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'Social Contract Revisited' closes with Programme Appraisal at Gray's Inn
9 July 2010 To mark the conclusion of the Foundation's three-year programme entitled 'The Social Contract Revisited', an event was held on 7th July at the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, at which members of the Advisory Board formed an expert panel to provide a critical appraisal of the work and achievements of the programme.
FLJS Annual Lecture 2010: Politicizing Law, Judicializing Politics
24 May 2010 On Thursday 20 May the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society held its Annual Lecture in Law and Society, at which the renowned constitutional scholar Professor Ran Hirschl from Toronto University advocated a realist approach to the current trend towards constitutional supremacy.
Latest publications examine the effect of the economic crisis on the social contract
2 March 2010
President of Israeli Supreme Court Speaks Out on Human Rights and Proportionality
9 June 2009 Aharon Barak, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel and Visiting Professor of Law at Yale University delivered the FLJS Annual Lecture in Law and Society at Rhodes House, Oxford on 4 June. The lecture, organized by FLJS in association with the Law Faculty and the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University, outlined his theory of proportionality as a means to reaching the appropriate balance between securing public goods and the safeguarding of human rights.
Policymakers and academics convene to debate role of equality and responsibility
8 May 2009 A high-profile convention of policymakers and academics met in Oxford on 30 April-1 May to debate the role of equality and responsibility, as part of the FLJS programme on The Social Contract Revisited. The issues discussed come as figures released today indicate that Britain under Gordon Brown is a more unequal country than at any time since modern records began in the early 1960s.
Report and policy briefs on employment equality publish today
FLJS publishes findings of research into courts in times of crisis
13 March 2009
New Events and Marketing Officer appointed
12 February 2009 We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Events, Marketing and Administration Officer, Sally Lane, who started work with us last week. Sally will oversee the organization of our events and help with our marketing activities. She will work part-time on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursday, and can be contacted at sally.lane@fljs.org, with any queries relating to our events.
Roundtable of experts critique International Courts
4 February 2009
Legal expert proposes reforms to international criminal law
30 January 2009
Equality and Responsibility workshop to be held in Oxford in April
20 January 2009 "What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world
Deadline extended for applications for Summer School 2009
16 December 2008 The deadline for applications for the FLJS summer school has now been extended until Friday 16 January 2009. Two fully subsidised scholarships for this two-week residential course examining the role of law in society, to be held in Oxford on 28 June-10 July 2009, are available for undergraduate students currently studying in UK universities.
FLJS Annual Lecture delivered by Harvard Professor
12 December 2008 The Foundation's Annual Lecture was delivered by Professor Sheila Jasanoff, Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, at St Hugh's College, Oxford on Thursday 4 December. The lecture, entitled 'Natural or Naturalizing? The Law's Ways with Truth and Justice', was warmly received and provided a stimulating opening to the following one-day workshop on The Capacity of Courts to Handle Complex Cases.
Events, Marketing and Administration Officer Vacancy
18 November 2008 An opportunity has arisen to organise the Foundation’s public lectures and academic workshops, implement marketing and PR plans, and manage the financial and administration systems.
China Symposium at the House of Lords
29 October 2008 The Foundation's Rule of Law in China programme was brought to an auspicious conclusion with a symposium at the House of Lords on Monday 27 October. The event was opened by John W. Adams, the Chairman of the Foundation, and Lord Plant of Highfield.
Applications open for Summer School 2009
21 October 2008 Applications are now open for the FLJS summer school, which will take place in Oxford from 28 June-10 July 2009. The two-week course will examine the nature of law, its social character, and its relationship to other aspects of society. 

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