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Past FLJS events

October
15
2014
Killing by Drones: The Legal and Public Policy Dimensions
 In this lecture, Rory O. Millson, Partner at Cravath, Swaine and Moore LLP, will explore the legal and policy issues surrounding the increasingly common use of military drones to carry out "targeted killings" in the ongoing fight against non-State actors in Pakistan, Yemen, and elsewhere.  
October
9
2014
Social Media: A Critical Introduction
Christian Fuchs, Professor of Social Media at Westminster University, will lead the discussion of his recently published book Social Media: A Critical Introduction, which navigates the controversies and contradictions of the complex digital media landscape.
June
4
2014
Could Scotland Join the European Union?
  With Scotland set to vote on independence in September 2014, this public debate will focus on the question of an independent Scotland and its membership of the EU.  
May
28
2014
Reassessing the Civil Law Tradition: the Changing Role of the Judge
Professor Carlo Guarnieri from the University of Bologna will deliver the 2014 Annual Lecture in Law and Society, assessing the changing nature of the civil law judge in the context of legal culture around the world. 
May
8
2014
The Business of Traffic in Humans
This workshop will explore the role of the state and businesses in the fight against trafficking in human beings, with participants including Frank Field MP, Chair of the Commission on the Anti-Slavery Bill, addressing recent developments in the European and national policy context.
May
7
2014
Popular Representations of Development: Insights from Novels, Films, Television and Social Media
This book colloquium invites attendees to rethink their understanding of development issues in favour of a holistic approach encompassing literature, film, and other non-conventional forms of representation.
May
6
2014
FLJS Films: The Act of Killing
A free screening of the 2014 BAFTA-winning documentary, The Act of Killing, with talk by human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson, Director of Legal Advocacy at the Bertha Foundation and Wikileaks lawyer.
April
30
2014
Trusting the ‘middle man’: Impact and Legitimacy of Ombudsmen
Recent EU legislation requires each member state to provide an ADR body for nearly every consumer sector. This conference will explore the implications through expert opinion from academic, practitioner, and policy perspectives.
April
29
2014
Social Media in the Modern World: Legal, regulatory and human rights issues
A workshop to explore the legal, political, constitutional, and human rights issues raised by the prevalence of social media in modern life.
April
28
2014
Social Media and the Culture of Connectivity
This lecture will reflect on how social media have become normalized in everyday life, and ask: what are the implications of the fact that large parts of everyday life are increasingly commercialized and engineered through social media?
March
20
2014
(In)formal Economies, Economies of Favour: The End of Transition?
Twenty-five years on from the collapse of communism in the Eastern Bloc, we discuss two new publications on the importance in everyday life of the informal economy in a post-Soviet, post-Socialist era.
March
17
2014
Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards and Democratic Legitimacy
This debate will address the controversy surrounding the use of quotas as a legal mechanism to address gender inequality in corporate boards of directors.
March
5
2014
Shakespeare and the Lower Register of Constitutional Thought
In this lecture, Professor Denis Galligan will assess constitutional thought in the plays of Shakespeare, and argue that it is the view of the common people depicted in the plays that offers the key to a more authentic understanding of constitutionalism and constitutional history.
February
26
2014
Can We Save Countries from Economic Crises? Some lessons from IMF and EU experience over three decades
Max Watson, a former senior official at the IMF and the European Commission, will discuss what lessons emerge from three decades of experience in handling economic crises, and how change can be catalysed in the face of deeply entrenched obstacles to reform.
January
23
2014
The New Global Rulers: The Privatization of Regulation in the World Economy
This book colloquium will examine The New Global Rulers by Professors Tim Büthe and Walter Mattli, winner of the 2012 International Studies Association's Best Book Award.
January
22
2014
The Lives of Others
Winner of the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, The Lives of Others is a political thriller set in the East Berlin of the 1980s, which explores issues of privacy and state control through the eyes of a Stasi officer.
December
9
2013
Machiavelli's The Prince: 500 Years On
Professor Paolo Carta from the University of Trento, Italy will lead this discussion to mark the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's The Prince, thought to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy, in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than abstract ideals.
November
26
2013
Law and Literature: a Dilettante's Dream?
William Twining, Emeritus Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, will deliver the inaugural lecture in a new programme on Law, Film, and Literature. 
November
19
2013
The Deep Roots of Social Systems Theory: Reconsidering the Contribution of Max Weber
Professor Alberto Febbrajo delivers this lecture on Max Weber's multilevel approach to socio-legal studies, as exemplified by the innovative concept of law developed in Economy and Society, considered to be the greatest sociological treatise of the twentieth century.
October
23
2013
Film screening: Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda explores genocide, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence, and will be shown as part of the new programme on Development and the Implications for Law, Justice and Society.