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2019
November
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'Expedited Procedures in International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Arbitration'
-What are expedited procedures in international arbitration? Why do we have them? How do they work in practice? After a brief introduction to the fundamentals of international arbitration, this seminar will address the two broad types of expedited procedures being “Fast Track Arbitration” and “Summary Dispositions” in international commercial arbitration...
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"It's a regulator, but not as we know it": the Oil and Gas Authority
-Professor Terry Daintith will discuss his article, “Government Companies as Regulators” (2019 Modern Law Review, 1-28). Sectoral regulators in the United Kingdom, such as Ofgem for gas and electricity, or Ofcom for broadcasting and telecommunications, are normally statutory bodies organised under specific legislation. Exceptionally, the regulator recently (2015) established for the...
October
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Environmental Rights in Cultural Context
-The seminar serves to discuss the Environmental Rights in Cultural Context (ERCC) project that Dirk Hanschel is currently conducting as a fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany. This project looks at laws in several countries of the Global South which have combined environmental protection...
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Litigating Climate Change under UNCLOS
-This seminar will discuss the role that litigation under Part XII of UNCLOS could play in enforcing states’ obligations to protect and preserve the marine environment from the effects of climate change. Inter-state litigation is a weapon employed by weaker states with limited diplomatic leverage over their bigger, more powerful...
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The Moral Conflict of Law and Neuroscience
-Law relies on a conception of human agency, the idea that humans are capable of making their own choices and are morally responsible for the consequences. But what if that is not the case? Peter Alces will present the main arguments of his recent book The Moral Conflict of Law...
April
March
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The Use of Blockchain Technology in Cross-Border Legal Cooperation
-Admission is free, all are welcome to attend
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Is the scope of damages for copyright infringement contrary to the rule of law?
-Admission is free, no booking required
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The South African Land Reform Programme And Expropriation Without Compensation: A Silver Bullet Or A (Calculated) Shot in The Dark?
-Admission is free, no booking required
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The Right to Self-Defence under International Law: Reading and Re-reading the Caroline Correspondence, 1838-1842
-Admission is free, no booking is required