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Public lectures, seminar series of interest to visitors, discussion groups, workshops, conferences, and other special events that have taken place recently.

bullet The Democratic Legitimacy of Social Rights
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 10 July 2008
Speaker: Jeff King

bullet Charter 88 and Constitutional Reform 1988-2008:
A twentieth anniversary retrospective
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Friday 4 July 2008 - Saturday 5 July:

bullet Granting Conscientious Exemptions: Is Religion Special?
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 3 July 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Yossi Nehushtan

bullet The 4th Annenberg/Oxford Summer Institute in Global Media Policy : Technology and New Themes in Media Regulation
Organised by: The Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy
Sunday 29 June 2008 - Wednesday 11 June:

bullet The 7th Media Law Advocates Training Programme
Organised by: The Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy
Sunday 29 June 2008 - Thursday 10 July:

bullet Pornography and Hate Speech: Pragmatic Observations
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 26 June 2008
Speaker: Rae Langton

bullet CBT Summer Conference
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Friday 20 June 2008 - Tuesday 20 May:

bullet War, Reparations, and War-Reparations
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 19 June 2008
Speaker: Guy Sela

bullet Teaching Programme for Graduate Teachers - 18 & 19 June
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 18 June 2008 - Thursday 19 June: at 13.00

bullet Human Rights and Tort Law: Privacy and Remedies against Public Bodies :Comparative Perspectives on Recent Developments
Organised by: The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Tuesday 17 June 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Ulf Bernitz, Mårten Schultz, Roderick Bagshaw, Laura Hoyano, Ben Goold

bullet Inner Temple Question and Answer Day
Organised by: The Oxford University Inner Temple Society
Sunday 15 June 2008 at 10.00

bullet Chichele Lectures 2008- All Souls After Anson: Aspects of College History, c. 1914-45: Wykehamists and Public Servants: The Recasting of the Ansonian Ideal
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The All Souls College
Friday 13 June 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Simon Green

bullet Globalisation and Sustainable Development Law Discussion Group: The United Nations: Reconciling Environmental Security and Sustainable Development
** NOTE Change of date **
Organised by: The Globalisation & Sustainable Development Law Group
in conjunction with The the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
Thursday 12 June 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Catherine MacKenzie

bullet English Nightmares and European Noble Dreams: Philosophical Ruminations on the Rule of Law/Rechtstaat
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 12 June 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Giovanni Cogliandro

bullet Violence: A Micro-Sociological Theory
Organised by: The Oxford University
Thursday 12 June 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Randall Collins

bullet Foundation for Law, Justice and Society lecture: Transformative Constitutionalism and Socio-Economic Rights
Organised by: The Oxford University
Wednesday 11 June 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Chief Justice Pius Langa

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research seminars: "Transitions, Extrications and Other Messy Compromises"
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research
Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Prof. Henry Shue

bullet Cyberspace: Its Protocols and Public International Law
Organised by: The Oxford Internet Institute
Tuesday 10 June 2008 at 15.00
Speaker: Henrik Spang-Hanssen

bullet A Symposium on Methodological Issues in Socio-Legal Studies - How to Take Law Seriously
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 9 June 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Denis Galligan, Reza Banakar, Richard Nobles, William Twining

bullet *BLUESTOCKING* : Women as Creative Thinkers, Past and Present
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Bluestocking online journal
Monday 9 June 2008 at 20.00
Speaker: Dame Fiona Caldicott, Principal of Somerville College and Frances Cairncross,Rector of Exeter College

bullet Chichele Lectures 2008- All Souls After Anson: Aspects of College History, c. 1914-45: Historians and Men of Letters: The Emergence of a Research College
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The All Souls College
Friday 6 June 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Simon Green

bullet For graduate teachers seeking a qualification - writing a teaching portfolio
Organised by: The Teaching and Learning in Law discussion group
Friday 6 June 2008 at 1100
Speaker: David Mills

bullet Linklaters Boat Party for 1st Year Students
Organised by: The Linklaters LLP
Thursday 5 June 2008 at 18.30

bullet Corporate & Financial Law Reading Group: 'Related Party Transactions and Private Enforcement in Russia' AND 'The stakeholder model as ideology: the Case of Labour and US Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code'
Organised by: The Corporate & Financial Law Reading Group
in conjunction with The London School of Economics
Thursday 5 June 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: Vlad Meerovitch AND Eyal Geva

bullet The Use of Statistical Evidence against Individual Defendants: One Hypothetical Example and Three Real Cases
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 5 June 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Amit Pundik

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research seminars: "Transferring Cases from the International Tribunal to the National Courts of Rwanda"
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research
Wednesday 4 June 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Prof. William Schabas

bullet ‘Tort Law, Concepts and What Really Matters’
Organised by: The Private and Commercial Law Discussion Group
Wednesday 4 June 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Mr Roderick Bagshaw

bullet Punishing for Bad Luck: Should the Consequences of a Crime Affect the Punishment?
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Speaker: Andrew Ashworth, John Gardner, Jeremy Horder

bullet Constitutional Theory Seminars 2008: Legitimacy and the Mixed Constitution: Putting Democracy in its Place
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 3 June 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Adam Tomkins

bullet St. Anne's Lecture on Global Governance and Diplomacy : "Domestic Remedies in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights - the Case of the North Cyprus Property Commission"
Organised by: The St Anne's College
Tuesday 3 June 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Dr Kudret Ozersay

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: Growing Pains: The international criminal court after six years
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 2 June 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Phil Clark

bullet Environmental Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: 'New fresh water federalism in Australia: water use and justice issues'
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 2 June 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Dr Jennifer McKay

bullet 'New fresh water federalism in Australia: water use and justice issues'
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 2 June 2008 at 1300
Speaker: Dr Jennifer McKay

bullet Rum and RIghts: The nature of human rights - Are civil liberties and human rights objective standards? Is there scope for variation between regions and cultures, or must they be universally applied?
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Students for Liberty
Monday 2 June 2008 at 19.30

bullet Chichele Lectures 2008- All Souls After Anson: Aspects of College History, c. 1914-45: Affluence and Anxiety: The Significance of Asquith Commission
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The All Souls College
Friday 30 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Simon Green

bullet Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Commercial Arbitration in Latin America: Practice and Contemporary Issues
Organised by: The Arbitration Discussion Group
Friday 30 May 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Mr. Luiz Aboim

bullet The Introduction of the Special Resolution Regime in the UK
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 29 May 2008 at 10:30 AM
Speaker: Mr Thomas Huertas

bullet Constitutional rights and personal autonomy
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 29 May 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Kai Moller

bullet Corporate and Financial Law Reading Group : Private Equity and the Public Corporation
Organised by: The Corporate & Financial Law Reading Group
Thursday 29 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Marc Moore

bullet Shearman & Sterling LLP’s International Arbitration Group Presentation
Organised by: The Shearman & Sterling LLP
Thursday 29 May 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Philippe Pinsolle and Yas Banifatemi

bullet 'Race and the Media'
Organised by: The St Hilda's College
Wednesday 28 May 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

bullet Globalisation and Sustainable Development Law Discussion Group: The New International Economic Order - is this what sustainable development is really all about?
Organised by: The Globalisation & Sustainable Development Law Group
in conjunction with The the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Duncan French

bullet Oliver Smithies Lectures: Can We Win the War Against Global Corruption: Through Governmental Initiatives?
Organised by: The Balliol College
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Mr Ben W Heineman Jr

bullet Constitutional Theory Seminars 2008: Reforming the United Kingdom’s Constitution
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: tbc

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research seminar: "Citizenship and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina"
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Briony Smith

bullet Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: "The future of digital copyright law in the peer-to-peer Web"
Organised by: The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 17.15
Speaker: Wolf Richter

bullet Weidenfeld Speakers' Series discussion panel: Is the Future of Internet the Future of Knowledge?
Organised by: The Oxford Internet Institute
Tuesday 27 May 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Lawrence M. Sanger, PhD: Editor-in-Chief of Citizendium and a founder of Wikipedia, Andrew Keen, author of "The Cult of the Amateur"

bullet Rum and RIghts: Redressing the balance between individual rights and protecting the environment.
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Students for Liberty
Monday 26 May 2008 at 19.30

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: Networking for empowerment in the context of enlargement: Romanian NGOS and trans-national norm entrepreneurs
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 26 May 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Christina Parau

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars: "War, Reparations and War-Reparations"
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research
Friday 23 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Guy Sela

bullet EC Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Abuse of Law in European Tax and Company Law
** NOTE Cancelled **
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Centre for Business Taxation, Said Business School and Institute of European and Comparative Law
Friday 23 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Professor Dr Wolfgang Schön

bullet The Political Economy of Death Penalty Policy in Asia
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Thursday 22 May 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: Frank Zimring

bullet Testing the European Prudential Conditions for Banking Mergers in the Light of Most Favoured Nation in the GATS
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 22 May 2008 at 12.45 pm
Speaker: Mr. Bart De Meester

bullet Separation of Church and State, Religious Conviction, and Democratic Politics
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 22 May 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Robert Audi

bullet Roger Hood Annual Public Lecture: The Great American Crime Decline: Two Lessons for Criminology and Crime Policy
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Frank Zimring

bullet The UK Competition Commission’s groceries investigation and the implications for competition between branded and private label products
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Wednesday 21 May 2008
Speaker: Bob Young

bullet EC Law Discussion Group: The Emerging EU Collective Labour Law: Reflections on the Basis of the Viking Line and Laval Cases
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Professor Ulf Bernitz

bullet 'The Meaning of Loss in the Law of Torts'
Organised by: The Private and Commercial Law Discussion Group
Wednesday 21 May 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Dr James Edelman

bullet Fourth Symposium on Trends in Retail Competition: Private Labels, Brands and Competition Policy
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 12h30

bullet Buying alliances: what parameters are set by competition law?
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Speaker: Andres Font Galarza

bullet Member States’ approach to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive and the impact on misleading packaging
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Speaker: Guiseppe Abbamonte

bullet United States competition law policy – the private label experience
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Tuesday 20 May 2008
Speaker: Jeff Schmidt

bullet Oliver Smithies Lectures: Can We Win the War Against Global Corruption: Inside the Private Firm?
Organised by: The Balliol College
Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Mr Ben W Heineman Jr

bullet Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group: 'A Poststructuralist Analysis of NGO Participation in the Treaty Making Process for the Disability Rights Convention'
Organised by: The Socio-legal Studies Discussion Group
Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Maki Tanaka

bullet Constitutional Theory Seminars 2008: Judging Judicial Deference
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor T. R. S. Allan and Dr Aileen Kavanagh

bullet Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: "The drama of Victorian dramatic copyright"
Organised by: The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre
Tuesday 20 May 2008 at 17.15
Speaker: Barbara Lauriat

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: Lenses of evidence: Empirical anticipation of the juror mind as it has to relate to psychologist and lawyers
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 19 May 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Cowley

bullet Graduate Migration Seminar: Migration across Continents: Conflict, Citizenship, and the City: A Comparative Study of ‘Ethnic Conflict’ or ‘Migrant Integration’ in Amsterdam and Kano
Organised by: The Oxford University
Monday 19 May 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: David Ehrhardt

bullet The Global Markets' Crisis and International Financial Regulation
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 15 May 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Dr Emilios Avgouleas

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Sovereignty Disputes and Protection of Natural Resources in Armed Conflict
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 15 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Dr P Okowa

bullet The Exception Proves the Rule
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 15 May 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Richard Holton

bullet Migration and Cultural Production: The Culture(s) of Production
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Thursday 15 May 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: Dr Nirmal Puwar

bullet Oxford University Law Faculty Taxation Guest Lectures - Hilary and Trinity 2008: The European Commission Proposal for a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Wolfgang Schon, Director Max Planck Institute for Tax Law, Munich and International Research Fellow, Oxford Centre for Business Taxation

bullet EC Law Discussion Group: The Transformation of Criminal law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Dr Valsamis Mitsilegas

bullet 'Essential Career Planning for First year Law students'
Organised by: The Oxford University Careers Service
Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 12.00
Speaker: Dick Lidwell

bullet St Cross Special Ethics Seminars: The Ethics of Undertaking Research in Other Countries
Organised by: The St Cross College
Wednesday 14 May 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Professor Loane Skene

bullet Applying for Training contracts?
Organised by: The Allen & Overy LLP
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 10.00
Speaker: Caroline Lindner

bullet EC and PIL Discussion Group Seminar Series: Supranational Review of Domestic Courts in NAFTA
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The PIL Discussion Group
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Professor Jay Westbrook

bullet Globalisation and Sustainable Development Law Discussion Group: Trends and effects of sustainable development laws in the commercial legal world - the Equator Principles, green buildings and eco-cities
Organised by: The Globalisation & Sustainable Development Law Group
in conjunction with The the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Helena Anderson

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research seminars : Progress at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Genocide Trials of the United Nations and Cambodia"
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Anees Ahmed

bullet Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: Patenting life after the Supreme Court of Canada: Some unhappy compromises and unintended consequences"
Organised by: The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 17.15
Speaker: Dr. Bita Amani

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Supranational Review of Domestic Courts in NAFTA
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The EC Law Discussion Group
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Prof J Westbrook

bullet Private Equity
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Chris Hale and Emma Watford

bullet The Death Penalty
Organised by: The Human Rights Discussion Group
Tuesday 13 May 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Professor William A. Schabas

bullet The James Martin 21st Century School Seminar Series : “What is Science for?”
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The James Martin 21st Century School
Monday 12 May 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Professor Sir John Sulston and Professor John Harris with an introduction by Professor Richard Dawkins

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: Chinese Broadcasting Policy in Transition: State, Society and Rule of Law
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 12 May 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Yik-Chan Chin

bullet Graduate Migration Seminar: Migration across Continents: The Geopolitics of Resettlement: US Policy and Practice
Organised by: The Oxford University
Monday 12 May 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Liana Del Papa

bullet Middle Temple Society Annual Dinner
Organised by: The Oxford University Middle Temple Society
Monday 12 May 2008 at 16.30

bullet Abolition of the Corporate Duty to Creditors
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 12 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Jay Westbrook

bullet Climate Change and Collective Action
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 12 May 2008 at 1300
Speaker: Professor Daniel Cole

bullet Rum and Rights: Defining Boundaries: Is it ever legitimate for the state to criminalise acts of sexual expression by consenting adults in the privacy of their home?
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Oxford Students for Liberty.
Monday 12 May 2008 at 19.30

bullet Criminology Graduate Discussion and Reading Group: 'Migration and Security: Not Threats But Densities'
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
in conjunction with The Criminology Graduate Discussion and Reading Group
Monday 12 May 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Dr. Jef Huysman

bullet Oxford Legal History Forum: Maine to Maitland via America
Organised by: The Oxford Legal History Forum
Friday 9 May 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: David Rabban

bullet Tony Honoré - Diamond Jubilee
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Friday 9 May 2008
Speaker: Timothy Endicott, John Gardner and Boudewijn Sirks

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Attribution of Collective Conduct to States and International Organizations in Light of Behrami and Al Jeddah
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 18.00
Speaker: Prof J Crawford

bullet International Justice in Africa
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The The Oxford Forum for International Development (OxFID) and the Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 19.00
Speaker: Dr. Luis Moreno-Ocampo

bullet Round Table Discussion - Article 82 EC
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008

bullet ‘Economic effects-based tests and legal (un)certainty under Article 82’
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 16h00
Speaker: Dr Gunnar Niels

bullet Classification of abuses in Article 82 EC: a straight story?
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 16h00
Speaker: Dr Ioannis Lianos

bullet Private enforcement and Article 82 EC
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 16h00
Speaker: Dr Ariel Ezrachi

bullet The essential facilities reasoning in Article 82 and IPRs
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 16h00
Speaker: Prof. Steve Anderman

bullet The sanction of voidness under Article 82 EC and possible contractual consequences
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 16h00
Speaker: Prof Ulf Bernitz,

bullet The Microsoft judgment
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 16h00
Speaker: Dr Dan Eklöf

bullet Migration and Cultural Production: Situating Migrant Political Agency through Documentary Practice: Here to Stay
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: DR ALAN GROSSMAN & DR AINE O’BRIEN

bullet Law Reform in England and Wales: Past, Present and Future
Organised by: The Christchurch Law Society
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 18.00
Speaker: Sir Terence Etherton

bullet 'Making the case for life: Patterns of successful mitigation evidence presented to capital juries in Texas.'
Organised by: The St Hilda's College
Thursday 8 May 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Elizabeth Vartkessian

bullet Oxford Criminology Seminar Series 2007/08: Wrongs and Crimes
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 15.30
Speaker: Victor Tadros

bullet Oxford University Law Faculty Taxation Guest Lectures - Hilary and Trinity 2008: The ECJ and Corporate Tax - Recent Developments
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Malcolm Gammie QC, One Essex Court; Research Director, Tax Law Review Committee and Deputy Special Commissioner of Taxes

bullet EC Law Discussion Group: Article 95 - The Attribution of Unlimited Competence?
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Professor Derrick Wyatt

bullet “The Future of the Internet”
Organised by: The Oxford Internet Institute
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 15.00
Speaker: Professor Zittrain

bullet Evans-Pritchard Lectures 2008: Secret Societies and the Origins of Crisis in the African Great Lakes
Organised by: The All Souls College
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Richard Vokes

bullet Rights, Reasons, and Legitimate Authority
** NOTE Change of date **
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: James Sherman

bullet Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group: 'Emergency Powers, the Detention of Terror Suspects, and the Right to Liberty and Security: A Legal Perspective on Recent Proposals'
Organised by: The Socio-legal Studies Discussion Group
Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Rebecca Money-Kyrle

bullet HLA Hart Memorial Lecture:: Democracy in Times of War
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor S. Issacharoff

bullet Evans-Pritchard Lectures 2008: Broadcasting Networks: Secret Networks, New Radio Stations, and the Rwandan Genocide of 1994
Organised by: The All Souls College
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Richard Vokes

bullet Constitutional Theory Seminars 2008: Reforming the United Kingdom’s Constitution: The Future of the Devolution Settlement
** NOTE Cancelled - due to clash **
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Nick Barber, Vernon Bogdanor, Paul Craig and Chris McCrudden

bullet Intellectual Property in the New Millennium: “The use and value of IP in small and medium sized enterprises”
Organised by: The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 17.15
Speaker: Dr. Christine Greenhalgh

bullet Project Finance
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 6 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Roger McCormick

bullet Law & Finance: Issue Choice in Europe
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The SBS
Monday 5 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Luca Enriques

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: "Law without government? Legalism reconsidered"
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 5 May 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Fernanda Pirie

bullet Graduate Migration Seminar: Migration across Continents: Institutionalising Vulnerability: The Kenyan State's Somali Screening Exercise
Organised by: The Oxford University
Monday 5 May 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Emma Lochery

bullet The Lisbon Treaty and Beyond: Hype, Hopes and Fairytales
Organised by: The Institute of European and Comparative Law
in conjunction with The European Studies Centre, St Antony's College
Friday 2 May 2008 at 0930

bullet Drinks reception
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The The Bar Lesbian and Gay Group (BLAGG)
Friday 2 May 2008

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: The Role of the International Lawyer in the Diplomatic Service
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 1 May 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: J Wessblad-Hardh

bullet The James Martin 21st Century School Seminar Series: “Meeting the challenges of global governance in the 21st century: Financial Markets”
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The James Martin 21st Century School
Thursday 1 May 2008 at 11.30
Speaker: Professor Joseph Stiglitz

bullet The Constitution of Criminal Law: Justifications, Policing and the State's Fiduciary Duties
** NOTE Change of venue **
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 1 May 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Malcolm Thorburn

bullet "The EU's smart power in its region and the world"
Organised by: The European Studies Centre
in conjunction with The South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX)
Thursday 1 May 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Olli Rehn

bullet Migration and Cultural Production: Budding Channels of Peripheral Cinema: the Long Tail of Global Film Circulation
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)
Thursday 1 May 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: PROFESSOR DINA IORDANOVA

bullet Oxford University Law Faculty Taxation Guest Lectures - Hilary and Trinity 2008: Tax and transfer pricing
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: John Neighbour, Partner, KPMG, formerly Head of Tax Treaty, Transfer Pricing and Financial Transactions Division at the OECD

bullet EC Law Discussion Group: The European Court of Justice and the Fragmentation of EU Law
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Professor Anthony Arnull

bullet Oxford University Amnesty International and Oxford Students for Liberty: “The War in Iraq: A Quartet of Cases”
Organised by: The Oxford University
Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 20.00
Speaker: Shaheed Fatima

bullet Physical access to protection under the Geneva Convention: three legal arguments against policies of 'non-entree'
Organised by: The Refugee Studies Centre
Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Violeta Moreno Lax

bullet Evans-Pritchard Lectures 2008: On the Origins of Violence: Suicide, Murder, and the Limits of the Academic Detective
Organised by: The All Souls College
Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Richard Vokes

bullet Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group: ‘Security of Person and Securing Rights’
Organised by: The Socio-legal Studies Discussion Group
Wednesday 30 April 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Rhonda Powell

bullet Lord Neuberger Lecture: Stack v Dowden
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 18.30
Speaker: Lord D. Neuberger

bullet Evans-Pritchard Lectures 2008: Splicing the Networks: Millenarianism, HIV/AIDS, and the new Christianity in South-Western Uganda
Organised by: The All Souls College
Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr Richard Vokes

bullet Constitutional Theory Seminars 2008: Incentives to Constitutional Compliance
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 29 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Fred Schauer

bullet First Weidenfeld Speakers’ Series Discussion Panel: Central and Eastern Europe: ‘Are Revolutions Contagious?’ Successes and Failures of Civil Society in Democratic Transitions
Organised by: The European Studies Centre
Monday 28 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Martin Butora (Former dissident, former Slovak ambassador to the USA) ,Filip Dimitrov (Former Bulgarian Prime Minister, former Bulgarian ambassador to the UN and the USA), Irakli Kakabadze( Georgian activist and poet), Alyaksandr Milinkievich (Belarusian united opposition leader in 2006), John Lloyd( Director of Journalism, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford)

bullet The Pari Passu Principle and Subordination Agreements
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 28 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Richard Snowden QC

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: Theorizing Bill of Rights genesis
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 28 April 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. David Erdos

bullet Atkin Society Lecture: CAUSATION AND DAMAGE: THE DECISIONS IN FAIRCHILD, BARKER AND ROTHWELL & OTHERS
Organised by: The Atkin Society (Magdalen)
Monday 28 April 2008 at 17.15
Speaker: R. F. OWEN Q.C.

bullet Graduate Migration Seminar: Migration across Continents: Globalization in Everyday Life – Social Life and Extra-curricular Participation of International Students in Oxford University
Organised by: The Oxford University
Monday 28 April 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Suen Yiu Tung

bullet Civil Liberties Discussion Group- RUM & RIGHTS: How should a secular legal system respond to religious diversity?
Organised by: The Oxford University
Monday 28 April 2008 at 19.30

bullet Oxford Legal History Forum: Legislative Reform of English Evidence and Civil Procedure in the 1850s
Organised by: The Oxford Legal History Forum
Friday 25 April 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Deirdre Dwyer

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Holding the UN Security Council Accountable for violations through Domestic and Regional Courts: A Case of be Careful what you wish for?
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 24 April 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Prof E de Wet

bullet Limits on Constitutional Rights: Some Thoughts on the Proportionality Approach
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 24 April 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Dénise Réaume

bullet 'Israel: Historical, Political and Social Aspects': Israel at 60
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Thursday 24 April 2008 at 20.00
Speaker: Dr. Colin Shindler

bullet Migration and Cultural Production: Music and Migration: Afghanistan as a Case Study
Organised by: The Centre on Migration Policy and Society
Thursday 24 April 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: PROFESSOR JOHN BAILY

bullet Saving the Yasuní National Park: An Official Proposal from the Ecuadorian Government
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Department of International Development
Thursday 24 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Carlos Larrea

bullet Oxford Criminology Seminar Series 2007/08: Principles of Justice for Divided Societies in a Globalized World
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 15.30
Speaker: Barbara Hudson

bullet Cyberlaw: Privacy 2.0
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: Professor J. Zittrain

bullet Oxford University Law Faculty Taxation Guest Lectures - Hilary and Trinity 2008: The New Legislative Approaches to Tax Avoidance
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: James Bullock and Rupert Shiers, Partners, McGrigors (Solicitors)

bullet Evans-Pritchard Lectures 2008: The Many Lives of the Nyabingi Spirit: Rethinking the History and Sociology of Secret societies in South-Western Uganda
Organised by: The All Souls College
Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr Richard Vokes

bullet Seminars in Foreign and Comparative Constitutional Law: Parliamentary Deliberation and the Tyranny of the National Security Executive: The Case of Control Orders in Australia and the United Kingdom
Organised by: The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Tuesday 22 April 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Dr Joo-Cheong Tham

bullet Graduate Legal Research Conference Keynote Lecture: 'No, It's Not What The Judge Had For Breakfast: Legal Realism without Caricature'!
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 22 April 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Professor F. Schauer

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminar: ‘The Politics of Transitional Justice in Argentina’
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Tuesday 22 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Pär Engström

bullet The Oxford-Achilles Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility: “New strategies in corporate accountability: Using law to enforce CSR and CSR to enforce law”
Organised by: The Said Business School
Tuesday 22 April 2008 at 12.00
Speaker: Professor Doreen McBarnet, CBE

bullet Constitutional Theory Seminars 2008: Reforming the United Kingdom’s Constitution: A Written Constitution for the United Kingdom?
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 22 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Nick Barber, Vernon Bogdanor, Paul Craig and Alison Young

bullet Oxford Graduate Legal Research Conference Programme 2008
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 21 April 2008 - Tuesday 22 April:

bullet “Transplantation: A medical miracle of the 20th Century”
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 21 April 2008 at 18.00
Speaker: Sir Peter Morris

bullet New Directions in Law and Society: THinking about procedure: understanding legitimacy in EU environmental governance networks
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 21 April 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Bettina Lange

bullet Graduate Migration Seminar: Migration across Continents: The Impact of the Colombian Conflict on Women: Forced Displacement
Organised by: The Oxford University
Monday 21 April 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Thais Bessa

bullet Oxford Colloquium for Law and Religion: Harmonization of Christian, Jewish and Islamic Law Books of the First Millennium (11 13 century) Texts, Central Themes and Opportunities for Comparative Research
Organised by: The Oxford Society for Law and Religion
in conjunction with The The Bristol Centre for the Study of Law and Religion and Applied Study of Law and Religion Group, Oxford Brookes
Thursday 17 April 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Prof Robert Thomson (Pembroke College, Oxford), Dr Martin Brett (Robinson College, Cambridge), Dr Christopher Melchert (Pembroke College, Oxford),Peter Petkoff (Balliol College and Bristol School of Law),

bullet Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
Organised by: The ILSA
Sunday 6 April 2008 - Friday 11 April:

bullet Oxford Law Alumni Reception in New York
Organised by: The Oxford Law Alumni Office
Friday 4 April 2008

bullet Through the Ages' Dinner Dance
Organised by: The Oxford University Inner Temple Society
in conjunction with The Inner Temple Student Association
Friday 4 April 2008

bullet The Monroe E. Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition: Defending the media needs media defenders
Organised by: The Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy
Wednesday 2 April 2008 - Saturday 5 April:

bullet International Criminal Law and Gross Human Rights Violations
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Wednesday 2 April 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Roberto Gargarella

bullet Toronto Alumni Reception
Organised by: The Oxford Law Alumni Office
Tuesday 1 April 2008
Speaker: Chief Justice of Ontario

bullet The Oxford Inner Temple Society Annual Dinner
Organised by: The Oxford University Inner Temple Society
in conjunction with The The Inner Temple
Tuesday 18 March 2008
Speaker: Lord Justice May

bullet Association of Law Teachers 43rd Annual Conference: Engaging Law Teachers
Organised by: The St Anne's College
in conjunction with The Association of Law Teachers
Sunday 16 March 2008 - Tuesday 18 March:
Speaker: Keynote speaker: Baroness Ruth Deech

bullet The 6th International Intellectual Property Moot
Organised by: The Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre
Saturday 15 March 2008 - Sunday 16 March:

bullet Civil Justice System in Europe: Implications for Choice of Forum and Choice of Contract Law
Organised by: The Institute of European and Comparative Law
in conjunction with The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Friday 14 March 2008 - Saturday 15 March:

bullet Vagueness and Constitutional Rights
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 13 March 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Paul Yowell

bullet Public Interest Law in India
Organised by: The Exeter College
Wednesday 12 March 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: Adv Harish Salve

bullet Oxford Legal History Forum: Puritan Godly Discipline in Comparative Perspective: Legal Pluralism and the Sources of “Intensity”
Organised by: The Oxford Legal History Forum
Monday 10 March 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Richard Ross

bullet Constitutional Seminars: Citizenship
Organised by: The Oxford University
Friday 7 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Lord Goldsmith

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: Conclusion -- Kofi Annan's Achievement
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Friday 7 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet All Souls College Open Evening for Women
Organised by: The All Souls College
Friday 7 March 2008 at 17.00

bullet Oxford Internet Institute Seminar Series: 'Implementing Open Data: The Open Data Commons project'
Organised by: The Oxford Internet Institute
Friday 7 March 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Jordan Hatcher

bullet Form and Substance in Company Law
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Dr John Vella

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Impermissible Reservations Revisited: A View from the International Law Commission
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Professor G Gaja

bullet "Natural Right, Authority, and Power: the Theological Trajectory of Human Rights"
Organised by: The Oxford University
in conjunction with The Faculty of Theology
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Jean Porter

bullet One-Day Event with Roberto Saviano
Organised by: The The Extra-legal Governance Institute
in conjunction with The Criminology, Italian Studies at Oxford and United World Colleges at Oxford
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Roberto Saviano and others

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: The United Nations and the Middle East
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet Critical Epistemologies of Migration: Crises of Evidence, Crises of Truth
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Compas ( Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 14.00
Speaker: Professor Dr Jeanne Gaakeer

bullet European Studies Centre Core Seminar: Is “Progressive Nationalism” an Oxymoron?
Organised by: The European Studies Centre
Thursday 6 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: David Goodhart, Editor, Prospect Magazine and Stuart White, Jesus College, Oxford

bullet European Human Rights Law Seminar Series: Proportionality in the ECHR
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Ms. Veronika Fikfak

bullet Oxford University Law Faculty Taxation Guest Lectures - Hilary and Trinity 2008: Taxation of Foreign Profits and Proposals for Reform
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Philip Baker QC and David Goldberg QC

bullet Social Sciences Teaching Reading and Discussion Group: Morley, L (2005) The micropolitics of quality & Deem, R and Lucas, L (2007) Research and teaching cultures...
Organised by: The Social Sciences Teaching Reading and Discussion Group
Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 1300

bullet Special Anniversary Event, 10 years Jurisprudence Discussion Group: The Rule of Law (discussion panel)
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Joseph Raz, Leslie Green, Nigel Simmonds

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: 'In Larger Freedom' and the 2005 Summit
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 5 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet Novice Speedmoot
Organised by: The Oxford Law Society
in conjunction with The 4 New Square
Tuesday 4 March 2008

bullet Oxford French Law Moot
Organised by: The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Professor Philippe Thery

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: Kofi's /annus horribilis/ (2004)
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet Law and Finance: Take Codification, Access to Justice and Contractual Innovation
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Enrico Perotti

bullet Seminar - Transitional Justice in Kosovo: Transitional Justice and the International Administration of Post-Conflict Territories
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Tuesday 4 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Dominik Zaum

bullet Centre for Socio -Legal Studies Seminar Series HT08: Regulation of case formation in criminal procedures
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 3 March 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. thomas Scheffer

bullet Environmental Law Discussion Group: Environmental Regulation Beyond the State? A Discussion of Transnational Networks for Setting Environmental Technology Standards in the European Union
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 3 March 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Bettina Lange

bullet Richard Hillary Lectures: Forget Plot, it's the Thought that counts: The Novelist as Moral Mentor
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 3 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Mr H. Jacobson

bullet Foundations of Governance in a Globalized World: Network Governance and the Internet
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 3 March 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Jonathan Zittrain

bullet Israel: Historical, Political and Social Aspects: The Historical Roots of Contemporary British Attitudes to Israel
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 3 March 2008 at 20.00
Speaker: Professor Shalom Lappin

bullet A Debate Concerning the Nature and Future of Parliamentary Sovereignty
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Mansfield Law Society (Christ Church )
Friday 29 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Jeffrey Jowell , TRS Allan, Adam Tomkins and others

bullet Neill Lecture: From Clova to Godmanchester- Public Rights over Private Land
Organised by: The All Souls College
Friday 29 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: The Rt Hon. the Lord Hope of Craighead

bullet Constitutional Seminars : The Judiciary and Parliament
Organised by: The Oxford University
Friday 29 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Rt. Hon. Lady Justice Arden, Lady Justice of Appeal

bullet Oxford Centre for Water Research - Interdisciplinary Workshop on the Human Right to Water
Organised by: The Oxford Centre for Water Research
Friday 29 February 2008 at 14.00

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: The Tragedy of Iraq
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Friday 29 February 2008 at 15.30
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: Participation of Civil Society in Environmental Justice
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 28 February 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Professor M Fitzmaurice

bullet A Political Philosophy of Human Rights
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 28 February 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Tom Campbell

bullet German co-determination and corporate governance issues
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 28 February 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Dr. Rainer Kulms

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: 'We the Peoples' -- Making the United Nations Relevant
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Thursday 28 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet Bending the Punitive Turn: An European Perspective
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 15.30
Speaker: Rene van Swaaningen

bullet European Human Rights Law Seminar Series: Where does the ECHR apply? Extraterritorial application of the Convention
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Dr. Katja Ziegler

bullet Oxford University Law Faculty Taxation Guest Lectures - Hilary and Trinity 2008: Economic principles for taxing multi-national corporations
Organised by: The Taxation Law
Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Michael Devereux

bullet Illegality as a Tort Defence
Organised by: The Private and Commercial Law Discussion Group
Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: James Goudkamp

bullet Oxford- Harvard Applied Ethics Lectures: Reasoning in Law, and How It Differs from Reasoning
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Professor Frederick Schauer

bullet Crown Office Mooting Competition
Organised by: The Oxford Law Society
in conjunction with The Crown Office Chambers
Wednesday 27 February 2008

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: The Responsibility to Protect, in theory and practice
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 27 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet The Labyrinth: Media Coverage of the Criminal Trial of Lord Black
Organised by: The Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy
Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: George Tombs

bullet Labour Law Discussion Group Seminar Series : The James case on agency work
Organised by: The Labour Law Discussion Group
Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Mark Freedland

bullet Lunch discussion
Organised by: The Research Students' Lunch
Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 13.00

bullet OXFORD TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE RESEARCH GROUP: Truth and Reconciliation in Kenya: Courtroom or Confessional?
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The OXFORD TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE RESEARCH GROUP
Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor David Anderson

bullet Inside the United Nations - Reflections on an Eight-Year Sabbatical: First Impressions: The United Nations in 1998
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Edward Mortimer

bullet Centre for Socio -Legal Studies Seminar Series HT08: Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions in Specie
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 25 February 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Professor Anthony Ogus

bullet Constitutional Controversies - Hilary Term Seminar Series: How Independent is the Judiciary?
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 25 February 2008 at 17.00

bullet Environmental Law Discussion Group: Global Justice and Climate Change
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 25 February 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Professor Simon Caney

bullet Freshfields- Careers Event
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 25 February 2008 at 18.15
Speaker: Christopher Forsyth

bullet What is Scandinavian Law?
Organised by: The Comparative Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Institute of European and Comparative Law
Monday 25 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Professor Ulf Bernitz

bullet Oxford Legal History Forum: Prosecutions by the Attorneys General in Star Chamber and King’s Bench 1603-1675
Organised by: The Oxford Legal History Forum
Monday 25 February 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Henry Mares

bullet Constitutional Seminars : Rights in a Multicultural Society
Organised by: The Oxford University
Friday 22 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Trevor Phillips

bullet Halsbury Society Annual Lecture : Why do we punish those convicted of a crime?
Organised by: The The Halsbury Society (Merton)
Friday 22 February 2008 at 18.00
Speaker: Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Leveson

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: International Law, the Bancoult Litigation and the Prospect of Resettling the Chagos Islands
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 21 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Mr S Allen

bullet You Still Know Nothin’ ’Bout Me: Toward Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 21 February 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Dwight Newman

bullet Regulating Directors Duties: Corporate Governance and Reflexive Law
Organised by: The Corporate & Financial Law Reading Group
Thursday 21 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Wanjiru Njoya

bullet The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: The Diversity of Contemporary Corporate Governance
Organised by: The Brasenose College
Thursday 21 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Simon Deakin FBA

bullet Oxford- Harvard Applied Ethics Lectures: Stereotypes: Are They Always Wrong?
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
Thursday 21 February 2008 at 17.30
Speaker: Professor Frederick Schauer

bullet THE ORIEL LAW SOCIETY ANNUAL LECTURE : “To over-rule or not to over-rule”
Organised by: The Oriel Law Society
Thursday 21 February 2008 at 20.15
Speaker: Lord Rodger of Earlsferry

bullet Lincoln's Inn Presentation & Dinner
Organised by: The Oxford University Lincoln’s Inn Society
Wednesday 20 February 2008

bullet European Human Rights Law Seminar Series: Human Rights Protections under EU Law and the European Convention on Human Rights: Contrasts and Overlaps
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Mr. Nicholas Bamforth

bullet Union Citizenship and the Territorial Identity of the National Welfare States
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Hart Publishing, Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Prof. Michael Dougan

bullet The Tanner Lectures on Human Values: The Corporation and Society in Historical Perspective
Organised by: The Brasenose College
Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Simon Deakin FBA

bullet Social Sciences Teaching Reading and Discussion Group: Wu, S (2002) Filling the Pot or Lighting the Fire? Cultural Variations in Conceptions of Pedagogy & Kember, D (2000) Misconceptions about the learning approaches, motivation and study practices of Asian students
Organised by: The Social Sciences Teaching Reading and Discussion Group
Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 1300

bullet The Oxford India Business Forum 2008
Organised by: The Said Business School
Wednesday 20 February 2008

bullet Evidence and Procedure in the High Court of Australia
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: The Hon Justice J D Heydon AC

bullet Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group Seminar: Seeking Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Will perpetrators ever be held to account?
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Anneke Van Woudenberg

bullet Centre for Socio -Legal Studies Seminar Series HT08: Law, Ethics and Patient Safety in Human Gene Therapy Research
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 18 February 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Javier Lezaun

bullet Marking exams - useful advice and guidelines from the experts
Organised by: The Teaching and Learning in Law discussion group
Monday 18 February 2008 at 1pm
Speaker: Ann Kennedy and Julie Bass

bullet Constitutional Controversies - Hilary Term Seminar Series: Does Britain need a British Bill of Rights?
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 18 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Bogdanor

bullet Environmental Law Discussion Group: Environmental Citizenship: Themes and Debates
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 18 February 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Sherilyn MacGregor

bullet Foundations of Governance in a Globalized World: Private Disputes and the Public Interest in International Law
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 18 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Vaughan Lowe

bullet Wrongfully convicted and 22 years on Death Row
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Oxford Students for Liberty and Oxford University Amnesty International
Monday 18 February 2008 at 19.30
Speaker: Nick Yarris

bullet Networks of Contracts in European and German Law
Organised by: The Comparative Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Financial Law Discussion Group and Private and Commercial Law Discussion Group
Friday 15 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Professor Dr Dr Stefan Grundmann

bullet Derivative Actions and Corporate Governance
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 14 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Dr. Arad Reisberg

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: International Financial Institutions before National Courts
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 14 February 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Mr J Wurm, EMLE

bullet Leading You Down the Choice Path: Towards an Economics of Rational Persuasion
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 14 February 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Bruce Chapman

bullet Understanding and Analyzing the Neapolitan Camorra
** NOTE Cancelled **
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 15.30
Speaker: Felia Allum

bullet European Human Rights Law Seminar Series: Surveillance and the Right to Privacy
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Dr. Ben Goold

bullet Competition Law, Free Movement Law and Services of General Economic Interest
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Hart Publishing, Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Prof. Erika Szyszczak

bullet The Liability of Public Authorities for Omissions
Organised by: The Private and Commercial Law Discussion Group
Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Donal Nolan

bullet Lincoln's Inn Presentation & Dinner
Organised by: The Oxford University Lincoln’s Inn Society
Tuesday 12 February 2008

bullet Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group: Pupillage: The Shaping of a Professional Elite
Organised by: The Socio-legal Studies Discussion Group
Tuesday 12 February 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Justine Rogers

bullet Surveillance, Identity, and the Future of Privacy in the 21st Century: "Representations of Surveillance Practice in Contemporary Literature"
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
in conjunction with The James Martin Institute
Tuesday 12 February 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Professor Mike Nellis

bullet Lunch discussion
Organised by: The Research Students' Lunch
Tuesday 12 February 2008 at 13.00

bullet Centre for Socio -Legal Studies Seminar Series HT08: Virtue (bio)ethics and the regulation of research directed to stem cells in the UK and the EU
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 11 February 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Katarina Sideri

bullet Constitutional Controversies - Hilary Term Seminar Series: Is there a role for Direct Democracy?
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 11 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Bogdanor

bullet Foundations of Governance in a Globalized World: Buying Social Justice: Human Rights and Economic Regulation
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 11 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Christopher McCrudden

bullet Oxford Society for Law and Religion -Hilary Term: Law and Religion Colloquium
Organised by: The Oxford Society for Law and Religion
Saturday 9 February 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: W. Cole Durham, Jr ; Sylvie Langlaude and Peter Petkoff

bullet Round Table Discussion – Article 81(3) – Recent Developments
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Friday 8 February 2008 at 16h00

bullet The economics of Article 82 reform
Organised by: The Centre for Competition Law & Policy
Friday 8 February 2008 at 13h00
Speaker: Helen Jenkins, Oxera Consulting Ltd

bullet Allen& Overy :Careers- Drop in Session
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Thursday 7 February 2008 at 15.00

bullet Enforcement of Corporate and Takeover Law in the UK: A Roadmap and Empirical Assessment
Organised by: The Extra-legal Governance & Organized Crime Discussion Group
Thursday 7 February 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Professor John Armour

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: The United Nations
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 7 February 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Professor A Aust

bullet Authority and Authorities
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 7 February 2008 at 20:00
Speaker: Fred Schauer

bullet Blackstone chambers- careers event
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Thursday 7 February 2008 at 20.00
Speaker: Gerard Clarke

bullet European Human Rights Law Seminar Series: Socio-Economic Rights and Substantive Equality
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 6 February 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Professor Sandra Fredman

bullet Social Sciences Teaching Reading and Discussion Group: Graff, G. (2002). The Problem Problem and Other Oddities of Academic & T G McFadden The Rhetoric of Academic Argumentation : Can It Be Taught?
Organised by: The Social Sciences Teaching Reading and Discussion Group
Wednesday 6 February 2008 at 1300

bullet Mooting Masterclass
Organised by: The Oxford Law Society
in conjunction with The Brick Court Chambers
Wednesday 6 February 2008 at 19.00

bullet Being something in the City: New Market Abuse?
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Tuesday 5 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Charles Marquand

bullet Addressing Redress : In Search of Reparations to Palestinian Refugees
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
in conjunction with The Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Tuesday 5 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Shahira Samy

bullet Surveillance, Identity, and the Future of Privacy in the 21st Century: "Our Tagged Future"
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
in conjunction with The James Martin Institute
Tuesday 5 February 2008 at 16.00
Speaker: Professor Kevin Haggerty

bullet Centre for Socio -Legal Studies Seminar Series HT08: Gammelfleisch everywhere? Public debate, variety of worldviews and regulatory change
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 4 February 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Dr. Martin Lodge

bullet Constitutional Controversies - Hilary Term Seminar Series: Does Britain need an elected Upper House?
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 4 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Stockley

bullet Environmental Law Discussion Group: Implementation without Ratification? Understanding US Climate Policy across Levels of Governance
Organised by: The Environmental Law Discussion Group
Monday 4 February 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Dr Heike Schroeder

bullet Law and Finance Seminar: Takeover Regulation as a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Taking Armour & Skeel's Thesis to Continental Europe
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Monday 4 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Marco Ventoruzzo

bullet Criminology Discussion Group Seminar Series HT08: Hawala Banking under Surveillance: Cultural and Institutional Contributions to Anonymity
Organised by: The Criminology Discussion Group
Monday 4 February 2008 at 13.00
Speaker: Dr. Kevin Haggerty

bullet Foundations of Governance in a Globalized World: What is Supra-national Governance? When and How is it Effective?
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 4 February 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Professor Stephen Weatherill

bullet Shearman and Sterling Mooting Final
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Saturday 2 February 2008 at 15.30

bullet Commercial Law Moot
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
in conjunction with The Essex Court Cambers
Friday 1 February 2008 at 18.30
Speaker: Vernon Flynn QC

bullet Creditor Protection in European Company Law
Organised by: The Financial Law Discussion Group
Thursday 31 January 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Dr Alexander Schall

bullet Crime and Counter-Insurgency: Lessons not learned from the Colonial Experience
Organised by: The Extra-legal Governance & Organized Crime Discussion Group
Thursday 31 January 2008 at 12.45
Speaker: Professor David Anderson

bullet Public International Law Discussion Group Seminar Series: International Arbitration: A Practitioner's View
Organised by: The Public International Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The OUP, ILA British Branch and the Law Faculty
Thursday 31 January 2008 at 12:30
Speaker: Mr M Davison & Mr S Nesbitt

bullet The Boundaries of Law and the Scope of Legal Philosophy
** NOTE Change of time **
Organised by: The Jurisprudence Discussion Group
Thursday 31 January 2008 at 19:30
Speaker: Danny Priel

bullet ASBOs: Reassuring the Vulnerable, Punishing the Vulnerated
Organised by: The Centre for Criminology
Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 15.30
Speaker: Peter Ramsay

bullet European Human Rights Law Seminar Series: Housing and Human Rights: How does Human Rights Law Impact on Property Rights and The Home?
Organised by: The Oxford Law Faculty
Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 11.00
Speaker: Professor Sue Bright

bullet Europe's Freedoms and their Eternal Impossibilities
Organised by: The EC Law Discussion Group
in conjunction with The Hart Publishing, Institute of European and Comparative Law
Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 12.30
Speaker: Prof. Damian Chalmers

bullet Socio-Legal Studies Discussion Group: The Committee System and Participatory Governance in the European Union
Organised by: The Socio-legal Studies Discussion Group
Wednesday 30 January 2008 at 13:00
Speaker: Justin Cohen

bullet Community Justice for Genocide: The Gacaca Courts, Justice and Reconciliation in Rwanda
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
in conjunction with The The Oxford Transitional Justice Research Group
Tuesday 29 January 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Phil Clark

bullet Lunch discussion
Organised by: The Research Students' Lunch
Tuesday 29 January 2008 at 13.00

bullet Centre for Socio -Legal Studies Seminar Series HT08: The hardness of soft law in UK regulatory activities related to nanotechnological development
Organised by: The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Monday 28 January 2008 at 16.30
Speaker: Professor Barbel Dorbeck-Jung

bullet Constitutional Controversies - Hilary Term Seminar Series: What happens if there is a Hung Parliament?
Organised by: The Department of Politics and International Relations
Monday 28 January 2008 at 17.00
Speaker: Dr. Stockley