In this seminar, Professor David Whyte from the University of Liverpool will discuss the connections between law and corporate power. This seminar is a part of the Corporate Responsibility and Accountability research theme of CPOW.

David is Professor of Socio-legal Studies in the School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool. He is currently a Leverhulme Major Research Fellow working on a long-term research project on corruption in the UK and the developed world.

His latest books are: The Violence of Austerity (Pluto, 2017 ed. with Vickie Cooper) Corporate Human Rights Violations: Global Prospects for Legal Action (Routledge, 2017 with Stefanie Khoury) and Building a New Catalonia (Pol:len, 2019 ed. With Ignasi Bernat). He is a regular contributor to Red Pepper, Open Democracy, Bella Caledonia, The National, The Morning Star and The Guardian.