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What did Shakespeare have to say about constitutional thought?
07 March 2014
In a lecture entitled ‘Shakespeare and the Lower Register of Constitutional Thought’, held at Wolfson College on Wednesday, Professor Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, drew on some of the lesser known passages from the plays to make an illuminating case for Shakespeare’s views on the nature of authority, the fragility of constitutional order, and the innate social divisions that persist to the present day.
Former EU and IMF Official spells out forgotten lessons of Eurocrisis
28 February 2014
On Wednesday 26 February, Max Watson, Wolfson College Fellow and Director of the Political Economy of Financial Markets programme at St Anthony’s College, drew on his thirty years of experience at the European Union and International Monetary Fund to outline the key lessons from the previous decades of crisis management that were forgotten in the handling of the Eurozone crisis.
Law proves to be Machiavelli’s Princely inspiration
10 December 2013
Five hundred years on from Niccolò Machiavelli’s first mention of what was to become one of the most influential works of modern political philosophy, The Prince, Professor Paolo Carta last night developed a fascinating reappraisal of the inspiration and contemporary relevance of Machiavelli’s crowning achievement.
New programme on law, film, and literature opens with rich exploration of narrative and logic
27 November 2013
Professor William Twining, UCL, last night delivered the inaugural lecture in a new programme on Law, Film, and Literature at Wolfson College, in which he raised intriguing questions regarding the relationship between evidence, narrative, and logic. 
New programme launched with debate on Millennium Development Goals
18 October 2013
A panel of experts from the University of Oxford, Harvard, and the World Bank sounded a cautious note about the prospects for achieving the Post-2015 International Development Agenda, at a panel discussion convened by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society this week.
FLJS Policy Brief attributes US government shutdown to Tea Party ‘fundamentalism’ over Obamacare
15 October 2013
As the world braces itself for the possibility of an American debt default that could trigger another global financial disaster, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society has published a policy brief which attributes the origins of the crisis to the Tea Party’s ‘fundamentalist’ approach to Obamacare and the US Constitution.
EC Head of Representation outlines new vision for consumer dispute resolution across Europe
27 September 2013
Head of Representation of the European Commission in the United Kingdom Jacqueline Minor yesterday set out a new vision for consumer dispute resolution across Europe, arguing that the failure to tackle unresolved disputes between consumers and business costs the UK tax payer 0.4% of GDP.
For Constitution Week, top legal scholar draws lessons for Senate from Constitutional framers
26 September 2013
Esteemed legal scholar Professor Akhil Reed Amar of Yale University delivered the keynote speech in New York last week on the global influence of the US Constitution, to open an academic conference organized by the Oxford Foundation for Law, Justice and Society.
Top US scholar Akhil Amar opens new season of events
16 September 2013
Do the recent populist uprisings across the globe reflect a genuine increase in the power of the people and a threat to republicanism as we know it today? How can we best realise the post-2015 UN Development goals on justice, corruption, and judicial accountability? These are some of the questions that we will be addressing in our programme of lectures, panel discussions, film screenings, and book colloquiua being held this term.
Policy brief scrutinizes women’s rights on the Indian subcontinent
10 September 2013
 A new policy brief by University of Oxford scholar Tahrat Naushaba Shahid explores the vexed issue of women’s rights on the Indian subcontinent, through the prism of the shifting emphasis of secularism and Islam in the Bangladeshi Constitution, and the impact this has on gender equality and family law.
Policy briefs interrogate the changing nature of the right to water
26 July 2013
  As the Water Bill 2013 begins its passage through Parliament, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society has published a series of policy briefs emerging from a conference which explored the evolving regulatory framework governing water use to ask, is there still a right to water?  
NYU Professor reveals illusion of tax fairness at 2013 Annual Lecture in Law and Society
20 June 2013
The thorny issue of tax fairness provided the timely focus of the 2013 Annual Lecture in Law and Society at Wolfson College last week, organized by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. Professor Liam Murphy from New York University delivered the inaugural lecture to be held at the new Leonard Wolfson Auditorium before an audience of legal philosophers, business representatives, and tax experts.
Policy briefs scrutinize Leveson reforms and Royal Charter
10 June 2013
A series of policy briefs assessing the impact of Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations for reform of the press and the government’s plans for a Royal Charter are now available to download. 
Experts unpack the mythology of Sharia law
21 May 2013
In response to the growing prominence of political Islam and calls for the imposition of Sharia in the wake of Arab Spring elections, the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society organized a conference last week to unpack the mythology surrounding Sharia and assess the socio-political consequences for the Middle East and the wider geopolitical implications.
FLJS debate points way forward for Leveson reforms
16 April 2013
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society revisited the contested issue of media law and the regulation of the press on Friday by hosting a workshop to examine the Leveson Report into the culture, practices, and ethics of the press and the draft Royal Charter to implement Lord Justice Leveson’s reforms.
FLJS Report identifies complex truth of experiences of law in contemporary Russia
27 March 2013
In the wake of renewed speculation regarding the rule of law in today's Russia raised by the death of Boris Berezovsky, we publish a report to identify the actual experience of ordinary Russians using the legal system.   

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