Socio-Legal Research Hub Reading Group Session 2 Winter Term 2026: Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life (University of California Press, 1984).
This talk draws from 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.
Speaker: Professor Jessica Greenberg Chair: Professor Jacco Bomhoff
The lecture examines how public law has evolved since Lester and Jowell’s 1987 article challenged the view that it concerns only procedure, not substance. It explores developments in principles such as legitimate expectations, human rights, equality, policy conformity, and the shift toward proportionality and reasonableness in judicial review.
Speaker: Lord Justice Rabinder Singh Chair: Professor Jo Murkens
Will 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.
Speakers: Thea Riofrancos and Christine Schwöbel-Patel
Socio-Legal Research Hub Reading Group Session 2 Winter Term 2026: Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life (University of California Press, 1984).
Please join us to celebrate the publication of Sir Ross Cranston’s wonderful book on Judging.
The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary, theoretical and historical issues of international law.
Speaker: Professor Surabhi Ranganathan
Step 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.
Speakers: Jo Hamilton, Martin Hibbert, Neil Hudgell, Nicola Lacey, Janet Street-PorterChair: Coretta Phillips
The academy ideally seeks to sustain an intellectual space for debate, discussion, and critique, where individuals are encouraged to continually question and refine their worldviews.
Speakers: Professor Susanne Baer, Professor Emily Jackson, Professor Nicola Lacey Chair: Dr Nafay Choudhury
The PIL hub lunch-time seminar series aims to provide an opportunity to discuss and debate leading research on contemporary, theoretical and historical issues of international law.
Speaker: Professor Fuad Zarbiyev
Join us for the launch of the LSE/ClientEarth Report that stems from the Sustainability Law & Policy Clinic project, on which a team of twelve students from across five LSE departments have worked throughout this academic year.
Corporate 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?
