COVID-19 and the Laws of Death and Burial
In this episode, PhD candidate Paula Shilliday talks to Professor Heather Conway about the intersections between the COVID-19 pandemic and the laws of death and burial. Prof Conway outlines the ways i...
16 Feb 202131min
The Shadow Pandemic: Domestic Abuse and COVID-19
This episode explores Dr. Ronagh McQuigg’s research into the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the victims and survivors of domestic abuse. Ronagh shares her reflections on the effect of lockdown an...
9 Feb 202128min
Legal Lexicon: Parliamentary Sovereignty
This episode explores the concept of parliamentary sovereignty with Professor Aileen McHarg. It is a wide-ranging conversation which touches on foundational elements of parliamentary sovereignty, judi...
2 Feb 202124min
Being Black in Northern Ireland: BLM Protests, Institutional Racism and Social Media
In this podcast we discuss with guests Tura Arutura, Cassie Logan (both activists for BLM) and Sinead Marmion (from Phoenix Law) the PSNI's approach to the BLM protests in Belfast last June. Our gues...
26 Jan 202157min
Episode 78 – Informers and Transitional Justice
In this podcast, Prof Kieran McEvoy and Prof Mark Drumbl explore the intersections between informers and transitional justice. Drawing in particular on Mark and Dr Barbora Hola's research on informer...
19 Jan 202133min
Episode 77 – Contact tracing apps and Data Privacy
In this episode, Arianna McBurney and Megan Burns talk to Professor Daithi Mac Sithigh about the contact tracing apps in the UK. Professor Mac Sithigh discusses the implication for data privacy law, ...
12 Jan 202123min
Episode 76 – The origins of human rights at Queen’s: student activism, the study of human rights law and the Human Rights Centre
In this episode, Professor Tom Hadden and Professor Brice Dickson discuss the origins of human rights research at Queen's. The episode discusses the history of the human rights centre at Queen's, the ...
10 Dec 202038min
Episode 75 – Northern Ireland: The Constitutional Conversation.
In this episode, Professor Colin Harvey reflects on the constitutional arrangement here in Northern Ireland with Emer Smyth, a Master of Laws student at QUB. At the end, Colin is asked five quickfire ...
8 Dec 202048min
