| Obligations, Property, Legal Theory | Tuesday, 22 October 2024 - 19:00 |
“A judge ruled on Tuesday that the long-claimed copyright on ‘Happy Birthday to You’, the most popular tune in the English language, is not valid. The decision, by Judge George H King of United States District Court in Los Angeles, is a blow to the music publisher Warner/Chappell and its parent company, the Warner Music Group …” (more)
[Ben Sisario, New York Times, 22 September]
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Aston University’s annual Professor Jill Poole Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by Mr Justice Foxton. Drinks reception: from 5:00pm (MBA Lounge, Aston Business School and Conference Centre). Lecture: 6:00pm (G11, Byng Kenrick Lecture Theatre, Main Building) … (tickets)
This international academic conference continues the successful series of annual conferences on different aspects of commercial contract law. The conference is organised in co-operation with the University of Westminster and its Commercial Law Group … (more, tickets)
The Council of the Irish Association of Law Teachers welcomes papers on all areas of substantive and procedural law and on any issue relating to legal education. Presentations are not restricted to the theme of the conference … (more)
Conference program: Legal harmonisation between Austria and Germany before the amendments to the ABGB (Kamila Staudigl-Ciechowicz); The ABGB in the case law of the VIII. Civil Senate of the German Reichsgericht 1939-1945 (Martin Löhnig); The British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (David Schorr); … (more)
The format will be similar to previous colloquia where participants are requested to submit a paper for distribution in advance to other attendees. The colloquium will then take the form of a short presentation of each paper by each participant followed by a roundtable discussion … (more)
The aims of the conference are to provide academics with an informal and supportive environment in which to present work in progress, and to facilitate a collegial discussion of issues related to teaching and publishing in the field. We encourage early and midcareer academics and research higher degree students to consider presenting on aspects of their work relating to the broad conference theme of ‘Wrongs in Private and Commercial Law’ … (more)
The keynote speech will be given by The Honourable Sir Stephen Kós KNZM and the thematic panels will be chaired by a selection of leading voices from New Zealand academia … (more, call for papers)
We invite Tort and Compensation system researchers and teachers in Australia and New Zealand to join us in Auckland or online on 13-14 February 2025 to share research and teaching approaches about tort law, and compensation systems … (more, call for papers)
Everyone – regardless of previous participation – is encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration. However, please note that it is CLSC policy to prioritize authors whose work was not presented the preceding year. We welcome doctrinal, theoretical, and empirical approaches. Potential topics include the full breadth of issues involving consumers in the marketplace … (more, call for papers)
For more than a century, characterisation has been discussed in the conflict of laws without reaching a consensus on a generally accepted theory. However, it is arguably the most crucial step for a court when determining its international jurisdiction and the applicable law … (more)
Building on previous findings, the third conference will take for granted that many people, if not all, are vulnerable in the digital world. The questions we will discuss at the conference therefore are: what can be done? … (more, call for papers)
The theme of the conference is to call attention to the development of legal institutions that are related to and serve as the foundation of modern/contemporary state and law. We mainly expect papers based on the examination of primary sources … (more, call for papers)
The Conference marks the 10th anniversary of the Trusts, Wealth Management and Philanthropy Conference Series. It will focus on Trust and Innovative Philanthropy, exploring key themes … (more, call for papers)
This will be co-hosted by Harvard Law School and Melbourne Law School and will be convened by John Goldberg, Andrew Robertson and Henry Smith. A call for papers will be issued in 2024 … (more)
We are pleased to invite the submission of paper proposals for the conference. Submission is open to anyone regardless of seniority or academic affiliation, including postgraduate students and practitioners, with an expectation that you will produce a paper for submission to the Journal of Private International Law … (more, call for papers)
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