Events Archive

2009/10

6 October 2009 | 6.30pm (Sheikh Zayed Theatre)
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY PUBLIC LECTURE
'Bringing the Penal State Back In'
Prof Loic Wacquant
Respondent: Prof Nicola Lacey

9 October 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Money
Colin Bamford

12 October 2009 | 1.00pm-2.00pm (H102)
LLM SEMINAR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
'How High is the Inventive Step? Empirical Evidence on the Grant of Uninventive Patents'
Dr Hazel Moir

13 October 2009 | 4.00pm-5.00pm (New Theatre E171)
HKPASS LEGAL SERIES
His Hon. Justice Andrew Li Kwok-nang CBE GBM JP (Chief Justice of the Hong Kong SAR)
This event is ticketed. For further information please click here.

13 October 2009 | 6.00pm-7:30pm (H103)
LEGAL BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
On Kahn Freund
Dr Ruth Dukes (University of Glasgow)
Chair: Professor Neil Duxbury (LSE)

14 October 2009 | 6.00pm-7:00pm (Thai Theatre)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Introduction to Practical Aspects of International Arbitration'
Vernon Flynn QC (Essex Court Chambers)

15 October 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'Climate Change, Displacement and International Law'
Dr Jane McAdam

19 October 2009 | 1.00pm-2:00pm (NAB2.16)
LLM SEMINAR: COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES
'Implications of 'Globalization' for Law as a Discipline'
Professor William Twining (UCL)

20 October 2009 | 5.00pm-7:00pm (NAB8.02)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Europe's Neo-Madisonians: Rethinking Legitimacy and Sovereignty in the European Union'
Christopher Bickerton (Oxford University)

21 October 2009 | 5.30pm-7.00pm (U8, Tower 1)
HKPASS LEGAL SERIES
'One System Two Countries'
Michael Thomas CMG QC, CBE, GBM, JP (former HK Attorney General)
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22 October 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'Bias in Investment Arbitration'
Dr Michael Waibel

26 October 2009 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: TAXATION
'Are targeted anti-avoidance rules the answer to anti-avoidance'
David Goldberg QC (Gray's Inn Tax Chambers)

27 October 2009 | time and venue tbc
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'The Problem of the Subject(s)'
Louis Wolcher (University of Washington)

28 October 2009 | 5.00pm-7:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Parallel Proceedings in International Dispute Resolution'
Professor Campbell McLachlan QC (Victoria University of Wellington, Essex Court Chambers)

29 October 2009 | 1.00pm-2.00pm (Wolfson Theatre)
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT
What now for Sudan?
Ashraf Qazi (UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Sudan)

30 October 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Payment
Colin Bamford

3 November 2009 | 6.00pm-7:30pm (Graham Wallace Rm)
LEGAL BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
On William Garrow
Mark Pallis (Barrister and former specialist adviser to the All Party Parliamentary Group)
Chair: Professor Nicola Lacey (LSE)

4 November 2009 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB1.07)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Islamic Finance'
Neil Miller (Partner, Norton Rose)
Chair: Prof Julia Black

5 November 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
[title tba]
Prof Russell Miller

6 November 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Personal and Property Rights
Colin Bamford

6 November 2009 | 6.30pm (Hong Kong Theatre)
LAW AND OTHER THINGS
'Sexuality and Empire 150 Years On: The Delhi High Court and Macaulay's Sodomy Offence'
Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG (lately Justice of the High Court of Australia);
Chair: Lord Justice Sedley

10 November 2009 | 6.30-8.00pm (Old Theatre)
LAW AND OTHER THINGS
'Rules of Evidence'
Hilary Mantel, CBE. Novelist
Chair: Nicola Lacey, FBA (Professor of Criminal Law, LSE)

11 November 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB1.15)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'The Special Tribunal For Lebanon'
Professor Yves Daudet

11 November 2009 | 6.00pm-8:00pm (Alumni Theatre)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'The Functioning of the ICC International Court of Arbitration'
Dr Stuart Dutson (Eversheds, London); Victoria Orlowski (ICC, Paris)

11 November 2009 | 5pm-7pm (Moot Court, NAB 7th Floor)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'The Labour Theory of Justice: A Critique of G.A. Cohen'
Prof Chandran Kukathas (LSE)

13 November 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Intanglibles as Property
Colin Bamford

16 November 2009 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: TAXATION
'Taxing foreign profits: where to next?'
Will Morris (GE and European Tax Policy Forum) and Diane Hay

17 November 2009 | 6.30-8.00pm (Thai Theatre)
BATTLE OF IDEAS
'Who Owns Culture'
James Cuno (President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Instiute of Chicago); Dr Tatiana Flessas (LSE Lecturer in Law with research interests in cultural property and heritage law).

19 November 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
[title tba]
Prof Christine Chinkin

19 November 2009 | 6.30pm-7:30pm (S221)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
'Innovative use of Information Technology in the Legal Process: Serving Notice via Twitter'
Matthew Richardson (7 New Square)

20 November 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
The International Bond Market
Colin Bamford  

24 November 2009 | 6.30pm (Hong Kong Theatre)
LAW DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LECTURE
'The Role of Arbitration in the Emergence of Transnational Law'
Professor Jan Paulsson (Centennial Professor of law at LSE and co-head of Freshfields' international arbitration and public international law groups)

25 November 2009 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Plural Ownership, Funds, and the Aggregation of Wills'
Dr. Josh Getzler (University of Oxford)
Chair: Dr David Kershaw

25 November 2009 | 6.30pm-8.00pm (Old Theatre)
FORUM FOR EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY DEBATE in association with the LSE Law and Financial Markets Project
'Managing Risk and Behaviour in Financial Markets'
Julia Black; Charles Goodhart; Michael Power; Paul Woolley
Chair: Willem Buiter

26 November 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'Challenges before the International Criminal Court'
Judge Trendafilova

27 November 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Fiduciary Duties - their nature and how they arise
Colin Bamford  

1 December 2009 | 9.00pm-11:00pm (NAB1.04)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
'Free Speech is Not For Sale: the Impact of English Libel Law on Freedom of Expression'
Jonathan Heawood (Director, English PEN) and Jo Glanville (Editor, Index on Censorship)

1 December 2009 | 1.00pm (D502)
LAW DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LECTURE
'Confronting Corporate Complicity in International Human Rights Abuses'
Justice Ian Binnie (appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada)
Chair: Gregoire Webber

1 December 2009 | 6.00pm-7:30pm (Thai Theatre)
LEGAL BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
On A.L. Goodhart
Lord Goodhart
Chair: Mr Justice Cranston

1 December 2009 | time and venue tbc
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'The Influence of Leon Duguit on England and America'
Carol Harlow (LSE)

2 December 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB1.15)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'A Holistic Interpretation of the 1968 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty: Why the Nuclear Weapon States are Wrong on Disarmament and Peaceful Sharing '
Professor Daniel Joyner  

2 December 2009 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Recent Developments in Financial Law'
Joanna Perkins (Secretary, Financial Markets Law Committee)
Chair Dr. Jo Braithwaite

3 December 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08) CANCELLED
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'Constructions of Fairness in Criminal Process and the War on Terror'
Professor Caroline Fennell  

4 December 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Fiduciary Duties in Financial Markets - Practical Consequences
Colin Bamford

7 December 2009 | 6.00pm-8:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: TAXATION
'Fighting harmful tax practices and tax evasion'
Gaetan Nicodeme (European Commission and Université Libre de Bruxelles)

8 December 2009 | 6.30-8.00pm (HK Theatre)
LAW AND OTHER THINGS
'The End of Lawyers?'
Richard Susskind, OBE. Independent adviser on information technology
Chair: Andrew Murray (Reader in Law, LSE)

8 December 2009 | time and venue tbc
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Clean Trade in Natural Resources'
Leif Wenar (King’s College London)

9 December 2009 | 6.00pm-8:00pm (Alumni Theatre)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Effective Use of Discovery in International Arbitration'
George Burn (Salans, London) & Annet van Hooft (Jones Day, Paris)

10 December 2009 | 11.00am-1:00pm (U210)
LLM SEMINAR: COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES
'Rethinking the Mediterranean, Rethinking Modernity'
Professor Iain Chambers (Istituto Orientale di Napoli)

10 December 2009 | 12.30pm-2:00pm (NAB2.08)
LLM SEMINAR: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
'Employing the 'Master's Tools' for Feminist Ends? Making sense of the UN Security Council’s resolutions 1325, 1820 and 1888 on women, peace and security '
Professor Dianne Otto

11 December 2009 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (D202)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Credit Support in Financial Markets
Colin Bamford

12 January 2010 | 6.30pm-8.00pm (Hong Kong Theatre)
THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAW?
The Fabrication and Fragility of Courts in Democracies: from Renaissance town halls to 21st Century Courts
Professor Judith Resnick
Chair: Professor Simon Roberts, Emeritus Professor, LSE Law Department

15 January 2010 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (U8 Tower 1)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Security
Colin Bamford

18 January 2010 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: TAXATION
'Changing places - the implications of the new VAT place of supply rules for the taxation of businesses'
Greg Sinfield (Lovells)

19 January 2010 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB1.04)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
'Legal Issues Concerning User-Generated Content'
Jaron Lewis (Partner, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain)

20 January 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
[title tba]
Richard Brearley (Head of Compliance, Investec)
Chair: Prof Julia Black

20 January 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB Alumni Theatre)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Why do developing countries sign BITs? - The case of Pakistan'
Shamila Mahmood (Government of Pakistan); Lauge Poulsen (LSE, Phd) 

22 January 2010 | 2.00pm-4.00pm (U8 Tower 1)
CONCEPTS IN FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAW
Construction of Financial Contracts
Colin Bamford  

25 January 2010 | 12.30pm-2.00pm (D211)
LLM SEMINAR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
'Making Place: Narratives on Locating Geographical Indications'
Dr Dwijen Rangnekar (University of Warwick)

25 January 2010 | 6.30pm (D302)
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW PROJECT
A Dialogue Between Experts: 'Credible fact-finding on violations of International Humanitarian Law: difficulties in theory and practice'
Professor Marco Sassoli and Professor Francoise Hampson

26 January 2010 | 5.00pm-7.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Mind vs Money : The War between Intellectual and Capitalism'
Alex Kahan (American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy, Paris)

26 January 2010 | 6.30pm (Hong Kong Theatre)
LEGAL BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
Baroness Hale
Baroness Hale talks with Mr Justice Cranston

2 February 2010 | 5.00pm-7.00pm (venue tbc)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Copyright Law, Communicative Freedom and the Global Public Sphere'
Anne Barron (Law, LSE)

3 February 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Recent developments in Insolvency Law'
Nick Segal (Partner, Freshfields)
Chair: Prof Vanessa Finch

3 February 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB Alumni Theatre)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Evidence and Experts in International Arbitration'
Martin Hunter (Essex Court Chambers)

8 February 2010 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: TAXATION
'The use and interpretation of tax treaties in the emerging world : Theory and implications '
Eduardo Baistrocchi (LSE)

9 February 2010 | 6.00pm (D202)
LEGAL BIOGRAPHY PROJECT
On Judah Benjamin
Dr Catharine MacMillan (Queen Mary)
Chair: Professor Neil Duxbury (LSE)

9 February 2010 | 5.00pm-7.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Religion as a Legal Fact'
David Fraser (Law, University of Nottingham)

9 February 2010 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB2.13)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
'The Challenges of Digital Music: An Ex-Economist’s View'
Peter Jenner (Sincere Management). Peter Jenner has managed Pink Floyd, T-Rex, The Clash and Billy Bragg. He is also active in the Featured Artists Coalition

11 February 2010 | 12.30-2pm (NAB1.09)
LLM SEMINAR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Pioneering Peer-to-Peer and Other Disruptive Dual-Use Technologies
Prof Michael Carrier (Rutgers University School of Law - Camden) 

13 February 2010 | 11.00am-12.30pm (Sheikh Zayed Theatre)
LAW DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LECTURE (LITERARY FESTIVAL PANEL)
'Jekyll & Hyde: Law, Science, Psychology'
Professor Mary Evans; Professor Nicola Lacey; Robert Mighall; Professor Juliet Mitchell  

17 February 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
[title tbc]
Philip Wood QC (Visiting Professor and Special Global Counsel, Allen & Overy)
Chair: Prof Michael Bridge

17 February 2010 | 6.00pm-8:00pm (Alumni Theatre)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Illegality in International Arbitration'
Constantine Partasides (Freshfields, London) 

17 February 2010 
THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAW? CANCELLED
The Rule of Law
Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Chair: James Goudie QC

22 February 2010 | 11.00am-1:00pm (NAB2.16)
LLM SEMINAR: COMPARATIVE LEGAL STUDIES
'Poetic Comparisons: Facts, Truths, and the Politics of Symbolic Forms'
Professor Frederick Tygstrup (University of Copenhagen)

23 February 2010 | 5.00pm-7.00pm (venue tbc)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'The Possibility of a Ius Post Bellum of Constitutional Transformation'
Nehal Bhuta (International Affairs, New School, New York)

25 February 2010 | 6.00pm-8:00pm (G1)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
'Aspects of Human Rights in the Information Society'
Paul Bernal; Emily Laidlaw; Andrew Murray 

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2 March 2010 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB1.04)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
[title tbc]
Paul Tweed (Johnsons Solicitors)

4 March 2010 | 6.30pm-8.00pm (Hong Kong Theatre)
THE INDEPENDENCE OF LAW?
The Independence of Law?
Sir Ken MacDonald QC
Chair: Professor Jill Peay

4 March 2010 | 1.05pm (Hong Kong Theatre)
THINKING LIKE A SOCIAL SCIENTIST
'Risk versus responsibility in the regulation of the company'
Dr David Kershaw

5 March 2010 | 11am (venue tbc to ticket holders)
LAW DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LECTURE
'The Future Development of International Criminal Justice: An Interdisciplinary Approach'
Judge Sang-Hyun Song (President of the International Criminal Court )

9 March 2010 | 5.00pm-7.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Education Policy and Child Autonomy' — POSTPONED
Philip Cook (Politics, University of Leicester)

10 March 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB LG09)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Integration of the EU financial infrastructure'
Klaus Loeber (Senior Legal Counsel, European Central Bank)
Chair: Prof Naimh Moloney

11 March 2010 | 12.30-2pm (NAB1.09)
LLM SEMINAR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Living properties: About Therapeutic Agents, Intellectual Property Rights and Market Construction in the 20th Century — CANCELLED
Jean-Paul Gaudillière (Director of Research, INSERM, Paris) 

15 March 2010 | 5.30pm-6:30pm (D209)
LLM SEMINAR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA LAW
'Data Protection Law Developments: The practitioner's perspective'
Peter Carey (Charles Russell)

15 March 2010 | 6.30pm-8:00pm (NAB2.04)
LLM SEMINAR: TAXATION
'Taxing the Financial Sector'
Tim Besley (LSE)

17 March 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Do we need a world court for the financial markets?'
Jeff Golden (Visiting Professor and Special U.S. Counsel, Allen & Overy)
Chair: Dr Jo Braithwaite

17 March 2010 | 4.00pm-6.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'The Responsibility to Protect'
Philip Cunliffe (Politics, University of Kent)

28 April 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB2.06)
LLM SEMINAR: FINANCIAL, COMPANY AND COMMERCIAL LAW
'Law, Lawyers and Legalism in Financial Services Regulation'
Martyn Hopper (Partner, Herbert Smith LLP)
Chair: Prof Julia Black

4 May 2010 | 12.30-2pm (A698)
LLM SEMINAR: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
The International Intellectual Property System: Communities, Markets and Other Under-Appreciated Institutions
Prof Graeme Dinwoodie (Oxford) 

4 May 2010 
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Natural Law, International Law and Political Reasoning' — CANCELLED
Amanda Perreau-Saussine (Cambridge University)

5 May 2010 | 6.00pm-8.00pm (NAB1.04)
LLM SEMINAR: INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
'Investment Protection under the Energy Charter Treaty'
Graham Coop (ECT Secretariat); Laurent Gouiffès (Lovells)

18 May 2010 | 5.00pm-7.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Schools, Children and Social Justice'
Philip Cook (Politics, University of Leicester)

27 May 2010 | 10.00am-6.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'Hobbes and the Law'
David Dyzenhaus (Law, University of Toronto); Katrin Flickshuh (Government, LSE); Ross Harrison (Philosophy, Cambridge University); Martin Loughlin (Law, LSE);Andrea Sangiovanni (Philosophy, KCL)

14 June 2010 | 4.00pm-6.00pm (NAB7.02 Moot Court Room)
LSE FORUM IN LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY
'After Copenhagen: Global Welfare Economics and the Impossibility of Carbon Trading'
David Campbell (Law, Durham University)

15 June 2010 | 6.00pm-7.00pm (Shaw Library)
LAW DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LECTURE
MODERN LAW REVIEW CHORLEY LECTURE
'Ignorance of the Criminal Law : the Case for Reconfiguring Responsibilities'
Prof Andrew Ashworth
Chair: Prof Hugh Collins (LSE)