The Oxford Undergraduate Law & Policy Review publishes legal and policy scholarship by Oxford students. It is edited by students and published by the Oxford Law Society.

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Issue One

Michaelmas 2025 – Hilary 2026

The inaugural issue of the Review: five student articles across criminal law, employment law, competition law and intellectual property, and a feature article on military justice.

Edited by Navin Sivakumar and Bonnie Yeo. Foreword by The Rt Hon Lord Justice Dingemans, Senior President of Tribunals.

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  1. Winner of the 3 Hare Court PrizeAn Unlevel Playing Field: Why Employment Law is Failing the Modern AthleteZara Cherry
  2. Page 27Unreasonable risks: The overlooked element of recklessness in the English criminal lawPhilip Kimber
  3. Page 43Between Reason and Reality: A Values-Based Reconstruction of the English and Chinese laws of self-defenceEmily Yu
  4. Page 59Cards Against Immunity: Reverse Settlement PaymentsJustin Wu
  5. Page 83Balancing Patents and Public HealthGiulia Cancellaro
  6. Page 99Unlawful Command Influence: Why we don’t care about war crimes anymoreMark M. Hull

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