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Past FLJS events

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.
February
28
2018
The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power
A panel discussion of Niall Ferguson's bestselling book The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power.
February
5
2018
FLJS Film Screening: Letters from Baghdad
Letters from Baghdad tells the extraordinary story of Gertrude Bell, the forgotten figure of the British Empire who shaped the modern Middle East in ways that still reverberate today.
February
2
2018
The Putney Debates 2018
As the peoples of the United Kingdom and Ireland strive for unity in the face of Brexit, the Putney Debates 2018 will assess recent developments – including government efforts to invoke prerogative powers, Anglo-Irish relations, and 'fake news' and external interference in recent elections – in a modern-day constitutional convention on the spirit and structure of our democratic settlement.
January
17
2018
Book Colloquium: Law and Memory
How should we commemorate the victims of past atrocities, heroic individuals, or emblematic national and social events? This book colloquium will discuss the recent book Law and Memory: Towards Legal Governance of History, and explore both the nature and role of legal engagement in historical memory. 
December
7
2017
Political Instability and Constitutional Instability in Latin American States
Christopher Thornhill, Professor in Law at the University of Manchester, will deliver this lecture to set out the issues to be discussed in a workhop on the challenges to constitutionalism, constitutional rights, and institutional stability in Latin America.
December
7
2017
Constitutions in Crisis: Constitutionalism, constitutional rights, and institutional stability in Latin America
This workshop will bring together prominent judges, lawyers, and legal experts to discuss the resurgence of political conflict, authoritarianism, and constitutional change in Latin America, with a focus on Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela.
December
6
2017
The Case for a Written Constitution
In this Keynote Lecture, renowned philosopher A. C. Grayling will examine the constitutional questions raised by Brexit, and argue that now more than ever, it is time for the UK to debate and agree a written constitution for the twenty-first century.
November
7
2017
Digital Justice for Consumers: Technology and the Internet of Disputes
This workshop will assess how the increasing ease and speed that we are able to purchase goods and services online exposes consumers to the increasing risk of new types of disputes.
November
6
2017
Book Colloquium: After Europe
A panel discussion of Ivan Krastev's provocative new book, After Europe, on the future of the European Union.  The book posits the potential lack of a future for the EU, given threats posed by the migrant crisis, the spread of right-wing populism, and Vladimir Putin's Russia.
October
23
2017
Free Film Screening: Court
To mark the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, we take a look at the legacy of colonialism through the Indian justice system, with this Winner of Best Feature Film at the National Film Awards.