Faculty Of Law, University Of Oxford
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The Faculty of Law in the University of Oxford is one of the largest in the United Kingdom. It is a federation of thirty law schools in the colleges of the University. Legal scholars in the colleges and University are members of the Faculty, which coordinates and supports the teaching and writing of one hundred fifty three academics. We admit and support and teach and examine a diverse and outstanding body of students from all parts of the British Isles and from all over the world.
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In November 2017, Robert Mugabe’s 38-year rule ended. At the time, I called this what it was – a coup – though popular among many Zimbabweans who thronged the streets alongside the tanks. In an attempt to legitimise the coup, parliamentary impeachment proceedings began. As the vote approached – with tanks in the streets and […]
On 20 March 2018, the Letten Prize for young researchers was launched by Letten Foundation and the Young Academy of Norway. When the first call for applications ended, well over 200 applications from researchers from all over the world had been received. From the impressive diversity of applicants, a unanimous committee shortlisted five candidates, from […]
On 4 May 2018, Sheeja Das, an Indian migrant worker, was forced to jump off her employer’s residence in Muscat, Oman, to save herself from on-going violence. Sheeja broke her spine and legs – she will never able to live her life the same way again. On March 16, 2017, 46 year old Haseena Begum, also […]
Women, Business and the Law measures how laws, regulations and institutions differentiate between women and men in ways that may affect women’s incentives or capacity to work or to set up and run a business. It provides data on legal and regulatory barriers to women’s entrepreneurship and employment in 189 economies, covering seven areas: accessing institutions, […]
When are banks fiduciaries of their customers and clients? This question is of more than theoretical interest given the organizational structure of modern financial institutions and the broad-ranging functions they perform. In ‘Fiduciary Principles in Banking Law’, a chapter of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, I canvass fiduciary principles in banking law. I consider when fiduciary
I started my human rights career in my native Mendoza, the land of sun and good wine, in western Argentina. I worked there as a partner at Southern Lights Group, a litigation and advisory firm that provides legal strategies and solutions on business and human rights issues to clients throughout Latin America, Canada and US. […]
How do securities regulators react to changes in market conditions? Zingales argues in ‘The Future of Securities Regulation’ that after a stock market downturn, regulation and therefore investor protection increases. Zingales refers to this as ‘crisis-driven’ regulation ‘which is indicative of a larger phenomenon that we could refer to as the “procyclicality of regulation”.’ Our paper examines responses by
On 28 and 29 June, 2018, the Centre for Criminology hosted a Global Criminal Justice Early Careers Conference (Global CJECC) for early career scholars as part of the Centre’s Global Criminal Justice Hub, which seeks to facilitate international intellectual
Around one in every six students in the Australian state of Victoria lives and learns with disability. On 29 June 2018 the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law at Monash University released a landmark report into the educational experiences and outcomes of these students within mainstream government schools. Under the Victorian Charter of Human Rights […]
Resolution planning remains the key legislative framework in Europe to resolve failing banks outside of ordinary insolvency proceedings, which are ill-suited to address the complexity of systemic banks and the threat they pose to financial stability in the domestic economy. 1 January 2019 is the critical date in the UK regulatory calendar: that is when the UK
In the wake of public hearings taking place around South Africa concerning the Parliamentary motion to review and amend the compensation provisions for the lawful expropriation of land contained in section 25 of the 1996 Constitution, the legal barriers to removing such a requirement seem to have been simplified to a mere amendment of wording. […]
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) may be a significant innovation in entrepreneurial finance. Blockchain-based digital assets offer cryptographic security and credible commitment devices, which may permit a broader range of individuals to invest in high-risk, high-reward new ventures, and enable entrepreneurs who lack access to networks of conventional investors to raise financing. In an ICO, a blockchain-based venture raises capital by
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, 584 U.S. (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court’s blockbuster case, has been decided. The questions in dispute: 1. Can a person, exercising religious beliefs, claim an exemption from anti-discrimination laws? 2. Can a person be forced to engage in speech that goes against this person’s religious belief? These […]
The Manchester Green Quarter decision released on Thursday 26 July 2018, like the earlier Citiscape decision, finds the leaseholders liable to pay for the cost of replacement cladding under the terms of their leases. It also found leaseholders liable to cover the costs of the ‘Waking Watch’ for one of the properties (VC), and it declined
The NRF funded South African Research Chair in ‘Law, Equality and Social Justice’, based at the School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships and postgraduate bursaries (PhD and LLM) in the broad field of equality, law, rights and social justice to commence in January/February 2019. NRF Postdoctoral Fellowships Application […]
The ostensive watchdogs of market disclosure have become poster boys for corporate chicanery, argues Karthik Ramanna ofOxford’s Blavatnik School.Auditors are in the business of trust. But in the last year alone, PwC has been banned in India, Deloitte is being investigated in South Africa, several KPMG partners have been criminally charged in the US, and EY has been
In 1983, the Indian Supreme Court held that the right to privacy did not guarantee the autonomy of an individual over her own body, and so the restitution of conjugal rights under section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act could not be said to be unconstitutional on the ground that it violated the right to […]
As we approach the end of the academic year, it is a pleasure to look back to set out some of our activities, and to describe plans that we have started to set in motion. In this report, I will summarise our key news and accomplishments alongside selected publications and activities. I will also say goodbye to some of our
The popularity of index funds, which automatically track an index of stocks, is continuing to grow in the U.S, and, albeit less intensely, in the EU. Due to the high concentration of the index funds industry, the exponential rise of mutual funds designed to track stock indices has had significant corporate governance implications. Specifically, passive investing significantly impacts listed companies’