Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | AI and Contracting: An EU PerspectiveOnline event This webinar will discuss the use of artificial intelligence systems in commercial contracting. This is a joint event by the Ross Parsons Centre and the Automated Decision-Making and Society Centre, both of Sydney Law School. Speakers Professor Teresa RodrÃguez de […]
Business and Human rights: Recent Developments and Comparative LessonsIn-person event Given that human rights abuses-linked to businesses are on the rise rather than in decline, it is no surprise that ‘business and human rights’ remains a rapidly evolving research field. There are various national initiatives (e.g. the French loi de vigilance, one of the pioneer […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar | Insider Trading, Fiduciary Relationships, and Market Integrity: A Comparative Consideration of Insider Laws of United States and AustraliaIn-person event There are a variety of distinctions that exist between the Australian and US laws prohibiting insider trading. While insider trading is prohibited in Australia under an express statutory […]
Corruption, Criminal Law, and China: Offering and Accepting Bribes In-person event The XII Amendment to Criminal Law of P.R.C adopted by the Standing Committee of People’s Congress on 29 December 2023 is guided by two principles. One is to enhance protection for private enterprises and the other is to punish offering bribes and accepting bribes […]
China as a Development Model for the Global South: Opportunities and Limits In-person event With its remarkable economic success, China could be regarded by countries in the Global South as presenting a development model that is easier to emulate than that of Western developed countries. In this paper, we examine to what extent the Chinese […]
Book launch: Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSWIn-person event The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Youth Crime, Youth Justice and Children’s Courts in NSW, co-edited by Dr Garner Clancey, Sydney Law School, and Dr Rohan Lulham, University of Sydney. About Youth Crime, Youth […]
2024 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: The Rule of Law in Modern AustraliaDelivered by The Honourable Chief Justice Lucy McCallum In-person event **This event is now at full capacity. A recording will be released after the event.** About the speaker Chief Justice Lucy McCallum graduated with a BA/LLB from the University of New South Wales in […]
Research launch | Let’s talk about confidentiality: NDA use in sexual harassment settlementsIn-person event Join us for the launch of research by our first Social Justice Pratitioners in Residence (SJPIR) (jointly held by Sharmilla Bargon of Redfern Legal Centre and Regina Featherstone of the Human Rights Law Centre). After joining the law school in August […]
JSI Seminar | European Émigré Legal Scholars in Australian Law Schools: Julius Stone’s CircleIn-person event During and immediately after World War II, some Australian law schools had the opportunity to rescue European émigré legal scholars fleeing persecution and fascism. Overwhelmingly, Australian universities did not become shelters for refugee intellectuals, despite the extraordinary efforts of some […]
2024 ACCEL Environmental Law Year in Review: Spotlighting Climate Change, Nature Repair, Transport, and GreenwashingThe Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at Sydney Law School invites you to its Environmental Law Year in Review Conference on 8 March 2024. In Australia and around the world, 2023 was a significant year for climate and environmental […]
Revisiting the Role and Relevance of the ‘The Right to Strike’ In-person event In 2023, the University of Bristol Centre for Law at Work (UK) joined forces with the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and International Lawyers Assisting Workers (ILAW) Network at the Solidarity Center (Washington DC, US) to commence a project on the right […]