Urban Age public lecture series
Date: Tuesday 5 June 2007
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: New Theatre, East Building
Speaker: Professor Gerald Frug
There is a widespread consensus that, everywhere in the world, urban development has to be based on the rule of law. But what is 'the rule of law'? Does any formal legal system qualify - or must it have specific requirements? If there are specific requirements, who says what they are? Does the rule of law inhibit - or does it encourage - the extent of privatisation of urban space? Does it require the abolition of informal settlements and businesses or allow them? This lecture will investigate whether the contested notion of the rule of law contributes to thinking about urban form.
Gerald Frug is Louis D Brandeis Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Visiting Professor at LSE.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.
The next lecture in the series takes place on Monday 11 June and is entitled 'Global Warming and the Political Economy of Cities'.
For more information email Adam Kaasa at urban.age@lse.ac.uk or call 020 7955 7706.
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