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Call for papers: Legal history, literature and the arts

26 May 2023, IALS, London Call for papers Hosted by the Open University Law School’s legal history research cluster, this one-day event will explore legal history through art, architecture and literature. It is deliberately broad in scope to allow connections … Continue reading

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Call for papers – Diversity, dilemmas and discoveries: Legal history in the curriculum

Diversity, dilemmas and discoveries: Legal history in the curriculum Online event 15 December 2022 The Open University Law School Legal History Research Cluster Call for papers What is the place and purpose of legal history in the wider law school … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: The Liability Convention in the ‘New Space’ Age

50th Anniversary of the Liability Convention Debris plot by NASA The Liability Convention (Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects) turns 50 in 2022. To mark the anniversary the Open University Law School’s Legal History Group will … Continue reading

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Desire Lines

Dr Robert Herian Senior Lecturer in Law, The Open University*    In human effort, the only source of energy is desire.  It is not in a person’s nature to desire what he already has.  Desire is a tendency, the start … Continue reading

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