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The Constitution Society

The Constitution Society is an independent foundation, run by academic and practising lawyers, which seeks to encourage debate between academics, legislators, academics and the public about proposed constitutional reforms. It also provides administrative and clerical support for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on the British Constitution (APPG). The Society’s website makes available its published papers, together with a collection of video interviews on constitutional matters with policy-makers and academics. The site also gives details of Constitution Society events.

UK Constitutional Law Association

The United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association (UKCLA) is a group for constitutional law scholars in the UK, affiliated to the International Association of Constitutional Law. The Association organises seminars and conferences, which are detailed on the website. It is also setting up a group for UK PhD students researching public law. The website includes a constitutional law blog, edited by Nick Barber from the University of Oxford and Jeff King from University College London.

Head of Legal

Blog by law lecturer, consultant and non-practising barrister Carl Gardner, who is based in London. Provides commentary on legal developments in their political and social context, mainly focusing on public, constitutional, human rights and European law.

Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum

The Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum (SCFF) was set up by academics from five Scottish universities to facilitate discussion of Scotland's constitutional future and to promote public understanding of the issues involved. The SCFF website hosts a blog with posts by a range of experts, mostly academics in law, from Scotland and elsewhere; an RSS feed is available for new blog posts.The Resources section of the website provides a bibliography (under ‘Useful Publications’), a set of links and a timeline of events from May 2007 up to the independence referendum of September 2014.

Devolution Matters

Blog by Alan Trench, Professor of Politics at the University of Ulster, about devolution in the UK. Includes numerous posts on the Scottish independence referendum of 2014. Provides a briefing called ‘Devolution: the basics’ as well as information about the West Lothian Question, the Barnett Formula and the Sewel Convention. The blog features Trench’s Twitter feed and also offers RSS feeds for new blog posts and comments.

Independent Drug Monitoring Unit

Website of the Independent Drug Monitoring Unit an expert witness company carrying out research into drug prices, drug user surveys and other research and information on drugs. The site provides guidance to UK drug laws including drugs and driving and a selection of articles on drugs policy and issues such as taxation of drugs. There are also sections providing background information on individual drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy, amphetamine and cocaine. Other features of the site include a digest of news stories on drug issues from around the world and a directory of related web links.

Ecclesiastical law

This section of the Lupton Fawcett Denison Till website provides information on ecclesiastical law and is compiled by Lionel Lennox, an ecclesiastical and charity lawyer. There is legal guidance aimed at clergy and churchwardens and covering topics such as employment law, repair and maintenance of churches and churchyards and chancel repair liabilities.

International Forum for Responsible Media

This blog is provided by the International Forum for Responsible Media (Inforrm) and was set up by media lawyers to debate issues of media responsibility. Blog posts provide news and comment on media cases and on legal developments.There are tables of media, defamation and privacy cases including links to the judgements on Bailii (British and Irish Legal and Information Institute). There are also links to legal materials and blogs on related subjects including media, data protection, privacy, freedom of information and journalism.

AIRE Centre

Website of the AIRE Centre, an organisation providing information on and promoting awareness of European law rights. The charity takes cases to the European Court of Human Rights, provides legal advice to individuals and voluntary sector lawyers and advisors. The site describes the work undertaken in the areas of human trafficking, family law, prisoners’ rights, discrimination, international protection and fair trial. A selection of publications by AIRE is made freely available to download from the site.

IALS Student Law Review

The IALS Student Law Review (ISLRev) is an electronic, peer-reviewed law journal made freely available on the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) website. The journal publishes scholarly articles focused on the areas of expertise at IALS and is run by PhD legal research students at the Institute. Articles can be searched or browsed and downloaded in full text from the site. Details of the Editorial Board and submission guidelines are also provided.

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