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A Parliamentary Group focusing on family and child protection is to hear how changes are needed to sex education in the classroom to protect young people from the damaging effects of pornography.

Dr Lee Jones from QMUL's School of Politics and International Relations writes about the death of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) at Queen Mary University of London has warned that reports of attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar may signal a new phase in what ISCI researchers say is genocide.

The UK Constitution is profoundly ill equipped to cope with the complexities of Brexit, and the government has no mandate to determine the UK's future relationship with the EU, according to a research paper by Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott.

EU to benefit most from Article 50 TEU uncertainty The legal uncertainty over exactly how the UK exits the EU is most likely to benefit the remaining EU countries, according to experts in EU and international trade law.

Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott has been appointed as an advisor to the Scottish Parliament European and External Relations Committee .

Sussex prepares Qatari graduates to understand what causes corruption and how to tackle it The Prime Minister of Qatar has officially launched the University of Sussex Master's course in Corruption, Law and Governance , in collaboration with the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Centre (ROLACC).

National election results in the UK could look vastly different if all immigrants had the right to vote, which they should, according to new research.

Responses to illegal wildlife trade need to be more nuanced and not only focused on high-profile species if we are to truly tackle the problem, say researchers.

An internationally-renowned researcher has been appointed as Head of Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics.

Law reform work in Scotland is to be strengthened and improved following a landmark agreement between the Scottish Law Commission and the country's university law schools.

The promotion of legal alternatives, rather than the risk of prosecution, is more likely to change unlawful file sharing behaviour, according to new research. The study by academics from the University of East Anglia (UEA), Lancaster University and Newcastle University found that the supposed benefit of online file sharing predicts unlawful behaviour, but not perceived risk, suggesting that either current laws are not enough of a deterrent or threatening people with prosecution is not effective.

The full complexity of 'green criminology', including poaching, wildlife crime, forest degradation and environmental activism, and the different responses to them, has been captured in a new book by a Lancaster University criminologist.

In 2015 and the first half of 2016, more than 6,600 refugees and migrants drowned or went missing in the Mediterranean after their boats capsized while trying to reach Europe.

Ten pigtails of hair thought to be from seven mutineers of "Mutiny on the Bounty" fame and three of their female Polynesian companions will be analysed in a new collaboration between the Pitcairn Islands Study Centre at Pacific Union College (California, US) and the forensic DNA group at King's College London (UK).

India's sophisticated laws and progressive policies fail with startling regularity.

The balance has been tipped in favour of the cricket bat, over the ball, engineers have found in an assessment of their design evolution. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardian of the Laws of Cricket , has previously gathered anecdotal evidence that suggested that bats have become significantly more powerful in recent years.

Manuscripts and Special Collections at The University of Nottingham has recently acquired the manuscript of an important unfinished short story by D.H. Lawrence.

Michelle Obama's involvement with a secondary school in London had a substantial positive impact on pupils' GCSE results, according to a University of Bristol academic.

Cambridge law professor says Article 50 is the only legal mechanism for Brexit, countering assertions by Vote Leave 'roadmap' that Article 50 is "not the sole lawful means".

Cambridge law professor says Article 50 is the only legal mechanism for Brexit, countering assertions by Vote Leave 'roadmap' that Article 50 is "not the sole lawful means".

Researchers from the University of Bristol have contributed to the development of a radical new approach to supporting parents with learning disabilities.

Aspiring lawyers from non-privileged homes in the East Midlands will benefit from the expansion of a pioneering initiative brought together by The University of Nottingham , Nottingham Trent University , the Sutton Trust, the Legal Education Foundation and the legal profession.

Catherine Barnard (Faculty of Law) discusses why it's so important that young people vote in the EU referendum.

Last night researchers at the University of Warwick hosted a 'Psychoactive Supper' to stimulate discussion about the concept of psycho-activity, central to The Psychoactive Substances Act (2016), a ne

Nottingham's links to China have been strengthened with a tribute to one of its most famous writers.

Kenneth Armstrong (Centre for European Legal Studies) and Michael Dougan (University of Liverpool) discuss the volume of UK law which derives from the EU. Today it is a tragedy that the European Union - that body long ago established with the high and noble motive of making another war impossible - is itself beginning to stifle democracy, in this country and around Europe.

Year 12 pupils from schools across Coventry & Warwickshire have been getting a taste of studying law at a top university.

The proliferation of Henry VIII clauses and the increased use of delegated legislation represents a threat to parliamentary control over the executive warned Lord Judge, former Lord Chief Justice, at a special event last night hosted by the Dickson Poon School of Law , King's College London.

New Cambridge 'crime harm index' published today quantifies true cost of crime: damage caused to victims and society. Experts call on UK government to adopt low-cost metric for greater transparency of crime trends and risks.

A bullet fired by Lawrence of Arabia during one of his most famous acts of guerrilla warfare has been discovered in the Arabian desert by a team of archaeologists, led by the University of Bristol, confirming the accuracy of Lawrence's own account of the attack in his war memoir Seven Pillars of Wisdom.

Martin Kleppmann (Computer Laboratory) discusses how vulnerable security technologies really are, and how these vulnerabilities could be exploited by both law enforcement and criminals.

West African cocoa farmers may not all benefit equally from the Fairtrade chocolate eggs bought by consumers this Easter, new research has found. Dr Elizabeth Fortin from the University of Bristol Law School has investigated whether the Fairtrade scheme represents a fair deal for all farmers, or just a select few.

Human trafficking has a gender dimension that must be addressed if the crime is to be prevented, a new study finds.

From torture and labour rights violations to restrictions on academic freedom, allegations of human rights violations have proved a challenge to efforts in the transnational provision of education. But universities engaging in extending their programmes to other countries risk more than their reputation.

The European Union needs a new vision and a new type of co-operation between member states if it is to overcome the most difficult crisis it has faced in its history, the President of the Italian Cha

A Lancaster University statistician is working on an international project to develop forensics techniques to help inform criminal courts. Dr David Lucy, of Lancaster's Mathematics and Statistics department, is working with the Netherlands' National Forensics Institute (NFI), to develop a method of working out how likely it is that glass fragments found on suspects came from crime scenes.

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