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Past FLJS events

November
19
2015
Neoliberalism, Employment, and the Law
This workshop will assess the impact of employment regulations on the strategic behaviour of employers in the aftermath of privatization. 
November
11
2015
Free Film Screening: Timbuktu
A free screening of the Palme D’Or-nominated film, Timbuktu depicts the dignified resistance of the Malian community living under extremist laws, and offers an elegiac exposition of the forces behind the migrant crisis.  
November
6
2015
William Browder on the State of Law in Putin's Russia
In this lecture, William Browder, author of New York Times bestseller Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice, will give a firsthand account of corruption, dirty politics, and murder in Russia, as told by one of Putin’s Most Wanted.
October
29
2015
Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship
In this Max Watson Memorial Lecture, Eric Heinze, Professor of law and Humanities from Queen Mary University London argues that modern democracies have better ways of combating hate speech than by resorting to censorship and punishment of those who incite hatred.
October
14
2015
Social Media: Foundations of the Cyber-Society and the Role of Law
This workshop will identify the key concepts that make-up the cognitive, normative, and regulatory structure of the online social arena, or cyber-society.
June
9
2015
The Politics of West Papua: Research and Policy
Against the background of an ongoing conflict for independence from Indonesia, West Papua has experienced decades of violence and underdevelopment. This roundtable brings together leading researchers and policymakers to discuss the underlying sources of these problems.
June
1
2015
The Science of Constitutions: Measures of Success and Failure
A two-day workshop to explore the factors that determine successful constitution-making.
May
20
2015
Images and Imagination in Theorizing about Law
This workshop will examine the role of images in legal scholarship, and will establish a new network of scholars from various disciplines—art, history, law, anthropology—interested in the intersection of images and law. 
May
16
2015
AALIMS-Oxford Conference on Political Economy of Islam and Muslim Societies
A two-day conference will bring together leading academics and policymakers to investigate the political economy of Islam and Muslim societies.
May
5
2015
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the US Surveillance State
This book colloquium will examine Pullitzer Prize winner Glenn Greenwald's No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State.
April
29
2015
Free Film Screening: Leviathan
A free screening of the winner of the 2014 Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, Leviathan is a coruscating portrayal of the corruption of the law, Church and State in Putin's Russia.
March
4
2015
Freedom of Speech: What It Has Been and What It Should Be
Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College Professor Richard Sorabji CBE will deliver this timely lecture on the history and philosophical principles underlying the concept of free speech. 
February
25
2015
Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution
In this Book Colloquium, a panel of experts will discuss Timothy Kuhner's critically acclaimed new book Capitalism v. Democracy: Money in Politics and the Free Market Constitution, before opening the discussion to all. Reserve your place by registering at the right of this page.
February
11
2015
Patent Policy in Genomics and Human Genetics: A Public Health Perspective
This workshop will examine the issue of patent governance in the public interest. The debate will focus on university licensing of patents, the improved quality of patents issued, and the relationship between scientific commons and proprietary assets in research collaborations. 
February
4
2015
Persepolis
A free screening of the co-winner of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize, with an introductory talk by Kaveh Moussavi, Associate Fellow at the Center for Socio-Legal Studies.
January
26
2015
Balancing Business Innovation with Data Protection?
The proliferation of information communication technologies over the past decade represents the single largest challenge to the protection of personal data. This workshop will investigate whether it is possible for regulators and companies to strike a balance between business innovation and data protection in the Digital Age. 
November
28
2014
The Break-Up of Nations: The Constitutional Dimensions Using Ukraine as a Case Study
In this inaugural event in a new phase of our programme on the social and political foundations of constitutions, a group of experts will discuss the constitutional implications of the ongoing political turmoil in Ukraine.
November
27
2014
Holey Union: The Constitutional Paradox of Secession
This lecture will open a new phase of our programme on the social and political foundations of constitutions, by assessing how democracies manipulate potent constitutional tools to prevent secessionists from achieving their goals.
November
20
2014
The New Regulatory Space: Reframing Democratic Governance
In this lecture, Frank Vibert will argue that, in order to understand the evolving patterns of governance in modern democratic societies, we need to assess democracies in terms of the complex interplay of systems of social coordination — including the market, the law, regulation, and civil society.
October
30
2014
Consumer Dispute Resolution: Implementing the Directive
This conference will bring together public officials, regulators, ombudsmen, ADR bodies, consumers, business and academics interested in ADR to examine the major topical issues arising out of implementation of the EU Consumer ADR Directive.