing of Professor Bill Cornish, who played a major role in the formation of IP law as an academic discipline at LSE and in the UK.
We have put together a few words on behalf of LSE Law School - bit.ly/3KafaOm
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The LSE Department of Law would like to congratulate @LSELaw's Professor Julia Black CBE FBA on her appointment as the @BritishAcademy_'s 31st President - the second female President in the Academy’s 118-year history!
thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
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Who's excited for the LSE Department of Law virtual graduation today?! 🎓🎉🙌 #LSEGraduation #PartofLSE
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Thank you @AntheaERoberts ; Rein Müllerson; Marko Milanovic @UoN_Law and @DCHovell for your a wonderful exploration of @AntheaERoberts book "Is international law "international"? Some great questions from the audience, including second year law student @shukrishahizam
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Dr Orla Lynskey explores the GDPR on @BBCRadio4: "In my opinion, the main change brought about by the GDPR will be taken when it comes to enforcement, rather the changes to the substantive rules themselves."
You can listen to the discussion here bbc.in/2GZOHBh @lynskeyo
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📢 RATIO 2022/23‼️
We are delighted to announce the release of the latest edition of Ratio, the annual alumni magazine published by LSE Law School.
@conorgearty @hutko @JanZglinski @loyaladvisor @vmlheyvaert @fezzip
#lselaw #alumni
All details here:
lse.ac.uk/law/news/2022/rati…
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What a time to join us! So happy to have you on board, @josiahsenu
Today was my first day teaching at @LSELaw ❤ I'm super excited to be a part of the family, though it feels surreal to go full circle. Yep, I'm actually a teacher now 🤔
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📢 Job Opportunity: LSE Legal Clinic Director
The Legal Clinic Director will lead on the establishment of this ground-breaking pro bono legal Clinic offering training opportunities to students and free legal advice to members of the public. #lselaw
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🗞️📌Two new #papers have been published in our #Policy Briefing Papers series, by Dr Siva Thambisetty and Dr Giulia Gentile. A collection of short, policy-relevant papers on issues of contemporary public interest.
@SivaThambisetty 👏
@gentile_giulia 👏
lse.ac.uk/law/news/2022/poli…
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🎯 Dr Siva Thambisetty helps craft deal on marine genetic resources👏
@SivaThambisetty
#lselaw #law #lse #deal
A Paris Moment for the Oceans: Dr Siva Thambisetty Acts as Advisor to the G77 and China Group of Developing Countries
Read on:
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This weekend @LSELaw staff and students will be attending our annual @CumberlandLodge weekend - we're looking forward to discussing current research, the Department and careers, and the weather forecast is looking promising too! 🌞❄️ #LSELawCL2020 #partofLSE
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We are delighted to announce the second issue of the LSE Law Working Paper Series for 2018.Some fascinating areas of law covered; from #history and boundaries in international economic law, to reviewing #regulatory #technology in the mainstream literature
bit.ly/2uVrqNa
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Dr Jo Murkens @LSELaw points out one flaw with Brexit to @LBC - MPs still have to vote on it lbc.co.uk/legal-expert-point…
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A few pics from last night’s discussion with @HelenDuffy_HRP on her new book, ‘Strategic Human Rights Litigation: Understanding and Maximising Impact’ @hartpublishing. Congratulations again Helen and thanks for your insights #lselaw #strategichumanrightslitigation
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Congratulations to @lselaw PhD student, Mackenzie Common, winner of the Google Prize @BILETA bit.ly/2VlE9bV #bileta19
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A big thank you to our #LSETax panellists @Summers_AD @TorstenBell @hselftax @robertnpalmer and others, and for all who joined us, in person and online, for the Election Debate on Tax policy, tonight. We covered a lot of ground and your questions were really welcome.
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LSE Law is very pleased to announce that it has been ranked joint seventh in the prestigious Times Higher World University Rankings, confirming its position as a world-leading department for teaching and research. bit.ly/2yGc5nR
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🧐❓🇪🇺What is authoritarianism? Is the EU reformable? Is authoritarian liberalism a form of the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie?
Find out this evening, 🕔5pm @LSELaw!
Register here➡️➡️bit.ly/2TuQLxd
@OUPAcademic @MHailbronner @aces_for @act_privatelaw
#LSELaw #EULaw
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LSE Law is delighted to sign The Study Abroad Program agreement with @PennLaw
“We are delighted to be entering into partnership with the world-renowned Penn Law. We anticipate a long and fruitful relationship, furthering excellence in both research and study abroad.”
"Through these @PennLaw students @LSELaw will influence the legal profession, government, and academia in the U.S. This agreement is forged at a time when these transnational partnerships are more important now than ever before.” said @RangitadeSilva.
bit.ly/2J2AdCF
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Thank you @samuelmoyn and @ayca_cu @LSEHumanRights for last night's public lecture. Some thought-provoking commentary from Sam, excited to read his new book!
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🎉We are delighted to launch the @LSELaw podcast library! The library brings together almost 100 recordings from our archives & creates a platform for our latest panel discussions, interviews & public lectures – available for all!
👂Start listening now! bit.ly/lselawpodcasts
ALT set of headphones
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The election of Donald Trump, like the vote for Brexit in the UK, has had wide-ranging ramifications for the US and the world. Join @DavidColeACLU and @philippesands on 1 November at LSE to explore the impact recent events have had on preserving democratic norms.
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Save the date: 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of Mutually Assured Destruction. On 21 February we'll revisit nuclearism & its implications for international law, for planetary survival and for cold wars, old and new. Join us in this free, public #LSELaw lecture to find out more.
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❗️ Dr Yusra Suedi on Loss, Damage and the Quest for Climate Reparations Beyond COP27
@Yusra_Suedi @vmlheyvaert
#lselaw #law #climate #cop27 #lse
Read on:
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.@RobertCraig3 from #LSELaw was cited at para 39 of today's @UKSupremeCourt ruling in the case of R (on the application of Privacy International) (Appellant) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and others (Respondents).
⚖️Find the full judgment here: bit.ly/2YwGgH4
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🎥Democracy at Work: Contract, Status and Post-Industrial Justice (Polity, 2022) by Ruth Dukes and Wolfgang Streeck
@wstreeckblog
#lselaw #law #lse #NewBook
You can watch a recording of the event here:
piped.video/-dlWRP2nZQo
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The pro-Brexit vote was driven by 'hatred of the other' says @LSELaw Professor @conorgearty- featured in @IrishTimes bit.ly/2g2AMQ8
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A beautiful frosty morning here at @CumberlandLodge! ❄️ Can’t wait for the first session - Research Cafe - where our students speed interview staff on their current research
#LselawCL2020 #partofLSE
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Welcome Daniela!!
I am delighted to share that, for the next few years, I will be joining @LSELaw as a PhD in Law candidate, under the co-supervision of the brilliant professors Veerle Heyvaert @vmlheyvaert and Richard Martin @__RichardMartin!
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Did you miss @RokhayaDiallo speaking on French minorities and the image of La Parisienne? Listen to the event podcast here: bit.ly/2FCwRre
Thanks to Chair @SonyaOnwu
#LSELawLaParisienne #LSELaw
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The LSE Department of Law is excited to announce that we are now able to extend the Alumni Reunion weekend to alumni from ALL years of graduation! 🥳
Availability is limited, book your place bit.ly/2TeyAtt
See you there! 🥂
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READ: Panashe Jinga, LSE Law LLB student, on the @Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Scheme: a development programme aimed at addressing the disproportionate under-representation of black men from less privileged backgrounds in commercial law firms.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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Congratulations to our LSE Department of Law graduates! Graduating as we speak, watch here live: mygraduationfilm.com/lse-liv…
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Thank you to all who came along to #LSECodeandConduct. Special thanks to @UKSupremeCourt Lord Reed, @richardsusskind @Blacklawslaw @vmlheyvaert @lynskeyo @AndrewDMurray & Eva Micheler for their insights on the opportunities and challenges IT presents for law now and in the future
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Our warmest congratulations to Dr @Summers_AD from #LSELaw for winning the @lsesu Award for Mentoring and Personal Development! 🎉
Find all the winners here: lsesu.com/teachingawards/win… .
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We're celebrating a century since the formal beginnings of a Department of Law at @LSEnews . Read the first of our #LSELawCentenary blogposts at the LSE History blog: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2…
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You can watch @samuelmoyn speaking on human rights in the neoliberal maelstrom here bit.ly/2nVvhpJ @LSEnews @LSELaw @ayca_cu @LSEImpactBlog
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Congratulations to Professor Chinkin, @LSELaw Emeritus Professor of International Law, on this ground-breaking appointment.
Yesterday, our Executive Council officially appointed Professor Christine Chinkin as Chair of the #InternationalLawAssociation, the first woman to hold this position. Congratulations and welcome, Christine! Sincere thanks to Lord Mance for his many years of service and leadership
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Professor @AndrewDMurray has been formally appointed as specialist advisor to the House of Lords Communication Committee inquiry! nitter.app/AndrewDMurray/status/9…
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We're pleased to announce our event for LSE (@LSEnews) students and staff next week as part of the Black History Month programme with @lsesu and @lseembrace
Black In Law: a conversation
Thursday 22 October 2020 5:30-7:00pm
bit.ly/353TOOS
#blackhistorymonth #partoflse
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