Seminar Archive

Brexit and limping divorce statuses: A critical analysis of the ties that bind us to national law

Admission is free, no booking required

Seminar: Nature Conservation & The Law of Evidence

This seminar was fully booked

Dr Phil Glover (School of Law), Malcolm Combe (School of Law), Ian Thomson (RSPB) and Tim Baynes (Scottish Land and Estates) explore the legal issues around nature conservation and the law of evidence.

The Right to Self-Determination and its Limitations - Scotland and Catalonia Compared

In light of the Scottish position regarding Brexit on the one hand and the Catalonian independence movement on the other, new light is shed on the question as to how parts of a country may legally react to developments at the central level that they (by a majority) disagree with....

Energy Arbitration Seminar on Mining Arbitration in Africa and Latin America

Peter Hirst will be talking about his experience in mining arbitration in Africa and Latin America as well as career opportunities in international arbitration

North Korea and the Use of Force

The ongoing launch of missiles combined with the test of large nuclear bombs by North Korea causes great concern around the world. Although North Korea is no longer subject to the Non-Proliferation Treaty it remains subject to international law obligations including various UN Security Council resolutions. However, to date, the...

Courting Environmental Justice: The Adjudicatory Dimensions of the National Green Tribunal India

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: A role of the judiciary is to shape and facilitate environmental laws, policies and principles. India’s green judiciary, particularly the National Green Tribunal (NGT), is an example of its transitional move through substantive and procedural creativity in the current socio-ecological crisis. The juristic and scientific interventions...

Cross-border portability of refugees' personal status - Bridging private international law and migration law

Admission FREE, no booking required. Speaker: Professor Jinske Verhellen, Ghent University, Belgium Abstract: The EU member States seem to have prioritised the reception of asylum seekers and the development of short-term assistance programmes. Yet strategies to tackle the long-term legal consequences of the refugee flows into Europe are less clear. While those short-term interventions...

A Multi-Speed European Union, Brexit, and the Future of Judicial Cooperation

EU measures in the area of civil justice cooperation cover many areas. However, they leave the impression of a patchwork. On the one hand, they do not necessarily cover all Member States. On the other hand, some measures are extended to third States. Also, there are countries in the midst...

Brexit trade negotiations - where is the UK heading?

The seminar will set out the key questions for the UK and the EU as both sides embark in the negotiation of their future trade relationship.

Values and Decisions: Division in the Supreme Court

This research draws on theories and techniques from psychology to explore the influence of personal values on the exercise of judicial discretion and judicial decision making in the Supreme Court. This paper will argue, that although law frames and constraints decision making, in hard cases personal values play a role....