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SUMMARY:Human Rights\, Sustainable Development and the Law - Biennial Global Online Symposium
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThe Sustainable Governance Theme at the Global School of Sustainability is co-sponsoring the Human Rights\, Sustainable Development & the Law Biennial Global Online Symposium\, taking place on 10 July 2026. \nConvening leading academics\, legal practitioners\, policymakers and representatives from international organisations\, the symposium will examine the role of law and governance in advancing sustainable development and protecting human rights. Discussions will address a range of contemporary challenges\, including climate justice\, sustainable business and finance\, Indigenous rights\, natural resource governance\, and intergenerational equity\, with a focus on legal and institutional responses that support the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). \nThe symposium reflects the Sustainable Governance Theme’s commitment to fostering interdisciplinary research and dialogue on the governance frameworks needed to address complex global sustainability challenges. \nFurther information\, including the full programme and registration details\, is available via the symposium webpage.
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LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:The Methane Challenge: Law\, Policy and Action in the UK Onshore Oil and Gas sector
DESCRIPTION:To attend in person\nREGISTER HERE \nTo attend online\nREGISTER HERE \nThe Weald Action Group – campaigners behind the landmark Supreme Court 2024 Finch judgment helped establish that fossil fuel projects must account for their full climate impacts at the planning stage\, strengthening legal requirements and environmental scrutiny. Building on that success\, the group is continuing work on emissions accountability\, questioning how UK policy and regulation currently addresses methane from the operational stage at onshore sites. \nMethane is recognised as the emergency brake for climate change and addressing it is the fastest way to slow warming in the near term. Responsible for around one-third of global warming and more than 80 times more powerful than CO₂ over a 20-year period\, “methane is also a precursor to ground-level ozone\, a harmful air pollutant that damages human and animal health\, crops\, and ecosystems.” \nEmissions of this super pollutant occur at every stage of onshore oil and gas operations\, from exploration and production through to site closure and long-term abandonment. \nAlthough reported emissions from onshore operations appear relatively small\, the current regulatory system in the UK relies heavily on industry self-reporting\, with limited inspections and monitoring. Venting and flaring continue as routine practice and leak detection is infrequent and without mandated repair times. Where independent monitoring of methane has been carried out internationally\, emissions are often significantly higher than reported figures. \nThis event will bring together voices from law\, policy and civil society to discuss the gaps in onshore oil and gas regulation and policy and how these are being brought to light\, including: \n\nHow current regulation stacks up against the emerging compliance requirements of the 2024 EU methane regulation. The EU has legislated for a high standard of methane emissions accountability. The UK\, a Global Methane Pledge Champion\, has not.\n\n\nThe potential for legal challenges to confront regulatory and policy failures – including the absence of onshore oil and gas from the government’s 2025 Methane Action Plan.\n\n\nHow community-led monitoring and freedom of information requests can expose discrepancies between reported emissions and what is happening on the ground.\n\nThe event will be chaired by Veerle Heyvaert and open with remarks from Sarah Finch\, campaigner with the Weald Action Group\, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. A light lunch will be provided after the event. \nThe event will also launch the Citizen’s Methane Investigation\, Weald Action Group’s citizen science initiative using community-led data and information gathering to expose methane pollution and strengthen methane accountability. \nMeet our participants \nAcland Bryant: Acland is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. He specialises in cases that involve issues of environmental and climate justice. Acland has experience in representing a broad range of clients\, including international environmental NGOs\, activists\, political figures\, protesters and children. He was Highly Commended for Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year at the Bar Pro Bono Awards 2025 and was shortlisted at the 2026 Awards. \nSarah Finch: Sarah is a climate campaigner and volunteer with the Weald Action Group. She fronted the legal case\, on behalf of the Weald Action Group\, that resulted in the landmark 2024 Supreme Court win which has forced the government to rethink its approach to the environmental assessment of new oil and gas developments. Sarah has won several environmental awards including most recently the 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize for Europe. \nEmily Mott: Emily is a photojournalist and since 2016\, has campaigned with the Weald Action Group to stop the expansion of the onshore fossil fuel industry in the UK and to reduce the harmful impacts from oil and gas exploration and production. In 2024\, she launched the UK Methane Campaign with Clean Air Task Force and is currently coordinating Weald Action Group’s Clean Air\, Clear Future methane campaign. \nJames Turitto: James joined Clean Air Task Force in October 2020 to work on global methane emissions reduction by partnering with environmental organizations\, civil society groups\, media\, industry\, and government officials. Based in Nashville\, Tennessee in the United States\, James works directly with governments to support regulatory policy in the oil and gas sector. While at Clean Air Task Force\, James has led major\, successful international advocacy campaigns and launched the Fossil Fuel Regulatory Programme\, a UN-sponsored program to support up to 20 countries on regulatory development. James has been quoted in news outlets around the world\, including Reuters\, Bloomberg\, Financial Times\, Boston Globe\, the BBC\, Die Zeit\, Der Spiegel\, La Repubblica\, Neue Zürcher Zeitung\, and Climate Home News. \nKim O’Dowd:  Kim is a Senior Campaigner at the Environmental Investigation Agency UK\, where she leads the methane and energy transition work at the EU\, UK and international levels. Her focus is on promoting regulations to cut methane emissions in the energy sector\, advocating for a dedicated fund to help Global South countries reduce methane and other super pollutants\, and building the financial framework needed to support a managed phase-out of fossil fuels\, with a particular focus on country platforms. \nMeet our chair \nProfessor Veerle Heyvaert – Associate Dean of LSE Law School\, Professor of Law \nThis event is hosted by the Weald Action Group in collaboration with the Global School of Sustainability and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, and it is part of London Climate Action Week. \nPlease note that this event operates on a first-come\, first-served basis. While registration is required\, a ticket does not guarantee entry\, so we encourage attendees to arrive early to secure a seat.
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LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:Seminar: Can We Save the Tax on Capital?
DESCRIPTION:The tax on capital has fiscal and distributional virtues. However\, it is inefficient by nature and made more inefficient by the realization requirement\, individual and corporate mobility\, and the asymmetry of information that makes enforcement and collection difficult.  This talk will discuss cover reform proposals\, including wealth taxes\, progressive consumption taxes\, and the creation of sovereign wealth funds. \nSpeaker: Joseph Bankman is the Ralph M Parsons Professor of Law and Business at Stanford Law School.  He has written widely on topics of tax policy and is known for his work on tax shelters and tax filing simplification.   \n Chair: Andy Summers\, LSE Law School \n Places for the seminar will be allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nThis Seminar is not open to the public. 
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LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:PG End Of Exams Boat Party
DESCRIPTION:📅 18 June 2026\, 18:00 – 22:00 \nThis is a free event\, first come – first served. \nTickets available here. \nPlease note that submitting this form is not a confirmation of attendance to this event. We will confirm your place in due course. \nThat’s a wrap! 🎉 Celebrate the end of your exams and the start of summer. 🌞 \nEnjoy light food\, drinks\, and an incredible atmosphere as you cruise along the river Thames with the illuminated sights of London as your backdrop. 🌆 Expect a DJ playing a mix of genres. 🎶 \nThe end-of-exams party is not just a celebration of academic achievements 🎓 but a heartfelt tribute to the enduring friendships 🤝 and the shared journey that has brought you to this moment. \nWe will board passengers 15 minutes before the function start time (18:00) at Temple Pier. The vessel will leave Temple Pier at 18:00 sharp. The boat will then cruise the Thames for the duration of the function and prepare for disembarkation at Temple Pier 15 minutes before the end of the function\, or as the boat touches the pier if this is earlier. \n🚫 Please note you are not allowed to bring alcohol on board. \n🆔 Remember to bring your LSE ID Card – this will be asked upon arrival for registration purposes.
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LOCATION:Temple Pier\, Victoria Embankment\, London\, WC2R 2PN\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Social 
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SUMMARY:Protest in Peril: the Crackdown on Climate Protest in the UK
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThis event brings together leading scholars\, practitioners\, campaigners and students to explore the rapidly shifting legal landscape governing protest rights in the UK. \nJointly hosted by LSE Law School\, JUSTICE and the Sustainability Legal Policy Clinic\, the event will showcase original student research examining key contemporary developments in public protest law\, including restrictions on face coverings\, comparative approaches across jurisdictions\, and the emergence of new rules on cumulative disruption. \nThe event will open with a welcome from Ingrid Walker (Criminal Justice Fellow at JUSTICE) and Diana Kirsch (Director LSE Legal Advice Centre)\, followed by presentations from students. Paul Parker (Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain) will deliver a keynote address. \nThese sessions will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Professor Robert Wintemute (KCL)\, Laura O’Brien and Raj Chada (both of Hodge Jones & Allen)\, and Leyya Kitmitto (Criminal Policy Lawyer at JUSTICE)\, offering critical perspectives on the implications of these legal changes for civil liberties and environmental activism. \nChair: Nathan Whetton\, a PhD researcher at LSE specialising in protest law \nThe event provides a timely opportunity for informed and open dialogue on the future of protest in a democratic society. \nThis event is kindly supported by the LSE Global School of Sustainability (GSoS). \nPlease note\, that although ticketed\, this event will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis. \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception. \nStudents and early‑career professionals who are interested in getting more involved in shaping fair and effective justice policy are warmly encouraged to join Young JUSTICE or become a student member of JUSTICE.
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LOCATION:Student Common Room\, 5th floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260617T130000
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SUMMARY:How the right laws can save the planet
DESCRIPTION:CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TICKETS \nThe planet and its inhabitants face critical threats – including climate change\, collapse of biodiversity\, reverses in progress on global poverty and persistent inequality. \nHow can international and national laws address these threats? What insights do we have about the conditions that lead to their enactment and implementation? How can they be applied in the face of growing threats to respect for international law? \nMeet your speakers and chair \nAlex Cobham is an economist and chief executive of the Tax Justice Network. His research has focused on illicit financial flows\, effective taxation and inequalities\, including at Oxford University and the Center for Global Development. He has led tax justice advocacy at a range of NGOs and has consulted widely\, including for UNCTAD\, the UN Economic Commission for Africa\, the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia\, DFID\, and the World Bank. Published books include The Uncounted (Polity Press) and Estimating Illicit Financial Flows (Oxford University Press\, open access\, with Petr Janský ). His most recent book\, What Do We Know and What Should We Do About… Tax Justice? is published by SAGE. \nTessa Khan is an international climate change lawyer and campaigner. Before founding Uplift\, she was co-founder and Co-Director of the Climate Litigation Network\, which supports groundbreaking strategic climate litigation around the world. She has spent two decades supporting grassroots\, regional and international movements for justice and has served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national governments\, while working in Thailand\, Egypt\, India\, the US\, the Netherlands and Australia. In 2019\, she was named by TIME magazine as one of fifteen women leading the fight against climate change. Tessa is also a recipient of a Climate Breakthrough award\, the largest climate action grant for individuals. \nSiva Thambisetty is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics\, where she teaches and researches on the legal protection of inventions\, innovation in emerging technologies\, cultural property and the use and circulation of genetic resources. Dr Thambisetty attended intergovernmental negotiations on the BBNJ Treaty\, first as an advisor to the Pacific Small Island Developing States (IGC2\, IGC3) and second\, as an expert on the G77 Chair’s Team in 2022 (IGC5) and 2023 (Resumed IGC5). From 2019 to 2023 her work and publications on the treaty negotiations were funded by LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact. She currently leads a KEI-funded Oceans Biodiversity Collective\, engaging in policy conversations on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty. \nAshfaq Khalfan is the Director of the Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) and Distinguished Policy Fellow at LSE’s Global School of Sustainability. He was previously Climate Justice Director at Oxfam America and Law and Policy Director at Amnesty International. The SRO critically analyses sustainability regulation and generates insights into more effective design that advances human rights\, social justice and sustainability. \nThis event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. This year’s Festival explores how existential threats including the climate crisis\, conflict and AI are affecting all parts of the world\, transforming the way and where we live\, and how our societies function. With a series of events asking what can we be doing to save the Earth\, its people and environment? Booking for all Festival events are now open – Please click here for more information.
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LOCATION:MAR 1.10\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:Book launch: A Theory of Corporate Crime (Oxford University Press\, 2026) - Jeremy Horder
DESCRIPTION:Jeremy Horder will be launching his latest book\, ‘A Theory of Corporate Crime’ (Oxford University Press\, 2026)\, on Tuesday\, 16th June. \nThe event is scheduled to begin at 6:30pm\, with doors opening from 6:00pm to allow guests time to enjoy a drink and network beforehand. There will also be an opportunity to continue networking over drinks after the event. \nSpeakers:  \nJohn Cooper KC\, 25 Bedford Row \nProfessor John Cooper KC represented the majority of bereaved families at the Manchester Arena inquiry.  He was the Chair of the International Steering Committee and Prosecutor at the Iran Tribunal in The Hague. He has been named by The Times as a star of the Criminal Bar and one of the Top 10 influential lawyers in the UK. He is also a visiting Professor of Law at Newcastle University\, and a Master of the Bench at Middle Temple.. He is the author of ‘Inquests’ (Hart\, 2011). \nClare Montgomery KC\, Matrix Chambers \nClare Montgomery KC is a former member of the Attorney General’s Panel\, and has been concerned in a wide range of public law and due process cases both for and against the Government. Her practice has an international range\, and she is routinely called upon for her ability to handle the most complex fraud cases. She was appointed as an Assistant Recorder (1999)\, a Recorder (2000)\, a deputy High Court Judge (2003) and to the Court of Appeal of Jersey. She is co-editor with Professor David Ormerod of Fraud: Criminal Law and Procedure (OUP 2008). \nChair: Professor Jeremy Horder\, LSE Law School  \nThis event will not be open to the public and attendance will be on a first-come\, first-served basis.
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LOCATION:Senior Common Room\, Old Building\, 5th floor\, Houghton St\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:Socio-Legal Hub Open Lecture: Why I Changed My Mind
DESCRIPTION:You are warmly invited to attend\, The Socio-Legal Hub Open Lecture: Why I Changed My Mind\, followed by a celebratory afternoon tea\, which will be held in the student common room after the lecture has concluded. \nIn this panel\, three scholars will reflect on their academic trajectories and share personal experiences of how socio-legal research led them to rethink or revise their views on a particular issue. By way of a thank you to our wonderful speakers\, and to celebrate the end of the academic year\, we will close this event with an afternoon tea – we very much hope to see you there! \nPlease note that this event will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n 
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LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260609T193000
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SUMMARY:Reading wars: the story (so far) of Western literacy and the future of free speech
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the LSE Law School and LSE Press \nIn-person and online public event (Old Theatre\, Old Building) \nHow can I attend? \n\n\nIn-person: Register Here  \nOnline: Register Here  \nIf you have a query see our Events FAQ or email events@lse.ac.uk. \nWho gets access to books? And\, to what extent does the act of reading shape our humanity? This panel event brings together Larry Kramer\, Don Herzog and Nicola Lacey\, chaired by Devika Hovell. They will discuss Don Herzog’s new publication from LSE Press\, Reading Wars\, which examines the heated\, even murderous\, political struggles over who gets to read and what they get to read. \nHerzog studies the history and politics of anxieties about readers and reading\, spanning both the United States and Britain\, from the 1500s right up to contemporary battles over banning library books and freedom of speech. The author reconstructs arguments insisting that ordinary men and women could not be trusted to read what they liked – indeed\, that some of them ought not read at all. And he charts struggles to promote literacy. Herzog argues that at stake in these battles is whether some people – those banned from reading – are not fully human\, or lesser persons than others. The radical campaign to let more or less everyone read more or less everything is ultimately\, therefore\, a campaign for equality. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nDon Herzog teaches law and political theory at the University of Michigan\, where he has won the Golden Apple Award\, a university-wide teaching award bestowed by the student body. Among his previous books are Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders\, Household Politics: Conflict in Early Modern England\, Defaming the Dead\, and A Little Book of Political Mistakes. \nLarry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar\, university administrator\, and philanthropic leader\, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School. \nNicola Lacey is School Professor of Law\, Gender and Social Policy at LSE. She is a Fellow of the British Academy\, served as a member of the British Academy’s Policy Group on Prisons\, which reported in 2014\, and was from 2014-2019 the Academy’s nominee on the Board of the British Museum. In 2011 she was awarded the Hans Sigrist Prize by the University of Bern\, for scholarship on the rule of law in modern societies; in 2022 she won the Law and Society Association’s International Prize; and in 2025 she won the UK Law Teacher of the Year Award. Her publications include A Life of HLA Hart; Women\, Crime and Character: From Moll Flanders to Tess of the D’Urbervilles; The Prisoners’ Dilemma\, and In Search of Criminal Responsibility. \nChair: Devika Hovell is Professor of Public International Law at LSE\, specialising in the law on the use of force and international criminal law. She serves on the Editorial Board of the European Journal of International Law\, is an editor of the international law blog EJIL:Talk!\, and is a fixed-term member at Matrix Chambers in London. Her current book project examines the future of collective security. \nMore about this event \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. \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. \nLSE Press is a non-profit\, open access publisher of the social sciences. It publishes high quality\, peer reviewed books and journals\, all available free of charge\, that shape the academic debate\, influence public policy and contribute to the broader conversation. \nThis book is free to read and download from LSE Press. Physical copies can be purchased from third-party retailers. \nHashtag for this event: #LSEEvents
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LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Legal Meaning of Sex and Gender: Launch Event of the Sex and Gender Law Association
DESCRIPTION:This public event is ticketed. To attend\, please register using the hyperlink below. Seats will be allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis for ticket holders. On the morning of the event\, all registered attendees will receive an email with the venue details.\n\n\n  \nRegister Here \nMuch of the contemporary public debate about sex and gender identity has been fought out in the courts\, from Goodwin v UK (2002) in the European Court of Human Rights\, which gave rise to the Gender Recognition Act 2004\, to For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers\, which confounded most discrimination law experts in 2025. \nQuestions about sex and gender arise in a wide variety of legal contexts: in employment and discrimination\, public law\, health and safety\, charity law\, information law\, medical negligence\, crime\, child protection\, and more besides. \nThe Sex and Gender Law Association (SaGLA) has been founded to bring together from the widest possible range of practising lawyers\, legal academics and members of the judiciary who are interested in these questions\, for mutual education and professional debate. SaGLA It is open to all practising and retired lawyers\, judges and legal academics in England\, Wales\, Scotland and Northern Ireland. \nAt this inaugural event\, hosted by LSE Law School\, we will have a conversation about how the law understands the ideas of sex and gender. \nSpeakers: \nKaron Monaghan KC \nSimon Cheetham KC \nDr Julius Grower \nChair: \nPeter Ramsay\, Professor of Law\, LSE Law School \nKaron and Simon have between them appeared in many of the landmark cases in this area: Karon in the Supreme Court in FWS v Scottish Ministers for the lesbian interveners\, and for the EHRC (also intervening) in Forstater v CGD Europe; Simon in the Darlington nurses’ case\,  Meade v Westminster City Council and Social Work England  and LS v NHS England. Julius is Ann Smart Fellow in Law at St Hugh’s College Oxford. \nThis event is open to all practising and retired lawyers\, judges and legal academics.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/understanding-the-legal-meaning-of-sex-and-gender-launch-event-of-the-sex-and-gender-law-association/
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:20260604T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T180000
DTSTAMP:20260513T144253Z
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SUMMARY:Fair play\, please! Celebrating Stephen Weatherill's Sport & EU Honorary Membership
DESCRIPTION:To attend in person\, please email Dr Jan Zglinski at j.zglinski@lse.ac.uk.  \nSpaces will be allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nThe event will also be available to attend remotely in webinar format. To register for online attendance\, please use the link below: \nRegister Here – Online Participation \nLSE Law School is pleased to host a special academic event celebrating the outstanding contribution of Professor Stephen Weatherill to the study of European Union sports law and policy. The event\, co-organised with the Association for the Study of Sport and the European Union (Sport & EU\, www.sportandeu.com) will mark the award of the association’s honorary membership to Professor Weatherill in recognition of his pioneering scholarship in this field\, support of fellow academics\, and contribution to the development of the Sport&EU association. \nThe afternoon will feature two expert panels bringing together leading scholars and practitioners from across Europe. The first panel will explore contemporary issues in sports law\, followed by a second panel examining sports governance. \nSpeakers: \n\nDr Antoine Duval (Asser Institute)\nProfessor Pablo Ibanez Colomo (LSE Law School)\nKatie Stoker (Manchester University)\nDarren Bailey (Charles Russell Speechlys LLP)\nProfessor Richard Parrish (Edge Hill University)\nProfessor Leigh Robinson (Roehampton University)\nJean-Louis Dupont (Dupont Hissel)\nMarianna Pavan (MMU)\n\nChair: \n\nDr Jan Zglinski (LSE Law School)\nDr Borja García García (Loughbourough University)\n\nThe honorary membership ceremony will be followed by a keynote address and Q&A delivered by Professor Weatherill himself\, and the event will conclude with a reception open to all attendees. \nThe event will be followed by a drinks reception.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/fair-play-please-celebrating-stephen-weatherills-sport-eu-honorary-membership-2/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260603T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260603T180000
DTSTAMP:20260602T091541Z
CREATED:20260602T091541Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Legal and Political Theory Forum - "What makes an official or authority public?"
DESCRIPTION:Dear All\, \nPlease note that this event has been postponed to a later date. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. \nWe will share further details once a new date has been confirmed. \nLaw Events \nThe Legal & Political Theory Forum was set up in September 2007 in order to provide an umbrella for seminars and colloquia on topics of common interest to scholars and graduate students working in various disciplinary areas\, but particularly in the fields of politics and law. The Forum holds a series of seminars during term-time\, at which papers are presented by academics who are based either at LSE or more commonly elsewhere. \nOn Wednesday\, 3rd June 2026\, Prof Sandy Steel will present the following paper: What makes an official or authority public?. \nOur policy is to make Forum events as inclusive as possible. All Forum events are open to staff and students from all departments and all academic institutions. The Forum is run by Tarun Khaitan (LSE Law School). \nThis seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/canceled-legal-and-political-theory-forum-what-makes-an-official-or-authority-public/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260527T180000
DTSTAMP:20260429T141959Z
CREATED:20260429T141959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T141959Z
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SUMMARY:Legal and Political Theory Forum - "Methods for Comparative Constitutional Studies from and within the Global South"
DESCRIPTION:The Legal & Political Theory Forum was set up in September 2007 in order to provide an umbrella for seminars and colloquia on topics of common interest to scholars and graduate students working in various disciplinary areas\, but particularly in the fields of politics and law. The Forum holds a series of seminars during term-time\, at which papers are presented by academics who are based either at LSE or more commonly elsewhere. \nOn Wednesday\, 27th May 2026\, Prof Dinesha Samararatne will present the following paper: Methods for Comparative Constitutional Studies from and within the Global South. \nOur policy is to make Forum events as inclusive as possible. All Forum events are open to staff and students from all departments and all academic institutions. The Forum is run by Tarun Khaitan (LSE Law School). \n This seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/legal-and-political-theory-forum-methods-for-comparative-constitutional-studies-from-and-within-the-global-south/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260526T133000
DTSTAMP:20260501T112229Z
CREATED:20260501T112229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T112229Z
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SUMMARY:Spring Term Socio-Legal Reading Group Session
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Legal Reading Group will be back for one session only in Spring Term! In this session\, we will be discussing the following article\, authored by anthropologist Lila Abu-Lughod. \n\nAbu-Lughod\, L. (1990). The Romance of Resistance: Tracing Transformations of Power Through Bedouin Women. American Ethnologist\, 17(1)\, 41–55\n\nThis session will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/spring-term-socio-legal-reading-group-session/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T200000
DTSTAMP:20260518T110210Z
CREATED:20260518T110210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T110210Z
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SUMMARY:Due Diligence on Trial: What can corporate sustainability due diligence regulation deliver for people\, the climate and nature?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE – IN PERSON \nREGISTER HERE – ZOOM \n*Please note this event will now take place in Marshall 2.08*\nCorporate sustainability due diligence has emerged as one of the most significant and contested regulatory innovations of the past decade. The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)\, alongside national laws in France\, Germany\, South Korea and beyond\, legally required companies to identify\, prevent and mitigate harmful human rights and environmental impacts across their operations and supply chain. \nBut is due diligence regulation enough? Can such regulation itself cause harm?   \nThe Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) at LSE’s Global School of Sustainability invites you to Due Diligence on Trial — a mock trial event that puts corporate sustainability due diligence in the dock\, examining its value\, its limitations\, and whether it can deliver the systemic change that people\, the climate and nature urgently require. Prosecutors\, defence counsel and independent witnesses will argue the case before a judge\, with the audience acting as the live jury and casting their verdict.  \nSpeakers: \nFor the prosecution: \nKate Levick — Associate Director\, E3G Arguing that corporate sustainability due diligence\, even at its strongest\, falls structurally short of what the climate and nature emergencies require.  \nProf. Dr. Galina Kolev-Schaefer —Senior Economist\, German Economic Institute (IW Köln) and Economics Professor at TH Köln (Technische Hochschule Köln) Charge: Harmful — presenting the economic critique of due diligence as a regulatory tool.  \nFor the defence: \nSarah-Jane Denton — Director\, Operational Risk and Environment\, Travers Smith  \nPhil Bloomer – Strategic Advisor and former Executive Director\, Business and Human Rights Centre\, Ex Campaigns and Policy Director at Oxfam \nIndependent Witness: \nColleen Theron – Founder and CEO of Ardea International\, Lawyer\,  Expert in sustainability\, business and human rights\, and modern slavery. \nRichard Howitt – Strategic Adviser on Corporate Responsibility\, Sustainability and Business and Human Rights; Senior Associate\, Frank Bold. \nJudge and Chair \nProf. Veerle Heyvaert — Professor\, LSE Law School; founding Editor-in-Chief of Transnational Environmental Law; Associate Dean\, LSE Law School \nThe event will be followed by a drinks reception.  \nPlease note that although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nAfter the Event  \nInsights from the discussion will feed directly into the SRO’s ongoing research programme. A short blog will be published following the event\, and the proceedings will inform a major policy brief examining the role\, value and limitations of corporate sustainability due diligence compared with other regulatory tools for advancing human rights and sustainable development.  \nAbout the Sustainability Regulation Observatory  \nThe Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) is a new LSE initiative\, housed within the Global School of Sustainability (GSoS). Building on expertise across the LSE Law School\, the Grantham Research Institute\, International Relations and other departments\, the SRO serves as a convening hub that bridges research\, policy\, and practice. Drawing on world-leading expertise across LSE\, the SRO analyses sustainability regulation worldwide\, generates research and analysis to inform how sustainability regulation can be designed and reformed. It publishes policy analysis based on rigorous research\, and convenesgovernments\, regulators\, businesses\, civil society\, and researchers around its findings. 
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/due-diligence-on-trial-what-can-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-regulation-deliver-for-people-the-climate-and-nature/
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:20260520T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T233000
DTSTAMP:20260507T102447Z
CREATED:20260507T102447Z
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SUMMARY:Book discussion: Governance by Emulation\, The Oversight Board\, the Digital Services Act\, and the Struggle for Platform Accountability
DESCRIPTION:This book talk will take place in person\, with the option to attend remotely via webinar. If you would like to join online\, please register using the link below. \nRegister here: Online Participation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSocial media giants like Meta and transnational regulators such as the European Union are transforming private governance by creatively emulating public law frameworks. Drawing on exclusive interviews and in-depth analysis of Meta’s Oversight Board and the EU’s Digital Services Act\, this book explores how these approaches blend European and American perspectives\, bridging distinct legal traditions to address the challenges of platform governance. Analysis of content moderation practices and their implications uncovers a critical pattern in the evolution of governance for industries that will define the future\, from digital platforms to emerging technologies. Combining public and private law in innovative ways\, the book sheds light on bold governance experiments that will shape the digital world-for better or worse. This study offers crucial insights for understanding the next chapter of global governance in an increasingly interconnected and privatized world. \nSpeaker: Dr Moritz A. Schramm is an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. Coming from an EU law background\, Moritz works on private and regulatory governance\, digital corporations\, and infrastructures. His monograph‚ “Governance by Emulation: Platform Adjudication\, the Oversight Board\, and the Digital Services Act” comes out with Cambridge University Press in Summer 2026. Moritz received several international awards for his work and holds a PhD and JD-equivalent from Humboldt-University of Berlin. \n Chair: Dr Neli Frost \n Commentators: Dr Martin Husovec\, Niklas Eder (Co-Founder and Co-CEO of User Rights) and Professor Lorna Woods (University of Essex). \nThis event is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. \n 
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/book-discussion-governance-by-emulation-the-oversight-board-the-digital-services-act-and-the-struggle-for-platform-accountability/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T190000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090932Z
CREATED:20260219T105804Z
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SUMMARY:The Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture 2026 – “About-Face: Deepfakes and the Misuse of Copyright”
DESCRIPTION:The Public Lecture will be held in person. \nVenue: \n Shaw Library\, 6th floor\,  Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE WC2A 2AE  \n + Google Map \nFor those who are unable to attend on-site\, a remote attendance option will be available via Zoom. \nTo join online\, please register using the link below: \nRegister Here – Online Participation \nThe Professor Bill Cornish Memorial Lecture series was 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\, the 2024 lecture was given by Prof. Caroline Ncube (University of Cape Town) and the 2025 lecture was delivered by Prof. Pam Samuelson (UC Berkeley). 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. Madhavi Sunder (Georgetown) to deliver the lecture. \nSpeaker: Professor Madhavi Sunder (Frank Sherry Professor of Intellectual Property Law\, Georgetown) \nProf Sunder is a widely published and influential scholar of intellectual property law\, law and technology\, women’s human rights\, and international development. Her scholarship is interdisciplinary\, straddling private and public law\, and engages the global dimensions of law\, from patents and access to medicines\, to trademarks and university brands. Her book\, From Goods to a Good Life: Intellectual Property and Global Justice (Yale University Press 2012) brings a humanist approach to intellectual property law. The author of over 40 articles and book chapters\, she has published in Yale Law Journal\, Stanford Law Review\, University of Michigan Law Review\, California Law Review\, Texas Law Review\, and many other leading law reviews. Her work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Washington Post and The Harvard Business Review. \nChairs: Dr Martin Husovec (LSE) and Dr Luke McDonagh (LSE) \nDiscussant: Prof. Dev Gangjee (Oxford) \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. \nThis event is supported by the LSE Law\, Technology and Society (LTS) Hub.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/the-professor-bill-cornish-memorial-lecture-2026-about-face-deepfakes-and-the-misuse-of-copyrightkk/
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:20260519T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T133000
DTSTAMP:20260501T110545Z
CREATED:20260501T110545Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260501T110545Z
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SUMMARY:Socio-Legal Research Hub - Research Seminar: Professor Linda Mulcahy
DESCRIPTION:The Socio-Legal Research Hub will host a research Seminar delivered by Professor Linda Mulcahy of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies\, University of Oxford.  \n  \nProfessor Mulcahy will present a paper on Strategic Litigation and Systemic Change from the bottom up. This draws on her AHRC-funded project An Oral History of Radical Lawyering.  \n  \n\nSeats will be allocated on a first-come\, first-served basis. 
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/socio-legal-research-hub-research-seminar-professor-linda-mulcahy/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T112221Z
CREATED:20251103T164129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T112221Z
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SUMMARY:Global Tax Seminar Series – Functional Fallacy\, a critique of the conduct-based approach to applying the ALP
DESCRIPTION:The mission of the Global Tax Seminar Series (GTSS) is to provide a regular and convivial forum for the presentation and discussion of new academic tax law\, policy\, and theory research by colleagues from all continents. The seminars are run in person and online as Zoom meetings\, with 25—to 30-minute paper presentations followed by comments from a distinguished panel of discussants and then ample time for questions and discussion. \nOn Wednesday 13 May 2026\,  Richard Collier\, Oxford & Ian Dykes (TBC)\, PWC UK\,  will present on the following topic: Functional Fallacy\, a critique of the conduct-based approach to applying the ALP. \nSpeakers : Richard Collier\, Oxford & Ian Dykes (TBC)\, PWC UK \nDiscussants: \n\nEduardo Baistrocchi\, LSE\nMalcom Gammie\, KC\nReuven Avi Yonah\, Michigan University\nSol Picciotto\, Lancaster University\nAllison Christians\, McGill University\n\nTo join online\, please register using the hyperlink below. \nRegister Here – Online Participation  \nTo sign up for the mailing list\, please \nvisit: https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/secure/taxation-signup. \nFor further information\, please contact Eduardo Baistrocchi\, Associate Professor of Law\, at e.a.baistrocchi@lse.ac.uk. \nThis seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/global-tax-seminar-series-functional-fallacy-a-critique-of-the-conduct-based-approach-to-applying-the-alp/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260427T113525Z
CREATED:20260311T124955Z
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SUMMARY:LSE Law School Workshop - Capital Markets in the Savings and Investments Union: Perspectives on supervision\, structure and equivalence
DESCRIPTION:Please register for this workshop using the hyperlink below: \nRegister Here  \nThe EU’s current proposals for the savings and investments union (SIU) have sweeping implications for the financial ecosystem in the EU and in third countries\, including the UK. \nFollowing the publication of an EU Legislative proposal\, the Market Integration Package\, on 4 December 2025\,* the aim of this LSE Law School workshop is to uncover the implications of these proposals for the capital markets from a variety of viewpoints. The workshop will explore the proposals for the integration of supervision and the harmonisation of trading and post-trade regulation\, and consider their consequences for equivalence. The overall objective of this timely workshop is to bring together regulators\, practitioners and academics and explore these significant proposals through presentations and participant discussion. \nPresenters include:  \n\nDr Elizabeth Howell\, LSE Law School\nProfessor Niamh Moloney\, LSE Law School\nDr David Murphy\, LSE Law School\n\nDiscussant: \n\nProfessor Jo Braithwaite\, LSE Law School\n\n* For details\, please see: European Commission\, ‘Breaking down barriers to integrate financial markets’ at \nhttps://finance.ec.europa.eu/regulation-and-supervision/savings-and-investments-union/factsheet-breaking-down-barriers-integrate-financial-markets_en \nOrganisers: \nProfessor Jo Braithwaite\, LSE Law School –  j.p.braithwaite@lse.ac.uk \nDr David Murphy\, Senior Fellow\, LSE Law School
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/lse-law-school-workshop-capital-markets-in-the-savings-and-investments-union-perspectives-on-supervision-structure-and-equivalence/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260512T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T152258Z
CREATED:20260430T150740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260505T152258Z
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SUMMARY:‘WAR ON TERROR’: LEGACY\, JUSTICE\, ART | Conference
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThe conference brings together international law scholars\, practitioners\, journalists and artists to reflect on the legacy of the so-called ‘war on terror’ (WOT) today\, and the implications for the future. It will examine both continuities and transformations of the WOT\, tracing how characteristics and patterns—such as militarisation\, dehumanisation\, legal imperialism and exceptionalism—have evolved from the WOT initiated nearly a quarter century ago. It also seeks to look forward\, exploring synergies between international law\, media and the arts in responding to the challenges that arise. The conversation—and exhibition that follows it—invites us to reflect on the dynamic between artistic expression and the pursuit of justice\, especially where legal avenues are limited or obstructed. \nThe backdrop for the discussion are the pervasive and flagrant international law violations around the globe\, echoing the WOT’s logic\, methods and justifications\, and the challenges they pose. Glaring examples include extra-judicial killings of so-called ‘narco-terrorists’ by the US in Caribbean waters\, the evolution to openly transactional imperialism in current interventions and regime change in Venezuela\, or US-Israeli military assault on Iran\, assassinating its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei pursuant to evolving stated aims that have been compared to the ‘scattershot’ justifications of the WOT era. More broadly\, the WOT shadow continues to spread\, such as through the designation of migrants\, civil society\, protesters or political opponents as ‘terrorists’\, evolving migration laws and policies—including ICE brutality and detention at Guantánamo—or the normalisation of the repression of dissent and the erosion of democratic safeguards across the Middle East\, Latin America\, Africa and Europe\, among many others. Pretexts include familiar notions of endless ‘wars’ on ill-defined enemies\, the dangerous ‘other’ and ‘great powers’ exceptionalism. \nMany of the most emblematic WOT violations continue\, unaddressed and increasingly unseen. This is epitomised by the ongoing detention and torture at Guantánamo\, or the complete impunity for CIA torture to which many states contributed\, and the lack of meaningful reparation for its victims despite almost two decades of justice efforts. \nThe conference is an opportunity to reflect together on the influence of the WOT on key rule of law challenges today\, and what we can learn from legal and other responses to them. How do we reflect on the role of law\, the strengths and limits of the pursuit of justice\, accountability\, and the role of multilateral mechanisms? Do patterns of Western legal double standards—visible from Guantánamo to Gaza to Tehran—shape the credibility and legitimacy of international law as a whole\, and if so\, then what are the implications moving forward? What role have the arts and media played in this context\, alongside justice processes? Are there synergies that can be exploited to better give effect to human rights and rule of law in divisive and challenging contexts? \nThe discussion will be followed by the launch of the exhibition ‘Art/Justice by Abu Zubaydah’. It is the first exhibition in the UK of the original art of CIA torture victim and Guantánamo ‘forever prisoner’ Abu Zubaydah\, who has now been detained without charge for 24 years. The UK government recently paid a settlement to end a civil case brought by Abu Zubaydah\, in relation to UK complicity in his torture and extraordinary rendition\, raising questions as to what more should be done. The exhibition opens at a moment when the UK’s own relationship to US military and legal exceptionalism is once again under acute scrutiny\, as British bases and aircraft are drawn into a conflict that has been characterised as an illegal war of aggression. \nDownload the conference programme \n  \nOrganised by Helen Duffy (Leiden)\, Marie Petersmann and Gerry Simpson (LSE) \n6.30pm: Drinks Reception at  LSE Atrium Gallery
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/war-on-terror-legacy-justice-art-conference/
LOCATION:MAR 1.09\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T193000
DTSTAMP:20260529T132635Z
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SUMMARY:‘WAR ON TERROR’: LEGACY\, JUSTICE\, ART | Film Screening: The Forever Prisoner
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nJoin us the evening before the conference on the ‘“War on Terror”: Legacy\, Justice\, Art’ for a screening of Alex Gibney’s acclaimed documentary The Forever Prisoner (HBO 2021)\, followed by a discussion with Cathy Scott-Clark\, co-author (with Adrian Levy) of the companion book of the same name. \nThe film tells the story of Abu Zubaydah—the first ‘high-value detainee’ subjected to the CIA’s post-9/11 torture and extraordinary rendition programme—and offers a searing portrait of the legal and moral failures that defined an era. Still detained without charge at Guantánamo after 24 years\, Abu Zubaydah’s case encapsulates many of the themes that will run through the conference the following day: impunity\, exceptionalism\, and the limits of law in the face of state power. \nSpeaker: \nCathy Scott-Clark is a British journalist who worked with the Sunday Times and The Guardian\, co-author of seven books with Adrian Levy\, including The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program (2022). In 2012\, she received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Excellence in Journalism and in 2009\, the British Journalist of the Year Award. \nChair: Marie Petersmann (LSE Law School) \nDownload the conference programme \nThe screening is co-organised by Helen Duffy (Leiden)\, Marie Petersmann and Gerry Simpson (LSE).
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LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:‘Art from Guantánamo\, by Abu Zubaydah’
DESCRIPTION:Twenty-four years without charge\, without trial\, without communication – but not without a voice. What role can art and artivism play in the pursuit of justice? \nAbu Zubaydah is a 55-year-old Palestinian who has been detained in Guantánamo Bay for 24 years. In the aftermath of 9/11\, he was secretly held and brutally tortured by the CIA\, with the complicity of many states\, including the UK. He is dubbed the “forever prisoner” as the US claims the right to continue to detain him without any such charge or trial for the remainder of his life. Many facts surrounding that torture and complicity remain classified\, and his conditions of confinement at Guantánamo mean that he is not allowed to communicate with the outside world. In this exhibition\, he speaks through his art. It urges us to reflect\, learn and act to end torture\, arbitrary detention and the inhumanity of Guantánamo. \nThe artwork by Abu Zubaydah gives graphic insight into his experience. It mainly depicts the impact of the “extraordinary interrogation techniques” inflicted by the CIA with approval from the highest level of the US government. Some convey the hopelessness of being detained with no prospect of trial or release. Some of the most recent ones show his concern for the world beyond Guantánamo. In this exhibition\, his art is displayed alongside judgements in his favour that confirm his detention as “anathema to the rule of law”\, ongoing torture and call for his “immediately release”. \nMore about this exhibition\nThis exhibition is organised by LSE Law School in collaboration with Human Rights in Practice and Human Rights in the Picture\, in association with LSE Arts. \nThe exhibition forms part of a project focused on exposing and ending Abu Zubaydah’s ordeal. Multiple legal cases have been brought on his behalf\, clarifying the violations and responsibilities of many states\, including the UK. Most recently\, a substantial settlement was reached between the UK Government and Abu Zubaydah\, to end his civil claim concerning the security and intelligence agencies’ complicity in his torture and rendition. As of today\, he remains in unlawful detention at Guantánamo. \nArt and justice together call for an end to the notorious detention of the “#ForeverPrisoner.” This idea is explored in The Forever Prisoner\, a 2021 documentary by Alex Gibney\, which examines the United States’ use of torture and extraordinary rendition. The film focuses on Abu Zubaydah\, the first “high-value detainee” subjected to the CIA’s programme. \nPlease be advised this exhibition is not easy viewing. It contains graphic depictions of torture and abuse which may be distressing to viewers. \nAbout the team\nMarie Petersmann is Assistant Professor of Law at LSE Law School. Her work lies at the intersection of international law\, critical theory\, ecology and climate justice. She is the author of When Environmental Protection and Human Rights Collide (CUP\, 2022); co-author\, with Julia Dehm\, Kathleen Birrell\, and Afshin Akhtar-Khavari\, of Law and the Inhuman (CUP\, forthcoming 2026); and co-editor\, with Dimitri Van Den Meerssche\, of Underworlds: Sites and Struggles of Global Dis/Ordering (forthcoming). \nAlexandra Klegg is Head of Events\, Communications and Creative Projects at LSE Law School. Her work focuses on strategic event planning\, delivering an extensive academic events programme with the Events Team and developing a range of communication channels with all stakeholders. She oversees brand image\, podcasts\, and leads various creative projects within the Law School. Alexandra is also the Production Editor of the annual alumni magazine Ratio. \nHelen Duffy is Professor of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at the University of Leiden\, and Director of Human Rights inPractice (HRiP)\, an international law practice specialising in strategic litigation in the European\, African\, Inter-American and UN systems. Her practice has included several cases on rendition\, torture\, and Guantánamo. She represents so-called ‘forever prisoner’ Abu Zubaydah since 2009. She is the author of The ‘War on Terror’ and the Framework of International law (CUP\, 2015)and Strategic Human Rights Litigation: Understanding and Maximising Impact (Hart\, 2018); and co-editor\, with Ziv Bohrer and Janina Dill\, of Law Applicable to Armed Conflict (CUP\, 2020). \nRelated events\nThe Forever Prisoner film screening \nJoin LSE Law School for a screening of The Forever Prisoner by Alex Gibney (2021) on Monday 11 May and hear from the authors of The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program. Register here to book your place. \n‘War on Terror’: Legacy\, justice\, art \nLES Law School will be hosting a conference on Tuesday 12 May to mark the opening of the exhibition and to discuss the themes it raises. This event brings together international law scholars\, practitioners\, journalists and artists to reflect on the legacy of the so-called ‘war on terror’ (WOT) today\, and the implications for the future. Registerhere to book your place.\nThe discussion will be followed by a public reception in the gallery from 6:30pm on Tuesday 12 May to launch the exhibition. \nExhibition Launch: Reception \nTuesday 12 May\, 6.30pm\, Atrium Gallery. Free admission\, no registration required.
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LOCATION:Atrium Gallery\, Ground Floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260506T183000
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SUMMARY:Who is Britain really saving in the fight against modern slavery?
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute and the LSE Law School \nIn-person and online public event (Malaysia Auditorium\, Centre Building) \nHow can I attend? \n\n\nIn-person: Register Here \nOnline: Register Here \nIf you have a query see our Events FAQ or email events@lse.ac.uk. \n\n\nAs Black Lives Matter has exposed the legacies of transatlantic slavery and empire\, Britain has launched a new moral crusade at home: the fight against “modern slavery.” This panel discussion marks the launch of Drugs\, Race and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law by Insa Lee Koch and asks what this crusade is really doing. \nFocusing on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the policing and prosecution strategies enabled in its wake\, the panel examines how young Black and racialised working-class men involved in Britain’s street level economy of heroin and crack cocaine — once criminalised under the war on gangs — are now recast as “modern slaves” and their “masters”. Central to the discussion is Glodi Wabelua\, the first young man convicted under modern slavery laws for a county lines drugs offence. Bringing together ethnographic insights\, leading anti-racism campaigners and lived experience\, the event interrogates how modern slavery law deepens racial inequality while allowing Britain to deny its imperial past. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nLiz Fekete is Director of the Institute of Race Relations and an Advisory Editor of Race & Class. Liz was part of the CARF Collective\, and an expert witness at the Basso Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on asylum and the World Tribunal on Iraq. Her second book Europe’s Fault Lines: racism and the rise of the Right won the Bread and Roses award for Radical Publishing 2019. \nInsa Lee Koch is a writer\, advocate-researcher and professor at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and a visiting professor in the LSE Law School. Trained in both anthropology and law\, she has published award-winning work on topics of inequalities\, class\, racism and community resistance. She is author of Drugs\, Race and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law: when Enemies Become Victims which is available open access. \nKojo Kyerewaa is a founding member of Black Lives Matter UK (BLM UK)\, where he remains as the National Organiser. BLM UK was founded by anti-racist activists in 2016\, it was inspired but is independent from the US-based organisation. It is a member-led\, campaigning organisation working towards collective liberation. Kojo is also a founding member of Against Borders for Children\, a grassroots campaign which successfully in 2021 deleted the UK Home Office child migrant database. \nGlodi Wabelua is a community advocate whose lived experience features centrally in Drugs\, Race and the Politics of Modern Slavery Law. His conviction under human trafficking law in a drugs-related case was the first of its kind and made precedent in English law. Today\, Glodi is passionate about community outreach and education. He is the creator and host of the GloTalks podcast\, the founder of GloFitnessUK promoting wellbeing\, and delivers talks and mentoring in schools and prisons. \nCoretta Phillips is a Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at LSE. She joined the Department of Social Policy in 2001\, and her research interests lie in the field of race\, ethnicity\, crime\, criminal justice and social policy. Since 2022\, her major research efforts have focused on a multi-disciplinary ESRC project providing the first systematic\, comprehensive and historically grounded account of the crime and criminal justice experiences of Gypsies and Travellers in England since the 1960s. \nMore about this event \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. \nThe International Inequalities Institute (@LSEInequalities) at LSE brings together experts from many of the School’s departments and centres to lead cutting-edge research focused on understanding why inequalities are escalating in numerous arenas across the world\, and to develop critical tools to address these challenges. \nLSE Law School 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. \nHashtag for this event: #LSEEvents
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LOCATION:Malaysia Auditorium\, LSE Centre Building (CBG)\, Lower Ground\, LSE Centre Building (CBG)\, Lower Ground\, London\, WC2A 2AD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:Climate Change on Trial - Book Talk by César Rodríguez-Garavito
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE – IN PERSON \nREGISTER HERE – ONLINE VIA ZOOM  \n\nPlease join us for a panel discussion on Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito’s book Climate Change on Trial: Mobilizing Human Rights Litigation to Accelerate Climate Action(Cambridge University Press\, 2025). \nDrawing on an original database of rights-based climate change lawsuits worldwide\, as well as interviews with leading actors and participant observation in the field\, the book explains the rise and global diffusion of rights-based climate litigation. It brings together insights from global governance\, international law\, climate policy\, human rights\, and legal mobilisation theory to offer a socio-legal account of the actors\, strategies\, and norms that have emerged at the intersection of human rights and climate governance. \nVenue: Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor CKK Building\, LSE \nTime: 2.00- 3.15pm \n\nSpeaker: César Rodríguez-Garavito\, Professor of Law; Chair\, Center for Human Rights & Global Justice; Director\, The Earth Rights Research and Action (TERRA) Program; Director\, More-than-Human Life (MOTH) Program\, at NYU School of Law\nChair: Dr Siva Thambisetty\, Associate Professor of Law\, LSE Law School\n\nPanellists: Joana Setzer\, Associate Professor\, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, Eoin Jackson\, PhD Candidate LSE Law School and Vesselina Newman\, Lead on Fundamental Rights\, ClientEarth\n\nSponsors: LSE Law School\, The Global School of Sustainability\, and the Grantham Research Institute\n\nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/climate-change-on-trial-book-talk-by-cesar-rodriguez-garavito/
LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260402T190000
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SUMMARY:LSE/ClientEarth Clinic Presentation: Who Pays for Climate Breakdown? Banks\, Financed Emissions\, and the Road to Climate Accountability
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nPlease note this event will now be taking place in Marshall 1.04\, please see venue details below. \nAs the world’s biggest banks continue to pour billions into fossil fuels—nearly US$8 trillion since the Paris Agreement—a pressing legal frontier is emerging: are financial institutions that make climate-destructive projects possible legally accountable for the harms they help cause? Join us for the launch of the LSE/ClientEarth Report that stems from the Sustainability Law & Policy Clinic project\, on which a team of twelve students from across five LSE departments have worked throughout this academic year. Working at the cutting edge of climate litigation and financial accountability\, the Clinic has undertaken an interdisciplinary investigation spanning two interrelated strands of research. First\, we examined how courts around the world have grappled with the thorny question of legal causation and scientific attribution in climate cases against major emitters—whether states or corporations—asking what legal tests\, attribution evidence\, and litigation strategies have proved most compelling. Second\, we turned the lens to banks and financial institutions\, mapping how litigants and civil society have sought to quantify ‘financed emissions’ and articulate the responsibility of banks for their unique role in enabling climate breakdown. Together\, these strands lay the legal groundwork for what may become a landmark methodological study. Taking a ‘Heede for banks’ approach\, modelled on the groundbreaking study that traced global emissions to a handful of carbon majors\, this work seeks to guide the development of a methodology for attributing a justifiable share of global emissions to the world’s most systemically important financial institutions. \nStudents will present their findings\, followed by a discussion with external experts on strategic litigation\, climate attribution science\, and sustainable finance\, offering a rare opportunity for open dialogue on one of the most consequential and innovative questions in climate governance today. Whether you are a legal scholar\, a climate advocate\, a finance professional\, or simply a concerned citizen\, we warmly invite you to attend\, listen\, challenge\, and contribute to this vital conversation. The event will close with a drinks reception\, offering further opportunity for conversation and exchange. \nStudent presenters: \n\nFarah Alaradi (BA in Law & Anthropology)\nSahra Paucar Bejarano (MSc Environmental Regulation)\nNehanshu Rao Chetty (MSc in Law and Finance)\nMary Cline (MSc in Human Rights and Politics)\nPablo Sebastián Díez Pinto (LLM)\nZacharia El Khamloussy (LLM)\nLeong Yue Andrew Ko (LLM)\nNoreen Nakirinya (LLM)\nGeorgia Skapoulli (LLM)\nTomas Vladyka (LLB)\nAn-Ya Yap (LLB)\n\nDiscussants \n\nRobert Clarke and Alex Bennett (Lawyers in ClientEarth’s Accountable Finance team and project partners)\nPablo Felmer Roa (Strategic Litigator and Campaigner\, Member of the Board of Directors at Reclaim Finance)\nLéa Miomandre (Finance Analyst at Reclaim Finance)\nJasper Blom (Lead Researcher in the climate case against ING and Senior Policy Officer focusing on financial sector regulation at Milieudefensie)\nMaria Carvalho (Head of Climate Economics and Data at NatWest Group)\nTom Alcoran (Senior Analyst at InfluenceMap)\nJoana Setzer (Associate Professor at GRI & Co-lead of GSoS Theme 3)\n\nChair: Marie Petersmann (Assistant Professor at LSE Law School & Director of the SLPC) \nThe LSE Supervision Team of the LSE will also be present and includes: \n\nNoah Walker-Crawford (Research Fellow at GRI and Strand A Supervisor);\nJoy Reyes (Policy Officer at GRI and Strand A Supervisor);\nNicholas Petkov (Research Assistant at GRI and Strand A Supervisor);\nEoin Jackson (PhD Researcher at LSE Law School and Strand A Supervisor);\nAgnieszka Smoleńska (Senior Policy Fellow at CETEx and Strand B Supervisor);\nTiffanie Chan (Policy Analyst at GRI/CETEx and Strand B Supervisor).\n\nThis event is kindly supported by the LSE Global School of Sustainability (GSoS). \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception. \nPlease note\, that although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
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LOCATION:MAR 1.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:PIL Hub: 'How International Law Dies. Variations on a Wittgensteinian Theme'
DESCRIPTION:The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary\, theoretical and historical issues of international law. \nOn 2nd April 2026\, Professor Fuad Zarbiyev will present a talk titled ‘How International Law Dies. Variations on a Wittgensteinian Theme.’  This session will take place in Moot Court Room\, please see venue information below.
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LOCATION:Moot Court Room\, 7th Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:Anti-colonial Resistance\, Academic Freedom\, and Political Dissent in Cameroon
DESCRIPTION:This event will take place in person\, with an option to attend remotely. If you would like to join remotely\, please register using the hyperlink below. \nAttend via Zoom: Register Here  \nIn this discussion\, Barrister Caroline Mbinkar examines the “Nera 10” case as a window into the criminalization of political dissent and the shrinking space for academic and civic freedoms amid the Anglophone conflict in Cameroon. In 2018\, ten professionals\, including academics\, associated with the Anglophone struggle were arrested in Nigeria and deported to Cameroon. Despite being civilians\, they were tried before a military tribunal and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of terrorism and secession. The story of the Nera 10 is part of a longer struggle in which minority Anglophone peoples have sought equality and freedom in Cameroon. Longstanding grievances about political exclusion\, linguistic domination\, and the erosion of legal and other public institutions\, led lawyers and teachers to protest in 2016\, which sparked an ongoing civil conflict – one of the most overlooked in the world. In this context\, the prosecution of the Nera 10 illustrates a broader shift toward the securitization of political grievances and the repression of intellectuals\, professionals\, and civic actors whose work and words challenge the prevailing order. At stake is not only the fate of ten individuals\, but the meaning of justice itself. In this discussion. Barrister Mbinkar explores the freedom dreams that continue to drive the Anglophone struggle and broader aspirations for peace and self-determination in Cameroon and beyond. \nSpeaker: Barrister Caroline Mbinkar is a distinguished lawyer from Cameroon and a Visiting Senior Fellow in Practice at LSE. She co-founded a pro bono law chambers\, ALL for Cameroon\, which provides free legal assistance for those unable to otherwise afford it. Prior to being sworn into the Bar\, Caroline was a committed human rights defender in Cameroon. In 2017\, when violent conflict broke out in the anglophone regions of Cameroon\, Caroline co-established the Cameroon Conflict Research Group at the University of Oxford.  \nChair: Dr Roxana Willis  \nThis event will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis.
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LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Seminars 
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SUMMARY:Symposium on Judging
DESCRIPTION:This promises to be a unique event in which we have the opportunity of drawing on the experience of judges from several jurisdictions to reflect on certain challenges in the contemporary practice of judging. \nOur panel comprises: \nSir Tim Eicke\, who has recently completed his term as the British judge on the European Court of Human Rights \nJustice Goodwin Liu of the California Supreme Court \nProfessor Kate O’Regan\, former Justice of the South Africa Constitutional Court \nThe panel will be moderated by Sir Ross Cranston\, former Justice of the High Court of England & Wales and author of the recently published book on Judging (OUP\, 2026). \nDrawing on his extensive experience\, Ross will be asking questions of the panel on such issues as appointments processes\, conflicts of interests\, collegial decisions and dissents\, case management and similar matters. There will also be an opportunity for questions from the floor. \nThis Event will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. This event is not open to the public.
URL:https://lselaw.wpcomstaging.com/event/symposium-on-judging/
LOCATION:Alumni Theatre\, Lower Ground Floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Convene 
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260331T190000
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SUMMARY:Arbitration and Peace
DESCRIPTION:In the grand tradition of philosophers of the project of perpetual peace\, Immanuel Kant once famously proposed that the spirit of commerce (“Verkehr”) provided the essential ingredient.  Building on Kant’s insight\, this talk proposes that this ‘spirit of commerce’ depends upon trust in a robust system of dispute resolution that provides credible infrastructure for resolving disputes when commercial relations go awry.  Absent that system\, the incentives for commerce will not materialize\, or “wronged” parties will appeal for domestic political intervention to vindicate their interests.  International arbitration\, one of the most profound successes of international law in the twentieth century\, provides that essential infrastructure.  The paper traces the history of the perpetual peace project\, explains how international arbitration advances that goal and proposes how scholars and practitioners of international arbitration can contribute to that project in the twenty-first century. \nSpeaker: Professor Peter Bo Rutledge \nTalmadge Chair of Law\, School of Law\, University of Georgia. Professor Rutledge is the Talmadge Chair of Law. From 2015 through 2024\, he served as dean of the University of Georgia School of Law. He is the author of the book Arbitration and the Constitution and co-author with Gary Born of the book International Civil Litigation in United States Courts. His works have been published by the Yale University Press\, the Oxford University Press and the Cambridge University Press\, and his articles have appeared in a diverse array of journals such as The University of Chicago Law Review\, the Vanderbilt Law Review and the Journal of International Arbitration. He also regularly advises parties on matters of international dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration). \nChair: Professor David Kershaw \nThis seminar is open to the public and will operate on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nThis event will be followed by a drinks reception. 
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LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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