Coventry Law School Blog
Plastic waste pollution is a huge issue with many detrimental economic, environmental and social impacts. Many questions therefore exist in relation to its most effective governance. This blogpost covers some of the motivation for a Special Issue on the Governance of Plastics.
Ashley, CLS Alumnus, explains what it is like commencing a Law Degree with no intention to pursue a career in legal practice and how his time at Coventry Law School prepared him for an alternative career path.
Property rights in waste – in essence who owns waste and how waste can be used – are a key consideration in how waste is conceived and treated. Yet, they are not consciously engaged with to promote reuse, recycling, or recovery of waste. This post covers how private property rights are currently being used to facilitate the looping of wastes in one particular case study in Sweden.
On the 29th of January 2021, a fascinating discussion took place during the Roundtable Discussion Series organised within the VIRTEU project. A very distinguished panel of experts discussed burning topics relating to “CSR, Business Ethics, and Human Rights in the Area of Taxation”. This blogpost summarises the outcomes of the event.
As the founders of the Forum, Dr Luo Li and Dr Amber Darr invited Ms Heidi Härkönen, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Law, University of Turku in Finland, to deliver a guest talk on 24 February 2021 on how AI raises complicated copyright issues in the fashion industry. Dr Luo Li provides an account of the session in this post.
Second year course rep, Caroline Texeira Gouveia, shares some of her own thoughts on mental health challenges and seeking support whilst studying during a pandemic.
Madda Rashwan, a BSC Accounting and Finance student describes her experience of studying Law and Business Organisations and how it has inspired her future study aspirations.
Aaron Cooper highlights some of the ways in which he has been ensuring the dissemination of his research virtually during the pandemic.
Mahmoud Masud reflects on his experience of recently winning the People’s Choice Award and placing third in the judges’ choice in Coventry University’s Three Minute Thesis competition.
Coventry Law School graduate Krystina Petrosjanova explains her decision to study at a University recognised by the International Association of Law Schools and European Law Faculties Association, and tells us how her experiences at Coventry Law School have shaped her graduate career choices.