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Lords Communications Committee advised to abandon press freedom in FLJS policy briefing
23 October 2012
A provocative new policy brief published today will be presented by the author to the House of Lords Communications Committee, advising them to abandon the concept of  'press freedom'€™ altogether.
Leading judges and academic experts ask: Are Courts Representatives?
22 October 2012
FLJS welcomed an esteemed panel of leading judges and legal and political experts to Wolfson College last week to debate the role of judges in democratic societies and to question to what extent -€“ if any -€“ they should seek to represent the views of the populations they serve.
Top judges to speak out in Oxford debate on judicial accountability
16 October 2012
Should judges be representative of the population they serve? A panel of four prominent judges from both sides of the Atlantic will give a rare public insight into their views on judicial accountability in a panel debate held by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society later this week.
Eurozone crisis may trigger Britain's exit from the EU, Martin Wolf warns
08 October 2012
The Chief Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times, Martin Wolf, lent his voice to the growing debate over the UK's place in Europe on Friday, warning in a lecture on behalf of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society that the eurozone crisis will cause fundamental changes in the UK'€™s relationship with the EU and may even trigger a break-up of the UK itself.
Workshops explore aspects of law and society from Russia to Rousseau
05 October 2012
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society brought two series of workshops to a close at Wolfson College on 4th October with workshops assessing legal culture in contemporary Russia and the influence of classical scholars on constitutional thought through the ages. In the morning, Dr Marina Kurkchiyan from the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, lead a roundtable discussion entitled, What Can an Examination of Russia Tell Us About Law in Society?
Martin Wolf CBE to forecast The Place of Britain in a Future Europe
18 September 2012
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society is pleased to announce thatMartin Wolf CBE, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, will deliver a lecture on 5th October to assess Britain's role in Europe in the wake of the eurozone crisis. The lecture, entitled 'The Place of Britain in a Future Europe', forms the highlight of a full and varied programme of Law, Justice and Society lectures, workshops and panel discussions for the start of the new academic year.
Baroness O'Neill urges greater transparency from the media in FLJS policy brief
31 July 2012
The leading political philosopher and crossbench peer Baroness O'Neill has called on the press to practise the same level of transparency as the political and business classes they report on, in a policy brief published by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society today.
Policy brief provides Leveson with a lesson on the 'elephant in the room'
03 July 2012
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society is pleased to announce the publication today of a policy brief by media expert Lara Fielden, proposing a radical new framework for press regulation, which she will put to the Leveson Inquiry later today to address what Lord JusticeLeveson has described as the 'elephant in the room': regulation of online media.
Constitutional myths debunked as experts ask: do constitutions matter?
02 July 2012
Do constitutions matter? This was the stark question posed by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society on 29 June at a workshop that confronted widespread scepticism surrounding the effectiveness of constitutional promises in many developing, and even well-established states.
Professor Denis Galligan delivers the 2011 Annual Lecture in Law and Society
16 June 2012
The 2011 Annual Lecture in Law and Society was delivered by Oxford Professor of Socio-Legal Studies Denis Galligan on the subject of The Indirect Origins of the Juridical Constitution, at Jesus College Ship St Centre on 15th June.
Economic, Historical, and Legal perspectives on Why Nations Fail
07 June 2012
Why are some nations rich and others poor? This was the question addressed by a colloquium on the recent acclaimed book Why Nations Fail by award-winning economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, held on 6th June at Wolfson College as part of the Law, Justice and Society Research Cluster.
Expert panel deliver proposals for Leveson and future reform of UK media
23 May 2012
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society entered the debate on the future direction of the UK media in the wake of the phone hacking scandal, with a panel discussion assessing the progress of the Leveson Inquiry and the relative role of the law and regulation in raising standards of the press.
Renowned MIT Historian delivers Annual Lecture in Law and Society
18 May 2012
The Annual Lecture in Law and Society 2012 was delivered by the renowned historian Professor Pauline Maier, who charted the dramatic evolution of the American Federal Bill of Rights, from its eighteenth-century ratification when it was criticized for constraining individual freedom, to the near religious significance it has taken on today.
Questions raised over peace in Iraq and political participation in the US
24 April 2012
The fall-out from the war in Iraq and the problems of democratic political participation in the US posed by the federal system were two of the subjects covered  in our latest workshop entitled The Promise and Pitfalls of Federalism, held at the Queen's College, Oxford on 20th April.
Euro experts assess the future of Europe to launch Law, Justice and Society at Wolfson
20 April 2012
Honorary Director-General of the European Commission Graham Avery last night claimed that the EU will emerge stronger from the present crisis, but warned that Britain may be relegated to a secondary role in a two-tier Europe unless it acts in a more positive and energetic way, at a panel discussion organized by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society to mark the inauguration of the Law, Justice and Society research cluster at Wolfson College.
A historical perspective on the roots of contemporary Russian legal culture
19 April 2012
On 19th April the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society continued its series exploring the Russian legal system with a roundtable discussion at the Queen's College to throw light on the roots of contemporary legal culture through the evolution of socio-legal practices in Imperial and Soviet Russia.

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