In this post, Dr Fiona Costello, Dr Owen Parker and Professor Catherine Barnard discuss risks and challenges arising in relation to immigrant status verification in post-Brexit UK.
Category: Public Law
The Legality of Police Live Facial Recognition Policy: The Scope and Limitations of Thompson and Carlo
In this post, Dr William Page explores and critiques latest High Court decision on facial recognition devices.
Tenacious initiation: using Bills to keep abortion reform on the legislative agenda in Ireland
In this post, Dr Alana Farrell critiques legislative process in Ireland with particular focus on the matters of abortion law.
Two Cameras, Two Rules: Should Law Reform Cover Private Facial Recognition?
The Home Office’s consultation on biometric reform proposes focusing solely on law enforcement, leaving private-sector facial recognition to continue under a separate legal framework. In this blog, William Page summarises his response to the consultation, which proposed a unified approach to live facial recognition in public spaces, ensuring both law enforcement and private actors operate under consistent standards.
Ability capitalism and welfare cuts: how disability operates as a technology of market governance
In this post, Dr Clare Williams examines challenges posed by disability in the context of welfare cuts and market governance.
From Hostile Environment to Hostile Nation: False Regret and Lessons Unlearnt from the Windrush Scandal
In this post, Dr Shahab Saqib assesses modern immigration policy proposals in the light of developments form the Windrush scandal onwards.
Does the regulation against mis-and disinformation pose a threat to press freedom?
In this blogpost, Dr Peter Coe discusses whether the regulation against mis-and disinformation pose a threat to press freedom.
Attorney General’s speech on international law: a momentum not to be wasted
In this blogpost, Professor Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the Attorney General’s latest speech on international law and UK foreign policy, and reactions to that speech from the viewpoint of the discipline of international law.
Call for Papers – The Irish Political Constitution
Friday 28th November, National University of Ireland, Merrion square, Dublin
Strengthening the Resilience of the German Federal Constitutional Court
In this post, Dr Kathrin Hamenstädt discusses recent German legislation regarding the authority of German Federal Constitutional Court