A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Barrister Paul Clark of Garden Court Chambers for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) … Read more
Author: Andrea Shieber
Media reactions to Lavinia Woodward’s sentence have wrongly amplified class, race and gender bias in the judiciary
According to one tabloid newspaper, Lavinia Woodward is the ‘Oxford University Slasher’ who was spared imprisonment for assaulting her boyfriend with a knife because she … Read more
Africa wins in the Ghana v Côte d’Ivoire Case: Personal take homes from UNECA, Report-Review Meeting on Transboundary disputes in Africa
On Saturday 23 September 2017, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) gave a decision in support of Ghana in its case against Cote … Read more
CeCIL lecture by Dr Darren Dinsmore on Turkey’s Gülenist Purge and the Defence of Human Rights
A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Darren Dinsmore for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) CeCIL hosted its final … Read more
Immigration legal aid mess
The following is a copy of a letter written by Kent Law Clinic Solicitor, and Reader in Law, Sheona York. The letter was published in … Read more
We need to talk about sexbots
Commenting on the recent report by the Foundation for Responsible Robotics (FRR) that sex with robots is increasingly likely, ethics expert Professor Robin Mackenzie of … Read more
The Grenfell Tower inquiry: learning from Hillsborough
As part of a series of posts critically reflecting on the Grenfell Tower fire, Phil Scraton, Professor Emeritus in Criminology at Queen’s University Belfast, calls … Read more
Robert Knox: Imperialism, International Law and the Politics of Hypocrisy
A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Robert Knox (University of Liverpool) for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) The … Read more
CeCIL lecture by Professor Nick Grief on representing Marshall Islands case before International Court of Justice
A report by Eric Loefflad on a public lecture hosted by the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) in Canterbury Kent Law School Professor … Read more
CeCIL Film Night: Darwin’s Nightmare
A report by Eric Loefflad on a film screening jointly hosted by the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) and Social Critiques of Law … Read more