The School of Law Research Seminar Series* aims to foster and sustain the School’s excellent research environment. They are delivered by guest speakers from other universities in the UK or abroad, or members of staff on a wide range of topics. They provide an opportunity to share, engage with, and build upon a research piece, whether at an advanced or final stage of development. Research 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.
Seminar Timetable 2020-21*
*Please note that the 20/21 School of Law Research seminars will take place online via Microsoft Teams. Links will be provided closer to the date and time on our webpage and social media.
- First Half-Session
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- Monday 26th October, 1-2,30pm, Teams Meeting: 'Comparative Law’s Pyrrhic Victory?' by Professor Jaakko Husa
- Monday 2nd November, 4-5,30pm, Teams Meeting: 'Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism' by Professor Julie E. Cohen
- Thursday 19th November, 2-3,30pm, Teams Meeting: 'International Health Law: An Emerging Branch of International Law' by Dr Pedro Villarrea
- Friday 27th November, 1-2pm, Teams Meeting: Creating a Multilateral Investment Court: why and how? by Colin M. Brown
- Tuesday 1st December, 5-6,30pm, Teams Meeting: Participation in policy making and the duty to consult by Professor Janet McLean (Professor of Law, The University of Auckland)
- Thursday 10th December, 10,30am-12pm, Teams Meeting: Is Private International Law a Pill that Courts Just Cannot Swallow? The Case of Matrimonial Property in Israel by Dr Sharon Shakargy (the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Law, Israel)
- Wednesday 16th December, 11am-12pm, Teams Meeting: International Investment Law and Developing Nations: the case of African countries by Dr Emilia Onyema (SOAS University of London)
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- Friday 12th February, 11-12.00pm, Teams Meeting: 'The draft Data Governance Act and Digital Services Act: a digital constitution for Europe or just too much regulation?' by Professor Alain Strowel
- Thursday 18th February, 3-4.30pm, Teams Meeting: 'Sovereignty of the Westminster Parliament versus Sovereignty of the Scots People' by Mr Scott Styles (Cancelled)
- Thursday 4th March, 1-2pm, Teams Meetig: 'Superior Bargaining Power in Digital Networks by Dr Claudio Lombardi'
- Tuesdasy 27th April, 2-3.30pm, Teams Meeting: 'Cyber-attacks and the Law on the Use of Force by Professor Nicholas Tsagourias
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Seminar Timetable 2019-20
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- 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)
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- 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)
- Tuesday 28th January, 2-3:30pm, Meeting Room 1, SDRL: ‘It is all in EU law? - Remaining questions on investment protection and investor-state dispute settlement within the EU legal order' by Katariina Särkänne (UEF Law School)
- Friday 7th February 4-5.30pm, Taylor C11: ‘The Fine Line between Collective Self-Defence and Intervention by Invitation’ by Prof Claus Kreß (University of Cologne)
- Wednesday 19th February ,1-2.30pm, Taylor C11: ‘Enforcement of heritable securities in Scotland: reforming the law’ by Dr Frankie McCarthy (University of Glasgow)
- Wednesday 4th March 1-2.30pm, Taylor C11: ‘Iraq's Oil and Gas Industry’ by Janan Al-Asady
- Friday 20th March 4-5.30pm, Taylor C11: ‘AI, Ethics and Global Governance: Reigning in Technology or Ethics-Washing?’ by Dr Angela Daly (Strathclyde Law School)
Seminar Timetable 2018-19
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- 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
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- 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)
Seminar Timetable 2017-18
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- 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
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- 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
*The Convenor of the Research Seminar Series is Dr Irène Couzigou.