@LSELaw is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof @tarunkhaitan as the next LSE Professor of Public Law. The Chair has an exceptional public law lineage including Profs Glanville Williams, Stanley de Smith, John Griffiths, Carol Harlow & its current holder Martin Loughlin.
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- It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Professor Conor Gearty. The full obituary can be read on our website: lse.ac.uk/law/news/2025/…
- 🎉LSE Department of Law has been ranked 6th for law studies worldwide! See the 2021 @worlduniranking full list here: bit.ly/3bfm05P
- The Indian Supreme Court ruled TODAY that gay sex between consenting adults is not a crime. The Supreme Court decision cites an article by LSE Law PhD @SroyonMukherjee. bit.ly/2NTg6ZW @LSEnews Congratulations everyone involved in this landmark victory for LGBT rights.
- Replying to @LSELawWe are thrilled that Tarun Khaitan—currently Prof of Public Law & Legal Theory @OxfordLawFac & Head of Research @BonaveroIHR & widely recognised as one of the world’s leading scholars in comparative constitutional law, legal theory & discrimination law—has accepted the Chair.
- ‼️ Professor Tarun Khaitan cited in Indian Supreme Court judgment on marriage equality @tarunkhaitan #lselaw #law #lse #SupremeCourt Read on:
- 📢 CALL FOR PAPERS Underworlds – Sites and Struggles of Global Dis/Ordering @MariePetersmann @Dimitri_VdM @clsgcQM #lselaw #law #lse Practically, we invite abstracts of no more than 500 words to be submitted by 12 January 2024. More info here: 👇
- We are proud to congratulate @conorgearty on his appointment as Honorary Queen’s Counsel today. This marks his role in the development of the law in the fields of civil liberties, human rights and terrorism, among his many other achievements.
- 🎉 Professor Martin Loughlin has published a new edition of The British Constitution: A Very Short Introduction (2nd ed. OUP, 2023). #lselaw #newbook #lse #law #Constitution Read more:
- 📣 I’m honoured to have been invited to join @LSElaw as a Visiting Senior Fellow. I’ll be working with faculty and students on the law of academic freedom and freedom of speech in higher education. There was never a better time to do it.
- 👏📢 Professor Nicola Lacey was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Oslo, in recognition of her work in the fields of criminal law, legal theory, feminist legal studies and criminology. #lselaw #lse #law #awards #criminallaw #Criminology






