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2022
April
March
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ACCPIL Seminar - The legal foundations of a people in outer space
-Within the framework of a colonisation of space, a physical distance could push the colonists to the refusal of any Earth legal order insofar as it would be difficult for the States on Earth to apply their sovereignty over these colonies. This factual situation could give rise to legal claims,...
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Hard Legal Problems and Comparative Legal Analysis: The case of parental child abduction in international and Islamic law
-The seminar will draw on Professor Emon’s recent book, Jurisdictional Exceptionalisms, where he and co-author Urfan Khaliq integrate their respective research on private international law and Islamic law to address the contemporary legal challenges surrounding parental child abduction. The Hague Abduction Convention, 1980, remains a cornerstone convention that redresses the harm to...
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Enforceability of Sustainable Development Goals in Global Value Chains: In search for Accountability and Balance?
-80% of global trade is connected with the international production networks of transnational corporations (TNCs or MNCs). GVCs exist in national, regional, and transnational legal regimes, including soft law and other private mechanisms. The UN 2030 Agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is part of that framework. The GVCs...
February
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ACCPIL - Reading Seminar - Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill Of Rights
-Internal seminar organised by the Aberdeen Centre for Constitutional and Public International Law. The aim is for members to discuss the Human Rights Act Reform: A modern Bill of Rights - A consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998.
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White Hat Hackers: When is Hacking Legal and Ethical by Dr Sara Correia
-This seminar will explore the international legal landscape with respect to protections for ‘white hat’ or ‘ethical’ hackers. White hat hackers are cybersecurity professionals who work to find vulnerabilities and prevent cyber-attacks. In this seminar, we will first examine a range of cybercrimes identified in the Council of Europe’s Convention...
2021
December
November
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Sustainable Finance and the Quest for Transparency
-This paper aims at exploring the extent to which transparency is able to boost and safeguard asustainable financial system. Requiring disclosure from market participants is a recurring regulatorytechnique of financial law. Whether it is in relation to listing securities on the stock exchange, acquiringa significant proportion of shares or launching...
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Transforming Perceptions: The Development of Pre-pack Regulations in England and Wales
-The presentation will provide a systematical assessment of the extent to which the Administration (Restrictions on Disposal etc. to Connected Persons) Regulations 2021 achieve the goal of the government to quell the negative perceptions of pre-pack administration. The pre-pack has generated much criticism from disenfranchised groups who regard the practice...
