Seminar Archive 2015-16
Timetable 2015-16
Second Half Session
January - April 2016
- Guest Lecture - Wednesday 10th February 2016 12.30-2.30pm, New King's NK10: A New Framework for Energy Law- Dr Raphael Heffron, Senior Lecturer in Energy and Natural Resources Law, at Queen Mary University of London. Poster can be found here.
- Friday 12th February 2016 4-5.30pm, New King's NK11: The Criminal Responsibility of Psychopaths - Dr Elizabeth Shaw, University of Aberdeen.
- Guest Lecture - Thursday 18th February 2016 6-8pm, New King's NK10: The Climate Change Regime after the Paris Conference – Status Quo and Prospects - Professor Dirk Hanschel, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Poster can be found here.
- Friday 19th February 2016 4-5.30pm, New King's NK11: Municipal Crises, Politics and Conducts in Contemporary Global Society: The Case of Ethnic-based Crises in Nigeria - Dr Edward Bristol-Alagbariya, University of Port Harcourt Law School (Nigeria) and Visiting Fellow at the University of Aberdeen Law School.
- Friday 26th February 2016 4-5.30pm, New King's NK11: The Contribution of Local and Regional Authorities to a 'Good' System of Governance within the EU - Dr Carlo Panara, Liverpool John Moores University.
- Friday 4th March 2016 4-5.30pm, New King's NK11: Article 59 of EU Regulation 650/2012 and researching the evidentiary effects of authentic instruments in the context of the succession laws of 25 Member States - Dr Jonathan Fitchen, University of Aberdeen.
- Guest Lecture - Thursday 24th March 2016 6-8pm, C11 in Taylor Building: Legal Issues on War Reparations - Professor Pierre d'Argent, University of Leuven, Belgium. Poster can be found here. *Cancelled*
- Friday 25th March 2016 4-5.30pm, New King's NK11: The Public Interest Defence to claims for Copyright Infringement - Dr Patrick Masiyakurima, University of Aberdeen.
- Wednesday 30th March 2016 1-3pm, Old Senate Room: Is the Political Constitution Deliberative? - Professor Graham Gee, University of Sheffield.
- Thursday 31st March 2016 1-2pm, Old Senate Room: Anti-libidinal interventions in sex offenders: medical or correctional? - Lisa Forsberg, King's College London.
- Monday 25th April 2016 3-4pm, Old Senate Room: Who's to blame for youth crime: the teenage brain or the teenage offender? A field experiment at a London theatre- Robert Blakey, University of Oxford
- Guest Lecture - Thursday 28th April 2016 5.15-7.15pm (approx), Old Senate Room: Allocation of potentially catastrophic risk in the supply chain: A practical perspective- Robbie Brown, Former General Counsel of Wood Group
- Friday 13th May 2016 4-5.30pm, New King's NK11: Legal Effects of Economic Sanctions on International Payments - Dr Burcu Yüksel, University of Aberdeen.
First Half Session
September - November 2015
- Friday 4th September 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK11: Divorce Reform in Colonial and Post-Colonial Sri Lanka: A Critical Assessment - Professor Sharya Scharenguivel, University of Colombo.
- Friday 25th September 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: International Arbitration Awards: Enforceability and Public Policy: a Recipe for Uncertainty? - Sir Anthony Colman
- Tuesday 29th September 2015 5-6pm, Auris Lecture Theatre (at the entrance to the Botanic Gardens): From skeyting bréf to schound bill - The Destiny of Norwegian Law at Shetland in the 16th and 17th Century - Professor Jørn Øyrehagen Sunde, University of Bergen
- Friday 2nd October 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: Criminal Law's Legitimacy Problem - Professor Fiona Leverick, University of Glasgow
- Monday 19th October 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: Cross-border Surrogacy Arrangements in South America - Dr Eleonora Lamm, University of Barcelona
- Friday 23rd October 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: Scottish Criminal Evidence Law Adrift - Professor Pete Duff, University of Aberdeen
- Friday 30th October 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: Legal aspects of oil spills from petroleum installations in the Arctic. The case of the Barents Sea - Dr Kristoffer Svendsen, University of Tromsø - the Arctic University
- Thursday 5th November 2015 12-2pm, Taylor Building C49: International child abduction in Argentina and in Latin America - Professor Nieve Rubaja
- Friday 13th November 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: The Debate about Due Deference - Dr Tamas Gyorfi, University of Aberdeen
- Friday 20th November 2015 4-6pm, New King's NK3: Reforming the UK’s Petroleum Tax - Mr Emre Usenmez, University of Aberdeen