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David Goldberg: Dronalism in the Year of the Drone
Dr David Goldberg is a member of the Advisory Board of the Information Law and Policy Centre. He has recently authored the following: [1] ”Journalism, drones, and law” in A. Koltay (ed), Comparative Perspectives on the Fundamental Freedom of Expression (Wolters Kluwer...
Upcoming seminar, 8 March 2016, Senate House: Surveillance and Human Rights
Date: Tuesday, 8 March 2016 from 18:00 to 20:00 (GMT) Location: Room 246, 2nd Floor, Senate House, London Book your free place at this link This collaborative Seminar is organised by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the Information Law and Policy Centre of the...
Upcoming seminar, 16 March: Openness in Britain 2016 – Where Are We Now?
Date/time: Wednesday 16 March, 18.00-19.30 (registration from 17.45) Place: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London Book your free place at this link The UK’s coalition government has said it is committed to making Britain the most open...
The Humanity of Barristers: Stories from the Bar
In this guest post Atalanta Goulandris, former barrister and PhD researcher at City University London, reflects on the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies' contribution to the Being Human festival: the 'Humanity of Lawyers', which focused on the work of the Bar......
Deadline reminder for Winchester #TRILcon16 and Big Data studentship
Two reminders from our information law colleagues at the University of Winchester: Paper deadline for 3rd Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information & the Law The 3rd Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information & the Law will be held on 27 April...
Some things old, some things new: A clause-by-clause review of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
Soon after the publication of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill in November, a number of privacy, surveillance and freedom of expression specialist academics and practitioners gathered at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to discuss the detail and the main...
Arts and Humanities Research Council (LAHP) studentships at the School of Advanced Study
A number of AHRC-funded studentships are available for postgraduate research students in Law at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Please see the IALS website, and consult with the SAS Registry...
Lorna Woods: ECtHR case report and comment – Roman Zakharov v Russia (Grand Chamber)
In this post Lorna Woods, professor of internet law, University of Essex and senior associate research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, considers the ECtHR's judgment in Roman Zakharov v. Russia (47143/06) [GC] handed down on 4 December 2015....
Monica Ezsias: Copyright in Anne Frank’s Diary – A Question of Term
The famous Diary of Anne Frank has recently been in the news in relation to a controversy surrounding the duration of its copyright protection. In this guest post, Monica Ezsias from Maastricht University argues that the Diary should be allowed to fall out of...
Steve Goodrich: FOI is under attack when it should be strengthened
In this guest post, Transparency International UK's Steve Goodrich considers UK citizens' right to access information, arguing that public money should be put towards examining how the Freedom of Information regime can be improved, not weakened The right to access...