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2021
February
2020
December
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International Investment Law and Developing Nations: the case of African countries
-There are discussions before the UNCITRAL and ICSID on reviews of various procedural aspects of international investments arbitration. These all feed into the ‘backlash’ against international arbitration generally but as it relates to the difficulties states have encountered with international investment agreements they have signed and arbitral awards made against...
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Is Private International Law a Pill that Courts Just Cannot Swallow? The Case of Matrimonial Property in Israel
-Private International Law (PIL), and choice of law within it in particular, are both a scientific subject-matter and a practical tool. It is beautifully complex and painstakingly accurate. But is it practical? Are its intricate rules actually used to achieve the most accurate of outcomes? Or do users of the...
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Participation in policy making and the duty to consult
-Statutory duties to consult have proliferated in recent years. They appear to hold out a promise that the procedural protections of judicial review should be available not just in relation to decisions affecting individuals personally but to support political participation in a much broader sense. Has the statutory conferral of...
November
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Creating a Multilateral Investment Court: why and how?
-Since 2015 the European Union and its Member States have been working to create a permanent body to resolve investment disputes. Discussions have started on the reform of investor state dispute settlement more generally and to create a Multilateral Investment Court specifically in the context of the United Nations Commission...
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International Health Law: An Emerging Branch of International Law
-During this seminar with Dr Pedro Villarreal, we will explore the nature and scope of international health law.
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Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism
-Our current legal system is to a great extent the product of an earlier period of social and economic transformation. From the late 19th century through the mid-20th century, the U.S. legal system underwent profound, tectonic shifts. Today, struggles over ownership of information-age resources and accountability for information-age harms are producing new systemic changes. In Between Truth and...
October
March
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AI, Ethics and Global Governance: Reigning in Technology or Ethics-Washing
-AI ethics initiatives and statements are currently proliferating around the world, from both public agencies and private companies, and also via multistakeholder initiatives. This presentation gives an overview of how the 'big jurisdictions' and geopolitical actors, namely the EU, US, China and India, are or are not addressing this topic....
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Iraq's Oil and Gas Industry
-This presentation will be based on Janan’s book ‘Iraq’s Oil and Gas Industry’, providing a brief outline and overview of comparative contracts against the backdrop of those historically used in Iraq’s oil sector. Author of Iraq’s Oil and Gas Industry: The Legal and Contractual Framework, Routledge, 14 June 2019. Janan is a...