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David Carey Miller: a tribute

On 6 and 7 March 2015 I was lucky enough to participate in a conference celebrating the life and work of Professor David L. Carey Miller at the University of Aberdeen. David was both a wonderful scholar and a wonderful man, and his conference and the related dinner was befittingly…

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Resolving a dispute - Do you have the skills?

How should a dispute be resolved? This is a complex question, which used to have a simple answer – by negotiation and, if this fails, straight to court. Nowadays, it is not so simple.

Firstly, how may an effective negotiation be conducted? Strangely, lawyers and business graduates are not routinely…

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How election courts work: The Alistair Carmichael case & other trials

Four voters from Orkney and Shetland raised a court challenge after May’s general election, claiming that their MP, Alistair Carmichael, had breached election law by falsely denying complicity in the leak of a memo that suggested Nicola Sturgeon was secretly hoping for a Conservative victory. I wrote on the Scottish…

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Prison campus: how PoWs sat law degrees

The first post on this site was published in October, looking at some compelling minutes documenting the lead-up to the Second World War. It is rare to describe dusty old minutes as compelling, but these really were, narrating as they did a Dutch law faculty seeking support as continental Europe…

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"Careful what we wish for?" Event report

Dr Abbe Brown, Reader, discusses her event “Careful what we wish for? Clashing laws, energy and society” as part of the Being Human Festival.

The first snow in Aberdeen this winter did not deter the audience at “Careful what we wish for” at Queens Cross Church on Friday 20 November…

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Careful what we wish for? Clashing laws, energy and society

Dr Abbe Brown, Reader, introduces her 20 November event “Careful what we wish for? Clashing laws, energy and society”.

I am leading this event as part of the UK wide Being Human Festival. Aberdeen is a festival “Hub” and there is plenty going on. This is a fantastic opportunity for…

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Scottish Criminal Evidence Law Set Adrift

The School of Law has an ongoing seminar series, where our own academic staff or visiting academics are given the chance to showcase or develop some research. One such recent seminar was on the rules of evidence in Scottish criminal law.

Since the turn of the century, Scottish criminal…

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