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Past FLJS events

February
17
2020
FLJS Films: The Oath
The Oath tells the story of two men, whose loyalty to an ideal in a world of disintegrating legal and constitutional norms tests their beliefs and threatens their liberty. As fault lines reopen between the Muslim world and the West, The Oath exposes the contradictions of the war on terror with a devastating revelation behind the double meaning of the film’s title.
February
5
2020
Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics
***Please note: Due to popular demand, this event will now be held in the Auditorium at the new time of 6pm*** A panel discussion of Jonathan Sumption's provocative bestseller Trials of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics, which expands on arguments first laid out in his 2019 Reith Lectures.
November
13
2019
Workshop: Adam Smith as Jurist
This workshop explores the themes raised in Professor Iain McLean's lecture of 12 November: Adam Smith as Jurist.
November
12
2019
Adam Smith as Jurist
Adam Smith is world-famous as a founding father of economics, yet his work as a jurist is much less well known. Professor Iain McLean will lay out the principles of Smith’s jurisprudence and try to show Smith’s half-submerged influence on the new republic of the United States, in whose revolution he took great interest.
November
4
2019
Chinese Criminal Entrepreneurs in Canada
In this book colloquium, a panel of speakers will discuss Alex Chung’s recent book: Chinese Criminal Entrepreneurs in Canada, and explore the elusive breed of criminal entrepreneurs from China known as the Big Circle Boys (BCB).
October
28
2019
Free Speech, Good Speech, and Social Media: Self-control or legal control?
In this lecture, Professor Sir Richard Sorabji considers free speech in the age of social media, and questions whether legal restrictions on certain speech acts or self-restraint would be the most effective and appropriate means to secure freedoms
October
21
2019
FLJS Films: Peterloo
FLJS Films opens its 2019-20 programme with acclaimed director Mike Leigh’s latest film Peterloo, which, by bringing to light a little-known atrocity in Manchester 200 years ago, makes a timely comment on the repercussions and resonances of public protest.
June
19
2019
Governance of Online Speech in the Age of Platforms
This workshop will analyse the role of platforms in the governance of online news and information, and their relations with the state. After opening with a close study of the situation in China, a roundtable of experts will consider the experience of western nations in relation to online hate speech, disinformation, and political or terrorism propaganda. 
June
12
2019
State Capture: What It Is and What It Means for the Constitutional Order
At this workshop, a roundtable of experts will examine the issue of state capture and the implications for the constitutional order.
June
11
2019
The Cost to Society of Pharmaceutical Mass Tort Litigation
In this lecture, lawyer Mary Bartkus shares her firsthand experience of the international litigation of multibillion dollar claims against Big Pharma when a medication taken by millions of users worldwide is withdrawn from the market.
May
16
2019
Ranking and Regulating: Markets and Hierarchies in the Governance of Higher Education Today
Professor Colin Scott, University College Dublin, will present his findings of a comparative study of the regulation of higher education conducted in the early noughties, in which he analysed the contrasting patterns of four modes of oversight based in oversight, competition, mutuality, and contrived randomness.
May
13
2019
Populism in the Age of Brexit
The conflictual politics of Brexit – characterized by entrenched divisions between Leavers and Remainers – can be traced back to long-standing and more recent features of the British constitution that encourage discord over dialogue; tribal loyalty rather than broad consensus.
May
7
2019
FLJS Films: The Third Murder
Following the Palm D'or winning success of his latest film Shoplifters, FLJS Films is pleased to present master director Hirokazu Kore-eda's previous film, The Third Murder, his elliptical reworking of Kurosawa's Rashomon for modern times. Sir Tim Hitchens will introduce a pre-screening talk by Signt&Sound's expert in East Asian cinema Tony Rayns.
March
13
2019
The Putney Debates 2019: The Courts — Friend or Foe?
As the UK approaches its most significant constitutional change for decades, the role of the Courts is the focus of unprecedented scrutiny and debate. The Oxford Foundation for Law, Justice and Society invites you to join us for the third re-staging of the Putney Debates, as we ask: What role do we want for our judges in the 21st Century?
March
5
2019
Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action
In 2009, Elinor Olstrom became – and remains – the only woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, awarded for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons. Ten years on, we revisit her groundbreaking book Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action.
February
20
2019
Subject to Contract: An Artist’s Explorations of Business, Politics and Law
FLJS is pleased to support this introductory talk by Wolfson's new Creative Arts Fellow, visual artist Carey Young. Carey will be showing her video Palais de Justice, featuring female judges at Belgium's main courthouse, to explore jurisprudence, gender and fiction.
February
4
2019
FLJS Films: Golden Kingdom
FLJS Films is pleased to present a special screening of Golden Kingdom, the acclaimed first international feature film to be produced in Myanmar since its reopening. Director Brian Perkins and SE Asia expert Dr Mandy Sadan will discuss the film's themes and genesis. Donations are invited to the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Rohingya refugee crisis appeal.
November
13
2018
Why Institutions Matter: A comparative analysis of borrowing competition laws in India and Pakistan
***THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE: APOLOGIES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE***
October
31
2018
Workshop: The Post-Populist Constitution
A workshop to further explore the themes raised in the Max Watson Annual Lecture 2018, on the constitutional consequences of recent populist movements around Europe and beyond.
October
30
2018
The Post-Populist Constitution: Reassessing the Place of the People
Professor Denis Galligan, Emeritus Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, will deliver the 2018 Max Watson Annual Lecture. The lecture will be followed by a workshop the following day to explore the themes raised.