Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
‘A Corrective Justice Understanding of Deterrence’: Haim Abraham, Zoom (National University of Singapore), 29 March 2022
Through an analysis of some of the most influential corrective justice theories, this article establishes a corrective justice understanding of deterrence as the structural incentives that positive law generates for individuals to refrain from wrongfully infringing others’ rights. This understanding of deterrence demonstrates how phenomena that have long been believed to undermine corrective justice accounts […]
‘Conference on “Regulation Brussels I-bis: a standard for free circulation of judgments and mutual trust in the EU”, 21-22 April 2022’
“The Conference represents the final event of the JUDGTRUST Project, funded by the Justice Programme of the European Union. The objective of the Project is to identify best practices and to provide guidelines in the interpretation and application of Regulation 1215/2012 (BI-bis). The JUDGTRUST Project is coordinated by the TMC Asser Instituut and carried out […]
Panel discussion: The Future of Transatlantic Data Flows (21 March 2022)
Please note this event will take place online via Zoom. Attendees will need to have a Zoom account to access the webinar, a free Zoom account can be set up at registration. This webinar is organised by the Jean Monnet Chair in Law and Transatlantic Relations at City, University of London. This seminar explores the […]
Catherine Kelly, ‘Pure Psychiatric Injury in Negligence, 1888-1943’: online, 3 March 2022
Professor Kelly (University of Bristol) will discuss findings from the research presented in the article she co-authored with Professor Imogen Goold (Oxford): I Goold and C Kelly, ‘Who’s afraid of imaginary claims? Common misunderstandings of the origin of the action for pure psychiatric injury in negligence 1888-1943’, (2022) 138 Law Quarterly Review. With response by […]
IVR World Congress (Bucharest, 3-8 July 2022) – Special Workshop on the Philosophy of Private Law – ‘Justice and Freedom in Private Law’
This workshop aims to discuss the main topics on the philosophy of private law, in connection with the general themes of the conference. The theme will allow participants to explore numerous questions related to private law in general, but also to particular areas of private law, such as property law, contract law, tort law and […]
‘Cross-Border Legal Issues Dialogue Seminar Series – “The Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments” by Prof Adeline Chong (Online)’
“Professor Adeline Chong will be speaking on 25 Feb at 12:30PM – 2:00 PM (HKT) on the ‘The Asian Principles for the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements’. The portability of foreign judgments across borders helps to facilitate cross-border transactions by lowering transaction costs and associated legal friction among countries. This is important for Asia […]
‘Adverse Possession and Destroying your Property’: Steven Gallagher and Michael Lower (online), 16 March 2022
An incidence of property ownership is the right to destroy property, at least without affecting the rights of others and within any laws affecting this property. For example, in 2013, the owner of the Hong Kong property known as Ho Tung Gardens, had the house demolished in the face of public and government objection. This […]
‘Defamation: Philosophical and Legal Perspectives’: UCI Law and online, 4 March 2022
This conference, hosted by the UCI Center for Legal Philosophy, will examine the underexplored topic of defamation, both as a moral and as a legal wrong, with the aim of breaking new ground on a legal practice – and a long-standing norm – ripe for philosophical and theoretical scrutiny … (more) First posted 2022-02-15 09:00:11
21st Annual Conference on European Tort Law: online, 21-22 April 2022
The Annual Conference provides a unique opportunity for both practitioners and academics to discover the most significant tort law developments from across Europe in 2021. Experts from each of the many jurisdictions represented will present selected highlights from their contributions to the European Tort Law Yearbook, an annual volume which provides a comprehensive overview of […]
‘Out Now: Private International Law for a Better World’
“Under the title IPR für eine bessere Welt: Vision – Realität – Irrweg?, the volume published by Mohr Siebeck contains the contributions to the Third German-Speaking Conference for Young Scholars in PIL, which took place virtually on 18 and 19 March 2021 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg […]