Posts related to Law & politics
Tackling London’s epidemic of youth violence
July 16 2018PhD student Nicola Coleman explores the issue of youth violence in the capital, talking to ex-offender and PhD student Junior Smart about his work with the SOS Project.
Burqa bans and gender (in) equality
June 05 2018Erica Howard discusses the implications of a ban on face-covering clothing for Muslim women living in Denmark
Researching animal abuse and human violence
May 02 2018Dr Angus Nurse is exploring the possibility that abusing animals can lead to committing violence towards humans
Puzzling Law
April 16 2018Los Watkins explores the impact of word puzzles on students’ retention of learning
3 steps to save the European Court of Human Rights
January 16 2018Alice Donald and Philip Leach discuss the views of Judge Pinto de Albuquerque on reforming the ECtHR, which he outlined on his recent visit to Middlesex
The (not so) Great Repeal Bill
June 15 2017Dr Joelle Grogan, Lecturer in EU law and Sticky Tricky Law founder, argues that only uncertainty is certain when it comes to the government’s Great Repeal Bill
Sultanism on the rise
June 07 2017‘The Sultan is dead, long live “Başyüce” Erdogan Sultan!’ argues Senior Lecturer in Politics Dr Tunc Aybak
Preventing online extremism
June 06 2017Is preventing online extremism only the responsibility of big internet companies? questions Dr Tine Munk
Geert Wilders: a ‘free speech martyr’?
June 02 2017Dr Erica Howard explores whether right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been unfairly treated over his extreme views
Victims at heart of Beslan Judgment
May 30 2017Jessica Gavron and Jarlath Clifford of the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre on the importance of the European Court of Human Rights