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The rise in violent incidents on the streets of London has prompted a wave of discussion about what causes crime among young people. The closure of children’s services, cuts to police budgets, social media and drill music have all been blamed. ...

A group of dismissed employees are celebrating after ten law students from Manchester helped to win an employment case on their behalf. ...

During the 100th anniversary of women over 30 being given the vote in the UK, there have been calls for women convicted of crimes committed while engaged in direct action as part of their campaign to be given pardons. The Labour Party leader, Jere...

A Manchester graduate who survived the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is set to make a big difference to his country, after studying for a master’s degree which was made possible by the generous funding of a donor to the University’s Equity and...

Women’s football is undergoing a period of dramatic growth and development, but the largest and most far-reaching report into working conditions in the game has found that female footballers still lack the same securities as men, with contracts, empl...

Law students at The University of Manchester are using their skills to help people convicted of crimes who maintain their innocence and continue to appeal. ...

shutterstock.com Nicholas Lord, University of Manchester Remember, remember, the 5th of November. Not, this time, for gunpowder, treason and plot. But for the news break by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) of...

In response to the political turmoil in Catalonia after the disputed independence referendum, Dr Javier García Oliva - Senior Lecturer in Law at The University of Manchester – explains that the vote had no democratic mandate, and that time to avert a...

In response to revelations of malpractice in the poultry supply chain following an undercover investigation by ITV News and the Guardian, Jon Spencer, Dr Nicholas Lord and Dr Cecilia Flores Elizondo – from The University of Manchester’s European Food...

Poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay, the Chancellor of The University of Manchester, is launching a new university bursary designed to increase the number of black males embarking on careers in law and the criminal justice sector. ...

A pioneering legal advice clinic led by students from The University of Manchester for people living with dementia has been recognised in the 2017 Manchester Legal Awards. ...

The University of Manchester’s Dr Shavana Musa has written a report in response to the Ministry of Defence’s Enhanced Armed Forces Compensation Scheme, along with Dr Conall Mallory of Northumbria University and Bethany Shiner of Middlesex University....

The UK's highest court has today dismissed the government's appeal in a landmark case about Brexit, meaning Parliament will be required to give its approval before official talks on leaving the EU can begin. - the document which sets out the constitu...

An academic from The University of Manchester’s School of Law has published the first comprehensive analysis of the effects of the curbing of the right of silence in 1994’s Criminal Justice and Public Order Act in England and Wales. ...

The UK's highest court is determining how the government can trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - the document which sets out the constitutional basis of the European Union - in order to leave. The government says it can do so without an act of ...

The first-ever worldwide survey of male professional footballers has revealed that the vast majority have short careers with very little job security, and that they face an uncertain future once their career comes to an end. ...

In Uganda, a country developing rapidly from two decades of war, but where many people don’t have access to bank accounts, a strong financial sector is essential to lifting people out of poverty. ...

The hopes and dreams of young migrant men coming to the UK are too often shattered, a University of Manchester study has found. A team of criminologists are calling for a change in policy after finding that too many young men are unable to fully i...

As MPs prepare to vote on air strikes in Syria, University of Manchester academics are available for media comment. Dr Piers Robinson, a senior lecturer in politics,  researches communication, media and world politics with a particular focus on co...

The former Attorney General, The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP, will use a speech at The University of Manchester to voice his concerns about government plans for a British Bill of Rights. The Conservative MP, who served as the government’s chief le...

The Crown Prosecution Service, local courts and prisons should be part of the Greater Manchester devolution deal, says the former head of one of Britain’s largest police forces, who is speaking at The University of Manchester tomorrow (Wednesday). ...

Hundreds of prisoners were force fed inside English prisons during the 20th Century, according to new research which finds that the brutal practice was an ‘almost universal’ treatment of offenders on hunger strikes. ...

The University of Manchester’s School of Law is delighted to appoint Sir Peter Fahy as an Honorary Professor of Criminal Justice. This Friday is Sir Peter’s last working day as chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (GMP). In July he announc...

Leading scholars, lawyers and expert witnesses will gather at The University of Manchester later this week to discuss the growing use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. A cultural historian at the University warns that miscarriages of j...

Friday is the second reading debate on Rob Marris's Private Members Bill on Assisted Dying. In general terms it is the same as the Bill brought before Parliament by Lord Falconer before the election. Dr Iain Brassington, a senior lecturer in bioet...

Leading speakers will discuss the implications of May's General Election Leading minds in UK constitutional law will gather to debate key issues in the aftermath of the 2015 General Election. A series of short, blog-style papers will be deliver...

An expert on the ethics of war from The University of Manchester is leading a debate on the ethical issues surrounding the arming of rebels in territories like the Ukraine and Syria (25 March). Professor James Pattison from the School of Social Sc...

Legal experts from The University of Manchester are campaigning for clarity on how justice can be dispensed in territories like Syria, Iraq and Ukraine. Academics from the Manchester International Law Centre, which is part of the University, are c...

Shami Chakrabarti, director of human-rights organisation Liberty and honorary professor of The University of Manchester, will deliver the inaugural Pankhurst Lecture this evening in honour of Christabel Pankhurst. Christabel Pankhurst was a first-...

A new programme of research and knowledge sharing, involving The University of Manchester, is to play a key role in informing future policing policy, following funding for a major new research collaboration in the North of England. A £3m grant fro...