Category Archives: Conferences Seminars and Lectures
Tort Law and Social Equality Project: website launch event, 11 February 2022
The Tort Law & Social Equality Project is led by Professors Sophia Moreau (University of Toronto Law), Zoë Sinel (Western Law) and Jean Thomas (Queen’s Law). It aims to bring together academics, lawyers and judges from across Canada – and beyond – to think about ways in which tort law either perpetuates existing social inequalities […]
Equity: 150 Years After the Judicature Reforms – St John’s College Oxford, 1-2 April 2022
There was immediate debate as to the proper role of Equity after the Acts. Controversy as to its role continues to this day throughout the common law world. On 1st and 2nd April 2022, international academics, judges and practitioners will come together to present papers examining the operation of Equity today. The papers will examine […]
Climate Change and the Rule of Law: UCL Faculty of Laws and online, 31 March – 1 April 2022
This major conference will bring together key thinkers, including scholars, policymakers, civil society representatives, legal practitioners, judges and PhD students, to reflect on the connections and tensions between the rule of law and climate change. The conference will comprise 10 sessions over two days … (more, registration) First posted 2022-02-05 14:00:51
‘The Persistence of Equity: Lessons from the Trust’ – Ben McFarlane – University of Oxford and online, 31 March 2022, 5:00-6:15PM
This will be the inaugural lecture of Professor Ben McFarlane, who was appointed as Professor of English Law, and a Fellow of St John’s College, in October 2019. It was suggested by Maitland, over 100 years ago, that the ‘development from century to century of the trust idea’ is the ‘greatest and most distinctive achievement’ […]
‘The Power and Limits of Private Law’ – Allard Law and Green College, University of British Columbia, 23-24 June 2022
The intent is that this will be an in-person conference, so long as public health regulations permit, and subject to any changes the conference organisers may deem appropriate. The theme of the conference is: The Power and Limits of Private Law. We invite abstract submissions relating to the conference theme in the areas of torts, […]
‘Postgraduate Workshop on Comparative Law, 26-27 May 2022 (Online), Call For Papers’
“On 26 and 27 May 2022, the Kent Centre for European and Comparative Law will host the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) Postgraduate Workshop on Comparative Law. The Workshop, which will be organized online, is open to PhD candidates from the UK and from other parts of the world working in the field of […]
‘The Future of Copyright in the Age of Artificial Intelligence’: Book Launch, Zoom, 24 January 2022
Book Launch with comments by: Peter Menell (UC Berkeley School of Law); Giuseppina D’Agostino (York University, Osgoode Hall Law School); Stavroula Karapapa (University of Essex School of Law) … (more, registration) First posted 2022-01-14 14:00:47
‘Summary of the Ius Commune Workshop on Contract Law’
“The Ius Commune Workshop on Contract Law took place on 25 November with its main theme being Empirical Research in Contract Law. During the workshop, five presenters reported on either their fully-fledged projects or shared ideas on early-stage studies. Just as in any other field of law, researchers investigating issues related to contract law approach […]
‘Virtual workshop on “Smart Court in Cross-Border Litigation”’
“Max Planck Institute invites you on Tuesday, 4 January 2022 at 11 am (CET) to a virtual workshop in our series ‘Current Research in Private International Law’. Zheng Sophia Tang (Wuhan University) will be speaking on ‘Smart Court in Cross-Border Litigation’ …” (more) [Sophia Tang, Conflict of Laws .net, 1 January] First posted 2022-01-03 09:00:29
‘JPIL-SMU Virtual Conference on Conflicts of Jurisdiction on 23 to 24 June 2022 and postponement of the biennial JPIL Conference until 2023’
“The Journal of Private International Law and the Singapore Management University will hold a virtual conference on 23 to 24 June 2022. The theme of the conference is Conflicts of Jurisdiction. The conference is designed to assist with the ongoing work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on Jurisdiction. The speakers are […]