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Lecturer in Private Law x2, Dickson Poon School of Law
The successful candidates are expected to have completed or be demonstrably nearing the completion of a PhD by the starting date. They should be keen to gain further experience in a research-led teaching role with active involvement in the administration and academic life of a thriving law school. The successful candidate’s principal teaching contribution will […]
Senior Lecturer in Law (Private Law – Equity, Trusts and Property), University College Cork School of Law
UCC wishes to appoint an academic to the role of Senior Lecturer in Law in the field of Private Law (including, Equity, Trusts and Property) to contribute to the development of the School’s research, programmes and engagement ambitions. The School is currently ranked 94th in the world (QS 2025 Subject Rankings). The postholder will be […]
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (Private Law) – University of Western Australia
We are seeking an outstanding academic to join the Law School as either a Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the School’s teaching, research, and engagement activities in a dynamic and collegial environment … (more)
Law Assistant Professor – Private and/or Property Law – University of Nottingham
The University of Nottingham, School of Law is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Private and/or Property Law to join our intellectually engaging and collegial academic environment. If you are committed to inspiring and engaging students and to developing and conducting innovative, original research of national and/or international standing, we want to hear from […]
PhD Candidate Law – Generative AI in the Media (Amsterdam Law School)
The overall goal of this project is to study the role and implications that the new regulatory framework has in realising public values and influencing the power dynamics and legal relationships in the context of the development and use of generative AI models and systems in the media context, with a focus on AI-generated illegal […]
University Assistant without Doctorate (Institute for European Tort Law)
Your Responsibilities: Writing a dissertation in the area of Civil Law; Participation in the institute’s third-party funded and other research projects in the field of comparative law (scientific focus: Comparative and European Private Law, Tort Law, English Law/ Common Law) at the Institute for European Tort Law of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the […]
Duncan Wallace, ‘The Reality of Shareholder Ownership: For-profit Corporations as Slaves’
ABSTRACT What is the relationship between shareholders and the corporation? The present scholarly consensus is that, whatever the relationship is, it is not one of owner and owned. This article contests that consensus. It argues that corporations are owned by their shareholders and, further, that corporations so-owned are slaves. In support of this contention, the […]
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Project on the Foundations of Private Law, Harvard Law School
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Private Law are full-time, one- or two-year residential appointments, and the Project is now advertising for a postdoctoral fellow starting in the Fall of 2025. Fellows devote their full time to scholarly activities in furtherance of their individual research agendas … (more)
Silvie Rohr, ‘Corporate Purpose: A Management Concept and the Role of Contract Design’
ABSTRACT In light of systemic crises such as global warming and human rights violations in business operations, the call for reevaluating corporate conduct has become more pressing than ever. As these challenges intensify, a growing consensus advocates for a shift away from shareholder profit maximization towards a more holistic stakeholder governance model. Yet, the question […]
Susanna Kim Ripken, ‘Corporate Civil Disobedience’
ABSTRACT Classic theories of civil disobedience endorse the right of individuals to commit illegal acts to protest unjust laws and policies. Acts of civil disobedience have historically played a central role in exposing injustice and producing vital legal and social change. The literature on civil disobedience is vast; political and legal theorists have long recognized […]