The Law School research seminar series aims to foster and sustain the School’s excellent research environment. It provides an opportunity for staff from the Law School and other Schools and from lawyers of other Universities to share, engage with, and build upon a research piece, whether at an advanced or final stage of development. Seminars usually last for approximately one hour, including a 30-40 minute presentation followed by a 20-30 minute discussion. Everyone, staff and students, are welcome and there is no need to register.

The Convenor of the Research Seminar Series is Dr Irène Couzigou.

Timetable 2019-20

Second Half Session 

January - April 2020

• Wednesday 15th January, 1-2.30pm, Taylor Building C11: 'Climate Change and the Voiceless: Protecting Future Generations, Wildlife, and Natural Resources' by Prof Randall S. Abate (Monmouth University) 

First Half Session

September - December 2019

• Wednesday 2nd October, 1-2pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘Strategic Litigation and Tobacco Control’ by Prof Fiona Smith (University of Leeds)
• Friday, 11th October, 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘The evolution of land law: some French and Scottish perspectives’ by Dr David Richard (Layer and Founder of Lex Terra Avocat) and Mr Malcolm Combe (University of Aberdeen)
• Friday, 18th October, 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘The Moral Conflict of Law and Neuroscience’ by Peter Alces (William and Mary Law School)
• Wednseday, 23rd October, 1-2.30pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘Litigating Climate Change under UNCLOS’ by Prof Alan Boyle (University of Edinburgh)
• Thursday, 31st October, 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘Environmental Rights in Cultural Context’ by Professor Dirk Hanschel (University of Halle-Wittenberg)
• Friday, 1st November, 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: “It’s a regulator, but not as we know it”: the Oil and Gas Authority by Prof Terry Daintith (University of London)
• Wednesday, 6th November 1-2.30pm, Taylor Building A21, ‘Expedited Procedures in International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Arbitration’ by Rahul Donde
• Wednesday, 13th November, 1-2.30pm, ‘The State Theory of Hugo Grotius: Lessons for our Time?’ by Prof Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh)
• Wednesday, 20th November, 1-2.30pm, ‘Rejecting Retributivism: Free Will, Punishment, and Criminal Justice’ by Professor Gregg Caruso
• Wednesday, 29th November 4-5.30pm, ‘The prospects for an ambitious treaty on marine biodiversity for the high seas’ by Joanna Mossop (Edinburgh Law School)

Second Half Session

January - April 2019

• Wednesday 16th January, 2:15pm, Old Senate Room: ‘Feminism and the Limits of Law: Reflections from the Scottish Feminist Judgments Project’ by Dr Chloe Kennedy (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Sharon Cowan (University of Edinburgh)
• Thursday 7th February, 12-2pm, The Sir Duncan Rice Library meeting room 3: ‘Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms in EU law’ by Dr Ignacio Herrera-Anchustegui (University of Bergen)
• Friday 22nd February, 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: 'Regulating Campaign Spending in the Age of the Internet' by Professor Lori Ringhand 
• Friday 1st March, 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘The Right to Self-Defence under International Law: Reading and Re-reading the Caroline Correspondence, 1838-1842’ by Professor Dino Kritsiotis (University of Nottingham)
• Thursday 7th March 11am -12 noon, MR304 MacRobert Building: 'The South African Land Reform Programme And Expropriation Without Compensation: A Silver Bullet Or A (Calculated) Shot in The Dark?' by Juanita Pienaar 
• Wednesday 20th March 2-3pm, MacRobert Building MR310. 'Is the scope of damages for copyright infringement contrary to the rule of law?' by Dr Hayleigh Bosher (Brunel University London)
• Wednesday 27th March 1-2pm, Taylor Building C11. 'The Use of Blockchain Technology in Cross Border Legal Cooperation' by Dr Florian Heindler (Sigmund Freud University) and Dr Burcu Yüksel (University of Aberdeen)
• Friday 26th April, 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘Cryptocurrencies in the English and Scots common law of property’ by Professor David Fox (University of Edinburgh)

First Half Session

September - December 2018 

• Wednesday 3rd of October 2018 1-3pm, Taylor Building C11: ‘Brexit and limping divorce statuses: A critical analysis of the ties that bind us to national law’ by Dr Maebh Harding, Associate Professor, Warwick Law School
• Wednesday 10th of October 2018 1-3pm, Taylor Building C11. 'The Power(s) of Global Constitutionalism' by Professor Anthony Lang, University of St Andrews 
• Wednesday 24th of October 2018 1-3pm, Taylor Building C11. 'Modern Energy Law' by Professor Raphael Heffron, University of Dundee 
• Wednesday 31st of October 2018 1-3pm, Taylor Building C11 ‘The Making Available Right: Realizing the Potential of Copyright’s Dissemination Function in the Digital Age’ by Dr Cheryl Foong, Curtin University 
• Friday 9th of November 2018 4-6pm, The Sir Duncan Rice Library Room 224, ‘Kompetenz – Kompetenz in International Commercial Arbitration: Is It Time For Uniformity?’ by André Monteiro, Visiting Scholar at Queen Mary University of London 
• Tuesday 20th of November 2018 4-6pm, The Old Senate Room, 'Joe Thomson and Contract Law in Scotland: Against Legal Nationalism?' by Professor Hector MacQueen, University of Edinburgh  
• Friday 30th of November 2018 1-3pm, New Kings NK7, ‘Horizontal Censorship: Employers’ Power to Regulate Socio-Political Speech’ by Professor Graeme Orr, University of Queensland

Timetable 2017-18

Second Half Session

January - April 2018

• Friday 26th January 2018 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: The Role of Standards of Review in Labour Law - David Cabrelli, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at The University of Edinburgh
• Wednesday 31 January 2018 2-4pm, Taylor Building A19:Values and Decisions: Division in the Supreme Court - Rachel Cahill-O’Callaghan, Senior lecturer at the University of Cardiff
• Friday 9th February 2018 4-5.30pm, New Kings NK1: Brexit trade negotiations – where is the UK heading? - Luis Gonzalez Garcia
• Friday 16th February 2018 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: A Multi-Speed European Union, Brexit, and the Future of Judicial Cooperation - Eva Lein, Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• Friday 23rd February 2018 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: Cross-border portability of refugees’ personal status - Bridging private international law and migration law - Professor Jinske Verhellen, Ghent University, Belgium
• Wednesday 28th February 2018 1-2pm, Taylor Building C11: Courting Environmental Justice: The Adjudicatory Dimensions of the National Green Tribunal India - Dr Gitanjali Nain Gill, Professor of Environmental Law at Northumbria Law School
• Friday 9th March 2018 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: North Korea and the Use of Force - Matthias Hartwig, Senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
• Friday 23rd March 2018 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: The Right to Self-Determination and its Limitations -  Scotland and Catalonia Compared - Professor Dirk Hanschel, University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

First half session

September - November 2017

• Friday 22nd September 2017 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: Women in legal academia in Germany - Professor Phillip Hellwege, Professor for Private Law, Business Law, and Legal History at the University of Augsburg, Germany
• Friday 29th September 2017 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: The role of Rawls and Dworkin in the regulation of oil and gas extraction: an exploratory study - Professor Tina Hunter, University of Aberdeen
• Friday 6th October 2017 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: Critical issues in investment arbitration. Some considerations from recent cases under the ECT, Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, Professor of International Law at Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore (Milan/Rome, Italy)
• Friday 13th October 2017 4-5pm, Taylor Building C11: Abandoning Principles: The Right (and Wrong) of Abandonment of Land in Scots Law - Malcolm Combe, University of Aberdeen
• *Cancelled* Wednesday 18th October 2017 1-2pm, Taylor Building C11: Cross-border portability of refugees’ personal status - Bridging private international law and migration law - Professor Jinske Verhellen, Ghent University, Belgium
• Wednesday 1st November 2017 1-2pm, Taylor Building C11: Investment Arbitration in the EU? A song from the past or a new beat? - Gloria Alvarez, University of Aberdeen
• Wednesday 8th November 2017 1-2pm, Taylor Building C11: A Law & Economics Analysis in Support of Corporate Social Responsibility: Prevention of ‘Accidental’ Stock Market Over-Valuations for Innovative Corporations - Dr Roy Partain, University of Aberdeen
• Friday 17th November 2017 4-5.30pm, Taylor Building C11: Fact-Finding in International Law: The Role of Commissions of Inquiry - Professor Larissa van den Herik, Vice Dean, Professor of Public International Law, Leiden University, Netherlands
• Guest Lecture Wednesday 22nd November 2017 1-2.30pm, Regent Lecture Theatre: Changing lives and (occasionally) changing the law: An illustration of the work of University Law Clinics - Stephan van der Merwe, Senior Attorney, Notary Public and Lecturer, University of Stellenbosch Legal Aid Clinic
• Thursday 30th November 2017 12-1pm, Taylor Building A21: Property Theory Perspectives on the Community Right to Buy - Professor John Lovett, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Louisiana, USA