Research News.

March 2014 Edition.

School Of Law.

Research at the School of Law.

The School's research is organised around clusters and groups which stimulate research by providing a forum within which ideas can be disseminated and discussed and new projects developed. The clusters play a central role in the School's research culture and strategy. Each cluster organises its own programme of seminars and events. • Centre for Criminological Research • Centre for the Study of Law in Society • Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law • Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology Law and Ethics • Sheffield Centre for International and European Law • Health Law and Policy Research Group

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In the News.

Professor Nicholas Tsagourias appeared as panellist on Al Jazeera’s programme ‘Inside Story’ dealing with the dangers faced by journalists The programme can be accessed here: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2014/02/media-freedom-public-perception-2014227143655777247.html

Professor Nicholas Tsagourias appears on Al Jazeera

People.

Emily Gray Emily’s academic career began in social policy (B.A. Goldsmiths College, University of London) before later specialising in criminology (MSc Edinburgh University; PhD Keele University). In 1999 she started work as a research assistant exploring young men’s participation in general practice healthcare at the University of Edinburgh. She later moved to the University of Oxford to join a large team of researchers investigating the effect of intensive community supervision on persistent and serious young offenders in England and Wales. It was this subject that eventually became the focus of her doctoral thesis, which sought to identify the long-term impact (ten years on) of the respective disposal with the same cohort of young people as they entered adulthood. The study combined macro-level longitudinal statistical analyses of a national data-set with micro-level biographical interviews with a discrete regional sample. It was intended to represent a departure from the original evaluation, although its inception was directly informed by the marked limitations of conducting high-profile, short-term public policy research. In between her research on youth crime and justice, she has worked on an ESRC study inspecting the methodological and theoretical particularities of research on the fear of crime. In 2013, she joined us here at the School of Law at the University of Sheffield on a further ESRC study that will explore the legacy of Thatcherism and neo-conservative social policies on crime. Learn more about the project here: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/law/research/projects/crimetrajectories

Amy Sprawson and Andrew Wooff Amy Sprawson and Andrew Wooff will be working on the ‘Good’ Police Custody: Theorising the ‘Is’ and the ‘Ought’ study, a three-year ESRC funded study which aims to explore what ‘good’ (or good enough?) police custody is. Andrew Wooff is the Research Associate for this study. Before joining the ‘Good’ Police Custody Study, Andrew spent nine years at the University of Dundee where he undertook an MA and MSc in Geography, and is currently in the final stages of completing his PhD which explores anti-social behaviour in rural Scotland. During a three-month placement at Tulliallan Police Training College, Andrew contributed to various research projects on the police in Scotland, including on the amalgamation of police forces in Scotland and on occupational cultures in pre-police reform Scotland. Amy Sprawson is the Research Assistant. Amy received a first-class BA in Criminal Justice and Criminology from the University of Leeds and completed the M.Phil in Criminological Research at the University of Cambridge in 2013. She has previously worked on several research projects that have focused on disadvantaged or ‘at risk’ young people, the most recent being the London Education and Inclusion Project. Learn more about the project here: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/law/research/projects/police

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Our New Project Researchers. We are pleased to welcome our new project researchers to the School of Law. They are a welcome addition and contribute all aspects of our research.

People.

Our Visiting Researchers. We are pleased to welcome our new visiting scholars to the School of Law. They are a welcome addition and contribute our research and international exchange activities.

Professor Luang Shuang Position Visiting Scholar Email Address s.luan@sheffield.ac.uk Room No. AG12, Bartolome House Professor Shuang Luan joins us from the College of Humanities and Social Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. She is here from February 2014 until February 2015. During her visit she will be researching Urbanization and Constitutional Government. She will be working with Dr Richard Kirkham and Professor Sarah Blandy alongside other members of Centre for the Study of Law in Society In this study, she would like to investigate the relationship between urbanization and constitutional government. Many scholars believe that urbanization and constitutional government interrelate and interact. Especially with rapid growth of urbanization in China, the public sense of rights is increasingly awakening, and how it impacts the development of constitutional government is an important issue. What is the social basis of constitutional law as well as law and society in transitional societies? How is urbanization and modern UK constitutional government progressing? What are the differences and similarities between UK constitutional government and Chinese constitutional government in the process of urbanization? This study aims to answer these questions. She will mainly focus on urbanization and modern UK constitutional government, which is constructive to China’s practice.

Professor Kayo Konagai Professor Kayo Konagai, Professor of Sociology at Rikkyo University, Japan visited several researchers (Joanna Shapland, Angela Sorsby, Stephen Farrall, Gilly Sharpe) at the School of Law on 29-30 January 2014. Professor Konagai, who is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, is interested in restorative justice and desistance.

Find out more about our visiting Scholar programme here

People.

Pablo Castillo Ortiz, Lecturer in Spanish Law, was recently awarded a PhD, “sobresaliente cum laude”. This indicates the highest mark in the Spanish system and “with honours”, as voted by all five of the examiners. The title of the dissertation was “The Judicial Politics of National Courts in the Processes of Ratification of EU Treaties”. The School of Law congratulates Dr Castillo Ortiz on his achievement. Pablo, a member of the Spanish Bar, joined the Law School in September 2013 from Universidad Autonóma de Madrid. He is our course convenor for Spanish Legal Language, and Spanish Law and Legal System. He teaches EU Law and, at postgraduate level, EU Constitutional Law. His research interests include: • Comparative constitutional law and politics, with a focus on constitutional jurisdictions • Theories and models of judicial decision-making • European legal/judicial integration • Configurational analysis • Historic Memory He is also a member of two Sheffield research clusters, Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law and the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law.

Our New ‘Dr’: Pablo Castillo Ortiz

Our New Honorary Professor, Scotland’s Police Investigations & Review Commissioner.

We are delighted to announce that Scotland’s Police Investigations & Review Commissioner, Professor John McNeill, has been made an Honorary Professor in the School of Law. Drawing on over forty years’ experience of criminal justice systems in Scotland, England and Northern Ireland, Professor McNeill will inform the School’s understanding of governance arrangements. Speaking of the award Professor Joanna Shapland said: “Professor McNeill’s distinguished career will provide students and staff alike with a unique perspective on governance across three very different UK territories.” Professor McNeill commented: “I consider it a great honour to be asked to share my knowledge of governance arrangements within the justice system with the staff and students at this prestigious School of Law.

Projects and Funding.

Dr Mark Taylor has been working with the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies at the University of Oxford. He is part of the ELSI 2.0 project. ELSI 2.0 aims to stimulate creativity, communication and collaboration on genomic research and policy. Built as an online workspace open to all potential users, it provides opportunities to be involved and to contribute to policy and practice domestically, regionally and internationally. Find out more about the project here. ELSI 2.0 Launch Event Mark Taylor, ”The implications for research of the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation”. This was an invited presentation to launch ELSI 2.0 in the UK, at the Wellcome Trust building in London on January 16, 2014. Aurora Plomer, the director of Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology Law and Ethics, was also invited to the launch and we continue to build links between the two research centres. Update on the European Data Protection Regulation Mark Taylor and Beth Thompson drafted an update on the European Data Protection Regulation following the London meeting. The document summarises the current regulation and outlines its journey through the legislative process; identifies pitfalls in the current draft, highlighting key areas of concern and how they might be redressed; considers how the current draft could be interpreted and suggests drafting improvements; and considers potential impact of the regulation on research. The document was circulated to ELSI2.0 members for review, and is available via the ELSI2.0 website. It has also been sent to Paul Timmers, Director of Sustainable and Secure Society at the European Commission, under the General Directorate of Communications Networks, Content and Technology, and to Baroness Sarah Ludford, MEP for London. Member of the European subcommittee on Human Rights, and of the Parliamentary committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Read the update here Member updates One member of the project, Kazuto Kato, arranged a sharing of expertise between UK colleagues and Japanese lawyers who are currently preparing Japanese legislation on data access. The meeting was convened in Osaka and Mark Taylor provided an overview of European Union developments for the group via video-link, also joined by Linda Briceno and Colin Mitchell.

Project update: ELSI 2.0 Project with the University of Oxford

Professor Aurora Plomer is a partner is a new AHRC Research network ‘Law, Regulation and Human Enhancement Technologies’. The AHRC award of £45.000 is to establish a network of legal scholars, practitioners and scientists working on enhancement technologies and regulation. The network is led by Dr. Imogen Goold from the University of Oxford and includes partners from Oxford, KCL, Bristol, and Edinburgh in the UK and several universities in German, the Netherlands and Italy.

New Research Network: ‘Law, Regulation and Human Enhancement Technologies’

Projects and Funding.

If you would like to know more about any of these projects contact us at law-research@sheffield.ac.uk

’ Professor Joanna Shapland and Professor Stephen Farrall have been organising a series of day conferences on ‘Coping with crime: citizens and government’ at the British Academy in London, with funding from the Faculty of Social Sciences. The seminars are for senior practitioners, policy makers and politicians and are evidence-based, focusing on ideas for the future and designed to help to create some new policy ideas on coping with crime and how citizens can relate to criminal justice agencies and the state. The series started on 27 February, looking at why crime rates rose from the 1950s to a peak in the 1980s and 1990s and have subsequently fallen sharply – and what this implies for what the state should do now. Professor Jan van Dijk looked at the picture across Europe and more widely, arguing that availability of consumer goods and subsequent preventive action by potential victims has been driving property crime rates. Professor Stephen Farrall contrasted the falls in crime against individuals, households and businesses on ‘traditional’ property and violent crime with continuing higher rates of fraud and cybercrime. The invited participants then engaged in lively discussion, facilitated by Professor Joanna Shapland, on how it was important not to relax on crime reduction precautions, and how the police and other agencies might respond to victims of cybercrime, including the need to develop victim support and crime reduction support for internet fraud and other forms of cybercrime. The second seminar was on 20 March, when the theme was trust – trust between citizens and trust in the police and criminal justice. Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms discussed the nature of trust between citizens and its role in current society, focusing on research on anti-social behaviour, signal crimes and control signals. Professor Mike Hough looked at the European research on trust in the police and courts, and how trust depends on procedural justice and fair treatment. Again there was intense discussion, facilitated by Sir Denis O’Connor, previously Chief Inspector of Constabulary. The discussion covered issues such as the much more rapid and prolific nature of comment now on social media, the demands on agencies to provide a rapid, accurate account, the effect of historic incidents of malpractice, and the extent of seepage through from changes in trust in the police to trust in other criminal justice agencies.

Seminar Series update: ‘Coping with crime: citizens and government’

Projects and Funding.

If you would like to know more about any of these projects contact us at law-research@sheffield.ac.uk

Stephen Farrall and Layla Skinns are part of a new research partnership. The N8 Research Partnership has established the N8 Policing Research Partnership (N8 PRP) to enable and foster research collaborations that will help address the problems of policing in the 21st century and achieve international excellence in policing research and impact. The aim of the N8 PRP is to establish and formalise a regional network of research and innovation in policing. It will provide a platform for collaborations between universities, Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), government, police forces and other partners working in policing policy, governance and practice. Partnership activities Layla Skinns and Bethan Loftus from the University of Manchester co-organised a ‘Policing partnerships: current debates and directions’ workshop on 26 February 2014 at the University of Manchester. This was part of the N8 Policing Partnership and was one of eight thematic areas funded by a grant from the College of Policing. Related to this, there was a launch conference of the N8 Policing Research Partnership, ‘Collaborating for Excellence and Innovation’, which was held in the Great Hall of the University of Leeds on the 24 March 2014. Learn more about the partnership here: http://www.n8research.org.uk/research-themes/policing-research/

New Research Partnership: N8 Policing

Projects and Funding.

If you would like to know more about any of these projects contact us at law-research@sheffield.ac.uk

New Project: 'Devolving Probation Services: An ethnographic study of the implementation of the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda'

Dr Gwen Robinson's project on 'Devolving Probation Services: An ethnographic study of the implementation of the Transforming Rehabilitation agenda', to be conducted jointly with researchers at Liverpool John Moores University, has been supported under the ESRC's pilot Urgency Grants Mechanism, which enables researchers to follow through an opportunity that would be lost if the application went through the usual ESRC process. This project will track the changes resulting from devolution of probation services, a development which was announced by the government in autumn 2013 for implementation in spring 2014. The usual time spent developing a research proposal, waiting for a decision and then managing the project start-up would have made it impossible to track these changes from before they came into force, which the urgency mechanism has meant the project is now able to do. Project Abstract The Probation Service in England & Wales is a public body which plays a key role in the criminal justice system. The Service is more than 100 years old and is responsible for supervising offenders subject to community-based sentences as well as large numbers of offenders who are subject to mandatory supervision at the end of a prison sentence. Currently the Probation Service supervises approximately 220,000 offenders in the community and employs more than 16,000 staff. In 2013 the Ministry of Justice announced plans to implement a policy which will see approximately 70% of the work carried out by the public Probation Service being outsourced to other providers, including private sector companies. The first stage in the process involves the creation of 21 'Community Rehabilitation Companies' (from 1 April 2014) which will be owned by the Ministry of Justice for a period of several months, prior to being offered for sale to a variety of potential providers, including private companies. This project will examine this significant development in one part of the country, providing a case study of the 'devolution' of the majority of probation services. It will look in detail, in one metropolitan area, at the process and implications of moving the bulk of probation work (and staff) from the public Probation Service to a Community Rehabilitation Company with an uncertain future. The project will seek to understand this process from a variety of perspectives, including those of senior managers involved in running the Company and probation workers engaged in supervising offenders. The researchers will attend and observe management meetings, collect and analyse policy documents and conduct interviews with staff at all levels within the organisation. The research will provide a detailed picture of a significant development in the criminal justice system and, more broadly, the process of 'outsourcing' a public service.

Projects and Funding.

If you would like to know more about any of these projects contact us at law-research@sheffield.ac.uk

New Project: ‘Desistance from crime by restorative justice practices in prisons’.

Professor Joanna Shapland, together with Dr Bart Claes (currently at the Free University of Brussels), have secured a prestigious Marie Curie Integrated European Fellowship for Career Development from the European Union. Mentored by Professor Shapland, Dr Claes will start work in early 2015 on a two-year project on 'Desistance from crime by restorative justice practices in prisons’. A qualitative comparative research between the UK and Belgium.' This brings together two key research areas for the School and the Centre for Criminological Research. Abstract: Over the last fifteen years, proactive interest in Restorative Justice can clearly be observed at policy level within many European countries and within European institutions such as the Council of Europe and the European Union. While the implementation of restorative justice practices in Europe has essentially been victim-oriented, it is now increasingly focused on the moral and social rehabilitation of the offender. The capacity of restorative justice interventions to impact positively on offenders desisting from crime opens new perspectives for these practices in prisons - an area which has been very little researched. Moreover, prisons differ significantly from other social institutions in which restorative justice has been practised. Prison environments induce deprivations or 'pains' - negative psychological effects - and have their own specific culture and structures that influence their practices and the behaviour of all those present. The further development of restorative justice practices in prison designed to link to moral rehabilitation and desistance from crime, need to be created in relation to the institution's structural and cultural elements. This research proposal concerns the relationship between restorative justice practices taking place in prison and these cultural and structural elements that form the prison's essential dynamic between the institution and its inhabitants. The research seeks to identify and theoretically explain the interaction between the two and hence to inform the continuing expansion of restorative justice practices in prisons within both the Anglo-Saxon and mainland European traditions.

Projects and Funding.

If you would like to know more about any of these projects contact us at law-research@sheffield.ac.uk

New Project: What motivates people to do “something good”?

DAAD-lecturer Dr Nina Lück and her project idea ‘What motivates people to do “something good”?’ have been selected to take part in the Sheffield Crucible Scheme 2014. The Sheffield Crucible is an initiative of the Science Faculty at the University of Sheffield which builds on the national Crucible programme organised by the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, NESTA. The point of the exercise is to bring together researchers from across the disciplines, with the hope that some unexpected research collaborations will develop. Who knows what will happen if a lawyer gets together with a computer scientist and a researcher from theatre studies?… Dr Lück hopes to use the multi-disciplinary approach that the Crucible provides, to elaborate on the ethics of reciprocity from new angles. She plans to cooperate with researchers from neuroscience, psychology, statistics, drama and health care/public health. With them, she would like to find out what lies behind the ethics of reciprocity and giving: What motivates people to do “something good”? What happens in the human brain when you do “something good”? How can finding out about the neurobiological mechanisms contribute to encouraging our students to engage in civic engagement? Which impacts do non-profit activities have on a society?

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Developing the next generation of researchers.

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Crimsoc Activities Crimsoc is a postgraduate research community for Masters, PhD and Early Careers Researchers in Criminology. 'Life on the Inside: Perspectives from Male Prisoners‘, 27 February 2014 Speakers giving papers at this seminar were Dr. Jennifer Sloan, University of Sheffield, on 'Masculinity, Imprisonment and Working Identities‘ and Dr. Nichola Cadet, Sheffield Hallam University, on 'An age old question: Understanding the health needs of older prisoners in a high security setting‘. For further details, please contact Veronica Cano (sop11vec@sheffield.ac.uk)

Research Degree Colloquia Activities Our research degree students organise and present their research ideas, or a paper, to a friendly and supportive audience. For further details, please contact Amal Ali (aali9@sheffield.ac.uk) or Stephen Lea (lwp12sjl@sheffield.ac.uk)

Recent sessions 8 January 2014 Theory, methods and methodology

5 February 2014 Yes, that is my filing system! Organising your time as a PhD

student

5 March 2014 How to create a research poster

Seminars and Events.

Faculty of Social Sciences Migration Research Group Launch Symposium

On Friday 31 January 2014 we welcomed over 40 delegates to the School of Law. The symposium analysed the dynamics of migration in Europe, since the ‘big bang’ EU enlargement of 2004 when ten new member states joined the EU. Along with speakers from the University of Sheffield, there were be contributions by invited guests from Canada, France, Poland and Romania. The event was led by Professor Andrew Geddes from the Department of Politics pictured in the centre of the panel above. Download the programme here

ESRC Project meeting: From Rhetoric to Practice: Implementing the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

On 24 January 2014 we welcomed our investigators to share their ideas for the project and make plans for the future. Read more about the project here http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/law/research/projects/business

Seminars and Events.

Title When Speaker Cluster

Bioethics in AstraZeneca Research and Development

12 February 2014 12:00-13:00 Room EG03, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Dr Mark Robertson, AstraZeneca

Health Law and Policy

The irresponsibility of British capital, its dire effect on present innovation and future profit, and what the law might do about it

12 February 2014 16:00-17:00 Room EG03, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Professor Andrew Tylecote, University of Sheffield, Management School

Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law

The histories of copyright ownership at The Times newspaper

19 February 2014 16:30-17:30 Moot Court, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Dr Jose Bellido, Birkbeck, University of London

Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law

The Future of Weapons and War

24 February 2014 18:30-19:30 St Georges Church

Professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, Robert and Marion Short Professor of International Law, University of Notre Dame (USA)

Sheffield Centre for International and European Law and the Department of Politics Annual Warrender Lecture

Jurisprudence, Justice and Sociology

26 February 2014 16:00-17:00 Moot Court, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Professor Stuart Toddington, University of Huddersfield

Centre for the Study of Law in Society

Use of Academic Patents held by Universities in China

28 February 2014 13:00-14:00 Moot Court, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Dr Hui Xu, State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China.

Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology, Law and Ethics

February 2014

ESRC Green Criminology Seminar Series: Environmental Law and Regulation On 4 February 2014 we welcomed delegates to the School of Law for this event. In this 5th of a series of 6 seminars revolving around the rapidly developing field of 'Green Criminology' this session analyzed the challenges of regulating environmental practices in a globalized world. In particular, this seminar will explore criminal justice system responses to environmental harms. You can see the programme here

Seminars and Events.

Title When Speaker Cluster Who's In Charge? The Relationship Between Medical Law, Medical Ethics and Medical Morality?

5 March 2014 13:00-14:00 EG03, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Professor Jose Miola, University of Leicester

Sheffield Institute of Biotechnology, Law and Ethics

Socio-legal encounters with homelessness

19 March 2014 16:00-17:00 Moot Court, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Dr Helen Carr, Kent University Law School

Centre for the Study of Law in Society

The Constitution and the Constitutional Court: Problems of Theory and Practice

26 March 2014 16:00-17:00 DB13, Bartolome House, Winter Street

Gediminias Mesonis, Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, Professor of Faculty of law at Vytautas Magnus University

Sheffield Centre for International and European Law

March 2014

Research Seminars. Our seminars are open to anyone interested in Criminology and Law. Find out more about our seminars and how to take part here

Research Events. We host regular research events that are aimed at bringing together researchers with a shared interest Find out about past events and how to take part in future events here

Internationalisation.

Dr Paul James Cardwell delivers keynote lecture to the Judiciary of Malaysia

The School of Law offers a truly international study experience, with staff from several countries in Europe and beyond. Their international perspectives and links with other universities and institutions around the globe enrich our students who are taught by them. Recently, Dr Nina Christiane Lück, DAAD-Lecturer in Law who teaches on our LLB Law (with German Law) programme, attended a professional sound studio in Olomouc, Moravia, in the Czech Republic. Nina had been invited by Magistra Renata Klcova who teaches German Legal Language at Palacky University and Dr. Pavel Bures, Vice-Dean for International Relations and Director of English Legal Language, to record a first volume of German legal language. The audio podcasts and CDs are now used in the Czech Republic for students of German law. The project was kindly supported by the European Social Fund and Palacky University. The first volume of “Introduction to German Legal Language” deals with German Public Law. A sequel is planned. Dr Lück commented, “This was an interesting project to be involved in, and a fascinating experience to see a professional studio in action – both the production aspect itself and the excellent staff”.

On 5 March 2014, Dr Paul James Cardwell gave a keynote lecture to members of the judiciary of Malaysia at the Palace of Justice (Istana Kehakiman) in Putrajaya, near Kuala Lumpur, as a guest of the Honourable Datuk Dr. Haji Hamid Sultan Bin Abu Backer, Judge of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia. The subject of the lecture was ‘The Past, Present and Future of EU Law’ and drew on his current research collaboration with Professor Tamara Hervey, also of the School of Law at Sheffield. Dr Cardwell met with the Rt. Hon. Dato’ Lela Negara Tun Arifin bin Zakaria, Chief Justice of Malaysia, who graduated from the School of Law at Sheffield in 1974, and members of the Lincoln’s Inn Alumni Association of Malaysia during his visit to Kuala Lumpur.

Dr Nina Lück invited to record CDs and podcasts on German Public Law

Presentations.

Dr Vicky Chico was invited to present ‘Can requiring genetic knowledge be justified in the name of preventing harm?’ at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy Senior Seminar Series, University of Manchester, 12 February 2014.

Professor Aurora Plomer was invited to chair a panel session at a conference on translational research and the legal boundaries between biomedical research and treatment: “Les Frontieres entre Recherche et Soin: Diagnostics et Pronostics Juridiques’, Universite Paris X, 16 January 2014.

Andrew Johnston presented at a one day special event at the European Parliament entitled ‘The Purpose of the Corporation’, organised by Richard Howitt MEP, Frank Bold and Cardiff Business School. Other speakers included Lynn Stout of Cornell Law School and William Lazonick of the University of Massachusetts. A video of his presentation is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMgedLPUO5s&feature=youtu.be&t=1m25s

Dr Russell Buchan presented ‘Cyber Espionage and International Law’ at the University of Manchester, 5 February 2014.

Professor Nicholas Tsagourias presented ‘Cyberspace and the law of war’ at the University of Manchester, 5 February 2014.

Dr Russell Buchan presented ‘Ukraine and the use of force’ at the International Law Association on 21 March 2014.

Professor Tamara Hervey presented ‘Judicial Methods of EU Law’ at the School of Law, University of Lund, Sweden, 20 March 2014

Professor Tamara Hervey presented 'The Contribution of the European Union to Global Health’ School of Health and Related Research Focus on Global Health, University of Sheffield, 13 February 2014.

Impact and Public Engagement.

Professor Shapland presents the keynote at the Annual General Meeting of the Criminal Justice Alliance

Award winning research in the field of law and armed conflict by Dr Buchan

Professor Joanna Shapland was invited to give the keynote presentation to the Annual General Meeting of the Criminal Justice Alliance, the network of chief executives of charities and voluntary sector bodies involved with criminal justice. Previous speakers have included ministers and the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Alliance wanted to hear about our research on desistance and on the quality of probation, in relation to the changes currently taking place in the delivery of probation and supervision on license. The full reference for this presentation is: Shapland, J. (2014) ‘Reaching for quality in supervision to promote desistance’ (with A.E. Bottoms, S. Farrall, F. McNeill, C. Priede, G. Robinson and A. Sorsby), invited keynote presentation to Criminal Justice Alliance (network of chief executives of charities involved with criminal justice), London, 22 January 2014.

Dr Russell Buchan’s 2013 book “International Law and the Construction of the Liberal Peace” has been awarded the Francis Lieber Prize for an outstanding monograph in the field of law and armed conflict by the American Society of International Law’s (ASIL) Lieber Society. He will receive the award at the ASIL annual meeting in Washington D.C. in April 2014. You can learn more about this award winning publication here

This paper by Professor Stephen Farrall and our visiting Scholar Helmut Hirtenlehner was shortlisted for the Richard J. Terrill Paper of the Year Award by the International Criminal Justice Review. Paper reference: Hirtenlehner, H. and Farrall, S. (2013) Anxieties about modernization, concerns about community and fear of crime. Testing two related models, International Criminal Justice Review, 23(1):5-24.

Paper shortlisted for prize: Anxieties about modernization, concerns about community and fear of crime. Testing two related models

Impact and Public Engagement.

School of Law Research contributes to the new Consumer Rights Bill currently being passed in Parliament Liability for the sale and supply to consumers of faulty digital content: research from the School of Law helps lead to consumers being given redress for the sale or supply of faulty digital content such as computer games, downloaded music, eBooks and ring tones etc. The Consumer Rights Bill is currently passing through Parliament and is expected to be passed shortly. The Bill aims to clarify and simplify the rights and remedies available to consumers for the sale and supply of faulty goods or services. For the first time in English law it also makes it clear that protection is not only available for sale of faulty digital goods but also for digital content delivered in a non tangible form. The Bills proposals on rights and remedies for the supply of digital content draw on a research paper by our late Emetrius Professor Rob Bradgate: Bradgate R (2010) ‘Consumer Rights in Digital Products: A Research report prepared for the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)’, Institute for Commercial Law Studies (now known as Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law). A copy of the report can be found at www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/31837/10-1125-consumer-rights-in-digital-products.pdf

Learn more about how we engage with our community here

Dr Vicky Chico was invited to attend the Genomics and Population Health Foundaton (PHG Foundation) workshop at the Royal Society on 5th February 2014 for its Realising Genomics in Clinical Practice which examined the ethical, legal, social and practical issues that are likely to arise as a result of implementing whole genome sequencing in clinical practice. The aim of the foundation was to use the debate at this meeting to generate practical outputs including recommendations for practice, and suggestions for robust consent materials and processes. These outputs will also be highly relevant for her 100,000 Genomes Project as it gathers pace over the next few months.

Workshop participation: Realising Genomics in Clinical Practice

On 20 March Dr Richard Kirkham was invited as one of the key speakers at a conference at the Pierhead Building, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff - Commissioners and Ombudsmen and the Infrastructure of Welsh Governance: lessons from Wales and lessons for Wales'. The event was attended by members of the Welsh Government and leading figures in the Welsh public sector, as well as academics.

Key note speaker: National Assembly for Wales

Prof Nicholas Tsagourias gave a public lecture on the legality of Russia's action in Ukraine at the University of Cyprus on 12 March 2014 and published an article with the title 'Is the referendum in Crimea legal? Definitely not' in the Cypriot national newspaper 'Politis'

Public lecture: University of Cyprus

Publications.

Farrall, S. and Hay, C. (eds.) (2014) The Legacy of Thatcherism: Exploring and Theorising the Long-term Consequences of Thatcherite Social and Economic Policies, The British Academy, in conjunction with Oxford University Press, Oxford. This book contains three chapters co-authored by Stephen Farrall: Hay, C. and Farrall, S. (2014) ‘Interrogating and Conceptualising the Legacy of Thatcherism’, in Farrall S., and Hay, C. The Legacy of Thatcherism: Exploring and Theorising the Long-term Consequencies of Thatcherite Social and Economic Policies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 3-30. Farrall, S. and Jennings, W. (2014) ‘Thatcherism and Crime: The Beast that Never Roared?’, in Farrall S., and Hay, C., The Legacy of Thatcherism: Exploring and Theorising the Long-term Consequencies of Thatcherite Social and Economic Policies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 207-233. Farrall, S. and Hay, C. (2014) ‘Locating “Thatcherism” In The “Here and Now”’, in Farrall S., and Hay, C. The Legacy of Thatcherism: Exploring and Theorising the Long-term Consequencies of Thatcherite Social and Economic Policies, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 315-339.

‘The Legacy of Thatcherism: Exploring and Theorising the Long-term Consequences of Thatcherite Social and Economic Policies.’ Stephen Farrall and Colin Hay from the Politics Department have edited a new book on the legacy of Thatcherism.

‘Market Discipline and EU Corporate Governance Reform in the Banking Sector: Merits, Fallacies, and Cognitive Boundaries’ Dr Jay Cullen has had his latest research published in the Journal of Law and Society. Emilios Avgouleas & Jay Cullen (2014) ‘Market Discipline and EU Corporate Governance Reform in the Banking Sector: Merits, Fallacies, and Cognitive Boundaries’ Journal of Law and Society 41: 28-50 (Special Issue: Exploring Post-Crisis Trajectories of European Corporate Governance).

The publication relates to the ESRC Project: Long-term Trajectories of Crime in the UK. Find out more here

Publications. ‘Health Equality, Solidarity and Human Rights in European Union Law’ Professor Tamara Hervey’s article ‘Health Equality, Solidarity and Human Rights in European Union Law’ is now available in a new edited collection ‘Citizenship and Solidarity in the European Union’. T. Hervey, ‘Health Equality, Solidarity and Human Rights in European Union Law’ in A. Silveira, M. Canotilho & P. Madeira Froufe (Eds.), Citizenship and Solidarity in the European Union, (P.I.E Peter Lang: Brussels, 2014), ISBN 9782875741097

‘Re-judging Social Rights in the European Union’ Professor Tamara Hervey’s new article ‘Re-judging Social Rights in the European Union’ has been published in the edited collection, ‘Critical Legal Perspectives on Global Governance’. T. Hervey, ‘Re-judging Social Rights in the European Union’ in G.de Burca, C. Kilpatrick and J. Scott (Eds.), Critical Legal Perspectives on Global Governance, (Hart Publishing: Oxford, 2014), 245-268. ISBN 9781849464192

‘Preventing the Next Financial Crisis? Regulating Bankers’ Pay in Europe’ Professor Andrew Johnston has had the article, ‘Preventing the Next Financial Crisis? Regulating Bankers’ Pay in Europe’ published in the Journal of Law and Society 41: 6-27 (2014).

‘Traffickers? Terrorists? Smugglers? Immigrants to the United States and International Crime before the Second World War’ Professor Paul Knepper has had a new chapter published on ’Traffickers? Terrorists? Smugglers? Immigrants to the United States and International Crime before the Second World War’, in Michael Tonry and Sandra Bucerius, eds, The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime and Immigration, New York: Oxford University Press, pages 484-504.

Publications.

‘To what extent is the use of human enhancements defended in international human rights legislation?’ David Lawrence who was a LLM Biotechnology Law and Ethics student here in 2011-12 had an article from his LLM dissertation published in Medical Law International. His LLM dissertation was supervised by Dr Ruth Stirton. The article is called “To what extent is the use of human enhancements defended in international human rights legislation?”. You can read the article here (PDF)

‘Historical criminology’ Professor Paul Knepper has had a chapter on ‘Historical criminology’ published in Gerben Bruinsma and David Weisburd, eds, Encyclopaedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. New York: Springer, 2014, pages 2081-2087.

‘Stem Cell Research Funding Policies and Dynamic Innovation: A Survey of Open Access and Commercialization’ Professor Aurora Plomer has contributed to an article on Stem Cell Research Funding Policies and Dynamic Innovation: A Survey of Open Access and Commercialization Maroussia Lévesque, Jihyun Rosel Kim, Rosario Isasi, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Aurora Plomer, Yann Joly (2014), ‘Stem Cell Research Funding Policies and Dynamic Innovation: A Survey of Open Access and Commercialization Requirements’, Stem Cell Reviews and Reports (March 2014). The full article is available here

International Review of Victimology The new edition of the International Review of Victimology is now available. This edition is a special 20th Anniversary Edition edited by our Professor of Criminology Joanna Shapland and our Post-Doctoral Research Associate Dr Jennifer Sloan. The contributions to this special edition by our School of Law staff are; Induction – Twenty volumes of victimology: The special issue, Joanna Shapland and Jennifer Sloan, pages 3-6, Article – Implications of growth: Challenges for restorative justice, Joanna Shapland, pages 111-128, Article – Environmental harm and environmental victims: Scoping out a ‘green victimology’, Matthew Hall, pages 129-146. J Shapland and J Sloan (Eds), International Review of Victimology, 20 (1), 2014, Sage Publications ISSN 0269-7580

‘Ratemylegalrisk.com - The Legality of Online Rating Sites Relating to Individuals in Data Protection Law’ Dr Andreas Rühmkorf had his article ‘Ratemylegalrisk.com - The Legality of Online Rating Sites Relating to Individuals in Data Protection Law’ published in the Intellectual Property Forum, 96 (March 2014), 55 - 67.