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Public Domain; Map Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.When the United Kingdom and Mauritius signed a historic treaty in May 2025 transferring sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago, the headlines proclaimed a long-overdue moment…
The 21st century has transformed the courtroom: Hearings that once drowned in paper now unfold through digital files, video links, virtual hearings, appellate courts’ YouTube channels, livestreams, e‑filing, digital case management, online bundles, and predictive analytics. Cornelia Vismann once observed…
Unite the Kingdom was a day for wearing St Georges flags that combined with the saturation demonising of Muslims and migrants. This from one of the keynote speakers, Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, leader of the anti-transgender Party of Women: “It’s not too late to…
Celebrating the first edited volume on the work of Costas Douzinas, the conference brings together his collaborators, students and contemporaries in legal critique to reflect on different aspects of his oeuvre and to celebrate his significant contribution to legal…
CLC2026 invites proposals for individual papers, performances, proof of concept participation, or entire sessions, that fall within the below streams.Each session should follow one of three modes: Works of Text, Performing Bodies, or Proof of Concept. Streams…
The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest invites you to a book launch and panel discussion on Unsettling Data: Mapping Labour and Land against the Representationalist Legal Form (TITiPI, 2026) with Cristina Cochior (Varia and FHNW, Basel), Angela Daly (University of Newscastle,…