Employment Law Expert Challenges New Labour Policies
23 October 2008
Speaking at a conference organized by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in Oxford on 29 October, Professor Hugh Collins (LSE) will argue that New Labour, not the Thatcher government, was responsible for the real break from the political settlements of the Trade Disputes Act 1906, which established collective bargaining as a primary guarantee of social justice. Read more
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Oxford Thinktank and Aspen Institute Investigate Detention without Trial
30 June 2008
In the week that the Counter-Terrorism Bill will go before the House of Lords, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, in conjunction with the Aspen Institute, will convene a panel of international experts to investigate detention without trial and the role of the courts in times of crisis. Read more
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Former US Army Judge Advocate Criticises Chief Justice’s ‘Disingenuous’ Comments on Guantanamo Ruling
20 June 2008
Former US Army Judge Advocate David Graham has criticised as “disingenuous” Chief Justice Roberts’ claim that the Supreme Court has struck down “the most generous set of procedural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as ‘enemy combatants’”. Read more
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Chief Justice of South Africa to talk on Constitution and Socio-Economic Rights
6 June 2008
On Wednesday 11 June, to open a conference on ‘Adjudicating Socio-Economic Rights’ organized by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in Oxford, the Chief Justice of South Africa Pius Langa will address the relationship between the entrenchment and enforceability of socio-economic rights in South Africa.
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Oxford Thinktank Tackles Taxation and Welfare
13 March 2008
On Wednesday 23 April, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, in association with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University, will host a Keynote Lecture by Professor Douglas Besharov entitled:
‘Taxing Away Poverty:
The Promise and Perils of the Contemporary Welfare State’
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Chinese Judges Comment on Need for Judicial Reform in China
15 December 2007
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society’s conference on Judicial Reforms in China was held at L’Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice (l’IHEJ), Paris on 13-14 December. It brought together a selection of academics and practitioners from around the world to provide global and regional perspectives on China’s emerging judicial reforms, as well as a panel of four Chinese judges to provide firsthand accounts of the judiciary in China. Read more
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US Chief Officer for Strategic Planning of Social Security attacks 'myth' of US pension policy
12 October 2007
On Thursday 11 October, at a conference on Income Support organized by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in Oxford, Dalmer Hoskins, the newly appointed Chief Officer for Strategic Planning of the Social Security Administration of America, attacked the US pensions policy by declaring, ‘We are living with the myth that we have, in the United States, a pension policy. I would say, without any hesitation, that we do not.’
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Will the Right Basic Income Please Stand Up?
27 September 2007
On Wednesday 10 October, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, in association with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University, hosts a Keynote Address by Amitai Etzioni on guaranteed basic income (GBI).
As Gordon Brown imposes a pay ceiling on public sector workers well below the rate of inflation, Etzioni will provide a timely response from his unique perspective as founder of the Communitarian movement.
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If the Public Would be Outraged by their Rulings, Should Judges Care?
17 May 2007
Cass Sunstein, Karl N Llewellyn Dist. Service Prof. of Jurisprudence, Law School, University of Chicago will be in Oxford on Thursday 24th May to give the Annual Lecture in Law and Society organised by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society jointly with the Law Faculty at the University of Oxford and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies.
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