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“Back in the day (by which I mean the mid-70s through the mid-90s) big normative theories were all the rage in the legal academy. It’s hard to be sure, but one suspects that it started with Rawls: when A Theory of Justice hit the legal academy, it produced a dramatic shift in the practice of normative legal argument in the academy (and even had ripples in legal practice) …” (more)
[Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, 19 April]
First posted 2020-04-20 06:31:46
The 2020s are becoming a pivotal decade for international environmental human rights law. Almost every major international human rights body has recently pronounced on the relationship between human rights and climate change (or is due to do so shortly). At the same time, there has been a rapid growth in theorising about the philosophical foundations of environmental human rights … (more)
An international conference to mark the retirement of Professor Charles Mitchell and to celebrate his work. Charles Mitchell is an outstanding legal scholar and colleague whose contributions to private law, and in particular, the law of trusts/equity and unjust enrichment, as well as to modern legal history, are well known … (more)
In this work in progress seminar, the speakers investigate four past and present examples where legal ideas and institutions have moved from their jurisdiction of origin into a new jurisdictional home … (more)
For those who would like to present their work, we welcome papers on any topic that may be of interest to teachers, scholars, and practitioners of transnational commercial law, broadly understood. We particularly welcome papers that will address the theme of this year’s conference … (more)
In his significant new book, Professor Eric Claeys, Professor of Law at George Mason University, USA, presents a novel theory of property based on individual, pre-political rights. The book argues that a just system of property protects people’s rights to use resources and orders those rights consistent with natural law and the public welfare … (more)
Private law has long presented itself as a domain of incremental development, doctrinal coherence, and principled reasoning. Yet contemporary pressures, including digital platforms and AI, climate change, mass harm events, financial innovation, and shifting conceptions of property, personhood, and responsibility, raise profound questions about the stability and adaptability of private law’s core concepts and doctrines … (registration)
This year’s theme is the impact of international trade law and dispute settlement on commercial contracts. Examples are shipping contracts, charterparties, long term investment contracts. The call for papers is open and included here … (more)
The book offers a new theoretical perspective on the relationship between market regulation and private law in the face of contemporary challenges, such as climate change, the digitalisation of the marketplace, and growing inequality, with significant practical implications for a wide range of areas … (more)
The general theme of the conference is ‘The Future of Legal Education: Keeping People at the Centre’. The parallel sessions will begin on Friday 27st November afternoon. The Plenary session will be on Saturday 28nd November in the form of a moderated panel discussion on the theme of the conference … (more, call for papers)
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 private and commercial law … (more, call for papers)
We welcome contributions which reflect a wide range of topics and approaches including doctrinal, theoretical, critical, empirical, reform and social justice, and pedagogical. We are particularly interested in providing opportunities for early career researchers and teachers to present their work and network with other colleagues … (more, call for proposals to present)
We welcome contributions on conflict-of-laws and international civil procedural law at the national, European, and international levels. The conference language is German; however, we also welcome warmly presentations in English … (more, call for papers)
The theme of the conference is to assess the effectiveness of Canada’s anti-SLAPP laws and to draw lessons from the Canadian experience for other jurisdictions. As one of the earlier jurisdictions to adopt anti-SLAPP legislation, the strengths and weaknesses of Canada’s laws are becoming apparent … (more, call for papers)
The Obligations Conference brings together scholars and practitioners from across the common law world to discuss current issues in contract law, the law of torts, equity, unjust enrichment, and private law theory … (more)
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