Seminar Archive

Guest Lecture - The outer limit of Bangladesh's continental shelf after the delimitation of its boundaries with its neighbours: Is there still any role for the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf?

Abstract Bangladesh, located between India and Myanmar, has had its continental shelf boundaries fully delimited by the combined effect of the 2014 award of the tribunal formed under Annex VII to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in the Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration (People’s Republic of...

Legal Effects of Economic Sanctions on International Payments

Abstract: Economic sanctions can be described as measures that are imposed by a State or by an international organisation on a unilateral or multilateral basis, such as the sanctions imposed by the United States or by the United Nations, in order to sanction a particular State or to persuade it to...

Guest Lecture - Allocation of potentially catastrophic risk in the supply chain: A practical perspective

Speaker: Robbie Brown (Former General Counsel of Wood Group) This lecture will be followed by discussion with the audience and will last approx 2 hours. 

Who's to blame for youth crime: the teenage brain or the teenage offender? A field experiment at a London theatre

Research Seminar Speaker:  Robert Blakey Abstract: The capabilities of brain imaging technology are advancing, together with the novelty of its applications to increasingly complex behaviours, such as offending. This field experiment tested the effects of public engagement in neuroscience on attitudes towards young offenders. Brainstorm is a play about teenage brain development, televised...

Anti-libidinal interventions in sex offenders: medical or correctional?

Speaker:  Lisa Forsberg Abstract:  Sex offenders are sometimes offered or required to undergo pharmacological interventions intended to diminish their sex drive (anti-libidinal interventions or ALIs). In this paper, we argue that much of the debate regarding the moral permissibility of ALIs has been founded on an inaccurate assumption regarding their intended purpose...

Is the Political Constitution Deliberative?

Research Seminar  To ask whether ‘the political constitution’ is deliberative might seem odd. After all, every conceivable constitutional model with normative appeal will envisage a large measure of debate aimed at securing wide-ranging, reasoned and well-evidenced opinions, where participants are willing to reflect on their own viewsafter hearing those of others....

The Public Interest Defence to claims for Copyright Infringement

Research Seminar Abstract The fundamental issue that is considered by the presentation is whether there are good explanations for the state of the public interest defence to claims for copyright infringement.

Guest Lecture - Legal Issues on War Reparations

This seminar was cancelled

Speaker:  Professor Pierre d'Argent Abstract: War reparations represent a particular challenge and test for the rules relating to the International responsibility of States. After having recalled the major historical instances when war reparations were claimed, this lecture will address some salient recurring legal issues. Beyond those legal technicalities, economic and moral issues...

Honour-based abuse, forced marriage and female genital mutilation: the challenges for law enforcement in bringing offenders to justice

Abstract: "This lecture will highlight the cultural and societal pressures on victims to conform to the behaviour codes set within the communities they live in. It will also highlight the challenges for law enforcement and the risks that victims face in coming forward to report matters to the police. Three case...

Article 59 of EU Regulation 650/2012 and researching the evidentiary effects of authentic instruments in the context of the succession laws of 25 Member State

Research Seminar Abstract: I will speak about my involvement in a study funded by the EU Parliament that is directed towards the objective of compiling a reliable and comprehensive information resource for practitioners concerning the evidentiary effects of authentic instruments in the 25 EU Member States that are bound by European Union...