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AC Grayling, Article 50 lawyer Rob Murray, Joshua Rozenberg, and Will Hutton head Putney Debates 2017
18 January 2017
With two weeks to go to our restaging of the historic Putney Debates, we are pleased to announce the full line-up and programme details. The Debates will be chaired by the UK's leading legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg, Cambridge philosopher and Cross-bench Peer Baroness Onora O'Neill, and Oxford constitutional law experts Professors Paul Craig and Denis Galligan, who will preside over four panels of over 30 prominent figures from the law, politics, and civil society.
Professor Denis Galligan invokes spirit of Putney Debates to confront constitutional challenges triggered by Brexit
14 December 2016
Professor Denis Galligan of the University of Oxford Law Faculty challenged some widely held myths at play in the ongoing constitutional crisis triggered by Brexit in his lecture at Wolfson College last week.
Employment law expert calls for new strategy to combat modern slavery, in latest Policy Briefing
24 October 2016
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest policy brief, in which employment law expert Professor Judy Fudge argues that the government’s policy on modern slavery has ‘backfired’ and that a new, centralized labour inspectorate must be established to tackle the problem. Professor Fudge claims that, instead of offering migrant domestic workers greater protections, changes to the visa system have made it more difficult for them to stay and work in the UK, and leaves them vulnerable to exploitation by their employers.
Distinguished Professor draws fine line for judicial decision-making on free speech
14 October 2016
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Dan Robinson outlined a narrow path for judges to negotiate in their decision-making on cases of free speech, in his lecture at Wolfson College last night on the history of free speech from Locke to the First Amendment.
New research into concept of Ethical Business Regulation endorsed by UK Government Review
16 September 2016
Research by FLJS Board Member and Professor of Civil Justice Systems Chris Hodges has today been published in an FLJS Policy Brief that develops the emerging concept of Ethical Business Regulation (EBR) currently being adopted by the UK Government.
FLJS Policy Brief calls on UK to end political and constitutional conflict in West Papua
14 September 2016
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society is pleased to announce the publication of a Policy Brief in conjunction with the University of Warwick Politics of Papua Project, which presents 14 recommendations for the United Kingdom to help bring an end to the political and constitutional conflict in the West Papua Region of Indonesia. 
FLJS experts named in UN Manual on Consumer Protection
31 August 2016
FLJS Board Member Professor Christopher Hodges and FLJS Research Fellow Dr Ying Yu have been named in a manual published by the United Nations to accompany its recently revised Guidelines for Consumer Protection.
New home of FLJS at Wolfson College wins architectural award
15 June 2016
The Academic Wing at Wolfson College that houses the new offices of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society has won a prestigious architectural award from the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Professor Galligan and Dr Yu support China's first anti-corruption think tank
14 June 2016
FLJS Director of Programmes Professor Denis Galligan has been appointed Senior Advisor of China’s only think tank on anti-corruption research, at the Hunan University of Commerce.
Prof Alan Paterson OBE assesses past and future seven years of the UK Supreme Court
09 June 2016
The second Max Watson Memorial Lecture was delivered earlier this week by Professor Alan Paterson OBE, who gave a firsthand insight into the workings of the highest court in the land, the UK Supreme Court, since its inception seven years ago, and assessed what the next seven years may hold.
Distinguished participants discuss 'How Judges Decide'
09 May 2016
Apex court judges, legal academics and scholars gathered for a Foundation for Law, Justice and Society workshop at Wolfson College to discuss ‘How Judges Decide’, the day after a lecture of the same title. Sir Stephen Sedley, former Lord Justice of Appeal and a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford, opened the debate, which was chaired by Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford and Director of the host, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society.
Synopsis of 'How Judges Decide' Lecture
09 May 2016
Examining the twin phenomena of legal uncertainty and laws that sometimes produce unjust results, Justice Robert J Sharpe of the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that both arose from an essential characteristic of the law itself, in which it had to be framed in terms of norms or standards with general application.
Round-up of Undoing the Demos Book Colloquium
04 April 2016
Undoing the Demos, Wendy Brown’s critically-acclaimed book, which examined the ‘stealth revolution’ of neo-liberalism and hollowed-out democracy, has been hailed as something of a breakthrough in constitutional and legal theory. A panel of experts gathered in Oxford for a Foundation for Law, Justice and Society book colloquium to discuss this accolade and to explore, in detail, the strengths and weaknesses of the book’s claims.
Key to referendum's credibility is the legitimacy of the event itself
07 March 2016
The key to the credibility of the outcome of Britain’s 13th referendum on June 23 will depend on the legitimacy of the referendum as an event, according to Stephen Tierney, Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of Edinburgh. Giving the FLJS Hilary term lecture in the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium at Wolfson College last week, Prof Tierney said that the most important issue for most will be that the process is seen to be fair. ‘It’s as important that the losers, as well as the winners, agree with the fairness of the result, if not with the result itself’, he said.
Experts convene to discuss constitutional successes and failures
07 March 2016
A round-up of the Science of Constitutions workshop presentations, in which constitutional experts, academics and legal experts came together to discuss and debate constitutional successes and failures.
FLJS academics speak at inaugural Thinkers' Summit, Beijing
18 January 2016
Two leading academics from The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society (FLJS) were invited to speak at the inaugural Thinkers’ Summit at the School for Journalism and Communication at Peking University, Beijing (January 2016).

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