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Past Events
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May 2013
Friday 17 May 2013
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Eighteenth Century English Law: What can we learn fr...
Professor Thomas P. Gallanis, University of Iowa Law School & All Souls College, Oxford.
Chair: Professor Michael Lobban, Professor of Legal History, Queen Mary, University of London.
Organised with the London Legal History Seminar.
This event is FREE but those wishing to attend should register in advance. To register, please use the the automatic form below. |
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Wednesday 15 May 2013
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The War Against Drones: a panel discussion to be led...
Panel Discussants:
Clive Stafford Smith is the founder of Reprieve. He oversees Reprieve's casework programme, as well as the direct representation of prisoners in Guantánamo Bay and on death row as a Louisiana licensed attorney at law. In October 2012 Clive travelled to Pakistan and together with Imran Khan led a campaign against drones. Under his leadership the drones programme led by Reprieve is very visible and causes governments across the world considerable discomfort.
In the event that Clive Stafford Smith is called away on an urgent case, he will be replaced by:
Kat Craig, Legal Director at Reprieve; Vice-Chair of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers (@SocialistLawyer), co-author of (@ProtestHandbook).
Chris Woods is the author of a number of ground-breaking investigations into US covert drone strikes. Through his work with the London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism he revealed the falsity of US claims that civilians were no longer being killed in drone attacks and has also shown that the CIA has been deliberately targeting rescuers and funeral-goers in Pakistan. Recently, Woods revealed how at least two former British citizens have been targeted and killed in US drone strikes in Somalia. He is a former senior BBC producer for both Newsnight and Panorama who has specialised in wars and conflicts for many years and he currently writing a book on the US covert war on terror for academic publisher Hurst.
Reprieve Website: www.reprieve.org.uk
This event is FREE but those wishing to attend MUST register in advance. To register, please use the automatic form below.
Arranged with the Solicitors International Human Rights Group (SIHRG) - www.sihrg.org - and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS).
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Legal Biography: A national socio-legal training day
Rosemary Auchmuty, Reading University;
Elizabeth Dawson, IALS Library;
Lesley Dingle, Squire Law Library, Cambridge;
Guy Holborn, Lincoln’s Inn Library;
Mara Malagodi, LSE;
Giles Mandelbrote, Lambeth Palace Library;
Antonia Moon, British Library;
Linda Mulcahy, LSE;
Les Moran, Birkbeck;
Susannah Rayner, SOAS;
Kristen Rundle, LSE;
Jon Sims, British Library;
David Sugarman, Lancaster University.
This workshop is being jointly organised by the British Library, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Socio-Legal Studies Association. Drawing on the expertise of archivists and academics working in the field the focus of the day will be on the methodological considerations and problems involved in doing archival research for legal biographies. The aim of the day is to draw attention to archives that newcomers to the field may not be aware of and to consider the practical problems involved in analysing sources. This day long event will be taking place at the IALS on Wednesday 15th May 2013.
Programme: For a copy of the programme please click here.
Confirmed speakers:
Rosemary Auchmuty, Reading University;
Elizabeth Dawson, IALS Library;
Lesley Dingle, Squire Law Library, Cambridge;
Guy Holborn, Lincoln’s Inn Library;
Mara Malagodi, LSE;
Giles Mandelbrote, Lambeth Palace Library;
Antonia Moon, British Library;
Linda Mulcahy, LSE;
Les Moran, Birkbeck;
Susannah Rayner, SOAS;
Kristen Rundle, LSE;
Jon Sims, British Library;
David Sugarman, Lancaster University.
POSTER EXHIBITION:
The workshop will feature a legal biographies poster exhibition. If you are currently engaged in research related to legal biography and wish to exhibit a poster at the conference please submit a title and a 100 word abstract of your research to Amanda Perry-Kessaris at a.perry-kessaris@soas.ac.uk by Monday May 6th 2013. You do not need to submit the poster itself at this stage.
NOTE: you will need to book and pay to attend the conference. You will need to bring the poster, printed on A1 paper, with you on the day. No assistance with printing can be provided.
For how to design an effective poster and examples socio-legal posters please see the advice developed by the organisers of the SLSA Annual Conference in York, 2013: http://www.york.ac.uk/law/news/conferences/#tab-3
REGISTRATION:
For on-line booking and payments, please click here.
Fees: The cost of the event including lunch and refreshments will be £70 or £60 for members of the SLSA. Students will be charged a reduced fee of £30.
Enquiries: Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk
Organised by the British Library, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and the Socio-Legal Studies Association.
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Monday 13 May 2013
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'Khodorkovsky, Lebedev, and all the rest'
You are invited to invite to an evening discussion with Konstantin Rivkin, the author of 'Khodorkovsky, Lebedev, and all the rest'
In his book Konstantin Rivkin, the lawyer of Khodorkovsky's ex business partner and Yukos co-owner Platon Lebedev, summarises his experiences during eight years working on the Yukos case. The book is also dedicated to the memory of another figure in the Yukos case, Vasily Aleksanyan, who was denied essential medical treatment during his pre-trial detention and therefore died before the trial could take place.
Konstantin Rivkin's presentation will mainly address his own involvement in Yukos, and will be a rare chance to hear a first hand account of the case, followed by a question and answer session, providing a unique opportunity to discover more about Yukos, Lebedev and Russian justice.
This event is FREE but those wishing to attend MUST register in advance. To register, please use the automatic form below.
Arranged with the Solicitors International Human Rights Group (SIHRG) - www.sihrg.org - and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS).
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Improving the legislative process - the continuing c...
Professor the Lord Norton of Louth, Professor of Government, University of Hull
This event is FREE but those wishing to attend should register in advance. To register, please use the automatic form below.
Organised by the Statute Law Society (www.statutelawsociety.org) and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
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Certificate in International Commercial and Investme...
This is a five-day intensive course that is aimed at introducing participants to international commercial and investment arbitration. The course covers the foundations of arbitration, contractual issues, choice of law, appointment of arbitrators and their powers, conduct of proceedings and other procedural matters and the role of national courts. By the end of the course it is expected that participants will possess a solid understanding of arbitration law and practice.
The course is aimed at legal practitioners with little, or no prior, knowledge of arbitration and alternative dispute settlement who wish to gain knowledge and skill that will allow them to pursue a career in this field. Moreover, it is also aimed at non-lawyers, such as engineers, who are considering working as technical experts or arbitrators. Finally, the course is suitable for law students interested in a specialisation in arbitration.
Language Requirement: Teaching will be in English. Students will need to be fluent in written and verbal English and need to be either a native speaker of English or have experience of studying in English at university level; or have achieved an appropriate level in one of the following certificates: TOEFL, IELTS; CAE; CPE; or equivalent.
Certificate Awarded: Following completion of the course, for which attendance is compulsory, participants will receive a Certificate (of Attendance) of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, of the University of London’s School of Advanced Study.
Course Dates: The compulsory core sessions will be taught from Monday 13 May to Friday 17 May (with an additional optional session on Saturday 18 May).
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS: For on-line booking and payments please click here.
Course Fees: £1,500. The price includes refreshments and course notes.
Application:
The deadline for applications is: 3 May 2013.
Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible because of increased competition for places and to avoid delays with travel visas where applicable.
For a copy of the course poster, please click here
Enquiries: Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk
Bar Standards Board CPD accreditation is being applied for.
IALS reserves the right to cancel this course in the event of insufficient uptake.
The Institute acknowledes with gratitude the support of TDM. |
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Wednesday 8 May 2013
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The Military and Warfare in Contemporary Jewish Law:...
Professor Stuart A Cohen, Bar-Ilan University and Ashkelon Academic College, Israel
Widespread experience of armed conflict, especially in Israel, has revolutionized the halakhic agenda. The ethical and ritual challenges posed by warfare and military service, topics very rarely discussed in Jewry's traditional legal corpus, now receive detailed attention.
A review of the literature indicates that decisors in this field (frequently rabbis with a service record) have developed four distinct approaches.
Regularization - co-opting into the realm of dinei tzavah u-milkhamah halakhic principles developed in civilian contexts;
Autonomy - according military-related halakhot a status that is sui generis;
Meta-halakhic - considering military matters in the light of non-specific principles (e.g. kiddush ha-shem);
Extra-halakhic - acknowledging that the dearth of halakhic precedents for war-related decisions prioritizes non-halakhic critera.
The paper will illustrate each of these approaches, and offer a (tentative) assessment of their implications and foci.
A Lecture in a Series of Occasional Lectures in Jewish Law in the names of Leah and Alexander Woolf.
This event is FREE but those wishing to attend should register in advance. To register, please use the the automatic form below. |
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Wednesday 1 May 2013
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A New Approach to International Business Taxation
Professor Sol Picciotto, Emeritus Professor of Law, Lancaster University.
The basic rules for international coordination of business taxation were formulated some 80 years ago. They were aimed mainly at international portfolio investment, and adapted to foreign direct investment by transnational corporations (TNCs) through the fiction that they should be treated as operating in each country through separate entities transacting with each other at arm's length. This lecture will discuss the effects of these rules, their subsequent elaboration and reform, and the problems they pose today. It will then consider proposals made by various specialists for a new and more suitable approach based on treating TNCs as unitary firms. This is particularly topical in view of recent worldwide publicity about international tax avoidance by some of the biggest TNCs, which has led political leaders in the G20 group to press for rapid progress on the OECD's project on `Base Erosion and Profit Shifting'. The initial report on this project published in January 2013 suggested that `holistic and comprehensive' changes are needed, and promised an Action Plan by June 2013. What are the prospects and possibilities for significant reforms?
This event is FREE but those wishing to attend should register in advance. To register, please use the the automatic form below.
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