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Book Discussion: The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought
On 9th September 2025, project researchers Felicitas Benziger and Patrick O'Callaghan participated in a discussion of The Cambridge...
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Sep 161 min read


Law and the Inner Self Project: Year in Review 2024/2025
The Law and the Inner Self (LAWINSEL) Project , funded by a Research Ireland Council (Consolidator) Laureate grant, was launched in...
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Sep 104 min read


Law and the Inner Self: A Workshop
The Law and the Inner Self team is delighted to be participating in a workshop on the theme of our project at the Centre for Privacy...
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Sep 81 min read


Personality Rights and the Inner Self in China
On Friday 19th September 2025, the Law and the Inner Self team will explore a new avenue of research at the European China Law Studies...
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Sep 72 min read


Private Law and the Inner Self: Comparative Perspectives on the Governance of Neurotechnology
Talya Deibel, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in the Law and the Inner Self Project, has published a paper entitled ' Private Law and the...
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Aug 291 min read


Recording of Launch of The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought
The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought was launched at the Bonavero Institute, University of Oxford on 20th May 2025....
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Jul 141 min read


Gough's Review of The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought
Shane Gough of Maynooth University has published a review of The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought in the journal...
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Jun 111 min read


Demarcation Problems in Law and Neurotechnology
Talya Deibel, senior postdoctoral researcher in the Law and the Inner Self Project has recently published a paper entitled Demarcation...
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Jun 91 min read


The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought
We are delighted to announce the publication of The Cambridge Handbook of the Right to Freedom of Thought , co-edited by project PI,...
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Mar 61 min read


The Civil Law and the Inner Self: Roman Iniuria and the Transformation of the Private
Our project, The Law and the Inner Self , explores the legal evolution of the idea of an “inner self” and today this quest is more...
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Feb 122 min read


Protection of the ‘Vulnerable’ Consumers in the Age of Neurotechnology
This post is authored by Talya Deibel and is a reproduction of a post published on the Transformative Private Law Blog on 18th October...
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Dec 9, 20245 min read


The Right to Freedom of Thought in the Tradition of Eastern European States: Part II
By Felicitas Benziger* After my previous post introduced this topic and highlighted the underrepresentation of Eastern European and...
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Nov 11, 20247 min read


Law and the Inner Self Project: 2023–2024 in Review
The Law and the Inner Self (LAWINSEL) Project , funded by an Irish Research Council (Consolidator) Laureate grant, was launched in...
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Sep 20, 20247 min read


Schedule of Roundtable on Law and the Inner Self
Roundtable on Law and the Inner Self World Congress of Philosophy La Sapienza University, Rome Wednesday 7th August, 15.00-19.00 Venue:...
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Jul 4, 20241 min read


A Researcher’s Diary: Reflections on the Role of Field Trips in Legal Scholarship
In this post, Felicitas Benziger reflects on her experiences during her field trips for the LAWINSEL project and how this affected her...
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Jul 3, 20246 min read


The Right to Freedom of Thought: Drawing on Common Law Principles to Implement the Right
This blogpost is based on a paper that Patrick O’Callaghan presented at the Annual Conference of the Netherlands Institute for Law and...
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May 22, 20245 min read


How to Understand Interdisciplinarity in Law? Reflections on Experiences in the Law and the Inner Self Project and the Nordic Summer University
Talya is a senior postdoctoral researcher in the Law and the Inner Self Project, leading the work on the 6th body of jurisprudence (the...
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Apr 3, 20243 min read


Socio-Technological Futures and the Inner Self: Panel at the Inaugural Radical Futures Conference, May 2024
University College Cork will host the inaugural Radical Futures Conference from 8–9th May 2024. We are pleased to announce that the...
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Mar 26, 20242 min read


Roundtable on Law and the Inner Self in August 2024
We are delighted to announce that there will be a roundtable on Law and the Inner Self at the World Congress of Philosophy in Rome in...
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Feb 2, 20241 min read


The Right to Freedom of Thought in the Tradition of Eastern European States
This is the first part of a two part analysis of the right to freedom of thought in Eastern Europe. For part 2, please click here . In...
patrickocallaghan8
Jan 17, 20246 min read
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