The Social Contract Revisited, Revisited
Gray's Inn played host to a successful conclusion of our programme examining the welfare state
Professor Neil Gilbert  | To mark the conclusion of our three-year programme entitled
'The Social Contract Revisited', an event was held on 7th July at Gray's Inn, at which members of the Advisory Board
formed an expert panel to provide a critical appraisal of the achievements of the programme.
The event was attended by an audience of over fifty academics, members of policy institutes
and public bodies, lawyers, business people and legal correspondents.
The findings of the programme will
be disseminated internationally through a series of
roadshows in the United States over the coming year.
Find out more
Report of the event in The Guardian
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Debating International Justice in Africa
Recently published collection for June Review Conference of the ICC
 Assembling nearly two years of critical debates convened by Oxford Transitional Justice Research, this collection of 60 essays explores the work of the ICC and other judicial processes at a crucial stage in the development of international justice in Africa.
Published for the June 2010 review conference of the International Criminal Court in Kampala, these debates highlight the major disagreement over the performance and legacies of international justice institutions in Africa, and will provoke new questions about the past and future directions of international justice in Africa.
Download the collection
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New programme: European Justice Systems
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies stages conference on Litigation Costs
A new programme of research into European Civil Justice Systems is being carried out by Dr Christopher Hodges of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies,
Oxford in association with FLJS.
The first findings of the
research into third party commercial litigation funding were presented at a conference in Oxford held on 19th May,
which was attended by 60 funders, lawyers, regulators, and civil
servants.
Lord Justice Jackson explained the thinking behind the
proposal in his recent Civil
Justice Costs Report that litigation funding and contingency fees
should be permitted subject to appropriate regulation.
The research is continuing as the market develops, and a proposed
regulatory framework is being devised.
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