School of Law Events 2012
Full Listing of all 2012 School of Law Events
10 February 2.30p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"Property Law and the City"
Professor Douglas Harris (University of British Columbia)
13 February 1p.m. (27 University Square, Room 101)
"De Facto Secularism in a Diversifying Religious Environment: The Changing Relationship between State and Religion in Europe".
Dr Ronan McCrea (University College London)
16 February 1p.m. (27 University Square, Room 101)
"Insulting Religions? Islam, Defamation of Religions and Blasphemy Laws". (ILA Regional Seminar)
Professor Javaid Rehman (Brunel University)
21 February 1 p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"Global Policing"
Professor James Sheptycki (York University)
27 February 1 p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"Legal Regulation of Humour"
Professor Laura Little (Temple University Beasley School of Law)
7 March 1p.m. (27 University Square, Room 101)
"Planning Permission and Permitting - New directions in the Law of Nuisance"
Professor Frank McManus (Napier University) Edinburgh
14 March 5p.m. (27 University Square, Room 101)
"From Union to Devolution: Doing Private Law in a Small UK Jurisdiction"
Professor Ken Reid (University of Edinburgh)
15 March 4p.m. (Institute of Governance, seminar room 1)
"Is Sovereignty Making a Comeback?"
Dr. Guglielmo Verdirame (King's College, London)
21 March 1p.m. (Peter Froggatt Centre, floor 2, room 25)
"Unresolved Tensions: Between Solidarity, Equality and Competition in EU health law and policy"
Dr. Tamara Hervey (University of Sheffield)
22 March 5.30p.m. (The Great Hall)
"Can Referendums be Fair? The Challenge of Deliberative Democracy"
Professor Stephen Tierney (Professor of Constitutional Theory, University of Edinburgh)
The Annual MacDermott Lecture
23 March 1p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"Overview of Unlawful Workplace Discrimination in the USA"
Professor Carol Rasnic (Virginia Commonwealth University)
29 March 5p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"'One UN Against Drugs? Drug Control, Human Rights and International Law'"
Damon Barrett (International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy/Harm Reduction International)
26 April 13:00 p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"Freedom of Expression and the Human Rights Committee, General Comment 34"
Professor Michael O'Flaherty (University of Nottingham)
08 May 6:30 p.m. (Canada Room and Council Chamber)
"Value-Added: The Comparative Advantages of Regional Human Rights Systems"
Professor Dinah Shelton (George Washington University, Washington D.C.)
09 May 12:00 p.m. (Senate Room)
"Remedies and the Latin America Experience: Lessons for Northern Ireland"
Professor Dinah Shelton (George Washington University, Washington D.C.)
28 May 15:30 p.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
"Apologising for medical negligence: the interaction of apologies and
apology-protecting laws with open-disclosure processes after adverse medical events"
Professor Prue Vines (University of New South Wales)
30 May 6:00 p.m. (Canada Room and Council Chamber)
ICCJ Annual Lecture "The Contradictions of Telemetric Policing"
Professor Pat O'Malley (Sydney)
31 May 11:00 a.m. (27 University Square, room 101)
ICCJ and BSC event "Risk, Crime and Security"
Professor Pat O'Malley (Sydney) plus further guest speakers
7 June 12:30 p.m. (27 University Square, Room 101)
"Should transitional justice deal with violations of economic, social and cultural rights?"
co-hosted by the Latin American Studies Forum
Dr Clara Sandoval (University of Essex)
