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2024
October
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Ideology of Justice: The ICTY as a site of knowledge production by Dr Marina Veličković
-In this talk, Dr Veličković will offer an ideology critique of the International Criminal Tribunal’s (ICTY) account of the disintegration of Yugoslavia, with a particular focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing on qualitative analysis of trial transcripts and associated trial materials in five of the ICTY seminal cases, she considers...
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Law and Legal Consciousness in Medieval Scotland by Professor Hector MacQueen
-Professor MacQueen will be speaking on his new book, Law and Legal Consciousness in Medieval Scotland. This book explores the rise of a Scottish common law from the twelfth century on despite the absence until around 1500 of a secular legal profession. Key stimuli were the activity of church courts...
August
March
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Responsibility to Protect: Challenges and Opportunities
-The seminar critically examines the “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) in the context of the growing role of the individual in the United Nations. It argues that R2P illustrates a paradigm shift in international relations, from a state centred security concept to a more human security centred one. However, as will...
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Law Reform in Scotland: Moveable Transactions as a Case Study
-Professor Steven’s discussion will have a twofold focus. He will firstly discuss law reform in Scotland, drawing on his experience as a Scottish law commissioner, with particular focus on the various ways that academic staff can contribute to and participate in the law reform process. Professor Steven will illustrate the...
February
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International Tax Law in a Changing Landscape
-The international tax legal system has seen huge changes since the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project was launched in 2013. In recent years, the issue of addressing tax challenges arising from digitalisation has been hotly debated under the auspices of the OECD. Among various proposals that have been...
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A Court of Specialists: Judicial Behavior on the UK Supreme Court
-Christopher Hanretty will present his monograph ‘A Court of Specialists: Judicial Behavior on the UK Supreme Court’ published with Oxford University Press in 2020. https://academic.oup.com/book/36761 Christoper Hanretty is Professor of Politics at the University of London. See his curriculum vitae here: http://chrishanretty.co.uk/cv.html
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International Criminal Tribunals and Domestic Accountability: In the Court's Shadow'
-Patryk's first book ‘International Criminal Tribunals and Domestic Accountability: In the Court's Shadow' (Oxford University Press) was published in 2023. His work has featured in the Leiden Journal of International Law, the Yale Journal of International Law, the European Journal of International Law and the Journal of International Criminal Justice....
