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Past FLJS events

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.   
October
29
2018
FLJS Film Screening: Paths of Glory
To mark the centenary of the Armistice, we present Stanley Kubrick’s digitally restored masterpiece Paths of Glory. Widely considered to be both his finest work and the best film about the First World War ever made, the film explores the morality of conflict as French Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is forced to defend three fellow soldiers faced with execution for cowardice and dereliction of duty.
June
14
2018
Book Colloquium: Bourgeois Equality
In this book colloquium, a panel will discuss the concluding volume of economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey's trilogy celebrating the oft-derided virtues of the bourgeoisie — Bourgeois Equality: How Ideas, Not Capital or Institutions, Enriched the World.
June
13
2018
Reinterpreting Confucius’ Ideas on Law, Justice and Society
In this lecture, Dr Ying Yu will challenge conventional assumptions that China and the West have developed wholly different understandings of society, relations among its members, and between the people and government. Through a close analysis of Confucius’ ideas, based on the original script, Dr Yu will show how similar they are to the jurisprudential foundations of western societies, offering the basis for an entirely new approach.
June
12
2018
The Changing Model of Economic Regulation in the United Kingdom
This workshop will discuss the increasing importance of ‘fairness’ as a criterion for more active intervention in UK markets, especially energy and telecommunications markets, by economic regulators such as OFGEM and OFCOM.
May
23
2018
FLJS Film Screening: Hunger
Twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement, we look back at the Troubles with this screening of Steve McQueen's acclaimed debut Hunger, featuring a bravura breakthrough performance from Michael Fassbender as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands, whose Maze Prison hunger strike changed government policy.
May
10
2018
Catalonia: A Constitutional Debate
This debate aims to discuss the Spanish constitutional framework, the current legal position of Catalonia in Spain, and the possible ways forward in this constitutional crisis.
May
4
2018
Ethical Business Practice and Ethical Business Regulation
Ethical Business Practice and Regulation are new concepts that are transforming regulatory performance and business success.
March
9
2018
Poland: The Political, Constitutional, and Social Issues
A workshop to discuss the emerging political, constitutional, and social issues in Poland, where reforms to the judiciary have provoked the threat of EU sanctions.
March
8
2018
Poland: From Paradigm to Pariah?
In this lecture, Polish lawyer Marcin Matczak will outline the legal and constitutional developments in Poland under the rule of the Law and Justice Party, which include the threat of EU sanctions over reforms to the judiciary and the recently announced and highly controversial Holocaust bill.
March
6
2018
A Twenty-First Century Constitution for the UK
In this lecture, Frank Vibert (Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE Department of Government) will set out the case of his forthcoming book, Making a 21st Century Constitution: that constitutions no longer provide the kind of support needed by democracies confronted by the complex social and political conditions of the modern day.