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  • Book launch: China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law

    The University of Sydney Law School, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building F10

    Book launch: China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade LawTHIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON AT SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL. The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law by Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School. The book […]

  • Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspective

    The University of Sydney Law School, Boardroom, Level 4, New Law Building F10

    Climate litigation against companies in a comparative perspectiveIn-person event In this seminar, Prof M Marc-Philippe Weller (Heidelberg University) takes the spectacular 2021 Milieudefensie v Shell ruling from a first instance court in The Hague as an opportunity to identify cross-jurisdictional problems of civil climate change litigation from a comparative perspective. The Shell case was the first climate […]

  • Works-in-Progress Conference

    Camperdown Campus – venue to be confirmed

    Works-in-Progress ConferenceHybrid Event Works-in-Progress Event On Thursday, 16 February, the Sydney Centre for International Law hosts its first-ever works-in-progress conference in association with its annual International Year in Review conference.  This hybrid afternoon event features authors from around the world workshopping papers dealing with the situation in Ukraine and interstate dispute settlement (ISDS), two topics […]

  • Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal law

    Law Lounge, Level 1

    Gender persecution: New frontiers in international criminal lawIn-person event   The Sydney Centre for International Law warmly invites Sydney Law School staff, students and external guests to this conversation on the crime against humanity of ‘gender persecution’, which is currently being prosecuted for the first time in the International Criminal Court. This event is free […]

  • Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flow

    Conflict-of-norms in the information society: national security and cross-border data flowOnline event National security has increasingly become a concern for cross-border data flow. In this panel discussion, we will survey the conflicts and potential collaboration between protecting national security and enhancing digital trade. Our distinguished panel will cover relevant laws and practices in big (the […]

  • Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski

    Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

    Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech SadurskiIn-person event The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Chair in Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School. The book will be launched by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG. About Constitutional Public Reason […]

  • Private International Law and Voices of Children

    Private International Law and Voices of ChildrenOnline event When making decisions, adults should think about how their decisions will affect children. Recent years have witnessed, in private international law cases and legislation, the protection of children is increasingly mingled with gender, indigenous issues, refugees, violence, war, surrogacy technology, etc. This is evidenced by the US […]

  • Book launch: Comparing Online Legal Education

    Law Lounge, Level 1

    Book launch: Comparing Online Legal Education In-person event The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Comparing Online Legal Education, co-edited by Professor Luke Nottage, Sydney Law School, for the International Academy of Comparative Law. The book will be launched by The Hon. Andrew Bell, Chief Justice of […]

  • Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and Beyond

    Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

    Comparative History of International Arbitration: Australia, Japan and BeyondHybrid event This hybrid-format webinar compares the historical trajectory of international arbitration law and practice in Australia and Japan in regional and global contexts. An aim is to explore the evolving images and contours of arbitration and scope for cross-border collaboration in promoting this popular but sometimes […]

  • 2nd Annual Global Sports Law Symposium: Dispute Resolution

    2nd Annual Global Sports Law Symposium: Dispute ResolutionIn-person event Abstract This symposium brings together luminary experts and practitioners in sports law to discuss dispute resolution in the world of sports (it follows on from ANJeL’s seminar on international arbitration). The symposium’s first panel will feature two giants of the Australian sports law world reflecting on their […]

  • Business, human rights and development: A case for course correction

    Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

    Business, human rights and development: A case for course correction In-person event Businesses are expected to respect all human rights. However, there is little evidence that human rights abuses-linked to businesses are on the decline despite the evolution of plethora of standards. Businesses are also expected to contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. […]

  • Business and Human rights: Recent Developments and Comparative Lessons

    Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

    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 […]