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Geneva LLM Study Trip 2024Geneva LLM Study Trip 2024

Geneva LLM Study Trip 2024

In February 2024, four students pursuing their LLM at the University of Liverpool Law School travelled on a study trip to Geneva, Switzerland, where they had the amazing opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of international law and experience first-hand how international law functions in practice.

Posted on: 14 March 2024

"Get that Judge out of my sight": The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill"Get that Judge out of my sight": The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

"Get that Judge out of my sight": The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill

The Rwanda policy to send asylum seekers from the UK to a country in Africa for reception and determination of their claims is a perverse result of Brexit.

Posted on: 6 March 2024

Regulating the Decentralised Autonomous Organisation – Symposium and Network FormationRegulating the Decentralised Autonomous Organisation – Symposium and Network Formation

Regulating the Decentralised Autonomous Organisation – Symposium and Network Formation

A one-day symposium, hosted by the School of Law and Social and Social Justice on 25 January 2024, brought together scholars across a range of legal disciplines to discuss the legal implications surrounding the usage of decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) and how they should be best governed.

Posted on: 13 February 2024

Reforming the EU ‘Facilitators’ Package’: The new Commission proposal in the light of the Kinshasa litigation Reforming the EU ‘Facilitators’ Package’: The new Commission proposal in the light of the Kinshasa litigation

Reforming the EU ‘Facilitators’ Package’: The new Commission proposal in the light of the Kinshasa litigation

The Current EU Framework on the Facilitation of Unauthorised Entry

Posted on: 12 February 2024

The Importance of Individual Stories in Understanding Health and Social Care: A Personal Viewpoint The Importance of Individual Stories in Understanding Health and Social Care: A Personal Viewpoint

The Importance of Individual Stories in Understanding Health and Social Care: A Personal Viewpoint

The ‘story’ is an important instrument in qualitative research about long term conditions.

Posted on: 5 February 2024

The End of the Pilot Stage: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Checking in the UKThe End of the Pilot Stage: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Checking in the UK

The End of the Pilot Stage: The Long and Winding Road to Drug Checking in the UK

Saturday 27th January 2024 is a red-letter day for drug checking and for harm reduction more generally in the UK.

Posted on: 26 January 2024

The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir

The Ageing of Simone de Beauvoir

For most of her life, Simone de Beauvoir feared and loathed the idea of ageing so much that she could see no good in it at all.

Posted on: 8 January 2024

Clinical, Sociological and Cultural Dimensions of Frailty: A DialogueClinical, Sociological and Cultural Dimensions of Frailty: A Dialogue

Clinical, Sociological and Cultural Dimensions of Frailty: A Dialogue

This three-day symposium, hosted by the Brocher Foundation, Switzerland, brought together scholars in ageing from a number of disciplinary perspectives, including medicine, social science, arts and humanities, to discuss the contested concept of frailty.

Posted on: 4 December 2023

Expert Analysis: The Supreme Court rules the UK-Rwanda Policy UnlawfulExpert Analysis: The Supreme Court rules the UK-Rwanda Policy Unlawful

Expert Analysis: The Supreme Court rules the UK-Rwanda Policy Unlawful

Our Dean of the School of Law and Social Justice reflects on this week’s decision by The Supreme Court to rule the UK Government’s policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful, backing the Court of Appeal’s judgement.

Posted on: 17 November 2023

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