 | Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Eviscerating the Right to Water in Riparian Communities: Stemming Mining Activities in Ghana
By Dr Felix Nana Kofi Ofori, UWE Alumni, Member of Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group
Introduction
Throughout the gold-mining communities in Ghana, vast swathes of land, bodies of rivers and streams have turned brownis (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Will the creation of the crime of ecocide at the international and national level hold those who cause severe and irreversible harm to the environment liable?
By Harry Muir, Third Year LLB student
Earth is at the precipice of an environmental catastrophe that could result in the mass extinction of life as we know it.[1] Yet, corporate and government leaders are still committing and condoning acts (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Thinking differently, engaging differently: Neurodivergence in the Criminal Justice System and the role of the Bar
In October 2022, Dr Tom Smith published the first of a two-part series of articles examining how the experience and engagement of neurodivergent individuals (for example, those who are autistic or have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Translating collective international climate goals into adequate individual state contributions
By Marcus Liedtke, member of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group
The recent Glasgow climate conference (COP 26) once again highlighted that the international community falls far short of its ambitious collective goals set out (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Spotlight: Collaboration is key to boost social mobility
Guest blog by Karl Brown FRSA, UWE Bristol Law alum and Faculty Advisory Board member.
I am a Commercial Property Partner in the Bristol office of national law firm Clarke Willmott LLP. I am proud to not only be Bristol born and bred but also ver (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: The UN Climate Change Conference 2021 in Glasgow - Success or Failure?
Guest blog by Christina Schroeder, member of the Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group
The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26) took place from 31 October to 12 November 2021, with more than 120 world leaders and over 40, (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Stifling Access to Sanitation through Privatisation of Public Facilities in Ghana: The Cases of Human Rights and Dignity
Blog by Dr. Felix Nana Kofi Ofori, REACT Humanitarian Network, Oxford, UK. Former PhD student, Bristol Law School, UWE Bristol.
Human well-being, now and in the future, depends on a healthy environment characterised by access to safe sanitation i (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: Alumni spotlight: Choo Dee Wei
Guest blog by LLB alumni, Choo Dee Wei.
I commenced the LLB (Hons) degree with HELP in 2001. It was a twinning-programme with UWE Bristol. My final year i.e. my 3rd year was in UWE itself. This was in 2003. Thereafter I undertook the Bar Vocation (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: BBS | BLS Online Christmas Fair 2021
Welcome to the 2021 Bristol Business School | Bristol Law School online Christmas fair.
After the success of our virtual fair last year, we have decided to keep up the tradition and encourage everyone to shop small and local. Luckily, this year w (More) |
| Faculty of Business and Law wrote: The role of judiciary in climate change litigation - the rise of a promising opportunity to combat climate change
By Christina Schroeder, LLM Student, Member of Environmental Law and Sustainability Research Group.
Climate change and how to combat it is an omnipresent issue. Whereas in the past climate change and its consequences were talked down, they are n (More) |
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