News & Events Events The Max Watson Annual Lecture News Subscribe to our newsletter Past events Past FLJS events Year of event -Year201620172018201920202021 Year Apply September182013 On the Nature of Constitutions Noted legal scholar, author and Yale Law School Professor Akhil Reed Amar gives this keynote speech to commemorate Constitution Week and launch an academic conference titled Populism and Constitutions. June262013 Film screening: The Law in These Parts This revealing documentary investigates the justice of the legal system in the Occupied Palestinian Territories through interviews with the architects of this military legal system juxtaposed with historical footage. It provides a rare opportunity to ponder the banality of (judicial) evil; of lawyers as the willing executioners of power. June142013 How Constitutions Matter This workshop will bring together members of the Comparative Constitutions Project to understand the interrelationship between the constitutional entrenchment of rights and acts of repression, with case studies from post-Arab Spring states and Eastern Europe. June132013 Annual Lecture in Law & Society: Law and Social Illusion Professor Liam B Murphy, Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University, will deliver the 2013 Annual Lecture in Law & Society. May232013 Reflecting on The Inner Morality of Law – 50 Years on A discussion of Lon Fuller's seminal The Morality of Law to mark the 50th anniversary of its publication. May172013 Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia This workshop will examine the relationship between Western law, Sharia, and the future of Muslim societies, assessing the emergence of political Islam triggered by post-Arab Spring elections in various Muslim countries. May162013 Lecture: Sharia Law and Muslim Legal Mythology Professor Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at Exeter University, will be opening a workshop on Shari'a Law with a lecture entitled 'Sharia law and Muslim legal mythology'. May92013 Class Actions: US and European Perspectives Linda Mullinex from the University of Texas and members of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies will discuss Class Actions from American and European perspectives. April122013 Media Law after Leveson This workshop will examine the legal issues raised by Lord Justice Leveson's Report into the Culture, Practices, and Ethics of the Press. March192013 Economic Rights and Regulatory Regimes: Is there still a ‘right’ to water? This workshop will examine how environmental policymakers are responding to challenges in water resource management caused by severe weather events associated with climate change. March12013 New Questions in Regulation In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, questions have arisen about the effectiveness of the state as a regulator. This workshop will assess new concerns about regulatory capture and increased risks of policy-driven initiatives. February72013 Prof Chris Thornhill - A Sociology of Constitutions A discussion of Chris Thornhill's book A Sociology of Constitutions, which questions why modern societies require constitutions and presents a distinctive analysis of the constitutional preconditions of political legitimacy. January102013 SAD Cases in the Coroners' Courts A conference for coroners, lawyers, geneticists, pathologists, and cardiologists to exchange perspectives on definitions, verdicts, and conflicting rights raised by coronial investigations of sudden adult deaths. November302012 The Citizen and the Administrative State in Central and Eastern Europe A workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria, exploring the relationship between the citizen and the administrative state in ten central and eastern European countries. November272012 Jürgen Habermas: The Crisis of the European Union A discussion of the recent book by Jürgen Habermas, described by the FT as "One of Europe's most prominent intellectuals ... he builds a case that Europe's leaders will sooner or later have to answer." November52012 Moral Conscience Through the Ages in Relation to Law, Justice and Society Professor Richard Sorabji, Honorary Fellow, Wolfson College. The surprising and unrecognized meaning of the terms for conscience was established in the 500 years from the playwrights of the fifth century BCE down to Paul. October192012 Courts as Representatives The morning session will form a panel discussion in which four prominent judges give their perspective on courts as representative bodies, before general discussion. October182012 Lecture: Courts as Representatives András Sajó, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights will address this important issue of judicial legitimacy at a time of growing public distrust in the representativeness of the political system, and legislation in particular. October52012 The Place of Britain in a Future Europe Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, the Financial Times presents a lecture on The Place of Britain in a Future Europe October42012 What Can an Examination of Russia Tell Us about Law in Society? This workshop will survey the contemporary scene in Russia with regard to how law is used in everyday life, the means of dispute resolution, together with a more speculative assessment of what might be learned from the Russian case about law as a social phenomenon in general. « first ‹ previous … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 next › last »