The CELS Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Podcast

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Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Nov 04, 2025

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The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice. The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

The 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Professor Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe, on the title 'Reflections on the Brexit Revolution' on 3 November 2025.

Anand Menon is Director of the UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London. He has written widely on many aspects of EU politics and policy and on UK-EU relations. He is a frequent contributor to the media on matters relating to British relations with the EU.

Abstract: The outcome of the Brexit referendum was driven by many forces, including increasing frustration at an economic and political model that seemed to be failing far too many people. And the vote to Leave in fact provided a unique opportunity for this discontent to be addressed. The fact that it was not has merely contributed to the growing appeal of populism. And along the way, many of the things we took for granted about our country and the way it is governed have been challenged.

Lecture begins at 03:52

The slides are available at:

PDF: https://resources.law.cam.ac.uk/cels/MSL_2025_26_slides.pdf
Powerpoint: https://resources.law.cam.ac.uk/cels/MSL_2025_26_slides.pptx

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

The UK's Relationship with the European Union: 2025 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Mar 17, 2025

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The 2025 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by The Rt. Hon. Nick Thomas–Symonds MP, Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) under the title 'The UK's Relationship with the European Union' on 13 March 2025.

Nick Thomas–Symonds was elected as the MP for Torfaen in May 2015, and was appointed Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Minister for the Constitution and European Union Relations) at the Cabinet Office on 8 July 2024.

Lecture begins at 02:58

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters: 2023 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Dec 01, 2023

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The 2023 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by President Síofra O'Leary, ECHR under the title 'Why the European Convention on Human Rights still matters' on 30 November 2023.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

Saving Football from Itself: Why and How to Re-make EU Sports Law: The 2022 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Mar 09, 2022

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The 2022 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Professor Stephen Weatherill (Emeritus Jacques Delors Professor of European Law, Oxford University) under the title 'Saving Football from Itself: Why and How to Re-make EU Sports Law' on 3 March 2022.

Abstract: EU law's application to sport is ad hoc, ex post facto and driven by competition law (and occasionally free movement law). Something more systematic would be helpful - not least because governance in sport needs reform to prevent corruption, intransparency, unaccountable power etc. The latest example/flashpoint being the European SuperLeague. This talk aims to explore these issues further.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

Membership of the EU: Formal and Substantive Dimensions: The 2020 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Feb 05, 2020

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The 2020 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Craig FBA, Emeritus Professor of English Law, Oxford University, under the title 'Membership of the EU: Formal and Substantive Dimensions' on 5 February 2020.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

Making Markets Work: New Challenges for EU Competition Law: The 2019 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Feb 05, 2019

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The 2019 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, European Commission, under the title 'Making Markets Work: New Challenges for EU Competition Law' on 4 February 2019.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

What Price Sovereignty? Brexit and Human Rights: The 2018 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Mar 02, 2018

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The 2018 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve MP QC under the title 'Is Globalisation Faltering?' on 1 March 2018.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

Is Globalisation Faltering?: The 2017 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Mar 17, 2017

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The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

The 2017 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Mr Pascal Lamy (President Emeritus, Jacques Delors Institute) under the title 'Is Globalisation Faltering?' on 16 March 2017.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

Facing Legal Challenges in US - EU Relations: The 2015 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Jan 29, 2015

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The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

The 2015 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Ambassador Anthony L. Gardner, US Ambassador to the European Union on Thursday 29 January 2015, and was entitled "Facing Legal Challenges in US - EU Relations".

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie_stuart_lectures/

The United Kingdom and the EU: Inevitably Drifting Apart?: The 2014 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture Feb 17, 2014

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The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

The 2014 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by EU Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding on Monday 17 February 2014, and was entitled "The United Kingdom and the EU: Inevitably Drifting Apart?".

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie_stuart_lectures/

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