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On 15 June 2026, the European Union opened the first accession negotiation with Moldova and Ukraine. This involves a cluster on fundamentals, covering the core values and principles on which the EU is built, from… Read More »10 Blogs for the 10th Anniversary of the ILCR: Olimpia Gribincea

The MLitt program was a percolator for me. In the cold yet comforting atmosphere of the Scottish coast on the North Sea, the ideas and thoughts of lawyers, future law students, budding historians, and potential… Read More »10 Blogs for the 10th Anniversary of the ILCR: Paolo Celeridad

My name is Alasdair Wilde and since completing the MLitt in Legal and Constitutional Studies (2018-2019) I have been employed in the Admissions department here at the University of St Andrews. I have held several… Read More »10 Blogs for the 10th Anniversary of the ILCR: Alasdair Wilde

St Andrews is a tough place to escape from. Anyone who has visited will feel the keen pull of the sea air and the weight of excellence that permeates the university. Leaving becomes even more… Read More »10 Blogs for the 10th Anniversary of the ILCR: Sam Barley

The MLitt in Legal and Constitutional Studies began to be offered in 2016. Over the next 10 months we will be publishing blog posts by a student from each of the ten classes, starting with… Read More »10 Blogs for the 10th Anniversary of the ILCR: Dr Cinammon Ducasse

The Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research proudly celebrates the elevation of Baroness Levitt KC to the House of Lords in January 2025. Having been created Baroness Levitt, of Beachamwell Warren in the County of… Read More »Celebrating Baroness Levitt KC: A Legal Luminary and ILCR Advisory Board Member

We are delighted to announce that Aidan O’Neill KC has been appointed to an Honorary Professorship at St Andrews, attached to the ILCR. Aidan is one of the UK’s leading barristers, and one of the… Read More »Distinguished Barrister, Aidan O’Neill KC, Appointed Honorary Professor at St Andrews, attached to the ILCR

An event was held by the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research at the University of St Andrews on 14 October 2023 to discuss the proposed move from jury to single-judge trials for rape cases… Read More »The Road Ahead: Assessing the Pros and Cons of Jury vs. Single-Judge Trials for Rape Cases in Scotland

We are pleased to announce that the ‘Scotland’s Future Podcast’ episode on the Scottish Government’s Victims, Witnesses & Justice Reform Bill, featuring ILCR’s Professor John Hudson and Dr Victoria Miyandazi in conversation with Mike Gettinby, University… Read More »The ‘Scotland’s Future Podcast’ Series 3 episode 2 on Scottish Government’s Victims, Witnesses & Justice Reform Bill

“The lawyers clean up all details.”(Don Henley, 1989, quoted by Moyn, S. Humane (Verso, 2022) This Semester the ILCR Reading Group will discuss the provocative arguments made by Samuel Moyn’s Humane. How the United States… Read More »ILCR Reading Group: Samuel Moyn’s Humane