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The Italian Constitutional Conundrum and the Rise of Populism

One of the driving principles behind the contemporary populist vision of democracy is to no longer respect legal boundaries and constitutional constraints to the so-called ‘...

Populist Constitutionalism and Meaningful Popular Engagement

Populists challenge liberal constitutionalism on democratic grounds, by invoking popular sovereignty and claiming to put the ordinary citizen in the centre of the political...

Referendums for UK Politics?

Anne Deighton, Emeritus Professor of European International Politics at Oxford, assesses whether referendums are the appropriate tool to resolve complex issues, as with the...

Legal and Regulatory Challenges of the Sharing Economy

This policy brief examines the issues raised by the emergence of huge companies such as Uber in the UK and Didi in China that operate in the so-called ‘sharing economy’.

Poland’s Constitutional Crisis: Facts and interpretations

In this policy brief, prominent critic of the ruling Law and Justice Party Marcin Matczak presents the crucial events of ‘the Polish constitutional crisis’, and what has been...

The International Adoption of Ethical Business Regulation

This Policy Brief is the latest in a series on Ethical Business Practice (EBP) and Ethical Business Regulation (EBR).

The Rapid Resolution and Redress Scheme for Birth Injuries: An Alternative Scheme Design

A study that proposes an alternative approach to ensure the rapid resolution and redress of cases involving the families of infants injured at birth.

Constitution in Crisis: The New Putney Debates

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The Constitutional Court of Poland: The Battle for Judicial Independence

In this policy brief, human rights and criminal lawyer Mikołaj Pietrzak argues that Poland's ruling party is implementing a programme of deep constitutional, social, and...

The Authoritarian's New Clothes: Tendencies Away from Constitutional Democracy

In this policy brief, constitutional law and human rights expert Gábor Tóth examines the changing face of authoritarianism, warning that this could become known as the century...

The Constitution of the French Fifth Republic and the Implications for the 2017 Presidential Elections

Professor of French Government and Politics David S Bell charts the extraordinary fall from grace of Republican presidential candidate Francois Fillon, following the scandal...

What Is at Stake in the Turkish Constitutional Referendum?

In this policy brief, Dr Bill Kissane of LSE examines the Turkish referendum on the most ambitious changes to the Turkish constitution yet seen, which was called in the...

Delivering Collective Redress in Markets: New Technologies

This Policy Brief summarizes the findings of a joint project between Oxford University and the Catholic University of Leuven aimed at evaluating different mechanisms for...

Modern Slavery and Migrant Domestic Workers: The Politics of Legal Characterization

This policy brief outlines the problem of addressing the long-standing exploitation of migrant domestic workers by using a modern slavery and trafficking approach which is...

Ethical Business Regulation

This policy brief outlines the concept of Ethical Business Regulation (EBR), which aims to foster a business culture of mutual engagement, respect, learning, and constant...

Political and Constitutional Conflict in the West Papua Region of Indonesia

This policy brief, published in conjunction with the University of Warwick...

ADR and Justice in Consumer Disputes in the EU

This policy brief reports on the main conclusions from an international conference held at Wolfson College, Oxford on 18–20 April 2016, at which representatives from seven...

Designing Consumer Redress: Making Redress Accessible for Consumer-Citizens

To improve access to justice for consumers in the European single market, an EU Directive on consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) (2013/11/EU) was introduced in May...

Islamic Law in an Islamic Republic: What Role Parliament?

For nearly seventy years, Pakistan has wrestled with the constitutional relationship between Islamic law and parliamentary power, developing some of the most sophisticated...

Patent Policy in Genomics and Human Genetics: A Public Health Perspective

This report presents the findings of a workshop in which key figures from the UK Department of Health, academic experts, and lawyers discussed the patenting of human DNA...

Alibaba and the Threat to China's Banking Sector

This policy brief investigates how Alibaba, now the world's largest online trading platform, is set to threaten China’s state-backed banking...

SAD Cases in the Coroners’ Courts

A report of a conference to explore legal and medical aspects of coroners’ inquests into sudden adult deaths.

Killing by Drones: Legality under International Law

In this policy brief, lawyers from the New York City Bar Association Committee on International Law outline the key findings of an eighteen-month investigation into the...

Reforming the EU Consumer ADR Landscape: Implementation and its Issues

This report describes the discussions at the Third Oxford Consumer ADR conference, which brought together policy officials, regulators, ombudsmen, alternative dispute...

An Informed Dialogue Supporting Safe Innovation in Medical Technology

What do we want from medical technology, and how can we get it?
This policy brief addresses a series of interrelated questions on how regulatory reform in the...

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