Past Events
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May 2012
Monday 28 May 2012
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18:00 |
Rendition and Holding Secret Government to Account?
Rosa Curling, Leigh Day & Co.
Rosa Curling is an assistant solicitor with Leigh Day working in the Human Rights Department. She specialises in Public Law particularly Judicial Review and Human Rights cases.
She has been involved in many legal challenges to national bodies (for example, government departments, regulators, the NHS, local authorities, Ombudsmen) as well as international ones (for example, the European Council) concerning a variety of issues including health, education, freedom of information, environmental law, discrimination, civil liberties, community care and ‘the right to die’. She has also represented clients at inquests, SENDIST appeals and Best Interest proceedings.
Rosa has a BA in Anthropology and a Masters in Human Rights. She worked at several NGOs and charities before becoming a solicitor, including Liberty, the European Roma Rights Centre, ChildLine and the British Institute of Human Rights.
This event is free.
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Arranged with the Solicitors International Human Rights Group (SIHRG) and the Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS) and the Haldane Society of Socialist lawyers
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Thursday 24 May 2012
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18:00 |
Three Visions of Transnational Economic Law
Professor Robert Wai,Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto, Canada; IALS Visiting Fellow
Transnational economic law concerns the complex, multilevel and plural orders of law – national and international, public and private, state and non-state – that affect the economy of contemporary global society. Among the challenges for the transnational law approach are the need for a parsimonious account of this complexity, the problem of accounting for relationship among plural orders, and the difficulty of identifying the place of politics in complex transnational order. The seminar considers these challenges by describing and contrasting how they are dealt with by three distinct visions for transnational economic law, each of which is inspired by important legal regimes relevant to the field: public law, private ordering (including lex mercatoria), and private law. It will be argued that a realist-pragmatic understanding of private law provides the best way to frame the plural nature of transnational economic law, including the sometimes conflictual relationship among different normative orders.
This event is free.
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11:30 |
Quality of legislation and ways to address and opera...
Maria Mousmouti, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Sir William Dale Centre Graduate Series of Seminars |
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Wednesday 23 May 2012
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09:15 |
Banking Law Conference 2012: Basel III, the Vickers...
Chair: Michael Ashe QC;
Deborah Sabalot, Principal, Deborah Sabalot Consulting
Patrick Fell, PriceWaterhouseCoopers;
Professor Andrew Haynes, University of Wolverhampton, Visiting Professor of Law, University of Macau, China and Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
Rachpal Thind, Sidley Austin LLP;
Jonathan Ward, Senior Adviser, Prudential Policy Division, Bank of England
Dr Costanza Russo, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Nick Andrews, MPAC;
Dr Dalvinder Singh, Associate Professor, University of Warwick;
Richard Parlour, FMLI
For a copy of the programme for the 2012 Banking Law Conference on 'Basel III, the Vickers Report and Regulatory Restructuring', please click here.
REGISTRATION AND PAYMENTS: For on-line booking and payments please click here
Fees:
Full Rate £100.00;
Academic Rate £50.00;
Student Rate: £25.00 (please note, there are a limited number of places available at the student rate).
If you have any queries, please contact: Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk
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How to get a PhD in Law: Preparing yourself for the...
Professor Avrom Sherr, Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
Dr Constantin Stefanou, Senior Lecturer in Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
Richard Hart, Hart Publishing, Oxford;
Dr Jane Winter, IHR;
and Senior Law Librarians from IALS Library;.
MPhil/PhD law students from across the UK are warmly invited to attend this specially tailored day of presentations and networking opportunities at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Topics to be covered:
Preparing for the Mini Viva and the Viva - Professor Avrom Sherr, Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
Practical presenting skills for your work and yourself - Dr Constantin Stefanou, Senior Lecturer in Law, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies;
Getting your research published in journals - Dr Jane Winter, Head of Publications and IHR Digital at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London
What books are law publishers looking to publish? - Richard Hart, Hart Publishing, Oxford
Preparing yourself for the Ethics Committee - Professor Avrom Sherr
and presentations by Senior Librarians from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Registration Fee: £65.00.
Those wishing to recieve further information should contact Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk . |
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Monday 21 May 2012
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18:00 |
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and Lord...
Mr Justice Robert Sharpe, Judge of the Court of Appeal, Ontario.
On 29 October, 1929, John Sankey, England’s reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the ‘Persons Case’ that women were eligible for appointment to Canada’s Senate. The decision departed from a long line of cases excluding women from public office and established the organic theory of interpretation. In a memorable phrase, Lord Sankey described The British North America Act, 1867, Canada’s constitution, as ‘a living tree capable of growth and expansion within its natural limits’. The Privy Council rejected the proposition that the courts could not depart from the original intent of the framers. The Canadian constitution could no longer be viewed as fixed and unalterable, but had to be treated as a document that, in the words of Lord Sankey, was in ‘a continuous process of evolution.’
This lecture, based upon Robert Sharpe and Patricia McMahon’s book length case study, The Persons Case: The Origins and the Legacy of the Fight for Legal Personhood, will examine the case in its historical context and explore its interpretive implications.
This event is free.
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Organised by the Statute Law Society with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
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Friday 18 May 2012
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14:15 |
Imperial Encounters: colonialism and the law from th...
Dr Stacey Hynd, University of Exeter;
Dr Carol Tan, School of Oriental and African Studies;
Dr Nandini Chatterjee, University of Plymouth.
Dr. Stacey Hynd (Exeter): '"The Extreme Penalty for the Extreme Crime"? Capital Punishment and Colonial Law in British Africa, c.1900-50';
Dr. Carol Tan (SOAS): 'Colonial Public Health Laws and the Making of a European Summer Resort in North China';
Dr. Nandini Chatterjee (Plymouth): 'Indian Christians and British subjects: religion, race and jurisdictional conflict in early colonial India'.
This event is free.
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Organised in association with the London Legal History Seminar.
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Thursday 17 May 2012
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11:30 |
Legislative Techniques and ICT
Ubena John, Law and Informatics Research Institute, Stockholm University
Sir William Dale Centre Graduate Series of Seminars |
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Wednesday 16 May 2012
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18:30 |
A Wind of Change in the Middle East? Consideration ...
Dr Rosemary Hollis;
Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC
Organised by the Oasis of Peace Lawyers' Group in association with the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
Copy of poster and booking form attached here.
Dr Rosemary Hollis and Sir Geoffrey bindman will give their views on Arab uprisings in the Middle East and their impact on human rights.
Dr Rosemary Hollis is Professor of Middle East Policy Studies and Director of the Olive Tree Scholarship Programme at City University, London. Her research focuses on international political and security issues in the Middle East, particularly European, EU, UK and US realtions with the region and the imternational dimensions of regional conflicts.
Sir Geoffrey Bindman founded the prestigious firm of Bindmans in 1974 and throughout his long and distinguished legal career has specialised in civil liberties and human rights issues. He was knighted in 2007 for services to human rights and appointed honorary Queen's Counsel in 2011.
Questions and answers will follow.
Charges: £15.00; Concessions & students: £10.00.
Tickets available from: Oasis of Peace UK, 112 Station Road, Edgeware , Middlesex HA8 7BJ. Tel: 020 8952 4717. Email: british.friends@nswas.org. Website: www.oasisofpeaceuk.org.
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Tuesday 15 May 2012
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15:30 |
Double jeopardy, ‘ne bis in idem’ or ‘autrefoi...
Professor John Spencer, University of Cambridge and President of ECLA (UK); Dr. Robin Loof, Barrister, Hollis Whiteman Chambers; Nick Vamos, UK Judicial Co-operation Unit; Professor Estella Baker, University of Sheffield.
Art 54 of the Schengen Implementing Agreement assures a person whose trial has been finally disposed of in one Contracting State that he will not be prosecuted in another for the same acts. Can this assurance really be relied on in England and Wales, or anywhere in the EU?
Professor John Spencer: on the domestic rules on ne bis in idem, including a look at: the latest domestic case-law on autrefois/ abuse of process; and the power of the CA to quash acquittals when new evidence of guilt emerges, and the case-law.
Dr. Robin Loof: the European rules - what Article 54 of Schengen says and how the ECJ has interpreted it; how the resulting corpus of law differs from 1 above.
Nick Vamos: How the rules affect Mutual Legal Assistance cases in practice.
Professor Estella Baker: Do we have an accurate translation ? Are the UK courts really bound by Article 54? If so, in what circumstances ?
This event has been accredited with 2 CPD hours by the Bar Standards Board
This event is free but those wishing to attend must register in advance.
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Arranged with the European Criminal Law Association (UK).
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Monday 14 May 2012
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Certificate in International Commercial Arbitration
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.
For further information and a copy, please click here
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Registration Fee: £1,500.00
Enquiries: Belinda.Crothers@sas.ac.uk
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Wednesday 9 May 2012
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18:00 |
The implementation of the Audio Visual Media Service...
Dr Irini Katsirea, Senior Lecturer in Law, Middlesex University; IALS Visiting Fellow.
Chair: Professor Lorna Woods, City University.
Product placement, the practice of placing brands within editorial content, has recently been liberalized across the EU with the aim of tapping into an additional source of revenue for commercial television companies and programme makers while at the same time ensuring that they retain editorial control over programmes they transmit and protecting viewers from surreptitious advertising. This presentation will examine the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive rules on product placement in the UK and Germany and discuss whether the new regime is likely to achieve its aims.
This event is free.
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Tuesday 8 May 2012
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10:35 |
The Iconography of Justice: From Renaissance Town Ha...
Judith Resnick and Dennis Curtis (Yale); Andrew Hadfield (Sussex); Peter Mack (Warburg); Paul Raffiled (Warwick); Martin Lloughlin (LSE); Dame Hazel Genn (UCL); Avrom Sherr (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
Conference organsied by the Warburg Institute with support from the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
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