We are taking our Constitutions workshop series to central Europe this week, to assess post-Communist constitution-making in the region.  

A lecture and workshop will be hosted by the Central European University in Budapest on 24-25 March.

Further details 

Returning to Oxford, the second Regulation workshop will focus on the role and responsibility of regulators, in a workshop on 14th April.

The second policy brief from our European Civil Justice Systems programme addresses  alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Europe.  

Existing ADR mechanisms encompass ombudsmen, compensation schemes, business codes of conduct, complaint boards, and other pathways. This study proposes an integrated, holistic approach to deliver information and incentives to maintain and improve performance standards. 

Download the policy brief 

Last week we published the first working paper in our new programme examining regulation, law and government.  

How Governments React to Financial Crises takes a look back at the Savings and Loans Crisis, demonstrating the inherently cyclical nature of financial crises while identifying the necessary measures to mitigate future systemic and behavioural failures. 

Printed copies will be available at the next Regulation workshop on 14th April.

Written before the recent consititutional referendum in Egypt, last month we published an Op-Ed on the costs of a legal transition in Egypt.  

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