31 October 2014

SLS NEWS 23/10/2014

As follows some news from the Society of legal scholars:

1) Trinity College Dublin
Public lecture by Professor Andrew Burrows at 5:30pm on Wednesday 29 October. 
"Remoteness in Contract: The Rights and Wrongs of The Achilleas"Mr Justice Bryan McMahon will chair the event. All are very welcome to attend. Please register at www.eventbrite.ie. Full detailshttps://gallery.mailchimp.com/47624183ad52dd8428c97d3f6/files/Professor_Burrows_Public_Lecture_in_Dublin_29_October_2014.pdf
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2)  
Lancaster University: one-day symposium on the Rule of Law
31 October 2014.  


The Centre for Law and Society at Lancaster University will host a one-day symposium on the Rule of Law .  The event will centre upon Professor Christopher May’s recent publication, The Rule of Law in Global Politics. Speakers will include prominent figures specialising in public law and political science.  Lunch and refreshments will be provided and attendance is free of charge.  Three PhD travel bursaries (domestic travel only) are available to doctoral students working in this or related fields.  For further details of the symposium, or simply to notify us of your intention to attend, please contact John Murphy at the School of Law, Lancaster University atj.murphy2@lancaster.ac.uk.
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3)  
University of Nottingham
Wednesday 5 November 2014

Human Rights and Conscientious Objections – Theory and Practice,

The conference will cover a range of current issues including the moral or philosophical basis for conscientious objections, religiously based conscientious objections, whether conscientious objections are protected as part of freedom of religion, the relationship between conscientious objection and civil disobedience, conscientious objections to military service, conscientious objections in a healthcare context, whether conscientious objections should be recognised by  legal systems and, if so, how. The presentations will cover national, European and international perspectives.
Full details can be found at http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/law/events/events.aspx
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4) 
St Mary’s University Twickenham, London
    6 November 2014
The Centre for Law and Culture at St Mary’s University, Twickenham is holding a free lecture as part of its 2014-15 Public Lecture Series
 ‘Graphic Reporting: Human Rights Violations through the Lens of Graphic Novels’ and will be delivered by guest speakers Dr Jérémie Gilbert (University of East London) and Dr David Keane (Middlesex University). It is derived from their contribution to a collection on law and comics, edited by Centre for Law and Culture Co-Director Dr Thomas Giddens (in press at Routledge).
The lecture will discuss the potential for graphic novels to influence human rights practice. At present, a handful of pioneering authors are producing graphic accounts of rights violations initially largely involving armed conflict but extending into other situations.
Full details at:-
http://www.smuc.ac.uk/news/news/school-of-management-and-social-sciences/2014/10/st-marys-centre-law-culture-public-lecture-graphic-reporting/
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5)  
International Conference on the Impact of the WWI on Palestine
hosted by Al-Jazeera Centre for Studies (AJCS) and the Palestinian Return Centre (PRC)
 Sat 8 & Sun 9 November 2014

venue: Bryanston Street London W1H 7EH
The conference will examine the impact of the WWI on Palestine with special interests on the role of the Ottoman Empire and the Zionist Movement. It will examine the political position of the Palestinians and the Arabs in general following the Sykes-Picot Agreement. It will also discuss in-depth the British Mandate and the San Remo Conference

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/international-conference-the-impact-of-world-war-one-on-palestine-tickets-12138948923?aff=eorg

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6) 
14th Annual Conference on European Tort Law (ACET)
    9 until 11 April, 2015
    Vienna

The conference will provide both practitioners and academics with the opportunity to learn of the most significant developments in tort law within Europe in 2014.

Full details and programme are at:
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/47624183ad52dd8428c97d3f6/files/Announcement_ACET_2015_eng_.doc

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7) 
Swansea University
Minds, Brains and Law: A Conference on Law and Neuroscience,

11th and 12th December 2014

Speakers:  Michael S Moore, Dennis Patterson, Joanna Glynn QC, Huw Williams, Zachary Hoskins, Marion Godman, Michael Pardo,
John Danaher, Pim Haselager, Burkhard Schafer, Aidan Byrne, Bebhinn Donnelly-Lazarov, Jennifer Chandler, Elizabeth Shaw

This timely conference brings together influential researchers from the rapidly emerging and increasingly important field of law and neuroscience. Developments in neuroscience, and in particular the ability of neuroscientific technologies to probe the depths of mind and brain, are potentially of great significance for law. To what degree, for example, should neuroscientific evidence be admissible in courts? For what purposes? If our actions are the result not of conscious choice but rather the work of synapses and neuronal events, can we really say that anyone is responsible for their actions? The two-day event convened by Swansea University College of Law and its Centre for Global Legal Priorities will explore these and other conundrums in a professionally and academically integrated setting. In addition it will mark the recent publication of Minds Brains and Law, by Professor Dennis Patterson (Swansea) and Professor Michael Pardo (University of Alabama): a book considered likely to ‘profoundly affect the current perception of the relation between law and neuroscience’ (Peter Hacker, St John's College, Oxford). For the programme and registration form, please apply tob.donnelly@swansea.ac.uk
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8)
 QMUL - Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context

Annual Seminar Series -
  The international and EU legal aspects of Monetary Policy

12 November 2014, 12.00 to 14.00
http://www.law.qmul.ac.uk/events/items/135273.html
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9) CORRECTION:

)  Bournemouth University - The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management

(CIPPM) at Bournemouth University invites you to attend a one-day event titled 3D Printing: A Selection of Stakeholder Perspectives
To understand the various implications relating to 3D printing, this event, will bring together industry experts, social scientists, policy makers, lawyers, economists and manufacturers of 3D printing. The event will also provide the platform for a discussion and peer-review of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) Commissioned Report on the Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing carried out by researchers at Bournemouth and Econolyst<http://www.econolyst.co.uk>.

Date: 7 November 2014
Venue: Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University
Time: Registration: 9.30 am;  Conference: 10:00 – 17.30

For programme andregistration please see http://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/cippm/2014/11/07/3d-printing-a-selection-of-stakeholder-perspectives/
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10) 
 Reading University
    Workshop: 
Writing a Proposal for PhD Applications and Funding 
Friday, 21st November, 1-4pm

This is small group workshop and places are limited. Up to six places will be available to candidates from across the UK.  Attendees may be provided with a Workshop Award to cover or subsidise travel costs.
To apply for a place and a Workshop Award, please send a draft research proposal (400–600 words), a CV, and a short statement outlining your PhD and career plans to the Law School’s PGR Director, Dr Charlotte Smith:c.l.smith@reading.ac.uk.  Closing date: 14th November 2014.

Applicants with interests in the following areas are especially welcome: Constitutional and Administrative Law; Commercial Law, Criminal Justice & Criminology; European Law; Family Law; Human Rights; Legal History; Medical Law; Terrorism & Security; Gender & Sexuality;  Race, Religion and Law.

For inquiries, contact Dr Charlotte Smith
0118 378 5410
c.l.smith@reading.ac.uk

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