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
Grenfell Tower and the Hostile Environment
As part of a series of posts critically reflecting on the Grenfell Tower fire, Richard Warren of Kent Law Clinic details how some survivors may … 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
Grenfell Tower and the unravelling of forty years of housing ideology
As part of a series of posts critically reflecting on the Grenfell Tower fire, Prof Helen Carr argues that legal and policy burdens make tower … Read more
Inquiries, regulation and fire in the high rise
by Ed Kirton-Darling It is around 48 hours since the news of a fire at Grenfell Tower broke. My reactions in that time mirror those … 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
Fleur Johns: Data Territories: Changing Architectures of Association in International Law
Fleur Johns challenged the common ways we think about and discuss international law during a talk this month on ‘Data Territories’, delivered as part of … Read more
Carlos Bernal: Transitional Constitutionalism and the Colombian Peace Process
CeCIL began the new semester with a fascinating talk on 24 January by Dr Carols Bernal of Macquarie University entitled ‘Transitional Constitutionalism and the Colombian … Read more