NYU Professor reveals illusion of tax fairness
Video of Prof Liam Murphy delivering the Annual Lecture in Law & Society
The thorny issue of tax fairness provided the timely focus of the 2013 Annual Lecture in Law and Society at Wolfson College last month. Professor Liam Murphy from New York University argued that ethical misunderstanding of the central legal institutions of a market economy badly distorts political debate on tax and other issues of social justice.
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Latest Policy Briefs
Policy briefs on Leveson reforms and water rights available to download
Policy briefs on the Leveson proposals for reform of press regulation written by representatives of the Guardian, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and the University of Leeds are now available to download.
To find out how the Royal Charter measures up to regulation overseas, why the proposed reforms may not prevent invasions of privacy, or what was really said at the 'Delauney breakfast' meeting of top editors, follow the link below.
A series of six policy briefs on water rights and law have also been published, providing analysis of ongoing reforms in the wake of last month's Water Bill published by the government.
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Next event: Populism and Constitutions
Our Constitutions programme heads to NY, with event on populism
The historic Jay Heritage Centre in Rye, New York will play host to our next event, which will examine the relationship between populism, government, and republicanism.
Speakers will review the recent upsurge of populist movements across the world, and ask whether this represents a new force with grave consequences for the standard model of republicanism.
Populism and Constitutions
18-20 September 2013
Jay Heritage Center, Rye, NY
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Podcasts on Sharia law in Muslim states
Hear experts discuss Sharia law in Syria, Egypt, and other Muslim states
Following our exploration of the rise of political Islam and Sharia law in post-Arab Spring states earlier this year, you can now hear commentary from the event in a series of podcasts published on our website and iTunes U.
Prof Robert Gleave leads a discussion at which a panel of experts explored the contemporary relevance of Sharia Law through the prism of recent constitution-making in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other parts of the Middle East.
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