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ILA British Branch Seminars 2009 -2010

7 October 2009 - 17 March 2010 - Main Lecture Theatre,UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG.

UCL FACULTY OF LAWS AND BRITISH BRANCH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LAW SEMINARS 2009-2010

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21 October 2009
Legal Reasoning in International Investment Awards: Transparency and Legitimacy Concerns
Dr Federico Ortino (King’s College London)
Chair: Dr Alejandro Escobar (UCL and Baker Botts LLP)
 
26 October 2009 - LUNCH TIME LECTURE in conjunction with the Centre for Law & Governance in Europe
WTO: The Appellate Body and its Hermeneutics: How long will its ‘Infant’s disease’ last?
Professor Joseph Weiler (NYU)
1-2pm, Moot Court
 
28 October 2009
From Greenwich Mean Time to Leap Seconds: International Agreement on Uniform Regimes
Professor Richard Gardiner (UCL)
Chair: Jeremy Carver (Clifford Chance LLP)
 
11 November 2009
Jurisdiction over Foreign Forces: The Calipari Case and the Law of the Flag
Dr Aurel Sari (University of Exeter)
Chair: Dr Louise Arimatsu (UCL)
 
NOTE NEW DATE: 18 November 2009 - BOOK LAUNCH
Shipping Interdiction and the Law of the Sea: Pirates, drugs, IUU fishing, migrant smuggling and terror
Discussants: Dr Douglas Guilfoyle (UCL)
Dr Roger O'Keefe (Cambridge)
Professor Catherine Redgwell (UCL)
 
9 December 2009
Going Formal, Going Natural, or Going Political? (Re-)Situating the international between law and politics
Dr Florian Hoffmann (LSE)
Chair: Dr Guiglelmo Verdirame (Cambridge)
 
13 January 2010
Israel/Palestine: Aspects of a prolonged occupation
Professor Iain Scobbie (SOAS)
Chair: Professor Stefan Talmon (Oxford)
 
20 January 2010
Rescuing Piracy from the Antiquarians
Professor Vaughan Lowe (University of Oxford)
Chair: Dr Ralph Wilde (SOAS)
 
27 January 2010
Self-Determination Sui Generis and Sovereignty
Professor Robert McCorquodale (BIICL)
Chair: Dr Catriona Drew (SOAS)
 
3 February 2010
Revisiting a Landmark: The continuing relevance of the Barcelona Traction judgment
Professor Christian Tams (University of Glasgow)
Chair: Professor Matthew Craven (SOAS)
 
10 February 2010
Recalibrating International Investment Agreements: Investor Rights, Home State Obligations and the Host State’s Right to Regulate
Professor Peter Muchlinski (SOAS)
Chair: Zac Douglas (Cambridge)
 
24 February 2010
Applicable Law in International Law
Dr Lorand Bartels (University of Cambridge)
Chair: Sir Michael Wood (20 Essex Street)
 
3 March 2010
Sources of Law and Internal Armed Conflict
Dr Sandy Sivakumaran (University of Nottingham)
Chair: Anthea Roberts (LSE)
 
10 March 2010
Treaty Interpretation and English Law: Some Progress to Date and Some Challenges to Come
Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill (University of Oxford)
Chair: Professor Catherine Redgwell (UCL)
 
17 March 2010
The Legality of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government of Kosovo
Dr Jillaine Seymour (University of Cambridge)
Chair: Dapo Akande (Oxford)
 
Time: 6 - 7pm, excluding 26 Oct. followed by reception in the Keeton Room
Venue: Main Lecture Theatre, UCL Faculty of Laws,
Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens
London WC1H 0EG
 
Contact: Ralph Wilde ralph.wilde@ucl.ac.uk
 
CPD: Accredited with 1 CPD hour (those registering are asked to contribute £15 towards the costs of accreditation, payment in cash at the event)
 
Thanks: to Lemonia Tsaroucha, a doctoral student at UCL Laws, for her assistance in organizing these events
 
All welcome – no ILA membership, UCL affiliation, pre-registration or payment necessary – just turn up.

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