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This issue addresses the issues raised by the ongoing phone hacking inquiry and carries insights into the UK's influence in Europe and the US.
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Annual Lecture in Law and Society
Prof Maier from MIT assesses the UK influence on US bill of rights
 We are delighted to announce that the prominent historian Pauline Maier from MIT will deliver the
Annual Lecture in Law & Society:
17.30, Thursday 17 May 2012 Jesus College Ship St Centre, Oxford The Strange History of the American Federal Bill of Rights: England, the United States, and the Atlantic World Professor Maier, a leading historian of the American Revolution and contributor to the NY Times and popular history series, will explore the complex origins of the US bill of rights, and assess to what degree the English influence on American constitutionalism has helped shape the Atlantic world. Find out more and reserve your place The lecture will be preceded by a workshop to review the findings of the three-year Social and Political Foundations of Constitutions programme. Full details |
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Panel Debate: Leveson & reform of media
Hacking victim lawyer, former Times Editor, and Crossbench Peer on panel to discuss Leveson Inquiry and media reform
 As Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks face the Leveson Inquiry amid further revelations regarding the PM's relations with each, we will be looking at the implications for the future of the media in the UK, and asking what role, if any, the law should play in reforming the press.
Join key actors and commentators on the hacking scandal on Friday 18th May to debate the issues at Wolfson College.
Redirecting Fleet St: Media Regulation and the Role of Law
18 May, Wolfson College Oxford
Find out more and reserve your place
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Listen to EC insiders' forecasts for Europe
Podcasts from European experts now available to dowload
 Following this week's realignment of the political map in Europe, you can now hear a series of expert insights on the ongoing instability in the Eurozone. The analyses of the political, economic, and constitutional consequences of the Eurozone crisis were delivered at the launch of Law, Justice and Society at Wolfson College, at which the EC Honorary Director-General sounded a warning for Britain's role in a two-tier Europe. Download Europe on the Brink? Podcasts
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Proposals to enhance EU consumer rights
Policy Brief on EU-wide ADR system to help resolve consumer disputes
 Our latest publication addresses the difficulty consumers face when trying to resolve minor disputes with business, for which the courts prove too slow and costly.
The policy brief comes in response to the EC proposed legislation in November 2011 for an EU-wide alternative dispute resolution mechanism.
By consolidating the emerging alternative dispute resolution systems, the policy brief proposes a new model to both enable consumers to effectively enforce their rights, and to help identify problems and prevent them from becoming mass issues.
Download: Consumer-to-Business ADR Structures: Harnessing the Power of CADR for Dispute Resolution and Regulating Market Behaviour
Christopher Hodges, Iris Benöhr, and Naomi Creutzfeldt-Banda, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford |
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Sincerely,
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Phil Dines
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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