Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

Judge Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights, gave a talk entitled "The contribution of the Court to a culture of human rights in Europe" on 12 November 2015 as a guest of the Centre for Public Law (CPL). For more information, see the CPL website at: http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk

In an interview with the BBC yesterday (23 July 2015), US President Barack Obama argued that having "the United Kingdom in the European Union gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union and is part of the cornerstone of institutions built after World War II that has made the world safer and more prosperous." He continued: "And we want to make sure that United Kin...

Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill of Rights. In this video, Mark Elliott addresses three key questions raised by these proposals: First, what lies behind the desire of some politicians to secure the Human Rights Act’s repeal? Second, how might a British Bill of Rights differ from the...

Brendan Van Alsenoy, KU Leuven, ICRI/CIR, iMinds delivers the second lecture from the "Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Beyond after Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. (The second lecture was not recorded). This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protecti...

David Smith, UK Deputy Information Commissioner delivers the second lecture from the "The General Shape of EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World...

Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers delivers the third lecture from the "The General Shape of EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World. The conferen...

Christian Wiese Svanberg, Attorney-at-law, Plesner delivers the third lecture from the "Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Beyond after Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. (The second lecture was not recorded). This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protect...

Professor Dr Johannes Caspar, Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information delivers the first lecture from the "Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Beyond after Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data...

James Leaton Gray, Controller, Information Policy, BBC delivers the fourth lecture from the "The General Shape of EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around th...

Dr David Erdos, University of Cambridge delivers the first lecture from the "The General Shape of EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World. The con...

Eduardo Ustaran, Partner, Hogan Lovells delivers the fourth lecture from the "The Changing Landscape for Search Engines After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World. The conf...

Julia Powles, University of Cambridge delivers the third lecture from the "The Changing Landscape for Search Engines After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World. The confere...

Dr Orla Lynskey, London School of Economics delivers the third lecture from the "The Pathway to Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World. The conference was held with the suppo...

William Malcolm, Senior Privacy Counsel, Google delivers the second lecture from the "The Changing Landscape for Search Engines After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World....

Willem Debeuckelaere, President, Belgium Data Protection Authority delivers the first lecture from the "The Changing Landscape for Search Engines After Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from...

Jef Ausloos, KU Leuven delivers the second lecture from the "The Pathway to Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Privacy from around the World. The conference was held with the support of the Centre for...

Professor Artemi Rallo Lombarte, Jaume I University and former Director of Spanish Data Protection Authority delivers the first lecture from the "The Pathway to Google Spain" section of the "EU Internet Regulation After Google Spain" conference. This conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 27 March 2015, and brought together leading experts on Data Protection and Priv...

The recent Supreme Court decision in Vince v Wyatt aroused much media interest because it allowed an ex-wife to proceed with a financial claim against her ex-husband, who became a millionaire years after they divorced. The judgement is available at http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2015/14.html In this video Dr Brian Sloan describes the reasoning behind the decision focusing on the limits of wha...

On Friday 27 February 2015, Laureate Professor Cheryl Saunders of the University of Melbourne delivered the 2014 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Devolution. Federation. Constitution. From here to where?". The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor o...

Marc Moore, Reader in Corporate Law at University of Cambridge, gave a seminar entitled "Rationalising CEO-Worker Pay Equity" on Wednesday, 19 February 2015 at the Faculty of Law. Marc's interests are in company law, corporate governance and capital markets, especially theory of the firm and the legitimacy of managerial decision-making power in public companies. For more information see the Centre...

On Wednesday 28 January 2015 Lord Hoffmann, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1995 to 2009, delivered the 2015 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Constitutionalism and Private Law". 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. More information about this lecture, inc...

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...

On Monday 26 January 2015 Professor Standing spoke at the Cambridge University Faculty of Law, where he discussed his latest book, 'A Precariat Charter: from Denizens to Citizens' with Professor Simon Deakin. Guy Standing is Professor of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and a founder and co-President of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN), an NGO promoting basic income as a rig...

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...

Andrew Robertson (University of Melbourne), delivered a seminar entitled "The Assumption of Responsibility" as a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre on Friday 23 January 2015. For more information about the Centre please refer to the CPLC website at http://www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/