Public Lectures 

These 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.
 
Speaker: Professor Dame Sarah Worthington
 
(Registration link will be available from mid-October 2025)

Join 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.
 
Speakers: Arun Advani, Emma Chamberlain & Andy Summers
 
Hosted by the LSE Law School, CenTax and the International Inequalities Institute.

What 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.

Panel I: From Award to Execution: Evolving Court Support in the Enforcement Stage, Panel II: Access to justice in international arbitration
 
Speakers: Sir Robin Knowles CBE, Justice Jawad Hassan, Can Eken, Crina Baltag, Saleem Sheikh, Manuel Penades, Dharshini Prasad & Angeline Welsh KC

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.

Speakers: Professor David Kennedy and Professor Susan Marks

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 before a discussion with workshop participants.
 
Speaker: Richard Johnson

Moralists 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.

Internationally acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi will present her award-winning documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (112 mins) at LSE Law School.

Our 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.
 
Speakers: Philip Cunliffe, Anand Menon, Helen Thompson

Join 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.

Governing intergenerational social dilemmas, from climate change and biodiversity loss to artificial intelligence (AI) safety, poses a distinctive credibility problem.
 
Speaker: Oren Perez Chair: Veerle Heyveart Discussant: Ashfaq Khalfan

Clean air is an essential element of the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment and a precondition for the enjoyment of rights including life and health. Yet most people still do not enjoy clean air.
 
Speaker: Astrid Puentes Riaño Chair: Joana Setzer (LSE)