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SUMMARY:Mass media\, justice and me: a victim’s perspective
DESCRIPTION:  \nClick here for more information and how to attend \nStep into the lives of those whose pursuit of justice collided with the power of the press. This thought-provoking event brings together victims\, legal experts\, media voices and policymakers to explore how mass media can illuminate and distort the path to justice. \nThrough personal stories\, panel debate and audience engagement\, we’ll confront the good\, the bad and the deeply complex issue of mass media – and its role in the pursuit of justice. \nMeet our speakers and chair \nJo Hamilton is a former sub-postmaster and ardent campaigner for victims of the British Post Office scandal. One of over 1\,000 people instructed by Hudgell Solicitors to help clear their names. Appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours. Named by the Independent newspaper as one of the 50th Most Influential Women in 2024. Played by Monica Dolan in the four-part Mr Bates v The Post Office\, watched by over 13.5million people. \nMartin Hibbert is a Manchester Arena bomb survivor left paralysed from the waist down. Recently Martin won a landmark High Court harassment case in October 2024 against conspiracy theorist Richard Hall\, who falsely claimed the Manchester Arena bombing was staged. He is Vice president of the Spinal Injuries Association and a motivational speaker and activist\, raising awareness in the media and parliament on behalf of people suffering with spinal cord injuries and others injured in the Manchester Arena bombing. \nNeil Hudgell is the founder and Executive Chairman of Hudgell Solicitors\, a nationally recognised law firm celebrated for its unwavering commitment to justice\, accountability\, and client care. Since establishing the firm in 1997\, Neil has built a reputation as a fearless advocate for those failed by powerful institutions — from victims of wrongful conviction to families affected by public tragedies \nNicola Lacey is School Professor of Law\, Gender and Social Policy. From 1998 to 2010 she held a Chair in Criminal Law and Legal Theory at LSE; she returned to LSE in 2013 after spending three years as Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College\, and Professor of Criminal Law and Legal Theory at the University of Oxford. \nJanet Street-Porter (CBE) is a writer\, broadcaster and former editor of The Independent on Sunday. She originally studied architecture\, before starting her journalistic career iin her early twenties as a columnist and fashion editor\, moving into television and radio as a presenter and a senior executive at the BBC. Janet has won numerous awards including Columnist of the Year\, the Prix Italia for arts programming and a BAFTA for originality. \nOlivia O’Kane is partner at Lewis Silkin and head of media practice in Belfast and Dublin. Specialist adviser to publishers\, tech platforms\, broadcasters\, and public figures.  She is a Solicitor Advocate and a specialist litigator\, with an expertise in online anonymity\, harassment\, and media law\, and regularly provides content clearance advice. \nCoretta Phillips is a Professor of Criminology and Social Policy. She joined the Department of Social Policy in September 2001\, and has been involved in teaching both Criminology and Social Policy in the department at BSc\, MSc\, and PhD levels. Coretta is a member of the Mannheim Centre for Criminology.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/mass-media-justice-and-me-a-victims-perspective/
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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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Sir Ross Cranston’s new book - Judging
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nBook Launch for Sir Ross Cranston’s new book on Judging.  \nLight refreshments will be available from 4:30pm. \nThere will be two panel discussions with the following lineup: \nChair: Professor David Kershaw – LSE \nPanel 1 \nChair: The Lady Chief Justice\, Baroness Carr \nSpeakers: Sir Ross Cranston\, Lord Burnett\, Lord Sales and Lady Justice Thirlwall \nPanel 2 \nChair: Lady Rose \nSpeakers: Sir Ross Cranston\, Lord Leggatt\, Lady Justice Cockerill and Dame Sarah Worthington \nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, seating will be allocated on a first-come\, first-serve basis. \nA drinks reception will follow this event.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/book-launch-for-sir-ross-cranstons-new-book-judging/
LOCATION:MAR 2.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260317T200000
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SUMMARY:Vassal State? Britain and the USA After Trump 2.0
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nNational Interest Workshop   \nIn the third workshop addressing the question of national interest in the wake of the end of globalisation\, Professor Peter Ramsay (LSE Law) and Dr Philip Cunliffe (UCL Risk and Disaster Reduction) will interview Angus Hanton\, author of Vassal State: How America Runs Britain. \nDonald Trump is radically reshaping the relationship between the USA and European states. The discussion will focus on how Britain can respond in a way that protects and promotes British interests. \nAngus Hanton is an entrepreneur\, investor and founder of Intergenerational Foundation. His book Vassal State is an investigation into the domination of the UK economy by American corporations. \nThis event operates on a first come first serve basis. In order to secure your seat please arrive 15mins prior.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/vassal-state-britain-and-the-usa-after-trump-2-0/
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:20260316T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260316T193000
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SUMMARY:Corporate Value and the Role of Shareholders
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nValues have always been a part of corporate operations\, but they are particularly salient today. Corporate values now weigh heavily in consumer\, employee\, and shareholder choices\, so much so that misaligned values can make or break companies. Some argue that managers should select values that align with those of their stakeholders. Others argue that corporate values should match shareholder preferences. Still others claim that economic value\, without regard to values\, should be the sole focus of managerial efforts. The debate over values is not only important for the theory and practice of corporate governance\, but also carries significant policy implications\, as Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are poised to deconstruct the shareholder proposal mechanism—a key source of corporate values formation—based on a limited appreciation of the role of values in corporate operations. \nIn this Article\, we set out to align those who highlight the importance of values with those who maintain that a corporation’s proper role is to focus on value. We argue that managers should select the corporate values that maximize long-term economic value. To do so\, however\, managers need to understand the economic significance of corporate values. Understanding the values of corporate stakeholders is a key input in that assessment. It is relatively easy for most stakeholders—consumers\, employees and even the government—to communicate their values to corporations. Consumers\, for instance\, do so through their purchasing decisions and\, in more extreme cases\, boycotts. Employees choose jobs based on values and communicate their preferences to management through internal channels. Shareholders\, however\, lack ready ways to communicate their values\, disadvantaging them relative to other stakeholders\, and leaving managers with an information gap that can lead to costly mistakes.  \nShareholders are uniquely impeded from communicating their values by what we term “shareholder-side impediments” and “corporate-side impediments.” The former stem primarily from the institutionalization of equity markets. The widespread intermediation of investing interferes with the ability of shareholders to select companies based on values and to communicate their values to management. The latter stem from the structure of corporate law\, which largely sidelines shareholders.  \nWe leverage the foregoing analysis to advocate against two potentially transformative trends in shareholder democracy—the pressure on the shareholder proposal rule and the adoption of voting choice programs. First\, the power of public company shareholders to introduce shareholder proposals\, many of which deal with values-related issues\, has inspired a powerful backlash. Congress is considering repeal of the shareholder proposal rule\, and the Chairman of the SEC has expressed frustrated with environmental\, social and governance (ESG)-related proposals and backed a controversial proposition that precatory proposals are illegal under state law. Our analysis shows that repealing the shareholder proposal rule or banning values-based proposals would be a mistake in that precatory proposals provide a focused and transparent mechanism for management to learn about what their shareholders value (and what they consider unimportant) without interfering with board discretion. Instead of a ban\, we recommend tailored modifications to the rule to address the concerns about misuse that have given rise to its condemnation.  \nSecond\, in response to political pressure and criticisms of their stewardship activities\, the Big Three mutual funds (Vanguard\, BlackRock\, and State Street) have implemented voting choice programs\, whereby they delegate voting decisions for their portfolio companies to their mutual fund customers by allowing them to select from a curated menu of voting policies. We argue that this approach is flawed. Rather\, financial intermediaries should retain their voting power but inform their voting decisions by actively soliciting input from their customers about their values and views. Intermediary stewardship is a more effective way to convey shareholder values to management as long as it is informed by the views of funds’ economic owners. \n\nJill Fisch is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law. Professor Fisch is an internationally known scholar whose work focuses on the intersection of business and law\, including the role of regulation and litigation in addressing limitations in the disciplinary power of the capital markets. \nCommentator: David Kershaw \nThis event operates on a first-come\, first-served basis. Please note that a ticket does not guarantee entry\, so we recommend arriving early to secure your seat.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/corporate-value-and-the-role-of-shareholders/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism – book talk by Thea Riofrancos\, followed by a discussion by Christine Schwöbel-Patel
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \n\nWill green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? ‘Clean’ technologies and renewable energy are certainly growing sites of capitalist investment\, with government policies playing a key role in making these sectors profitable. But the supply chains that produce the technologies pose vexing dilemmas for the energy transition. These dilemmas are most dramatic at the extractive frontiers of green capitalism: where the natural resources needed to manufacture electric vehicles and build windmills are extracted. In this talk\, we will unpack these challenges through the lens of lithium\, a so-called ‘critical mineral’ essential for its role in decarbonising one of the most polluting sectors: transportation. With forecasters predicting an enormous surge in lithium demand\, exceeding existing supplies\, Global North governments and downstream firms scramble to ‘secure’ lithium\, resulting in a new state-corporate alliance and the return of vertical integration. Meanwhile\, Global South governments are attempting to leverage critical mineral deposits into sustainable and sovereign economic development. And\, across the world\, environmental and Indigenous movements contest the rapid expansion of extraction\, defending ecosystems\, livelihoods\, and waterways already under pressure from global warming from a new boom in mining. It is in the play of these forces\, unfolding amidst geopolitical rivalry and economic turbulence\, that the energy transition will be forged. To conclude\, we will explore the possibility of a less mining-intensive pathway to zero carbon transportation.\n \nThe Speakers:\n\nThea Riofrancos is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College\, a Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute\, and a fellow at the Transnational Institute. Her research focuses on resource extraction\, renewable energy\, climate change\, the global lithium sector\, green technologies\, social movements\, and the Latin American left. She is the author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism (W.W. Norton\, 2025) and Resource Radicals: From Petro-Nationalism to Post-Extractivism in Ecuador (Duke University Press\, 2020)\, and the coauthor of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso Books\, 2019). Her publications have appeared in scholarly journals such as Global Environmental Politics\, World Politics\, and Perspectives on Politics\, as well as in media outlets including The New York Times\, Financial Times\, Foreign Policy\, n+1\, Dissent\, and more. \n\nChristine Schwöbel-Patel is Professor at Warwick Law School and Co-Director of its Centre for Critical Legal Studies. She is the author of\, among others\, Marketing Global Justice (Cambridge University Press\, 2021) and co-editor of Aesthetics and Counter-Aesthetics of International Justice (Counterpress\, 2023). Her forthcoming book Green Frontiers: The Laws of Extraction in the Green Transition is under contract with Verso. \nChair: Marie Petersmann (Assistant Professor of Law\, LSE Law School & GSoS). \n\n\nThis event is jointly organised by the LSE Law School and the LSE Global School of Sustainability (GSoS).\n\nA drinks reception will follow the event. The author will sign books for those interested in purchasing a copy\, which will be available at the event. \nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, seats will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/extraction-the-frontiers-of-green-capitalism-book-talk-by-thea-riofrancos-followed-by-a-discussion-by-christine-schwobel-patel-2/
LOCATION:Thai Theatre\, Lower ground floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:AI Masterclass: Law students\, Lawyers\, Judges in the machine age
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nWe’re delighted to welcome Sir Geoffrey Vos\, Master of the Rolls\, to speak about how artificial intelligence is changing the legal profession\, and what that means for all of us. \nSir Geoffrey has been at the forefront of modernising the courts and thinking seriously about technology’s role in justice. He’ll talk about the practical realities: what’s actually happening with AI in legal practice\, how judges are approaching these tools\, and what law students and lawyers need to be thinking about as they build their careers. \nThese aren’t abstract questions: AI is being used for legal research\, document review\, and increasingly sophisticated analysis. Courts are grappling with how to integrate technology while preserving the fundamentals of fair trials and human judgment. If you’re training to be a lawyer\, you need to understand this landscape\, and no one knows more about how the legal system in England & Wales is rising to this challenge than Sir Geoffrey Vos. \nThis is a rare chance to hear from someone who’s both shaping policy at the highest level and thinking carefully about what these changes mean for the profession. \nRegister now to reserve your place. \nThis series of seminars and panel discussions invites students and faculty to explore how the AI-driven transformation of legal services will affect how lawyers work\, which skills they need\, and what the workplace of the future might look like. \nSpeaker: Sir Geoffrey Vos\, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice \nThis series is arranged by Professor Andrew Murray\, Dr Neli Frost and Visiting Professor Bruce Braude. \nThis event operates on a first-come\, first-served basis. A ticket does not guarantee entry\, so please arrive early to secure your place. \n*Note for LSE Law Students who are participating in the masterclass series. This event will count towards your attendance in the AI Masterclass series.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/ai-masterclass-law-students-lawyers-judges-in-the-machine-age/
LOCATION:MAR 2.04\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:Substantive principles of public law: what happened after 1987?
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nIn Public Law in 1987 a seminal article was published by Anthony Lester and Jeffrey Jowell on ‘Beyond Wednesbury: Substantive principles of administrative law’.  The traditional view of public law is that it is concerned with procedure\, not substance: how a decision is made rather than the substantive outcome.  That seminal article questioned that view.  This lecture will consider what has happened since 1987\, in particular looking at the principles which have developed about legitimate expectations\, protection of human rights\, equality and conformity with policies.  It will also consider the evolution of “rationality” as a ground of judicial review\, with increasing emphasis being placed on the principles of proportionality and reasonableness. \nSpeaker: Lord Justice Rabinder Singh \nChair: Professor Jo Murkens \nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis. \nA drinks reception will follow this event.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/substantive-principles-of-public-law-what-happened-after-1987/
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:20260305T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260305T200000
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SUMMARY:What is the Rule of Law and Can it be saved: Lessons from the European Court of Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nThis talk draws from Professor Jessica Greenberg‘s recent ethnographic monograph: Justice in the Balance: Democracy\, Rule of Law and the European Court of Human Rights. Greenberg will discuss the practices\, ideologies and normative frameworks that define the rule of law\, and whether and how these can weather a moment of profound crisis in Europe and beyond. \nPlease note\, although this event is ticketed\, seating will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis. \nSpeaker: Professor Jessica Greenberg \nChair: Professor Jacco Bomhoff
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/what-is-the-rule-of-law-and-can-it-be-saved-lessons-from-the-european-court-of-human-rights/
LOCATION:MAR 1.08\, Marshall Building\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260224T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260224T133000
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SUMMARY:Pathways to Breathe Clean Air: Ultra Low Emission Zones
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE – IN PERSON \nREGISTER HERE – ONLINE \n \nHosted by:  The UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean\, healthy and sustainable environment; the LSE Global School of Sustainability; the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE; Laboratorio por la Justicia Ambiental y Climática\, Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México; Queen Mary University of London; and Imperial College London.  \nClean 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. Air pollution crosses borders and disproportionately harms people in vulnerable situations\, with impacts intensified by structural inequalities\, climate change\, ecosystem loss and toxic pollution.  \nThe UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean\, healthy and sustainable environment will present a report on air pollution and its impacts on human rights to the UN Human Rights Council in March. The report is focused on the protection of marginalised people and groups and based on updated science and legal advances. It draws on London’s experience with ultra-low emission zones. The report identifies priority actions for States and businesses to improve air quality from a human rights perspective\, highlighting urgent actions required to protect the health of people in the most vulnerable situations. This event will discuss the report’s recommendations and its implementation.   \nSpeakers:  Astrid Puentes Riaño\, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean\, healthy and sustainable environment   \nGregor Singer\, LSE Grantham Research Institute \nDebbie Obafemi\, Air Quality Manager – Great London. Authority \nChris Griffiths\, University of Oxford and Queen Mary University of London \nJemima Hartshorn\, Mums for lungs \nDryden Goodwin\, Artist\, public-art series Breathe (2012-26) \nSuzanne Bartington\, University of Birmingham \nChair: Joana Setzer\, LSE Grantham Research Institute \nPlease note\, although ticketed\, this event will operate on a first-come\, first-serve basis.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/pathways-to-breathe-clean-air-ultra-low-emission-zones/
LOCATION:Thai Theatre\, Lower ground floor\, Cheng Kin Ku Building\, LSE\, WC2A 3LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260211T193000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260206T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260206T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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.events/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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/the-national-interest-politics-after-globalisation/
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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
CREATED:20260122T144626Z
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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.events/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
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/lea-ypi-inaugural-lecture-are-revolutions-justified/
LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/electoral-reform-is-it-in-the-national-interest/
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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
CREATED:20251117T092631Z
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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.events/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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251205T123000
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T152403Z
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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.events/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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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.events/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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
CREATED:20250924T155848Z
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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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/should-the-uk-have-a-wealth-tax-the-wealth-tax-commission-five-years-on-2/
LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251119T191500
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
CREATED:20251013T111224Z
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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.events/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.events/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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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 
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/recognition-of-the-state-of-palestine-contested-interpretations-2/
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CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251111T193000
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
CREATED:20251028T114503Z
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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.events/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:20260609T224909
CREATED:20250923T160844Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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.events/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:20260609T224909
CREATED:20251003T161116Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/race-economic-inequality-and-the-age-of-disinformation/
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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
CREATED:20250922T081950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T081950Z
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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.events/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
DTSTAMP:20260609T224909
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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
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/the-unintended-consequences-of-financial-regulation/
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:20260609T224909
CREATED:20250530T140150Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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.events/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:20260609T224909
CREATED:20250521T160713Z
LAST-MODIFIED: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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/democratic-institutions-under-pressure-judicial-perspectives-the-bingham-colloquium-2025-at-lse/
LOCATION:Old Lecture Theatre\, Ground floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250519T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250519T183000
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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.events/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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