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Eco-Anxiety and Solastalgia: the unseen climate harms demanding legal recognition
Eponine Signe Noumbou, Attendee at the Nottingham Doctoral Symposium, member of the Hands on Heart Association and Women for Sustainable Energy and Climate Action We see the images daily: forests reduced to ash, villages swallowed by rising seas, and cities choked by industrial smog. The physical devastation of the environmental crisis is undeniable. But beneath the surface of these visible scars lies a deeper, more insidious wound, a psychological toll that is increasingly b
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3 days ago8 min read
Vampire Panics and the Rule of Law
Rev'd Prof Helen Hall, Nottingham Law School https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/helen-hall With spooky season in full swing, and the scent of pumpkin spice in the air, monsters are high in the public consciousness. Alongside ghosts, werewolves and zombies, vampires feature prominently and are instantly recognisable when they appear as decorations or Halloween costumes. The modern image of the vampire owes a lot to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and the genre of books and films
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Oct 174 min read
The High Seas Treaty has been ratified - what does this means for Environmental Activists and Direct Enforcement?
Laurence Atkin-Teillet, Lecturer at NLS In 2017, the United Nations General Assembly took a major step toward protecting our oceans by...
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Oct 15 min read
Post-Mortem Justice: are the sentences for ‘necrophilia’ adequate?
Carolyn Parsons, Senior Lecturer NLS https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/carolyn-parsons The Origins of Section 70 Prior to 2003,...
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Jul 315 min read
Legal Myths: Burning Witches at the Stake
Rev'd Prof Helen Hall, Nottingham Law School https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/helen-hall The trope of witches being burnt at the...
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Jul 253 min read
Zoroastrian Excarnation, Feasibility and Legality
Dr Martin Szarkiszjan, Lecturer at NLS https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/martin-szarkiszjan Diego Delso, delso.photo , License CC...
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Jul 187 min read
“Fact” in Law
Dr John Rumbold, Lecturer at NLS NTU https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/john-rumbold As lawyers, we use the term “fact” in very...
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Jun 269 min read
The Reliquary on the Record: Sacred Remains and the Limits of English Property Law
Fedor Arkhipov, PhD candidate, University of Insubria https://personale.unimore.it/Rubrica/dettaglio/319480 St Mary & Eanswythe,...
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Jun 136 min read
The Climber on the Clapham Omnibus: Reasonableness, Negligence and High Risk Sport
Rev'd Prof Helen Hall, Nottingham Law School https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/helen-hall Dramatic headlines last week reported...
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Jun 66 min read
Redefining Piracy as Harm to the Commons
Laurence Atkin-Teillet, Hourly Paid Lecturer and PhD candidate at NLS https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/laurence-teillet In...
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May 235 min read
The Right to Marry and Whole Life Orders
Dr Sophie Gallop, Senior Lecturer NLS, https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/sophie-gallop Last year Parliament enacted the Victims...
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May 95 min read
INTERPOL and the Watson Case: An Ongoing Story of Contested Justice
Laurence Teillet, Hourly Paid Lecturer and PhD candidate at NLS https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/laurence-teillet Photo by...
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May 25 min read
The Eggification of Humpty Dumpty
Rev'd Prof Helen Hall, Nottingham Law School https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/helen-hall Photo by Jasmin Egger on Unsplash “...
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Apr 173 min read
Private Schools and VAT – a missed opportunity?
Dr Richard Watkins, Senior Lecturer at NLS https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/richard-watkins Fulfilling a manifesto pledge from...
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Apr 116 min read
The Conflict of Sexual Values: Analysing Implications for the Safety of Non-Binary Identities in Ghana
Benedict Ekow Ocran, NTU Department of Social Work, Care, and Community and Professor Pam Alldred, NTU Department of Social Work, Care,...
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Apr 48 min read
Whose funeral is it anyway? Disputes about obsequies and Patel v Patel
Sheila Hamilton-MacDonald, Senior Lecturer at NLS https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/sheila-hamilton-macdonald American car: Photo...
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Mar 286 min read
Present Day Witchcraft Accusations in the United Kingdom
Rev'd Prof Helen Hall, Nottingham Law School https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/helen-hall In February 2025 the Scottish Register...
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Mar 213 min read
Infidelity as a tool of domestic abuse? Reflections on the sentencing of Kyle Clifford.
Dr Kirsty Welsh, Nottingham Law School https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/kirsty-welsh and Professor Loretta Trickett, Nottingham...
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Mar 144 min read
Is the regulation of artificial intelligence bound to be a race to the bottom?
Professor Rebecca Parry, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/rebecca-parry ...
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Mar 78 min read
Solitary Confinement in Prisons and Youth Offender Institutions in England and Wales
Dr Sophie Gallop, Senior Lecturer NLS, https://www.ntu.ac.uk/staff-profiles/law/sophie-gallop Solitary confinement, referred to as...
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Feb 286 min read
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