Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

The Parole: Law, Policy and Practice in 2018 Conference was held at the Faculty of Law on 2 July 2018, hosted by the Cambridge Centre for Criminal Justice, and the Centre for Public Law. The Ministry of Justice announced a public consultation into the law, policy and procedure relating to parole which closes on 28 July. The purpose of this conference was to engage in discussions with leading figur...

On 8 May 2018 Professor Stephen Smith of McGill University delivered the 2018 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices: Taking Remedies Seriously". The Cambridge Freshfields Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, and the event is sponsored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Stephen Smith is internationally renowned for h...

Justine Nolan, Associate Professor & Associate Dean, University of New South Wales, Michael Posner, Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance, Business and Society & Co-Director, Center for Business and Human Rights, NYU Stern School of Business / Tara Wadhwa, Policy Associate, Center for Business and Human Rights, NYU Stern School of Business / Dr Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Research Director,...

Dr Sabine Michalowski, Professor of Law, University of Essex, speaking on Panel XIII: 'Including the Responsibility of Economic Actors into Transitional Justice Processes'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/

Dr Justin Malbon, Professor, Monash University, speaking on Panel XIII: 'Mapping the Informal Jurisprudence of Corporate Production and Investment Responsibility'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/ This entry provides an a...

Dr Claire Bright, Senior Lecturer, London School of Business and Management, speaking on Panel XIII: 'The Role of the Concept of Human Rights Due Diligence in Fostering Corporate Accountability'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj...

Dr Tania Penovic, Senior Lecturer, Monash University & Acting Director, Castan Centre for, Human Rights Law, Monash University, speaking on Panel II: 'Transnational Anti-Abortion Activism, the Right to Free Speech and the Rights of Others under International Law'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For mo...

Niklas Woehlk, Trier University, speaking on Panel II: 'Meaningful Human Control of "Killer Robots": The Effectiveness of Civil Society Actors in Shaping International Arms Control Norms'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/...

John Dunford, Campaigns Lead, The Developer Society / Chiayu Tung, MPhil Candidate, University of Cambridge / Chung-Han Yang, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge, speaking on Panel II: 'The Influence of Social Media Activism and Opinion Leaders on International Environmental Law'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and Intern...

Dr Kateryna Busol, Legal Associate, Global, Rights Compliance LLP & Visiting Professional, International Criminal Court speaking on Panel II: 'Civil Society: Enduring Relevance'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more information about the conference, and the Journal, see http://cilj.co.uk/ This entr...

Jessica Corsi, Law Lecturer, Brunel University, London & PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge, speaking on Panel II: 'How GQUAL, the Campaign for Gender Parity at International Courts and UN Special Procedures, is Reshaping the Face of International Justice'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge International Law Conference, ‘Non-State Actors and International Law’. For more...

Professor Jorge E. Viñuales, Harold Samuel, Professor of Law and Environmental Policy, Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law & Founder, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge, giving the second keynote address on 'International Law between States and NonStates'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annual Cambridge I...

The Assize Seminars provide a space for cutting-edge academic work to play a practical role in understanding and developing the law. They are a chance to challenge, debate and refine criminal justice, providing a bridge from academia to criminal legal practice. Just like the Assize of old, the seminars are peripatetic. The third Assize seminar took place in Cambridge on 27 April 2018. This session...

The Assize Seminars provide a space for cutting-edge academic work to play a practical role in understanding and developing the law. They are a chance to challenge, debate and refine criminal justice, providing a bridge from academia to criminal legal practice. Just like the Assize of old, the seminars are peripatetic. The third Assize seminar took place in Cambridge on 27 April 2018. This session...

Professor Olivier De Schutter, Professor of International Law, Catholic University of Louvain, Member of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights & Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, giving the first keynote address on 'Due diligence and duties to cooperate: the new frontiers of States’ duties to control nonState actors'. Cambridge International Law Journal 7th Annu...

Baron Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey (1889-1984) was a wealthy and public-spirited Dutchman who at different times in his life was a dentist, doctor, surgeon, barrister and art historian. In 1970 he created the De Lancey and De La Hanty Foundation, to promote studies in medico-legal topics. The Foundation generously gave Cambridge the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund, which since 1996 has funded occasion...

The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European...

In January 2018 it was reported that the Parole Board had approved the release of John Worboys, the so-called ‘Black Cab Rapist’. Worboys had been incarcerated since his conviction for a number of sexual offences in March 2009, and it was believed that he was responsible for many attacks over which he was not charged. The announcement of the decision caused much public unrest, and led to scrutiny...

On 20 November 2017 Professor Alain Wijffels of KU Leuven delivered the CELH annual lecture on the topic 'Why civil lawyers? Alberico Gentili's commitment to legal scholarship and public governance'. The Centre for English Legal History (CELH) was formally established in 2016 to provide a hub for researchers working in legal history across the University of Cambridge. The Centre holds regular semi...

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) hosted this lecture in the CPP Colloquium Series, supported by the Centre for Public Law. The lecture was given by Professor John Corvino, at the Faculty of Law on 20 November 2017. He spoke about 'Conscience, Religious Accommodations, and Religious Exemptions'. The presentation for this lecture is available at: https://resources.law.cam.ac.uk/documents/Cambrid...

The Cambridge Pro Bono Project (CPP) hosted this lecture in the CPP Colloquium Series, supported by the Centre for Public Law. The lecture was given by Martha Spurrier, Director of Liberty, at the Faculty of Law on 14 November 2017. She spoke about 'Human Rights and Access to Justice in a Post-Brexit World'. Martha joined Liberty as Director in May 2016. She arrived from Doughty Street Chambers, w...

On Wednesday 8 November 2017, Professor Simon Deakin of the University of Cambridge delivered the 2017 Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Annual Law Lecture entitled "The evolution of vicarious liability". The event was kindly sponsored by Allen & Overy. More information about this lecture is available from the Private Law Centre website at www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/events/past-...

On 22 May 2017 Professor Mark Elliott of the University of Cambridge gave a seminar entitled "The "Brexit" decision, Miller v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union" hosted by the Centre for Public Law (CPL). For more information see the CPL website at: https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk

On Wednesday 17th May, Richard Clayton QC will talk at Wolfson College on: "The Venice Commission and the Rule of Law Crisis". Richard Clayton QC is a leading public law barrister who heads the public law team at 7 Bedford Row. In addition to his practice at the Bar, he is the United Kingdom's representative on the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters....

The A. L. Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science, the Rt Hon. Sir John Laws gave a talk entitled "Brexit and the Constitution" on 2 May 2017 as a guest of the Centre for Public Law (CPL). Sir John spoke on a wide range of issues arising from the process of leaving the EU, including the use of the referendum and the Miller litigation in the Supreme Court. For more information, or to download...