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Month: December 2019

The Children (Scotland) Bill – improving children’s participation rights?

By Gillian Black, Senior Lecturer in Family Law, University of Edinburgh

In September 2019, the Scottish Government published the Children (Scotland) Bill, introduced by Justice Secretary Humza Yousef. This Bill is, in part, a response to the detailed and lengthy consultation on the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 carried out by the Scottish Government over the summer of 2018, seeking input on a wide range of matters concerning children and families. The Bill started its progress through Parliament in November 2019, under the lead of the Justice Committee.

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New project on ‘Law, Wealth and Inequality’ at Edinburgh Law School

Wealth inequality is a global issue of increasing economic and social importance, with growing awareness that the gap between the wealthy and the poor is increasing. Furthermore, an abundance of statistical research demonstrates that the proportion of GDP of many countries in the developed and developing world consisting of unearned income derived from capital is growing year on year. At the same time the share of GDP paid out as earned income such as wages and salaries continues to fall. A key question is what role the law plays in all of this and what should law do about this situation? And, how do different areas of the law interact to affect inequality?

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