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SUMMARY:Binding the Future: How to Prevent Backsliding in AI and Climate Governance
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE – IN PERSON \nREGISTER HERE – ONLINE \nGoverning intergenerational social dilemmas\, from climate change and biodiversity loss to artificial intelligence (AI) safety\, poses a distinctive credibility problem. Current leaders in governments and corporations can make long-term promises that existing institutions cannot reliably enforce over time. Whether the promise is a government’s climate plan or a company’s net-zero pledge\, the recurring question is the same: How can we make commitments credible?   \nThis talk brings together insights from behavioural economics\, corporate governance\, and AI governance to explore how commitment devices can “bind the future” when reciprocity\, punishment\, and formal compliance mechanisms are weak or absent. It presents evidence that individuals are willing to invest in binding mechanisms\, foregoing personal gain to benefit not only the next generation but also more distant ones\, reflecting “long-sighted altruism.” It further explores how commitment devices can convert aspirational pledges into enforceable obligations\, from contractual instruments in sustainable finance to technological mechanisms such as AI “kill switches.” Finally\, it examines the limits and risks of binding the future. The talk is based on research published in npj climate action and Ecology Law Quarterly.   \nSpeaker: Professor Oren Perez is a Professor of Law at Bar-Ilan University Law Faculty and Director of the Center for Environmental and Climate Law. He previously served as Dean of the Faculty of Law (2017–2022). He holds an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University\, a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of London (2015)\, and an LL.M. and Ph.D. from LSE. His research focuses on environmental and climate governance\, transnational regulation\, and law-and-networks. Recent publications include:  Algorithmic Constitutionalism\, 30 Ind. J. Glob. Legal Stud. 81 (2023) (with N. Wimer); Making Climate Pledges Stick: A Private Ordering Mechanism for Climate Commitments\, 50 Ecology L.Q. 683 (2023) (with M. Vandenbergh); Binding the Future Boosts Intergenerational Sustainability\, 4 npj Climate Action 15 (2025) (with E. Halali); Network Interactions and Mutual Dependence in the Global Sustainability Governance System\, Transnat’l Env’t L. (forthcoming 2026) (with O. Stegmann).  \nChair: Professor Veerle Heyveart is a Professor at LSE Law School and founding Editor-in-Chief of Transnational Environmental Law. She is also Associate Dean of LSE Law School. She teaches environmental law and European law. She has an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (It). In 1998-1999\, she was the inaugural Sir Peter North Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and Keble College\, Oxford. She has published extensively on issues of transnational environmental law and risk regulation\, including books on Transnational Environmental Regulation and Governance. Purpose\, Strategies and Principles (CUP\, 2019) and European Environmental Law (CUP\, 2017\, with S. Kingston & A Čavoški).  \nDiscussant: Dr Ashfaq Khalfan  is the Director of the Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) at LSE. He was previously Climate Justice Director at Oxfam America and Law and Policy Director at Amnesty International. He has led research\, advocacy and policy development on energy transition\, climate finance\, climate inequality\, tax and climate policy\, strategic litigation and economic\, social and cultural rights. He holds a doctorate in law from Merton College\, Oxford University and degrees in common law\, civil law\, and political science from McGill University.  \nThis event is organised by the Sustainability Regulation Observatory which critically analyses sustainability regulation and generates insights into more effective design that advances human rights\, social justice and sustainability. It is part of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS)\, the interdisciplinary centre for sustainability impact at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). GSoS works in partnerships to advance pioneering sustainability research\, global policy engagement and world-leading educational opportunities at LSE. Grounded in LSE’s interdisciplinary excellence across the social sciences\, GSoS’s global networks target the systemic challenges to sustainability embedded in the world’s economies\, politics and societies. Follow GSoS on LinkedIn for the latest news and updates. \nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, attendance will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
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SUMMARY:Remembering Professor Conor Gearty - In Tribute
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nJoin us for an evening of remembrance celebrating the life and work of Professor Conor Gearty\, beloved teacher\, mentor\, and friend. Speakers will share personal tributes reflecting on Conor’s extraordinary generosity\, wit\, and profound humanity. Known for his exuberant spirit and disarming humour\, Conor touched countless lives through his passionate teaching\, unwavering commitment to justice\, and genuine care for those around him. This gathering offers an opportunity to honour his memory and reflect on the lasting influence he had both inside and outside the classroom. All who knew Conor or were inspired by his work are warmly welcomed. Followed by a reception. \nSpeakers:\nRoy Foster (Oxford)\nDominic Grieve KC PC\nFiona Millar (Journalist)\nBrendan Walsh (The Tablet)\nFatima Ahdash (HBKU)\nGerry Simpson (LSE)\nLuke McDonagh (LSE) \nFinal Remarks: Prof Aoife Nolan (Nottingham) \nChairs: Prof Nicola Lacey (LSE) and Dr Sarah Trotter (LSE)
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/remembering-professor-conor-gearty-in-tribute-2/
LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:The national interest: politics after globalisation
DESCRIPTION:How can I attend? \nAttend Online: Register Here \nAttend in-person: Register Here  \nIf you have a query see our Events FAQ or email events@lse.ac.uk. \nAre the politics of national interest making a comeback in the multipolar world after the end of globalisation? What is the national interest and why did it get forgotten at the end of the 20th century? Does the idea offer a way out of the impasse afflicting politics in the 21st century? \nSince the USA under Donald Trump turned to pursuing an openly ‘America First’ agenda in trade and foreign policy\, and his Secretary of State recognised that we are now living in a multipolar world\, everyone else has been forced to start thinking about their own country’s national interest. This is however an unfamiliar way of thinking about politics. During the previous 30 years of globalisation\, the idea of the national interest fell into disuse. Politics was organised around global questions of trade and financial markets\, human rights and climate change\, democratisation and the War on Terror. National identities were displaced by cultural\, religious or personal identities\, national interests by international agreements and global governance regimes. \nOur panel of three experts will discuss whether there really is such a thing as the national interest\, whether it really is back\, who decides what it is\, and what effects thinking in terms of national interest may have on politics both within individual states and between them. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nPhilip Cunliffe is Associate Professor in International Relations at University College London. He is the author of The National Interest: Politics After Globalization (2025). His other books include Taking Control: Sovereignty and Democracy After Brexit (2023); The End of the End of History: Politics in the Twenty-First Century (2021); The New Twenty Years’ Crisis: A Critique of International Relations\, 1999-2019 (2020); Cosmopolitan Dystopia: International Intervention and the Failure of the West (2020). He writes regularly for Unherd\, and co-founded the podcast Bungacast. \nAnand Menon is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London. He is the Director of UK In A Changing Europe\, the think tank communicating social scientific research on Brexit and the Brexit process to non-academic audiences. He is an associate fellow of Chatham House and Senior Associate member of Nuffield College\, Oxford. His books include Brexit and British Politics (2017); The European Union: Integration and Enlargement (2016); and European Politics (2007). \nHelen Thompson is Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University. She is an influential commentator on British and international politics\, writes regularly for the New Statesman and was co-presenter of the podcasts Talking Politics and These Times. Her books include Disorder: Hard Times in the 21st Century (2022); Oil and the Western Economic Crisis (2017); and China and the Mortgaging of America (2010). \nPeter Ramsay is Professor of Law at LSE. He is currently working on a political jurisprudence of English criminal law that explains how the public interest and the political authority of the nation-state lie at the heart of the criminal justice system. \nMore about this event \nLSE Law School (@LSELaw) is one of the world’s best schools. In the UK\, it was ranked third by The Complete University Guide in 2025. In the QS World University rankings for 2025\, the law school was ranked sixth (out of 200 worldwide). We strive to accomplish excellence in all of our endeavours\, helping students\, alumni and staff to achieve their full potential in everything they do. \nJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. If you can’t attend live\, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE’s YouTube channel.
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LOCATION:Sheikh Zayed Theatre\, Lower ground\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260204T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260204T210000
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SUMMARY:Documentary screening and Q&A with filmmaker Sepideh Farsi: Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nInternationally acclaimed Iranian film maker Sepideh Farsi will present her award-winning documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (112 mins) at LSE Law School. \n\nThe screening will be followed by a conversation between Sepideh Farsi and Gazan LLM student Dana Besaiso\,who personally knew photojournalist Fatma Hassona—the protagonist of the documentary killed in Gaza in April 2025. \n\n\nThe event honours the nearly 300 journalists killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza since October 7. It will address the risks media workers take to document and report on conflict zones where daily violations of international law have become the norm\, and how the targeted killing of journalists contributes to perpetrators’ impunity by erasing evidence of their crimes. Against this backdrop\, the documentary acts as an archive for life\, exploring themes of belonging\, memory\, and the power of bearing witness. \n\n\nThe screening and conversation will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. \n\n\nChair: Marie Petersmann (LSE Law School).
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/documentary-screening-and-qa-with-filmmaker-sepideh-farsi-put-your-soul-on-your-hand-and-walk/
LOCATION:Wolfson Theatre\, Lower ground floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260126T183000
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SUMMARY:Lea Ypi Inaugural Lecture | Are revolutions justified?
DESCRIPTION:Ralph Miliband has written poignantly on the limits of parliamentary democracy. But are revolutions justified? \nMoralists think that if the ends of revolution are right\, revolution cannot be wrong. Legalists think that since the means of revolution are wrong\, revolution cannot be right. In this lecture Lea Ypi revisits their arguments and offers an alternative that cuts across the divide. She examines revolution not in relation to the justice demanded by specific agents but grounded on a philosophical theory of history that focuses on collective progress. \nMeet our speaker\, chair and moderator\nLea Ypi (@lea_ypi) is the Ralph Miliband Professor in Politics and Philosophy at LSE\, a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin\, and Honorary Professor at ANU. Author of Free and Indignity (Penguin)\, her work has won major prizes\, including the RSL Ondaatje Prize and Leverhulme Prize\, and been translated into 35+ languages. She coedits Political Philosophy and writes for the FT and Guardian. \nAndrew Murray is Dean of LSE Law School and Professor of Law specialising in new media and technology law. A fellow of the RSA\, he has advised the UK House of Lords and the Saudi government\, and previously held visiting posts at Sciences Po and the Amsterdam Law and Technology Institute. He delivered the 2020 TMC Asser Lecture and is a reviewer for major international research awards. \nAndrés Velasco is the Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and a former Chilean Minister of Finance\, recognised internationally for his fiscal policy leadership. He has held prominent global roles\, including serving on the G20 Eminent Persons Group\, co-chairing the Global Panel on the Future of Multilateral Lending Institutions\, and participating in the Global Oceans Commission. A 2013 presidential candidate in Chile\, he has also held academic posts at Columbia University\, Harvard University\, and NYU. Velasco holds degrees from Yale and a PhD in economics from Columbia\, has authored numerous academic works and novels\, and has advised major international organisations\, governments\, and financial institutions worldwide. \nMore about this event\nLSE Law School (@LSELaw) is one of the world’s best schools. In the UK\, it was ranked third by The Complete University Guide in 2025. In the QS World University rankings for 2025\, the law school was ranked sixth (out of 200 worldwide). We strive to accomplish excellence in all of our endeavours\, helping students\, alumni and staff to achieve their full potential in everything they do. \nThe LSE School of Public Policy (@LSEPublicPolicy) is an international community where ideas and practice meet. Our approach creates professionals with the ability to analyse\, understand and resolve the challenges of contemporary governance. \nJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. If you can’t attend live\, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE’s YouTube channel. \nHow to attend?\nIn-person: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form\, which will be open here after 12 noon on Monday 15 December. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. Please click here for further ticket information. \nOnline: Registration will open in early January. \nHosted by LSE Law School and the School of Public Policy
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LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:Electoral reform: is it in the national interest?
DESCRIPTION:In the first of a series of workshops addressing the question of national interest in the wake of the end of globalisation\, Professor Peter Ramsay and Dr Richard Johnson will discuss whether or not electoral reform is in the national interest followed by questions and comments from workshop participants. \nOpinion polls now indicate a highly fragmented electorate in the UK. Five parties are polling in double figures and nationalist parties and independents are polling well in particular regions and localities. With the breakdown of the two-party system\, and the possibility of a government formed by a new party\, Reform\, after the next election\, would proportional representation lead to better government\, more of the same or political paralysis? \nSpeaker: \nRichard Johnson is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology\, Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. \nYou can read his policy brief on First Past the Post here: \nhttps://www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/media/mei/qm-policy-hub/briefs/Queen-Mary-Policy-Brief—Is-First-Past-the-Post-Undemocratic.pdf \nChair:  \nPeter Ramsay is Professor of Law at LSE Law School. You can read an article on proportional representation by him here. \nhttps://thenorthernstar.online/2024/07/29/why-britain-needs-pr/ \nThis event is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
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LOCATION:Vera Anstey Room (VAR)\, First floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T190000
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SUMMARY:Professor David Kennedy: In Conversation with Professor Susan Marks
DESCRIPTION:Professor David Kennedy discusses international law\, global governance\, world systems\, the politics of expertise\, and the current conjuncture with Professor Susan Marks and members of the audience. \nDavid Kennedy is Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School. One of the most distinguished and influential international legal scholars in the world today\, he is the author of a huge array of pathbreaking publications that connect international law with issues of global governance\, development policy and the politics of expertise\, among them Dark Sides of Virtue: Reassessing International Humanitarianism (2005)\, Of Law and War (2006)\, A World of Struggle: How Power\, Law and Expertise Shape Global Political Economy (2016) and most recently (with Martti Koskenniemi)\, Of Law and the World: Critical Conversations on Power\, History\, and Political Economy (2023). \nThis event will take place in the Marshall 2.04\, Marshall Building\, LSE\, please see details below. \nPlease note this event will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/professor-david-kennedy-in-conversation-with-professor-susan-marks/
LOCATION:MAR 2.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\,LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T123000
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SUMMARY:Realizing Arbitral Justice: Access to International Arbitration and Enforcement of Awards
DESCRIPTION:To attend\, please register using the hyperlink below: \nRegister Here  \n9:00 – Registrations \n9:25- Welcoming remarks \n9:30 – 10:45- Panel I: From Award to Execution: Evolving Court Support in the Enforcement Stage \nThe panel examines the critical role national courts play after an arbitral award is rendered. It explores the legal and practical challenges of enforcing arbitration awards across different jurisdictions under the New York Convention. The discussion examines the tension between judicial intervention and party autonomy\, trends in cross-border enforcement\, and the evolving approach of courts toward recognition and execution of arbitral awards. The panel offers comparative perspectives from the UK\, Europe\, and South Asia\, highlighting key lessons for practitioners and businesses relying on international arbitration. \nModerators: Paul MacMahon\, LSE \nSpeakers: \n\nSir Robin Knowles CBE\, High Court of England & Wales\nJustice Jawad Hassan\, Lahore High Court\nCan Eken\, Durham University\nCrina Baltag\, Queen Mary University of London\, Arbitrator\nSaleem Sheikh\, Seddons GSC\n\n10:45 – 11:15 – coffee break \n11.15-12.30 – Panel II: Access to justice in international arbitration  \nCan parties effectively assert and defend their rights within the arbitral process? While arbitration is often praised for its flexibility\, neutrality\, and efficiency\, concerns persist about whether it truly offers equitable access to justice. Key barriers include high costs\, limited transparency\, and procedural complexity\, which can disproportionately affect certain types of parties (ranging from state-owned entities\, less-resourced parties\, or parties with limited experience in the field). This panel will address recent cases which have challenged the type and quality of justice available to parties in arbitration. While the causes might differ\, this is a phenomenon that can be identified across the board in commercial\, sports\, investment and consumer arbitration. From stricter controls by national at the pre- and post-arbitration stages\, to tighter procedural mechanisms by arbitrators\, the speakers will explore how arbitration can facilitate access to justice to its users. \nModerator: Remy Gerbay\, Queen Mary University of London and Hughes Hubbard \nSpeakers: \n\nManuel Penades\, King’s College London\, Arbitrator\nDharshini Prasad\, Wilkie Farr\nAngeline Welsh KC\, Essex Court\n\n 
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/realizing-arbitral-justice-access-to-international-arbitration-and-enforcement-of-awards/
LOCATION:Shaw Library\, 6th floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251202T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251202T193000
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SUMMARY:RACE AND THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE
DESCRIPTION:Registration Required \n\n\nREGISTER HERE \n\nWhat role does the issue of race play in understanding the question of Palestine? Drawing on a book of that title edited by the main speaker Lana Tatour (with Ronit Lentin)\, this event focuses on the colonisation of Palestine as something which – like other imperial and colonial projects – cannot be understood outside the grammar of race. Race is the great unspoken in the field\, yet it operates as a technology of power and colonial rule\, a political and economic structure\, and above all as set of legal and discursive practices. The law’s coercive power in Palestine draws its strength from\, and is made sense of by\, an understanding of the operation of race. \nSpeaker \nLana Tatour is a Senior Lecturer in Global Development at the University of New South Wales\, and an Associate at the Australian Human Rights Institute. She is a scholar of settler colonialism\, indigeneity\, race\, and citizenship\, with a focus on Palestine. Her coedited book\, Race and the Question of Palestine was published in 2025 with Stanford University Press. She is currently completing her monograph\, Colonized Citizens: Liberalism\, Settler Colonialism\, and Palestinian resistance. \nDiscussants \nNeve Gordon Professor of International Law and Human Rights at Queen Mary University; Vice-President of the British Society for Middle East Studies\nAyça Cubukcu Associate Professor in Human Rights at LSE; formerly Co-Director of LSE Human Rights\nRalph Wilde Professor of International Law\, UCL \nChair \nDr Luke McDonagh \nOrganised by Professor Conor Gearty
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/race-and-the-question-of-palestine/
LOCATION:MAR 1.08\, Marshall Building\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251201T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251201T200000
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SUMMARY:Should the UK have a wealth tax? The Wealth Tax Commission five years on
DESCRIPTION:In-person: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form\, which will be open after 12noon on Monday\, 10 November. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. \nOnline: Registration will open in early October. \nTo request a ticket or register for online participation\, please follow the hyperlink below. \nShould the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax – LSE \nJoin us at this event to explore how the wealth tax conversation has evolved and whether the UK should be looking to implement a wealth tax today. \nIn 2020\, the Wealth Tax Commission brought together world-leading academics\, policymakers and tax practitioners to ‘think big’ about tax policy. Published in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the public finance crisis it triggered\, the Commission examined the viability of both annual and one-off wealth taxes. Comprising over thirty papers and half a million words\, it remains the most comprehensive body of evidence on wealth taxation globally. \nFive years on\, the question of how governments can meet increasing public service demand\, while confronting escalating geopolitical and environmental challenges\, is more urgent than ever. At this event\, the Commission’s authors reunite to reflect on its influence on research\, policy making and public debate\, and share what they learned from the process and the viability of a wealth tax in the UK today. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nArun Advani (@arunadvaniecon) is Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) and a Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. Working with colleagues at CenTax\, Arun uses tax data accessed via HMRC to evaluate the tax system and model options for reform. Recent publications have provided evidence on potential reforms to the non-dom tax regime\, Capital Gains Tax\, Inheritance Tax\, and National Insurance Contributions on partnership income. \nEmma Chamberlain specialises in tax and trust advice for private clients\, trusts and charities. Her practice is focused particularly on IHT and CGT as well as advising foreign domiciliaries and trustees. She frequently advises on taxation issues in connection with divorce and family issues\, on BPR and APR and on residence\, remittance and domicile enquiries. She is a Visiting Professor of Law at Oxford University and also at the LSE and teaches a post graduate taxation of global wealth course with Dr Arun Advani in Oxford. \nAndy Summers (@Summers_AD) is Director of the Centre for Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) and an associate professor in the Law School at LSE. His research combines legal expertise with quantitative analysis of administrative data\, working in collaboration with economists and other social scientists. Recent work focuses on the evaluation of taxes affecting top earners and the wealthy\, and the design of asset registers. At LSE he teaches courses on tax policy and design and the taxation of wealth. \nProfessor Sir Tim Besley is School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at LSE. He is also a member of the National Infrastructure Commission. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and British Academy and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Economic Association and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His main research interests are in political economy and development. \nMore about this event \nLSE Law School (@LSELaw) is one of the world’s top law schools with an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and legal research. \nThe Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) is dedicated to improving public understanding of tax policy and helping to design a better tax system\, by generating evidence that is rigorous and relevant to policymakers and the public. \nThe International Inequalities Institute (@LSEInequalities) brings together experts from many LSE departments and centres to lead critical and cutting edge research to understand why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world\, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges. \nJoin us on campus or register to watch the event online at LSE Live. LSE Live is the home for our live streams\, allowing you to tune in and join the global debate at LSE\, wherever you are in the world. If you can’t attend live\, a video will be made available shortly afterwards on LSE’s YouTube channel.
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LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T191500
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SUMMARY:Hamlyn Lectures 2025 - The Paradoxes of Property Law: From Castles and Contracts to Information and Ideas (Registration Open)
DESCRIPTION:To attend this event\, you must register for a ticket. Please follow the hyperlink below to complete your registration. \n Register Here \nThese lectures examine what is protected under the rubric of ‘property\,’ and why this special form of protection is provided in some contexts but withheld in others. The focus is on the various paradoxes that confound expectations and complicate accepted orthodoxies in property law. These subtle but persistent irregularities provide useful insights in dealing with some of our more intractable modern problems concerning the allocation and protection of scarce resources. \nAlthough all laws serve a societal function\, the framework of property law stands as a particularly powerful legal and normative institution. It structures and protects the acquisition\, control\, use\, transfer and loss of access to valuable resources. Yet what\, precisely\, qualifies as ‘property’? What kinds of legal protection follow from that classification? And\, crucially\, what lies outside the “property box\,” and with what consequences? \nThe aim in this series of lectures is to determine whether the current architecture of property law is capable of responding adequately to increasingly strident modern demands concerning the allocation and protection of new and newly valued modern resources. \nSpeaker: Professor Dame Sarah Worthington \nSarah Worthington DBE KC(Hon) FBA is a British legal scholar and barrister. She is Professor of Law at the LSE\, trustee of the British Museum and Chair of LSE Press. She returned to the LSE in 2022 after 11 years in Cambridge as the Downing Professor of the Laws of England where she co-founded and directed the Cambridge Private Law Centre. She specialises in commercial equity\, personal property and corporate law. Her work has been influenced by time spent as a part-time deputy High Court judge\, visiting appointments in Australia\, South Africa and Hong Kong\, and work with law reform and advisory bodies in the UK\, US and Europe. She is a Barrister and Bencher of Middle Temple and an Academic Member of South Square Chambers. Her books include Equity in the Clarendon Law Series\, the monograph Proprietary Interests in Commercial Transactions and Gower’s Principles of Modern Company Law (forthcoming edition with Professor Paul Davies and Mary Stokes). \nChair: Professor Niamh Moloney \nTo attend this event\, you must register for a ticket. Please follow the hyperlink below to complete your registration. \n Register Here
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/hamlyn-lectures-2025-the-paradoxes-of-property-law-from-castles-and-contracts-to-information-and-ideas-registration-open/
LOCATION:Shaw Library\, 6th floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251118T200000
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SUMMARY:Gender and the Law: How law matters to gender or how gender matters to law?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nFeminist and queer scholarship has very long histories of critical theoretical engagements with law and criminal justice. \nIn this conversation\, we bring together three legal scholars and  thinkers to examine some key questions of law and gender and how these matter to imagining better worlds and futures. \nGet your free ticket here. Please note that a ticket does not guarantee entry depending on capacity. You’re invited to join a drinks reception after the event. \nMeet our chair and speakers:  \nProfessor Susanne Baer is Centennial Professor at LSE\, Professor of Public Law and Gender Studies at Humboldt University Berlin\, and a Lea Bates Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. From 2011 until 2023\, she served as Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany. In the UK\, she is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy\, where she gave the Maccabean Lecture in 2019. Her interests include constitutional law\, comparative law and feminist and socio-legal theory.  Susanne’s many publications include ‘The Rule of – and not by any – Law: On Constitutionalism’ (2018). \nProfessor Nicola Lacey is School Professor of Law\, Gender and Social Policy at the London School of Economics. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and in 2025 she won the UK Law Teacher of the Year Award. Her publications include A Life of HLA Hart (OUP 2004); Women\, Crime and Character: From Moll Flanders to Tess of the D’Urbervilles (2008); The Prisoners’ Dilemma (2008)\, and In Search of Criminal Responsibility (2016). \nProfessor Sumi Madhok is Professor of Political Theory and Gender Studies\, LSE and Head of Department of Gender Studies at the LSE. She is also Faculty Associate at the LSE International Inequalities Institute. Her recent book Vernacular Rights Cultures: The Politics of Origins\, Human Rights and Gendered Struggles for Justice (2021) is the winner of the ‘Susan Strange Best Book Prize’ and ‘The Sussex International Theory Prize\, 2022’. \nDr SM Rodriguez is Assistant Professor of Gender\, Rights and Human Rights and the Director of the MSc Gender (Rights and Human Rights) at the LSE. They are the author of The Economies of Queer Inclusion: Transnational Organizing for LGBTI Rights in Uganda (2019). Sitting at the intersection of queer theory\, criminology\, Africana studies\, and transnational social movements\, their research has had a profound impact on scholarship\, legal proceedings\, and organisational practices. \nLSE holds a wide range of events\, covering many of the most controversial issues of the day\, and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. The views expressed by speakers at LSE events do not reflect the position or views of The London School of Economics and Political Science.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/gender-and-the-law-how-law-matters-to-gender-or-how-gender-matters-to-law/
LOCATION:MAR 1.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251113T193000
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SUMMARY:Recognition of the State of Palestine - Contested Interpretations
DESCRIPTION:To attend this event\, please register using the link below. The event will take place on campus\, and you’ll receive an email on the morning of the event with the exact venue details. \nRegister Here  \nWhat is the meaning and significance of the legal recognition of the state of Palestine in international law? On the one hand\, there is the promise that formal state recognition offers Palestinians in the eyes of the international legal community. On the other hand\, there are concerns that the act of recognising a “new” state of Palestine may be cosmetic or formal or apologetic. Is recognition a trap or an opening? The panel will discuss international law and the recognition of (new) states in the 20th and 21st centuries in light of the history of decolonisation\, and will reflect on what this means for the teaching of International Law as a subject. \nSpeakers: \nProf Vasuki Nesiah teaches human rights\, legal and social theory at NYU Gallatin where she is also faculty director of the Gallatin Global Fellowship in Human Rights. She has published on the history and politics of human rights\, humanitarianism\, international criminal law\, reparations\, global feminisms\, and decolonization. \nDr. Shahd Hammouri is a Lecturer in International Law and Legal Theory from the Palestinian-Jordanian region. She is the author of the forthcoming book Corporate War Profiteering and International Law (Cambridge University Press\, 2025). Dr. Hammouri is also a Non-Resident Fellow at Al-Haq for Applied International Law and a Senior Legal Consultant at Law for Palestine. \nDr Mazen Masri joined the City Law School as a lecturer in September 2013. He has previously taught at the University of Toronto and York University in Toronto\, Canada. Mazen’s areas of teaching and research are constitutional law and public international law with special interest in comparative constitutionalism\, constitutional theory\, human rights law and equality. \nDr Nora Jaber joined the University of Edinburgh Law School as Lecturer in Law in the Globalised Muslim World in September 2024. Her research lies at the intersection of international law\, human rights\, and feminist theory\, with a particular focus on gender justice in the Arab and Islamic world. \nChair: \nProf Gerry Simpson (LSE Law) \nPanel Chair:  \nDr Vidya Kumar (SOAS) is Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Colonialism\, Empire and International Law and Senior Lecturer at the College of Law\, SOAS (University of London). \nEvent organisation: \nThis event was co-organised by Prof Gerry Simpson\, Dr Luke McDonagh and Dr Marie Petersmann (LSE Law) & Dr Vidya Kumar and Dr Parvathi Menon (SOAS Centre for the Study of Colonialism\, Empire and International Law (CCEIL). \n 
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CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T193000
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SUMMARY:The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives
DESCRIPTION:This talk examines the limits of liberalism for handling urgent contemporary problems\, among them the climate emergency and the conquest of states by concentrated capital. Acknowledging that the Right has moved on from liberal democracy\, it suggests that the Left should also\, but without surrendering democracy’s promise that we rule ourselves. What are the key pillars of a post-liberal or ‘reparative’ democracy for the 21st Century? The talk develops this question\, and begins to answer it. \nSpeaker Wendy Brown is UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study\, Princeton\, and Class of 1936 Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Author or co-author of a dozen books translated into more than twenty languages\, her most recent works are In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Anti-Democratic Politics in the West (2019) and Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber (2023). She is working on a book provisionally entitled Reparative Democracy: A Politics for the 21st Century. \nChair: Marie Petersmann (LSE Law School)
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/the-exhaustion-of-liberal-democracy-and-the-emergence-of-alternatives/
LOCATION:MAR 2.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\,LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T183000
DTSTAMP:20250929T161813Z
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SUMMARY:The Moss-Fletcher Lecture - Green Swans and Blue Skies: Climate Change and Insolvency Risk for Financial Institutions
DESCRIPTION:To attend this event\, you must register for a ticket. Please follow the hyperlink below to complete your registration. \nRegister Here  \nLSE is delighted to be hosting the London Moss-Fletcher lecture 2025\, with the generous support of the International Insolvency Institute and South Square.  The London lecture is the second of two Moss-Fletcher lectures. The first was held in São Paulo\, Brazil on Friday June 6\, 2025.  The London lecture will be held in person at the LSE in the Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields\, London WC2A 3LY at 17:00 on Thursday 23 October 2025. \nThe Moss-Fletcher lecture series is a tribute to the late Gabriel Moss QC and Ian Fletcher QC. The inaugural Moss-Fletcher lectures were delivered by Sir Roy Goode KC in 2023 and Professor Westbrook in 2024.  This year’s speaker is Dr Janis Sarra\, Professor of Law Emerita\, University of British Columbia\, Principal Co-Investigator of the Canada Climate Law Initiative\, a member of the Canadian Delegation to UNCITRAL WG V\, and past Presidential Distinguished Professor of UBC. \nSpeaker: Dr Janis Sarra \nChair: Professor Sarah Paterson  \nIn her lecture\, ‘Green Swans and Blue Skies: Climate Change and Insolvency Risk for Financial Institutions’\, Dr Sarra will engage with the challenge of climate-related financial risk.  Prudential regulators and central banks recognize that the systemic nature of climate-related financial risk makes it an emerging vulnerability relevant to cross-border insolvency resolution. The Bank for International Settlements is concerned about potential ‘green swans’\, where timing of climate change impacts is uncertain\, but there is a high degree of certainty that risks will materialize and negatively affect the financial system. The IMF suggests bank supervisors can mitigate these risks by requiring banks to embed climate in their business strategy\, risk management\, and governance. Using examples of both hard and soft law tools in Brazil\, the UK\, and other jurisdictions\, the lecture will reflect on the most effective regulatory strategies to mitigate risk and build on opportunities. \n  \n 
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/the-moss-fletcher-lecture-green-swans-and-blue-skies-climate-change-and-insolvency-risk-for-financial-institutions/
LOCATION:MAR 1.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T200000
DTSTAMP:20251003T182025Z
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SUMMARY:Race\, Economic Inequality\, and the Age of Disinformation
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThis event will examine the role of law and governance in confronting the combined challenges of racial inequality\, economic disparities\, and the spread of false or misleading information. Experts will explore policy approaches that advance racial and economic justice and safeguard the integrity of public discourse. \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception. \nSpeakers: Delnaz Kazemi is the founder of Do You Know What You Know? (DYKWYK?)\, a media literacy initiative addressing misinformation and disinformation. As a Politics and International Relations undergraduate student at the University of East London\, she has led campaigns and civic initiatives in both the U.S. and U.K.\, with a focus on youth engagement and democracy. Delnaz also serves as president of a youth voting organisation chapter and is passionate about law\, public policy\, and empowering communities to think critically in an age of misinformation and disinformation. \nShe also hosts podcasts on media literacy (Do You Know What You Know? (DYKWYK?)) and politics (Pod Save the Youth)\, creating accessible conversations that bridge academia\, activism\, and public engagement.  \n Lawrence Davies is a lawyer with extensive experience in employment law. As the founder of the law firm Equal Justice Solicitors\, Lawrence has advised and represented individuals facing injustice in the workplace and beyond. Lawrence combines his legal expertise with a strong commitment to social change\, advocating for fairness\, equality\, and accountability. As a speaker\, he offers legal insight alongside lived experience of grassroots campaigning\, bridging the gap between law and activism to challenge systemic racism and promote inclusive futures. \n Pauline Campbell is a British Principal lawyer\, legal writer\, and published author who strives to end pervasive structural racism in the UK. \nShe has helped over 100 Windrush scandal victims through her role as Supervisor at the Windrush Justice Clinic in 2021\, where she provided free legal advice and assistance. Pauline also worked as the sole pro bono Legal Adviser to the Windrush Reach project\, building awareness of the Windrush Scheme and the Windrush Compensation Scheme. She is now the pro-bono lawyer of the Justice4Windrush campaign. Since publishing her book\, Pauline has become a sought-after public speaker on race and gender equality in the UK. She has delivered numerous public talks\, including at Morgan Lewis & Bockius\, with the Oxford Alumni Oriel College\, BBC Woman’s Hour Radio 4\, and more.  \n Dianne Greyson is the Founder of #EthnicityPayGap Campaign and Director of Equilibrium Mediation Consulting. \nDianne established the #EthnicityPayGap Campaign in 2018. She was motivated to make a difference and challenge the inequalities that have been in existence in the workplace for many years. It also calls for clear guidelines on reporting to help support organisations to understand how to produce pay gap analysis that is meaningful and actionable. \nDianne has also produced research on the Impact of the Ethnicity Pay Gap on Black Women and has collaborated with other not-for-profit organisations such as the Fawcett Society and Runnymede Trust. \n Nadine White\, multi-award-winning journalist and filmmaker\, is one of Britain’s leading Black journalists. She directs acclaimed documentaries and amplifies Black British stories. Nadine’s reporting has been widely cited in academic works on race and equality. She made history as Britain’s first dedicated Race Correspondent and is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University. \nChair: Dr Sonya Onwu  joined the LSE in 2017 and is an Assistant Professor (Education). She completed her doctorate and LLB at the University of Kent at Canterbury\, where she taught on the LLB for over 10 years as a Specialist Associate Lecturer. She held the position of Senior Lecturer and Programme Director for Law at Canterbury Christ Church University\, before moving on to become the Head of Law at Coventry University London \nAlthough this event is ticketed it will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis. \nLSE holds a wide range of events\, covering many of the most controversial issues of the day\, and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. The views expressed by speakers at LSE events do not reflect the position or views of The London School of Economics and Political Science.
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LOCATION:MAR 2.08\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251007T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251007T200000
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SUMMARY:The Crime of War: from the Nuremberg trial to Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Eighty years on from the start of the Nuremberg War Crime Trial in November 1945 we ask what is the future of the crime of aggression after the creation of the ICC in 1998 and the Ukraine war? \nAt this event\, Claus Kress\, a leading German academic\, judge and currently Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression\, will be in conversation with Gerry Simpson\, a legal adviser at the ICC negotiations in Rome and at the UN and a professor of international law here at LSE. They will discuss the prospects for international law and the crime of aggression after Ukraine and in the light of the historic first international trials of war criminals at Nuremberg. \nSpeaker: Claus Kress is a professor of international law and criminal law. He holds the Chair for German and International Criminal Law and he is the Director of the Institute of International Peace and Security Law at the University of Cologne. In 2019\, he was appointed Judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice in the Case of the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar). Since 2021\, he has been serving as the Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the Crime of Aggression. \nChair: Gerry Simpson holds a Chair in Public International Law at LSE. He is the author of Great Powers and Outlaw States and Law\, War and Crime: War Crimes Trials and the Reinvention of International Law. His most recent book is The Sentimental Life of International Law. Gerry is now writing a book on the Cold War and a meditation on nuclearism entitled: The Atomics: My Nuclear Family at the End of the Earth. Gerry is a Fellow of the British Academy. \nPlease click here to find out more about tickets. \nLSE holds a wide range of events\, covering many of the most controversial issues of the day\, and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. The views expressed by speakers at LSE events do not reflect the position or views of The London School of Economics and Political Science.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/the-crime-of-war-from-the-nuremberg-trial-to-ukraine-2/
LOCATION:Sheikh Zayed Theatre\, Lower ground\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250912T163000
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SUMMARY:The Unintended Consequences of Financial Regulation
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n\nThere has been an enormous volume of financial rule making since the global financial crisis of 2008.  This conference will explore some of the unintended consequences of this regulatory tsunami and analyse the role of the rule making process in their creation and mitigation. \nSpeakers including: Greg Baer\, Charles Goodhart\, Kathryn Judge\, Alperen Gözlügöl\, David Murphy\, Gerardo Ferrara and Jens-Hinrich Binder \nPlease note that although this event is ticketed\, seats will be allocated on a first come\, first served basis.  \nThis event will operate under Chatham House rules and will not be open to press/ media. \nThe Programme
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LOCATION:Shaw Library\, 6th floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250625T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250625T200000
DTSTAMP:20250530T140150Z
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SUMMARY:75 years of India’s Constitution: Contribution of the Indian Supreme Court (EVENT CANCELLED)
DESCRIPTION:We regret to inform you that\, due to unforeseen circumstances\, this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. \nWe are deeply honoured to announce an exceptional lecture by Justice Surya Kant\, who will assume office as the 53rd Chief Justice of India\, titled “75 Years of India’s Constitution: Contribution of the Indian Supreme Court.” \nWe are delighted to host this significant event\, which will explore the enduring legacy of India’s Constitution and the pivotal role of its Supreme Court over the past 75 years. \nJustice Kant will be introduced by Lord Leggatt\, Justice of the UK Supreme Court. \nChair: Professor David Kershaw \nVenue details will be provided closer to the date of this event. If you have any questions please email law.events@lse.ac.uk
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/75-years-of-indias-constitution-contribution-of-the-indian-supreme-court-event-cancelled/
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CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250616T174500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250616T193000
DTSTAMP:20250612T163459Z
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SUMMARY:“Democratic Institutions under Pressure: Judicial Perspectives” The Bingham Colloquium 2025 at LSE
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n\nTHIS EVENT OPERATES ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS\, PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO SECURE YOUR SEATS. A TICKET DOES NOT GUARENTEE ENTRY.  \nMany countries around the world face rising concerns – and often passionate disagreement – about the ability of their institutions to uphold core democratic principles\, including the rule of law. How do legislative\, executive and judicial institutions share this responsibility in practice? And what do courts do in the most high-profile constitutional cases\, when their own role and that of the other two branches may be contested or under attack? \nMore about the Bingham Colloquium 2025 at LSE \nOur speakers\, all retired judges with long service in apex courts (some in several jurisdictions) and have also had prominent careers variously in academia\, legal practice\, politics\, international organisations and as authors. In the context of the present event\, their relevant positions include: \nModerator\nProfessor Samuel Issacharoff\, Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law \n\nLord (Jonathan) Sumption\, Justice of the UK Supreme Court (2012-2018)\, also formerly served on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and on the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey\nJustice (Ret.) Stephen Breyer\, Justice of the US Supreme Court (1994-2022)\, previously Professor at Harvard Law School\, where he is now Visiting Professor\nProfessor Noelle Lenoir\, Member of the Constitutional Council of France (1992-2001)\, Minister for European Affairs (2002-2004)\, Professor and President of the Institut de l’Europe at HEC Paris\nProfessor Kate O’Regan\, Justice of the South African Constitutional Court (1994-2007)\, also formerly judge ad hoc of the Supreme Court of Namibia\, Professor of Human Rights Law and Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at Oxford University\n\nChair: Professor Larry Kramer \nThis event is organised and sponsored by four institutions: \n\nBingham Centre for the Rule of Law\, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). By addressing key challenges to the rule of law\, this event continues the series of Bingham Lectures\, which the Bingham Centre has organised since 2013. Both the Centre and the lecture series are named after Lord Bingham of Cornhill\, the eminent judge and author of The Rule of Law (2010).\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)\, Law School.  With its unique social sciences take on law and legal institutions\, LSE has a deep commitment to exploring the questions motivating this symposium\, which lie at the intersection of law\, politics\, and democratic legitimacy.\nNew York University (NYU)\, School of Law. NYU School of Law has played a leading role in the design of this colloquium. Our moderator\, Professor Samuel Issacharoff\, is Reiss Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU and author of books including Fragile Democracies: Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts (2015) and Democracy Unmoored: Populism and the Corruption of Popular Sovereignty (2023). His role in designing and moderating this event forms part of the work of the Democracy Project at NYU Law.\nInstitute d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po)\, Ecole de Droit. The Law School of Sciences-Po has played an instrumental role in developing the colloquium and the dialogue which it seeks to promote concerning the role of apex courts and constitutional review bodies in both common-law and civil-law systems.
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LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:On the Destruction and Reconstruction of Palestinian and Syrian Cultural Heritage
DESCRIPTION:This event will examine the impact of cultural destruction on Palestinians and Syrians\, particularly on education and cultural survival in exile. The panel will explore how education systems can become weaponised as a means of cultural repression. Notably\, the panel takes place during a profound crisis of international law. Legal scholars and human rights experts widely recognise that Israel’s actions meet the criteria for genocide under the 1948 UN Genocide Convention. In an era when the laws prohibiting the destruction of cultural and educational sites are routinely violated\, the event will discuss what role\, if any\, the intersection of culture\, education and law can play in documenting cultural loss and providing a framework for reconstruction. \nSpeakers: \n\nJumanah Bawazir (Forensic Architecture\, Goldsmiths\, University of London)\nMezna Qato (University of Cambridge)\nOudai Tozan (Oxford)\n\nChair:  \n\nProfessor Conor Gearty (LSE)\n\nThis event functions on a first-come\, first-served basis. To secure your place\, we recommend arriving early.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/on-the-destruction-and-reconstruction-of-palestinian-and-syrian-cultural-heritage-2/
LOCATION:Sumeet Valrani Lecture Theatre (CBG)\, 1st floor\, Centre Building\, LSE\, London\, Select a State:\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250513T200000
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SUMMARY:The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2025 – “Reflections on the Evolution of Software Copyright Law since the 1980s"
DESCRIPTION:IN PERSON REGISTRATION \n\nOr register to participate online via zoom \nThe Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture series has been established as an annual event by LSE academics Dr Martin Husovec and Dr Luke McDonagh to honour the late Professor Bill Cornish who passed away in 2022. During the late 1960s Prof Cornish pioneered the teaching of Intellectual Property Law at LSE\, becoming the progenitor of intellectual property law scholarship and teaching in the United Kingdom. He spent nearly 30 years at the LSE between 1962 and 1990\, from 1970 as a Professor of English Law. His work combined a deep knowledge of English legal history and intellectual property law\, with a European and law-in-context outlook on the regulation of markets and technologies. The inaugural Cornish Memorial Lecture was given by Prof. Jane Ginsburg (Columbia) in 2023 and the 2024 lecture was given by Prof. Caroline Ncube (University of Cape Town). In the next years the lecture series will continue to feature eminent scholars who\, like Prof Cornish\, have contributed to the study of authorship\, creativity\, innovation and IP ownership. This year LSE welcomes Prof. Pam Samuelson to give the lecture. \nSpeaker: Professor Pam Samuelson (University of California\, Berkeley) \nPamela Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and Information at the University of California\, Berkeley. She is recognized as a pioneer in digital copyright law\, intellectual property\, cyberlaw and information policy. Since 1996\, she has held a joint appointment at Berkeley Law School and UC Berkeley’s School of Information. Samuelson is a director of the internationally renowned Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. She is co-founder and chair of the board of Authors Alliance\, a nonprofit organization that promotes the public interest in access to knowledge. She also serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, as well as on the advisory boards for the Electronic Privacy Information Center\, the Center for Democracy & Technology\, and Public Knowledge. \nChairs: Dr Martin Husovec (LSE) and Dr Luke McDonagh (LSE) \nCommentators: Prof. Martin Kretschmer (University of Glasgow) and Prof. Andrew Murray (LSE) \nThis event functions on a first-come\, first-served basis. To secure your place\, we recommend arriving early. \nA drinks reception will also follow this event from 7pm-8pm. \nThe Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2025\, scheduled for May 13th at 5:00 PM London time\, warmly invites online participation alongside in-person attendance. For those unable to join physically\, the event offers a seamless virtual experience through Zoom. Simply register via the provided link to gain access to this esteemed lecture series honouring the legacy of Bill Cornish. Whether you’re attending in person or virtually\, this event promises to be a thought-provoking and engaging experience for all participants. \n 
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LOCATION:MAR 2.08\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250507T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250507T180000
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Martin Loughlin\, Advanced Introduction to Political Jurisprudence (Edward Elgar\, April 2025)
DESCRIPTION:This short book provides a concise analysis of political jurisprudence\, a powerful but relatively neglected school of thought that offers a compelling account of the relationship between law and politics in the modern world. Part I presents a historical sketch of its evolution in European thought\, focusing on Machiavelli\, Bodin\, Hobbes\, Rousseau\, Hegel\, Marx\, and Weber. The main section of the book\, Part II\, then outlines the basic conceptual framework of the subject through an examination of such concepts as authority\, state\, sovereignty\, constitution\, freedom and legality. Finally\, Part III argues that\, notwithstanding current strains\, political jurisprudence continues to yield acute insights into the politico-legal challenges of our times. \n Speakers: \n\nProfessor Martin Loughlin\, LSE law School\nDr Signe Larsen\, Warwick Law School/Copenhagen Law School\nDr Valeria Ruiz Perez\, University of Nottingham\nDr Moiz Tundawala\, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights\, University of Oxford\n\nChair: \n\nProfessor Peter Ramsay\, LSE Law School\n\nA drinks reception will be held after the event. \nThis event will be on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/book-launch-martin-loughlin-advanced-introduction-to-political-jurisprudence-edward-elgar-april-2025/
LOCATION:MAR 2.10\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250501T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250501T203000
DTSTAMP:20250428T105912Z
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SUMMARY:For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers
DESCRIPTION:To attend this event\, you must register in advance. Only individuals with a valid ticket—sent to you after you complete registration—will be allowed entry. \nRegister Here \n\nOn the morning of the event\, all registered attendees will receive an email with the venue location. \n\nThe event will admit ticket holders on a first-come\, first-served basis \nFor Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers was heard by the Supreme Court in November 2024 and the judgment was handed down in April 2025. The case concerned the effect of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 on the definition of “woman” and “man” for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010. The key disputed issue was whether the Equality Act defines “man” and “woman” for the purpose of sex discrimination protection as categories based on biological sex or legal certificates. \nA panel of four leading practitioners will discuss the implications of this important judgment. \nSpeakers: \n\nBen Cooper KC\nNaomi Cunningham\nAkua Reindorf KC\nSarah Vine KC\n\nChair: \n\nProfessor Peter Ramsay\, LSE Law School\n\nTo attend this event\, you must register in advance. Only individuals with a valid ticket—sent to you after you complete registration—will be allowed entry. \nOn the morning of the event\, all registered attendees will receive an email with the venue location. \nThe event will admit ticket holders on a first-come\, first-served basis
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/for-women-scotland-ltd-v-the-scottish-ministers-2/
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CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T193000
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SUMMARY:Law and the Environment: A Judge Looks Back
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n\nThis event celebrates the 80th birthday and distinguished legal career of Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill\, CVO\, retired Justice of the UK Supreme Court. During his tenure at the Supreme Court\, Lord Carnwath gave many leading judgments\, particularly on issues relating to planning and the environment\, property\, rating\, local government and administrative law. Lord Carnwath has been a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute since 2021. \nIn his short lecture\, Lord Carnwath will reflect on the role of the courts\, at home and abroad\,  in the development of environmental and climate change law over the last two decades. He will draw on both his experience as a judge\, and as a participant in international judicial exchanges. \nLord Carnwath’s lecture will be followed by an intervention from Justice Brian Preston AO FRSN SC\, Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales\, who will speak of Lord Carnwath’s contributions to environmental\, planning and property law\, through both judgments and extra-judicial writings. \nThese interventions will be followed by a short Q&A session moderated by Joana Setzer\, Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute. The event will be chaired by David Kershaw\, Dean of LSE Law School. \nSpeakers: \n\nLord Robert Carnwath is a Former Justice of the UK Supreme Court and a Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute\, at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is also an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers\, an honorary professor of law at University College London\, a Visiting Professor of Oxford University\, and an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge.\nJustice Brian Preston is the Chief Judge of the Land and Environment Court in New South Wales (NSW). He is a Visiting Professor at Durham University (UK) and an Adjunct Professor at Sydney University\, Western Sydney University and Southern Cross University (all in Australia). He is Vice President (Oceania) of the Global Judicial Institute on the Environment and Chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific.\n Joana Setzer is an Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute\, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Dr Setzer is also the Co-lead of the Mobilizing political\, legal and governance systems theme of LSE’s new Global School of Sustainability and the lead author of the Global Trends in Climate Litigation Snapshot Report series.\nProfessor David Kershaw is Dean of LSE Law School. He is also a member of the LSE Council\, the Governing Body of LSE\, and an Associate Tenant at Cornerstone Barristers.\n\nThis event is hosted by the LSE’s Global School of Sustainability\, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, and the LSE Law School. \nThe event will be recorded and will be followed by a drinks reception. \nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, it will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis. We recommend arriving early to secure a seat. \nJoin via Zoom: \n\nhttps://lse.zoom.us/j/84788663137 \nMeeting ID: 847 8866 3137 \n\n\n 
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LOCATION:LSE Lecture Theatre\, Centre Building (CBG)\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250327T190000
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SUMMARY:LTS Book Launch: How to think about AI: A guide for the perplexed
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a launch event celebrating How to Think About AI\, the latest book by Richard Susskind\, which explores the profound impact of artificial intelligence on society\, business\, and the legal world. \nIn this thought-provoking new work\, Susskind draws on over 40 years of research to demystify AI\, shifting the focus from how AI systems work to what they mean for our future. As the pace of AI breakthroughs accelerates—from once a decade to every few months—Susskind argues that the defining challenge of our time is balancing AI’s extraordinary benefits with its existential risks. \nThe book addresses some of today’s most urgent questions: How will AI reshape industries\, professions\, and governance? What ethical and legal dilemmas does it pose? Can we harness AI for the greater good while protecting humanity from its threats? \nThis launch event provides a unique opportunity to hear from the author himself and engage in a timely discussion on the implications of artificial intelligence—an issue that will shape our world for generations to come. \nChair: Professor Andrew Murray \nSpeaker: Professor Richard Susskind CBE KC (Hon) \nRespondents:\nProfessor Chris Reed QMUL\nDr Giulia Gentile\, Essex\nProfessor Bruce Braude LSE and Deloitte Legal
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/lts-book-launch-how-to-think-about-ai-a-guide-for-the-perplexed/
LOCATION:MAR 2.08\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250325T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250325T200000
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SUMMARY:Climate Liability on Trial: Lessons from Luciano Lliuya v RWE
DESCRIPTION:Book here to join this event in person or register here to follow the event online \nThis event is co-organised by the London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute and the Imperial College London Grantham Institute \nJoin us at the London School of Economics (LSE) for a hybrid panel discussion on the landmark climate litigation case\, Luciano Lliuya v RWE. In this groundbreaking legal dispute\, a Peruvian farmer seeks to hold a major German energy company accountable for its contribution to climate change impacts in Peru—potentially setting a powerful new precedent for corporate climate responsibility. \nTaking place one week after the trial in Germany\, the event will feature Saúl Luciano Lliuya\, the claimant himself\, who will offer firsthand insights into his legal dispute with RWE. An expert panel will then explore the case within a broader context\, examining both the legal and scientific dimensions of corporate climate accountability\, as well as potential implications for businesses. \nOur speakers include Friederike Otto (Imperial College London)\, Nigel Brook (Clyde & Co)\, and Noah Walker-Crawford (Grantham Research Institute\, LSE and Grantham Institute\, Imperial College). The discussion will be moderated by Marie Petersmann (LSE Law School). The evening will conclude with an audience Q&A and a networking reception\, providing an excellent opportunity to continue the conversation and make new connections. Don’t miss this chance to delve into climate change and corporate responsibility with leading experts\, practitioners\, and the general public. \nBook here to join this event in person or register here to follow the event online
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LOCATION:Hong Kong Theatre\, 99 Aldwych\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250324T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250324T200000
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SUMMARY:Democracy and the Right to Protest in the UK
DESCRIPTION:Throughout history\, protests have been a key tactic for activists and movements to express discontent and push for change. \nToday\, however\, the democratic space for protests and collective mobilisation is rapidly shrinking. From more forceful and frequent crackdowns on protesting to introducing new legislation to restrict protest and prosecute individuals\, governments across the world\, including the UK\, are increasingly finding new ways to suppress protest and silence critical voices. \nThis panel will discuss why protests matter\, what the shrinking of democratic space means for social movements and activists\, and what can be done to protect freedom of speech and the right to protest. \nThe event will be followed by a reception with drinks and canapés. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nPascale Frazer-Carroll is an Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity and a campaigner and social impact director. Most recently she has held positions as the UK Director and Regional Director for the UK & Australia at the petition platform Change.org\, which is the largest website for social change in the world. In these roles\, she has led teams to support millions of people to use digital mobilising tools to increase their ability to speak out against injustices and run people-powered campaigns. \nRichard Martin is Assistant Professor of Law at the LSE Law School. He conducts socio-legal and doctrinal research at the intersection of criminal justice\, human rights and public law. Richard’s monograph\, Policing Human Rights (OUP\, 2021) was joint runner up of the Inner Temple Book Prize – New Author’s Prize\, and shortlisted for the Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship and the Hart-SLSA Book Prize for Early Career Academics. \nSam Nadel is a PhD candidate at the Department of Social Policy at LSE. He is also a Director of the Social Change Lab\, which focuses on studying the impact of protest movements on public opinion\, public discourse\, and policy. Sam has held a range of roles with human rights and international development organisations including Amnesty International UK and Oxfam Great Britain. \nGeorge Kunnath is Associate Professor (Education) and Lifelong Engagement Lead for the Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme at the International Inequalities Institute (III). He is a core team member of the Politics of Inequality Research programme at III. His research examines the relationality of inequality\, conflict and peace-building in the Global South\, particularly focusing on the intersectionality of race\, caste\, class\, gender and ethnicity. \nThis event will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
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LOCATION:LSE Lecture Theatre\, Centre Building (CBG)\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250320T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250320T190000
DTSTAMP:20250227T123826Z
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SUMMARY:Varieties of Constitutionalism:  Susanne Baer and Larry Kramer in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:A former constitutional court justice and an eminent scholar of constitutional theory discuss challenges facing constitutional courts in particular\, and judges in general\, in today’s economic and political environment. These include the need to establish the knowledge base for decisions\, and to strike a balance between independence from\, and accountability to\, the larger society. \nProfessor Susanne Baer is Centennial Professor at LSE\,  Professor of Public Law and Gender Studies at Humboldt University Berlin\, and a Lea Bates Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. From 2011 until 2023\, she served as Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany. She has received honorary doctorates from the University of Michigan (2014)\, the University of Hasselt (2017) and the University of Lucerne (2018). In the UK\, she is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy\, where she gave the Maccabean Lecture in 2019. She has taught at CEU Budapest\, in Austria\, Switzerland and\, most recently\, at University of Toronto\, with former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella. Her interests include constitutional law\, comparative law and feminist and socio-legal theory.  Susanne’s many publications include ‘The Rule of – and not by any – Law: On Constitutionalism’ (2018). \nProfessor Larry Kramer is President and Vice Chancellor of LSE. He served as President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 2012 to 2024. Previously\, Larry spent his career in the academy\, as Dean of Stanford Law School from 2004 – 2012\, and before this at the University of Chicago\, the University of Michigan\, and New York University\, where he served as Associate Dean for Research and Academics and Russell D. Niles Professor of Law. He clerked for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Henry J. Friendly of the Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr.\, following his education. Larry’s interests include American legal history\, constitutional law\, federalism\, conflict of laws; he is the author of numerous articles and books\, including The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review (2004). Larry is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. \nSpeakers: Larry Kramer and Susanne Baer \nChair: Niki Lacey \nThis event is open to the public and operates on a first-come\, first-served basis. To secure your seat\, we kindly recommend arriving early. Thank you for your understanding. \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception.
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LOCATION:MAR 2.08\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250319T200000
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SUMMARY:The Possibilities of Constitutional Imaginaries (Registration is now open)
DESCRIPTION:To attend this event you will need to register below. \nRegister Here  \nWhen you arrive at the venue\, please present your ticket. The event operates on a first-come\, first-served basis\, with priority given to ticket holders. \nThis lecture will explore the potential of the idea of ‘imaginary’ for the theory\, methods and practical applications of comparative constitutional law. Drawing on philosopher Charles Taylor it will examine whether a social imaginary – described by Taylor as encompassing a broad shared understanding of how a group of people imagine their collective social life – is relevant to the operation of constitutions and explore whether and how the idea might be tailored more specifically to constitutional purposes\, in the form of a constitutional imaginary. The lecture will use these foundations to consider the extent to which an imaginary\, in either sense\, explains why constitutional systems that are ostensibly similar in form operate differently in practice\, and what the conclusions might mean for the making and implementation of new constitutions. More broadly\, the lecture is designed to contribute to a range of contemporary debates on constitutional identity\, intrastate pluralism\, multi-level government\, and the path to a more global understanding of comparative constitutional law. \nSpeaker: Professor Cheryl Saunders FBA\, University of Melbourne  \n \nCheryl Saunders has specialist interests in Australian and comparative public law\, including comparative constitutional law and method\, intergovernmental relations and constitutional design and change. She is a President Emeritus of the International Association of Constitutional Law\, a former President of the International Association of Centres for Federal Studies\, a former President of the Administrative Review Council of Australia and a senior technical advisor to the Constitution Building program of International IDEA. She has held visiting positions in law schools in many parts of the world and is an officer of the Order of Australia and a Chevalier dans l’Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur of France. \nChair: Professor Nicola Lacey  \nA drinks reception will follow this event.  \nOrganised in partnership with: \n \n  \n 
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LOCATION:Shaw Library\, 6th floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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