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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  \nPlease join us for an event where Professor César Rodríguez-Garavito will speak about his book Climate Change on Trial: Mobilizing Human Rights Litigation to Accelerate Climate Action (Cambridge University Press\, 2025). Drawing 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.\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: Professor Siva Thambisetty\, Associate Professor of Law\, LSE Law School\n\nPanellist: Joana Setzer\, Associate Professor\, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\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.events/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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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: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form\, which will be open after 12noon on Monday 13 April. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. \nOnline: Registration will open in early April. \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
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/who-is-britain-really-saving-in-the-fight-against-modern-slavery/
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:‘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. \nRelated events\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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/art-from-guantanamo-by-abu-zubaydah/
LOCATION:Atrium Gallery\, Ground Floor\, Old Building\, Houghton Street\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2AE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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SUMMARY:‘WAR ON TERROR’: LEGACY\, JUSTICE\, ART | Film Screening: The Forever Prisoner
DESCRIPTION:REGISTER HERE \nScreening of The Forever Prisoner HBO documentary by Alex Gibney (2021) on the US torture and extraordinary rendition programme\, which began with Abu Zubaydah being the first ‘high-value detainee’ subject to the CIA’s programme. \nInvited speakers: authors of a related book on Abu Zubaydah\, The Forever Prisoner: The Full and Searing Account of the CIA’s Most Controversial Covert Program. \nOrganised by Helen Duffy (Leiden)\, Marie Petersmann and Gerry Simpson (LSE)
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/war-on-terror-legacy-justice-art-film-screening-the-forever-prisoner/
LOCATION:MAR 2.05\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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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. \nOrganised by Helen Duffy (Leiden)\, Marie Petersmann and Gerry Simpson (LSE) \n6.30pm: Drinks Reception at  LSE Atrium Gallery
URL:https://lselaw.events/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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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\nFurther speakers to be announced. \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.events/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:20260513T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260513T193000
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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\nDiane Ring\, Boston College Law School (Via Zoom)\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.events/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:20260519T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260519T190000
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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.For 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.events/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:20260520T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T200000
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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 \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 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 at the German Economic Institute (IW Köln) Presenting the economic critique of due diligence as a regulatory tool.  \nJudge Prof. Veerle Heyvaert — Professor\, LSE Law School; founding Editor-in-Chief of Transnational Environmental Law; Associate Dean\, LSE Law School \nFor the defence: \nSarah-Jane Denton — Operational Risk and Environment\, Travers Smith  \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.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/due-diligence-on-trial-what-can-corporate-sustainability-due-diligence-regulation-deliver-for-people-the-climate-and-nature/
LOCATION:MAR 1.09\, Marshall Building\, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields\, LSE\, London\, WC2A 2ES\, United Kingdom
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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: You can request one ticket via the online ticket request form\, which will be open after 12noon on Monday 11 May. The ticket line will stay open until all tickets have been allocated. \nOnline: Registration will open in early April. \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? In conversation with Larry Kramer\, Don Herzog will discuss his 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. \nDevika 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
CATEGORIES:Public Lectures 
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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 will open on Monday 18 May. Please click here for more information.
URL:https://lselaw.events/event/how-the-right-laws-can-save-the-planet/
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