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Is Technology the Answer to Addressing the Legal Needs of Vulnerable Social Groups during the COVID-19 Pandemic? – Faith Gordon, Jess Mant and Daniel Newman
The COVID-19 pandemic ‘is making inequalities more visible’, according to the UNODC. This also is the view of those working in law centres at the grassroots. As the Law Centres Network chair, Helen Rogers points out: “The pandemic’s uneven impact is a grim reminder...
ILPC Seminar Series 2020 – Recordings
The Viability of a ‘Ministry of Truth’ for Political Advertising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--VhVjDwNl4&feature=emb_title Video date:Thursday, 8 October, 2020Video speaker(s): Key Speaker: Beth Shiner, Lecturer in Law; PhD Candidate in Law (Middlesex...
ILPC Seminar Series 2020: International data transfers between EU & Non-EU States: Trade negotiations and the reform of the Australian Privacy Act
Date Thursday 15 Oct 2020, 10am - 11am Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Format Online Seminar (Zoom) Key Speaker: Dr Damian Clifford is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Australian National University, College of Law, a Research Fellow of the ANU...
And you thought that the Johnny Depp and Amanda Heard relationship was toxic…why the press needs a superhero (just not Captain Jack Sparrow) – Dr Peter Coe
In deciding what to write about for this post I was not short of topics and material. I could have talked about how the Court of Justice of the European Union has, in one fell swoop, caused a headache of Captain Jack Sparrow-hangover proportions (more on him in a...
Technology, Citizen Journalism and Police Accountability: Recording Violent Interactions – Dr Faith Gordon and Hannah Klose
Source: Max Bender Over-regulation and Surveillance of Young People Contemporary advances in technology have provided citizens with the portable equipment, usually smart phones or other recording devices, to film and photograph police officers. People who film...
ILPC Annual Lecture and Conference 2020 – AI and the Rule of Law: Regulation and Ethics
Date Thursday 19th Nov 2020, 11am – 5pmFriday 20th Nov 2020, 11:00am – 5.30pm Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Type Online Conference (Zoom) Description The ILPC is delighted to announce that Lord Clement Jones CBE will deliver this year’s ILPC...
In conversation with: Irini Katsirea, Reader in International Media Law, University of Sheffield
Dr Irini Katsirea is an ILPC Research Associate and Reader in International Media Law at the University of Sheffield, specialising in International, European and comparative media law and has published extensively in these areas.In this edition of the Spotlight...
The societal impacts of introducing a public health identity system: legal, social and ethical issues – Ada Lovelace Institute
The COVID-19 crisis triggered sweeping restrictions on civil liberties across society. Lockdowns have started to ease, but in response to concerns about a second wave of infections and coping with the virus in the...
ILPC Seminar Series 2020: The viability of a ‘ministry of truth’ for political advertising
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--VhVjDwNl4&feature=emb_title Date Thursday 17th September 2020, 2pm - 3pm Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Format Online conference (Zoom) Description Democracy demands plenty of space for political debate, information...
Regulating health research and respecting data protection: a global dialogue – Dr Nora Ni Loideain
The global COVID-19 pandemic has focused minds sharply on the valuable role to be played by data collection and analysis for advancing health research, especially how it may help in informing and developing policy responses. Modern health research requires vast...