Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast

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Hosted by Juliet Van Gyseghem and Rach Tan, the Oxford Undergraduate Law Podcast explores the law and its relationships with our society. We are brought to you by the Oxford University Undergraduate Law Journal (OUULJ). For more information, discussion and academic publications on the issues discussed in our Podcast episodes, visit our Podcast’s webpage at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ouulj/oxford-undergraduate-law-podcast For more legal writings and discussions on other topics, visit the OUULJ Blog at https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/ouulj/blog. Automated transcripts are available for certain episodes at https://rss.com/podcasts/oulp/.

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The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill with Professor Sharon Cowan

Jul 18 2024 57 mins

Transgender people have existed throughout history. Yet, the way transgender identity intersects with the law is complex. Trans identity has been litigated and legislated, from the High Court case Corbett v Corbett in 1970, to the European Court of Human Rights case Goodwin v United Kingdom in 2002, to the Gender Recognition Act in 2004, to the recent 2023 judgement upholding the U

Family, Religion and Reflexive Law with Professor Tristan Cummings

May 12 2024 48 mins

We all want to order our family lives around the values that matter to us, and family law is a means for us to achieve this order. Yet, as societies grow more multicultural and multireligious, we face a challenge - how can we protect the rights of religious citizens, while also enabling them to order their affairs according to their different religions? This complexities of navigat

Algorithmic Management, Employment Law and Discrimination Law with iManage's Sangh Rakshita

Feb 12 2024 43 mins

The rise of algorithmic management has allowed for new ways to measure, control, and sanction workers. Yet, it is unclear how employment law and discrimination law can respond to a world where automation has not replaced workers, but their bosses. In this episode, Rach interviews Sangh Rakshita from iManage, a pioneering project based in the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights funde

Financial Influencers and Consumer Protection with Professor Felix Pflücke

Jan 31 2024 32 mins

We have recently seen the rise of financial influencers, who may, for example, give investment advice on social media. However, as seen in the GameStop short squeeze or recent cryptocurrency fraud scheme scandals, financial influencers may come with issues such as conflict of interests. In this episode, Rach interviews Felix Pflücke. Felix Pflücke is a legal academic focusing on

Systemic Racism in Complicity Law

Jan 22 2024 39 mins

In this episode, Juliet Van Gyseghem interviews Nisha Waller. Nisha is a final year PhD candidate in the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford and is a researcher at charity law practice APPEAL. Nisha's PhD research focuses on complicity law (commonly referred to as 'joint enterprise') and its relationship to the criminalisation of young black men. Over the course of her doc

Sustainability Agreements and Competition Law with Dr Benoît Durand

Nov 21 2023 53 mins

Sustainability and carbon neutrality have become one of the world’s foremost priorities. As a result, companies may potentially employ sustainability agreements with their competitors. However, these agreements may fall afoul of competition law. In July 2023 and October 2023 respectively, the European Commission and the UK Competition and Markets Authority have released guideline

Whistleblower Law

Oct 30 2023 39 mins

Whistleblowers have been essential figures in uncovering secrecy and demanding public accountability, both for state institutions and private organisations. But disclosure comes with significant risks to the whistleblower. In this episode, Juliet Van Gyseghem speaks with Dr Vigjilenca Abazi about the legal mechanisms that have been put in place to protect whistleblowers and the int

Professor John Armour and Professor Thom Wetzer on 'Green pills' in making corporate climate commitments credible

Jun 18 2023 52 mins

In this episode, Professor John Armour and Professor Thom Wetzer discuss their joint research paper, ‘Green Pills’ with Dorothea Oyetunde, and the role of this novel mechanism in making corporate climate commitments credible. In light of the move to transition to a net-zero economy, they discuss why corporate climate commitments matter in the first instance, and how the problem

Legal Translation in the European Union

May 02 2023 50 mins

In this first episode of Trinity Term 2023, Chen discusses the historical foundations, politics and evolution of legal translation in the EU with Professors Alice Leal (Witswatersrand) and Martina Bajčić (Rijeka). They also discuss the cultural implications and challenges of having versions of treaties and judgments in 27 Member State languages; and the impact of recent developme

Law as a Moral Practice with Professor Scott Hershovitz

Mar 09 2023 39 mins

In this episode Dorothea Oyetunde speaks with Professor Scott Hershovitz about his theory of 'Law as a Moral Practice', which is the title of his upcoming book, to be released in December 2023. Professor Hershovitz's book invites readers to re-conceptualize the way we understand the relationship between our legal obligations and our moral obligations, in an attempt to resolve the o