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Judith Freedman delivers talk on Business Tax: Public Debate and Future Trends
Judith Freedman, Pinsent Masons Professor of Taxation Law, visited Hong Kong in March for the Oxford Asia Alumni Weekend and whilst there also gave a talk at HK University’s Faculty of Law, organised b […]
7th International Roman Law Moot
The International Roman Law Moot Court Competition returned to Oxford for its seventh instalment in 2014 […]
Law Faculty DPhil Student in finals of University Challenge
Congratulations to Zachary Vermeer who represented the Faculty in this year’s finals of the long-running quiz show University Challenge, screened last week […]
SAJAP Receives Grant Support from the World Justice Project
The Southern African Judicial Assistance Project (SAJAP) between the Oxford Pro Bono Publico (OPBP), University of Oxford and the Democratic Governance and Rights Unit (DGRU), University of Cape Town has bee […]
"Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges", Dr Gilles Giacca
Dr Gilles Giacca (Programme Co-ordinator of the Human Rights for Future Generations programme) co-edited a book titled "Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in International Law: Contemporary Issues a […]
forthcoming events
Tuesday 22 April: Sodomy Revived: The Supreme Court of India Reverses Naz - Based on the Tagore Lectures delivered at the University of Calcutta, December 2013, Justice Michael Kirby, AC CMG, Former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Meandering Tort Law in Australia, The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Apparent Bias, The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Wednesday 23 April: United Nations Commission of Inquiry into alleged Human Rights abuses in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, HON MICHAEL KIRBY AC CMG, former Justice of the High Court of Australia
Friday 25 April: The legal ecology of resistance, or why normal IP rules shouldn't apply to antibiotics, Professor Kevin Outterson / Dr Timo Minssen, Boston Law University / University of Copenhagen
recent events
Friday 4 April: Statutes, Intentions and the Courts: What Place Does the Notion of Intention (Legislative or Parliamentary) have in Statutory Construction?, Justice Kenneth Hayne AC, High Court of Australia
Thursday 27 March: Eliciting taxpayer preferences increases tax compliance, Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, University College London
20–22 March 2014: 12th Annual Intellectual Property Law Moot
Friday 14 March: Participation in Transformative Referenda and Putative Citizenship: Between Scotland and Palestine, Dr Ruvi Ziegler, University of Reading
next conference
25–26 April 2014: The Jurisprudence of Lord Hoffmann
recent lecture recordings
International Law and the Emergence of Mercantile Capitalism: Grotius to Smith
Speaker: Professor M Koskenniemi, University of Helsinki
6 Feb 2014 [0:48:29]
What is an International Crime?
Speaker: Professor K J Heller, SOAS/ University of Melbourne
30 Jan 2014 [0:33:16]
Behind Marx's "hidden abode": toward an expanded conception of capitalism
Speaker: Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and Department Chair at The New School
28 Jan 2014 [1:28:41]
Drone Attacks: Promotion and Protection of Human Hights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism
Ben Emmerson QC, Matrix Chambers, and United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism.
14 Nov 2013 [1:22:48]
Communicative Justice and International Criminal Law: Re-thinking the Rationale for International Criminal Justice and Jurisdiction
Dr D Guilfoyle, University College London
7 Nov 2013 [0:29:51]
