Edinburgh Law School

Edinburgh Law School's Professor James Harrison is to deliver his inaugural lecture on a fundamental question of environmental legal scholarship: how much environmental protection can we expect environmental law to deliver?  Whilst protection of the environment is undoubtedly the underlying obj

A case on servitudes is the subject of a new article on the Edinburgh Private Law Blog. "In a recent case, AC & IC Fraser & Son Limited v Munro [2024] SAC (Civ) 41, the Sheriff Appeal Court was faced with two issues relating to the law of servitudes: firstly, whether a landowner’s inac

Edinburgh Law School’s Professor Chloë Kennedy has published a new book: Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law. The book, published by Cambridge University Press, is part of her research project ‘Identity Deception: A Critical History' which was funded by an Arts and Hum

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Stephen Neff is to deliver a lecture entitled The Art(s) of Moral Globalisation next month.  Professor Neff is a graduate of Harvard University (in sociology) and of the University of Virginia School of Law. His primary research interest is the history of public

Edinburgh Law School's W.A. Wilson Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Helen Scott, regius professor of civil law, University of Cambridge next Thursday and is entitled ‘In Defence of Ignorance’. Recent accounts of the law of unjust enrichment (restitution) have emphasised th

Dr Gavin Sullivan, reader in international human rights law at Edinburgh Law School, has been awarded almost £600,000 by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for his academic project. The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme seeks to develop the next wave of world-class research and innovation l

Did you graduate from Edinburgh Law School in 1954, 1964, 1974, 1984, 1994, 2004, 2014 or 2024 with an LLB, LLM, MSc, PhD or Diploma? Join the law school for its Alumni Reunion 2024 on Saturday, 30 November 2024 for an exciting opportunity to meet, reconnect and network with your fellow Edinburgh La

Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws KC is to deliver the Ruth Adler Human Rights Lecture 2024 at Edinburgh Law School next month. Born and brought up in Glasgow, she is a bencher of Gray’s Inn, an honorary writer to the Signet and the recipient of 42 honorary degrees and fellowships from many univer

For the very first time in the UK, a dedicated undergraduate course in Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights is being offered at Edinburgh Law School. Economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights are fundamental human rights that are necessary to live a dignified life that is free from fear and want.

Edinburgh Law School’s Dr Martin David Kelly, lecturer in legal theory, has been elected as a convenor of the Jurisprudence Section of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS). Dr Kelly will take over the convening of the section with Dr Sahar Shah (University of Bristol), for a three-year term in

Professor Anne-Maree Farrell, chair of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh Law School, will be welcomed as a fellow to the Academy of Social Sciences this autumn. She is one of 45 social scientists to be selected, joining 1,600 other fellows from academia, the public, private and third sectors.

Thu 19 September 202417:30 - 20:00 Join Edinburgh Law School staff, current students, and alumni to hear from distinguished University of Edinburgh alumna Dame Eleanor Laing (LLB, 1982).

Edinburgh Law School’s Global Justice Academy (GJA) is now a part of the Open Council of Europe Academic Networks (OCEAN). OCEAN unites universities and research institutions from the Council of Europe’s 46 members states, all focused on the shared goal of human rights, democracy, and th

Dr Síofra O'Leary, who recently completed her term as president of the European Court of Human Rights, was awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh this month. Dr O’Leary’s laureation address was given by Professor Niamh Nic Shuibhne, who also co-sponsored

The new Labour government has underscored the transformative potential of AI in its manifesto, particularly highlighting its use in enhancing diagnostic services within the NHS, writes Dr John Zerilli. While the promise of AI in revolutionising the public sector is appealing, it is crucial to p