Month: March 2015

‘The Faculty of Law, BPP University invite you to a symposium on

‘What has the European Convention on Human Rights ever done for us: Is it time to repeal the Human Rights Act?’.

Speakers:

Andrew Le Sueur is a professor at the School of Law, University of Essex. He is a member of the Jersey Law Commission, currently leading a project on reform of administrative justice in the island. He is a member of the executive committee of the International Association of Constitutional Law and a formal president of the UK Constitutional Law Association.

Bill Bowring is a professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. His research interests include human rights, minority rights, and international law. His research is enriched by his practice as a barrister, taking many cases to the European Court of Human Rights against Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Russia and Turkey.

Merris Amos is a reader in Human Rights Law at the School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London. Prior to this she was a Lecturer at the University of Essex and Deputy Director of the Human Rights Centre. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the UK Constitutional Law Association.

Roger Scruton is a writer, philosopher and public commentator. He is also a visiting professor at the University of Oxford. In addition, he is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington and a contributing editor to The New Atlantis.’

Date: 27th March 2015, 5.00-7.00pm

Location: Lecture Theatre, BPP University, Law School, Waterloo Branch, 137 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NN

Charge: Free

More information can be found here.

‘The lecture addresses current controversy both in the recent case law and in scholarly writings about the proper test and rationale for rectification of contracts. It examines the relationship between rectification and contract formation and interpretation, the role of equity in its relationship to the common law, policy issues about objective conduct and subjective intention and belief in the law of contract, and the proper relationship between rectification for common mistake and for unilateral mistake.’

Date: 23rd April 2015, 6.00-7.00pm

Location: UCL Faculty of Laws, Graduate Wing, 1 – 2 Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

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‘In this presentation I explain the main features of a moralized constitutional theory and I offer some arguments in its favour. In particular, I defend two characteristics of moralized constitutional theory, 1) its generality and 2) its doctrinal relevance. In a nutshell, moralized constitutional theory treats questions of constitutional law (such as questions about the scope of judicial review of primary legislation in this or that jurisdiction) as questions of political morality. Thus, it takes principles of political morality to be essential conditions of propositions of law. In connecting doctrinal law with moral principles, moralized constitutional theory purports to make claims that transcend specific legal systems.’

Date: 16th March 2015, 6.00-7.30pm

Location: Bentham House, UCL Laws, WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

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‘A Discussion Forum with Special Guest Speakers
Henry Grunwald OBE QC & Imam Ajmal Masroor
Chair: Peter J Kirby QC
Religious practices in the modern world: Food’

Date: 16th March 2015, 6.30-8.30pm

Location: Central London location

Charge: Free

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‘Judges are paradigmatic interpreters because they are under a duty to interpret for others. Such a duty stems from an epistemic gap between judges and their addressees. I wish to suggest that, in adjudication, such a gap is bridged by an act of explanation. Judges interpret when they explain legal meaning.’

Date: 25th March 2015, 6.00-7.30pm

Location: Bentham House, UCL Laws, WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

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‘Professor Horder will use an examination of the concept of dishonesty in criminal law as a way of considering a broader issue. This issue is the role of the criminal law in creating and maintaining the ‘bureaucratic’ state.’

Date: 19th March 2015, 6.00-7.00pm

Location: UCL Laws, Bentham House, WC1H 0EG

Charge: Free, registration required

More information can be found here.