University of Bristol Law School Blog
A window into the legal research carried out at the Law School
By Prof Albert Sanchez-Graells, Professor of Economic Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Global Law and Innovation (University of Bristol Law School). Public procurement is at the forefront of the response to the challenges of COVID-19. Only well-equipped hospitals can save patients’ lives without endangering those of the medical, nursing and support workers in […]
By Prof John Coggon, Professor of Law (University of Bristol Law School) Legal and policy responses to COVID-19 rest on and express the balance of different basic values and principles. Earlier and current regulatory approaches bring into sharp relief how liberty must be understood and weighed against other values. This is for the sake of […]
By Dr Katie Bales, Lecturer in Law (University of Bristol Law School) The current COVID19 crisis has shone a light on the world of work by interrupting the supply and demand necessary for global capitalism to function. In the UK context, it has drawn attention to the inadequacies of our current employment rights framework; the […]
By Professor Albert Sanchez-Graells, Co-Director of the Centre for Global Law and Innovation (University of Bristol Law School). The Digital Constitutionalist (DigiCon) has recently hosted a symposium on ‘Safeguarding the Right to Good Administration in the Age of AI’, co-edited by Dr Simona Demková (Leiden), Dr Melanie Fink (Leiden) and Dr Giulia Gentile (Essex). Professor […]
by Professor Phil Syrpis, University of Bristol Law School This article examines attempts to evaluate Brexit. Brexit is a ‘complex event’ which involves far-reaching political, economic, legal and social change. When, as in relation to Brexit, the stakes are high and opinions are entrenched, methodologies are bound to attract critical attention. In the light of […]
by Tingting Bai* [This blog is part of a series on the pandemic. The introduction to the series can be found here.] Digitalization in the cultural sector can support the dissemination of culture and was very beneficial in maintaining the economic, social and cultural activities during the covid-19 pandemic. Digitalization also has transformed the cultural sector […]
by Alyane Almeida de Araujo, Université de Lille (France) and Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Brazil) [This blog is part of a series on the pandemic. The introduction to the series can be found here.] What happened to work/life balance from a gender perspective during the covid pandemic in Brazil and France? This blog post attempts to […]
by Anna Madarasi, judge and a former spokesperson of the Metropolitan Court of Budapest* [This blog is part of a series on the pandemic. The introduction to the series can be found here.] Online hearings are on the rise across the world. In a significant number of European countries, the use of online tools in court […]
by Jani Hannonen, Doctoral Researcher, University of Turku (Finland) [This blog is part of a series on the pandemic. The introduction to the series can be found here.] The worldwide Covid-19 pandemic has reformed work culture, with many people suddenly having to work remotely. Not even the criminal justice system has escaped the pandemic unchanged because […]
By Dr Jule Mulder, The Law School, University of Bristol This series of blogposts emerged from the 14th Legal Research Network Conference hosted by the University of Bristol Law School on the 15th and 16th of September 2022. [The Legal Research Network Conference.] The conference focused on the post-pandemic effect and potential opportunities for social […]