Research Seminars

2012-13

First Half-Session

  • Wednesday 24th October 4.15pm: ‘Renewable energy federalism: an international comparative law perspective’ - Anatole Boute
  • Friday 16th November: ‘What can energy teach innovation? A legal and empirical overview’ - Abbe E. L. Brown
  • Friday 7th December: 'Reintroduction of European Protected Species: Legal and Management Challenges' - Aylwin Pillai

Second Half-Session

  • Friday 01 February 2013, 4-5pm: ‘Victims’ rights and the limits of adversarial proceedings’ - Professor Fiona Rait (University of Dundee)
  • Friday 15 February 2013, 4-5pm: 'The Fine Line Between Individual Freedoms and Public Interest in European Corporate Law' - Justin Borg-Barthet
  • Tuesday 5 March 2013, 11-1: 'Environmental Enforcement Undertakings and Possible Implications: Responsive, Smarter or Rent Seeking' -  Ole Pedersen (Newcastle Law School)
  • Thursday 18 April 2013, 6 – 8pm, New Kings 1, 'Intervention by the International Community: If Libya, Why Not Syria?' - Professor Malcolm Forster, (Former Professor of International Law at University College London formerly partner and now principal consultant at the International Law Firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer)
  • Friday 26 April 2013, 4-5pm, Taylor Building A36, 'The Judicial Review of Legislation: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom and Finland' - Tamas Gyorfi
  • Friday 10 May 2013, 4-5pm, Taylor Building A36, 'Expert Psychological Evidence on Credibility and Reliability in the Scottish Courts: Time for Some Clarity' - Derek Auchie
  • Wednesday 15 May, 'Breach of Confidence, Fiduciary Duty and Information Barriers' - Professor Duncan Sheehan (University of East Anglia)

  • Wednesday 29 May 2013, 4-5pm, Taylor Building A36, Malcolm Combe, Title TBA.

The Covenors of the Research Seminars are Irene Couzigou and Anatole Boute.