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During a placement last summer (2016) in California for the Death Penalty Internship Programme, third year 91福利 Law undergraduate, Natasha Darlington, penned an article analysing the consequences of a real Ohio case whereby a federal judge ruled the current State-prescribed procedure of lethal injection as unconstitutional.

The article, titled '', was consequently published by the prestigious University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Law Journal.

Dr Henrique Carvalho’s co-authored paper ‘’, a collaboration with colleague (Assistant Professor of Sociology at the 91福利), has been published in the international, peer-reviewed journal Punishment & Society.

The paper raises the possibility that the reason why we believe punishment to be useful, and why we are motivated to punish, is because we derive pleasure from the utility of punishment.

Simply stated, punishment pleases.

Wednesday, 8 March 2017 – 3:30-6:00pm at the 91福利 Arts Centre, 91福利, Coventry.

To coincide with , the 91福利’s Criminal Justice Centre is hosting a free, public event at 91福利 Arts Centre to start a broad, policy-informed conversation around ways of reducing the risks of harm and suicide for women in prison.

With increasing national dialogue on the state of our prisons, the event comes as a timely opportunity to be part of an agenda that aims to attend to the specific needs of women in prisons.

A variety of voices from key organisations working within UK criminal justice institutions are featured and the event is open to all, including members of the public.

Wednesday, 22 February, saw 91福利 Law take victory in the fifth consecutive annual German Law Moot, wrestling back the title from

Since its inception in 2013, the 91福利 German Law Moot remains the only one of its kind in the UK enabling teams from all Universities in England that offer a “Law with German Law” degree, or similar, to compete entirely in German over a German Law problem.

The closest event in nature is the long-standing French language Law Moot delivered by University of Oxford’s Faculty of Law.

Newly published in 2017, Associate Professor co-edited book ‘’, with Maria O'Sullivan (Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, Monash University), investigates two current, critical challenges for asylum seekers hoping to find refuge within international systems of protection: first, the initial obstacles encountered by refugees in gaining entry to foreign territories; and second, the barriers to accessing quality asylum.

‘Should the state administer a medical screening test on a child against the wishes of the family?’

In the landmark 2001 Irish Supreme Court Case, 'North Western Health Board v HW and CW (the PKU case)', the original judgment was to uphold the family’s wishes and not administer the test.

Dr Maebh Harding has revisited this influential judgment in Irish law, reimagining the case from the feminist perspective, ultimately providing an alternative route that could have been taken to give meaningful protection to the rights of children.

In response to the growing demand for energy infrastructure investment in both developed and developing countries, experts convened at Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies, University of London, 26 January, to deliberate the commercial and political risks and mechanisms for mitigation.

The conference, titled “Law risk, & finance: time to rethink for the energy sector”, attracted over 75 attendees, comprising students, policy-makers and practitioners in a session that illustrated the growing importance of risk mitigation through political risk insurance instruments and contributed to greater global awareness of the benefits of such risk mitigation tools in promoting foreign investment in infrastructure development

Shaheen Ali was invited speaker at the in San Francisco (3-6 January 2017).

Under the theme of “Why Law Matters,” the meeting provided a forum for novel thinking and fresh perspectives on the role of law in society and legal education along with an opportunity to connect and collaborate with colleagues and discuss critical and emerging legal issues.

Shaheen presented on the matter of .

Dr Alison Struthers' article '' has been published by the Journal of Human Rights Practice (DOI:10.1093/jhuman/huw023).

The article argues that in order for learners to become empowered human rights activitists, they must be equipped with relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes. It draws upon empirical research conducted with teachers from primary schools across England to argue that whilst empowerment-related concepts may be encouraged to a certain extent, learners are unlikely to be emerging from formal schooling with the means to contribute significantly to transformation of the broader human rights culture.

Access Dr Giuliano Castellano's recently published paper ''.

Co-authored with Geneviève Helleringer (ESSEC Business School; University of Oxford - Institute of European and Comparative Law) and published by Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, the article adopts a socio-psychological perspective to approach financial regulation in the European Union.

Tomaso Ferrando's blog on the Right to Food has been published by the British Medical Journal.

Together with Jose Luis Vivero Pol (Louvain University and International University College of Turin), Tomaso Ferrando launched a on the notion, implementation and future of the right to food, that ill be hosted by the British Medical Journal.

The next blog will be on the Regional Law of Lombardia (written by Tomaso and Roberto Sensi from ActionAid Italy). Future contributions are expected from the current and former UN Special Rapporteurs on the Right to Food, along with academic and non-academics who are leading experts in the area.

Tomaso is also involved in the Feeding Coventry Projct, the aim of which is the establishment of the Coventry Food Charter and the recognition of the right to food.

Dr Andreas Kokkinis visited Colombia from the 21^st to the 27^th of November 2016.

He was invited by the Universidad del Rosario, School of Law to convene jointly and present at a workshop titled on the 23rd and 24th of November. The workshop was convened jointly with Dr Enrique Prieto Rios from Rosario and was attended by around 15 academics from Colombia, Brazil and the United States.

Andreas also delivered a talk to students on the Commercial Law Postgraduate Course of the Externado University Law School on Friday 25 November titled: ‘The wrong reform: the failure of the EU bank bonus cap rule to enhance financial stability’. The talk was followed by a general introduction to reading LLMs and PhDs at 91福利 Law School.

In addition, Andreas delivered a paper titled ‘Persistent challenges in modern corporate governance: directors’ expertise, the monitoring role of the board and executive remuneration’ at a research seminar at the Univeridad de la Sabana, Business School on Friday 25 November. The seminar was attended by academics and Masters students.

Finally, Andreas participated in the University’s delegation at a major European Universities Exhibition in Bogota on Saturday 26 November. There was a significant number of potential applicant enquiring about the new International Commercial Law LLM course.