Stay ConnectedThe Faculty of Law has a thriving calendar of lectures and seminars spanning the entire gamut of legal, political and philosophical topics. Regular programmes are run by many of the Faculty’s Research Centres, and a number of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their fields often speak at the Faculty on other occasions as well.
Audio recordings from such events are published in our various podcast collections. Video recordings are available via YouTube.
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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 right. He has held chairs at the Universities of Bath and Monash (Australia) and was previously Director of the Socio-Economic Security Programme of the International Labour Organisation. He is currently working on pilot basic income schemes in India and on issues relating to his two recent books, The Precariat: The New Dangerous Class (2011) and A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens (2014).
The event was kindly supported by the Cambridge Public Policy Strategic Research Initiative and the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group.
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 occasional public lectures on medico-legal issues of current interest.
The 2015 Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Lecture on Medico-Legal Studies was delivered by Professor Paul Mevis, of the Law Faculty, Erasmus University of Rotterdam on 26 January 2015, and was entitled "Voluntary Euthanasia and Assisted Dying: The Position in The Netherlands".
Documents providing information on the relevant Dutch legislation and case law, and excepts from an evaluative report, can be found here:
- Relevant Dutch Legislation:
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/repo-documents/pdf/events/Relevant%20Dutch%20Legislation.pdf
- Relevant Dutch Case Law:
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/repo-documents/pdf/events/Relevant%20Dutch%20Case%20Law.pdf
- Excerpt from Evaluation Report of Legislation:
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/repo-documents/pdf/events/Excerpt%20from%20Evaluation%20Report%20of%20Legislation.pdf
A transcript of the lecture is available at:
http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/repo-documents/pdf/events/Ver%20Heyden%20De%20Lancey%20Lecture%202015%20-%20Voluntary%20Euthanasia%20and%20Assisted%20Dying%20The%20Position%20in%20The%20Netherlands.pdf
A gallery of photographs from the event is available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambridgelawfaculty/sets/72157650511556505/
For more information about the Baron Ver Heyden de Lancey Lecture series, please see http://www.lml.law.cam.ac.uk/events/vhdl-events
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/
The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) and the Centre for Public Law (CPL) hosted a guest lecture entitled 'The Principle of Legality in Foreign Relations', which was delivered at the Faculty of Law on 17 November 2014 by Professor Campbell McLachlan, Professor of International Law in Victoria University of Wellington.
For more information about the series, please see the LCIL website at www.lcil.cam.ac.uk and the CPL website at www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk
On Friday 14 November 2014, the Cambridge European Society hosted a lecture by Ana Júlia Maurício (PhD at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge) entitled "Problems of Compliance with European Union Law: The case of national final administrative acts" at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.
'How can the government stem the tide of migrant workers coming to the UK?'. This question has been asked with increasing vigour by those who perceive immigration as a threat rather than a benefit to the UK economy. In this video, Catherine Barnard considers whether it is possible to restrict free movement of workers under EU law, both as it now stands and going forward.
Professor Barnard is Professor of European Union Law and Jean Monnet Chair of EU Law. She has written extensively on EU Law and Labour Law, and has been involved in advising the UK Government as part of its balance of competence review.
For more information about Professor Barnard, please refer to her profile at http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/cs-barnard/9
Law in Focus is a collection of short videos featuring academics from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, addressing legal issues in current affairs and the news. These issues are examples of the many which challenge researchers and students studying undergraduate and postgraduate law at the Faculty.
This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
On Tuesday 4 November 2014, Mr Graham Vinter, General Counsel, BG Group plc (and ex-partner of Allen & Overy), delivered the 2014 Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Annual Law Lecture entitled "The Trouble with Executives".
The event was kindly sponsored by Allen & Overy.
More information about this lecture is available from the Private Law Centre website at www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/events/past-events
On Friday 31 October 2014, the Cambridge European Society hosted a lecture by Estelle Wolfers (PhD at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge) entitled “Influencing Luxembourg: the UK Government at the Court of Justice' at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.
From 15 to 17 September 2014, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held a major international conference on Public Law. It was intended to be the first of what will become a biennial series of conferences.
The theme for the inaugural Public Law Conference was "Process and Substance in Public Law". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.
In this video, Professor John Bell, Professor David Dyzenhaus, Professor David Feldman, Professor Carol Harlow & Professor Cheryl Saunders reflect on their experiences at the conference, and themes going forwards.
For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to the conference website at: http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/
From 15 to 17 September 2014, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held a major international conference on Public Law. It was intended to be the first of what will become a biennial series of conferences.
The theme for the inaugural Public Law Conference was "Process and Substance in Public Law". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.
In this video, Professor Carol Harlow (LSE) & Professor Richard Rawlings (UCL) gave the third keynote, entitled 'Executive Reaction to Judicial Review: Striking Back!' and Professor Maurice Sunkin (Essex) presented 'The Impacts of Judicial Review and Effective Redress'. The talks were followed by a short question and answer session.
For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to the conference website at: http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/
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