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Censorship chaos that echoes down the decades
While the new Centre for Law and Information Policy is based at the Institute of Advanced Studies, it is also part of a broader programme of research at the School of Advanced Study, where there are a number of Institutes engaged in projects that touch on themes...
An open and linkable Leveson report… inspiration for legal and policy documents?
The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press broke new ground in the way proceedings were conducted. And as Adam Wagner noted on the UK Human Rights Blog, it was the first time a public inquiry was shown live over the internet*. In his...
IALS Visiting Fellowships 2015-2016: seeking information and data law proposals
The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies has opened its call for 2015-16 fellowship applications. Among the Institute's research areas of interest are: 'Access to Legal Information' and 'Information/Data Law and Policy'. Fellows working in those areas will be invited...
Judges are human too
In Ian McEwan's The Children Act published this year, the author deftly weaves together the personal and professional lives of a High Court Judge in the family division, the fictional Fiona Maye. His tale is rooted in the reality of law and judging: the judgments of...