Colonialism, Slavery, Reparations and Trade: Remedying the 'Past'?
participating institutions
School of Law, Essex University
The Department of Law at Essex University was established in 1980 and quickly developed into the internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research it is today, attracting large numbers of international students at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Academics in the Department are at the cutting edge of scholarship. The Department has nurtured research across many fields of law and in particular: public law, international law, human rights law, European law, and commercial law. The Human Rights Centre at Essex University had its beginning in the vision of the Department’s founding Professor of Law.
The Human Rights Centre, Essex University
The Human Rights Centre at the University of Essex was established in 1982 and co-ordinates the University's inter-disciplinary human rights teaching programme, as well as a programme of research, training, external consultancy and publication on international, comparative and national aspects of human rights. The Centre is staffed by what is undoubtedly the strongest team of academic human rights lawyers in the UK, together with philosophers, political theorists and sociologists and others engaged in a variety of human rights-related research, teaching and practice.
The International Journal of Refugee Law, a key publication for anyone involved with refugee work, was conceived at and is edited by the Centre, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year with some 1,200 alumni working around the world.
SOAS Centre for the study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is a college of the University of London and the only Higher Education institution in the UK specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.
SOAS uniquely combines language scholarship, disciplinary expertise and regional focus, it has the largest concentration in Europe of academic staff concerned with Africa, Asia and the Middle East. The newly established Centre for the study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law aims to provide a forum for inter-disciplinary research on public international law and its historical and contemporary relationship to Colonialism and Empire.
Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Commercial Law Studies
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London aims to promote the systematic study and research of national and international commercial law and its social and economic implications. It also works to develop a body of knowledge, information and skills that can be placed at the service of government, public bodies, overseas institutions, the legal profession, industry and commerce. The Centre is international in composition and outlook and in its research and teaching focuses strongly on the global development of international commercial law.
