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Philip Murphy: Obsessive secrecy impedes an informed discussion about the UK monarchy
In this post, originally published on The Conversation UK, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History at School of Advanced Study, Philip Murphy, reflects on the Royal Family's secretive handling of its records...
Is data protection the new defamation?
"If the headline asks a question, try answering 'no'" says Andrew Marr in My Trade (2005, p. 253). The answer to this post's headline, as I see it, is a bit uncertain. I ignored Betteridge's Law and used the same question as a title for a presentation at the...
Lorna Woods: The ruling that overturned DRIPA
Last week the English High Court ruled that surveillance legislation enacted in 2014 was unlawful, in David Davis and others -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2092 (Admin). In this post, which first appeared on the LSE Media Policy Project...
Lorna Woods on Delfi AS v. Estonia – Internet news portal liable for user comments
An Estonian internet news portal is liable for user comments published on its site in 2006, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has affirmed. In this post, Professor Lorna Woods explains the key aspects of Delfi AS v. Estonia and offers her...
Judith Bannister: The last word on the public interest in FOI – Australia and the UK compared
Dr Judith Bannister is a Senior Lecturer at the Adelaide Law School, University of Adelaide, and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, undertaking a comparative study of FOI. On 17th June 2015 she will give an evening lecture at...
Upcoming event, 10 June 2015: Digital Humanities Panel at the SAS Open Day
Here's the programme for the Digital Humanities Panel, part of the School of Advanced Study Humanities Open Day on 10th June, which includes a presentation by the Centre on law and information and data. The open day will showcase the School’s resources and share...
Upcoming event, 11 June – Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Societal Implications and Issues
Dr David Goldberg, Advisory Board member of the Centre for Law and Information Policy, is co-organising an event on Civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicles at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London on 11th June 2015. The workshop will address a selection of social/societal...
Visit the School of Advanced Study on 10th June 2015 for mini festival and student open day
The IALS' parent institution, the School of Advanced Study, is holding a special event at Senate House on Wednesday 10 June: a one-day mini-festival of the humanities and student open day. Dr Judith Townend (director of the Centre for Law & Information Policy)...
Q&A with Professor Katherine Biber – legal scholar, historian and criminologist
Professor Katherine Biber is a visiting fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, where her research explores the handling of criminal evidence outside the courtroom and after the conclusion of a trial. On 11th June she will take part in the Illicit Images...
Dear MPs: We need greater scrutiny of surveillance laws
This morning all 650 MPs received a letter from a group of 38 academics asking them to ensure that any changes in the law on surveillance, and especially any expansions of power, are fully and transparently vetted by Parliament, and open to consultation from the...