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Machiavelli's the Prince: 500 Years On
Blueprint to resolve consumer disputes across Europe published
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In this issue there's all the latest on our two new lines of inquiry into law, film and literature and international development, plus future events and latest publications.
Latest programmes open new lines of legal enquiry                              
Inaugural events set out new approaches to legal practice and thought 

Last night we launched the latest new line of enquiry into the relations between law, film and literature, with an inaugural lecture at Wolfson College delivered by Professor William Twining of UCL.

 

Professor Twining gave a rich account of the complex relations between narrative, evidence and logic, and identified some fruitful interfaces between law and literature. Read more

 

October saw the launch of another new programme to explore the ways the law bears on international development, which was opened with a panel discussion on the Post-2015 International Development Agenda.

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Machiavelli's The Prince: 500 Years On 

Next book colloquium will be a reappraisal of Machiavelli's seminal work 


Our final event of the year will be a reappraisal of Machiavelli's seminal treatise The Prince 500 years since it first appeared.
 
Professor Paolo Carta from the University of Trento, Italy, will lead this assessment of the book and its legacy as one of the most influential texts in political philosophy. 

The Prince: 500 Years On
5.30pm, Monday 9 December
Wolfson College, Oxford
 
New blueprint to resolve consumer disputes across Europe published
Policy brief outlines proposals in response to new EU framework

Our latest policy brief outlines a new Europe-wide blueprint to resolve disputes between consumers and business more quickly and fairly.
The proposals, which draw on extensive original research by a team from the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, emerge from a conference of key stakeholders earlier this year, and come in response to an EU Directive to improve the handling of small claims brought by consumers across the EU.

Read more and download policy brief

 
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