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The proliferation of Chinese surveillance tools overseas: sovereignty, resistance, and debt

Law Lounge, Level 1

The proliferation of Chinese surveillance tools overseas: sovereignty, resistance, and debtIn-person event The heightened public and scholarly attention to Africa-China relations is chiefly inspired by the growing trade, investment, and aid between Beijing and the Global South. More specifically, the research on digital surveillance in Africa focuses largely on the wide distribution of Chinese technology, […]

2024 Wingarra Djuraliyin: Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law

Law Foyer, Level 2

2024 Wingarra Djuraliyin: Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and LawSydney Law School is proud to host the annual Wingarra Djuraliyin public lecture, which showcases Indigenous perspectives on law. In-person event Sydney Law School is proud to host the annual Wingarra Djuraliyin public lecture, which showcases Indigenous perspectives on law. In 2024, the lecture is “Critical […]

Protecting digital privacy while countering terrorism: A dialogue with two UN Special Rapporteurs

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

Protecting digital privacy while countering terrorism: A dialogue with two UN Special RapporteursIn-person event Join us for the unique opportunity at The University of Sydney Law School to participate in a dialogue between Prof. Ana Brian Nougrères, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy and Prof. Ben Saul, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion […]

Book launch | Regulation-Making in the United Kingdom and Australia: Democratic Legitimacy, Safeguards And Executive Aggrandisement

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

Book launch: Regulation-Making in the United Kingdom and Australia: Democratic Legitimacy, Safeguards And Executive Aggrandisement (Hart Publishing, 2024) In-person event The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Regulation-Making in the United Kingdom and Australia: Democratic Legitimacy, Safeguards And Executive Aggrandisement by Associate Professor Andrew Edgar. This book examines the […]

JSI Seminar: ‘The Little Commonweale of my poore thoughts’: nature, ownership, Cosmography, and the origins of the climate crisis in Richard Zouche, 1613-63

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

JSI Seminar: ‘The Little Commonweale of my poore thoughts’: nature, ownership, Cosmography, and the origins of the climate crisis in Richard Zouche, 1613-63In-person event This seminar examines Richard Zouche’s legal thought on ‘nature’ at some of the earliest origins of the climate crisis and the formation of international law. Zouche is usually remembered as the ‘father’ […]

A new explanation of China’s patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledge

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

A new explanation of China’s patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledgeIn-person event This seminar will present how Dr Ben Hopper’s thesis explains why people are getting patents over traditional medical knowledge in a way that differs from (and adds to) the usual explanations for China’s “patent boom”. These “usual […]

What are the responsibilities of freedom and why do we need them?

Lecture Theatre 101, level 1, New Law Building F10A, Campderdown Campus

What are the responsibilities of freedom and why do we need them?A thought provoking discussion on one of the abiding themes of our time as explored in Professor Kinley’s new book The Liberty Paradox. In-person event Sydney Law School is delighted to host a discussion on liberty and the dangers it faces today from the myopic […]

Book launch | Research Methods in Private International Law: Educating the Next Generation of Conflicts Lawyers

Book launch | Research Methods in Private International Law: Educating the Next Generation of Conflicts LawyersOnline event Research Methods in Private International Law: A Handbook on Regulation, Research, and Teaching This incisive research handbook provides valuable insights into the various methodological approaches to Private International Law from regulatory and educational perspectives. It comprehensively unpacks central […]

Beyond Punishment Seminar: Are the aims of sentencing realised in practice?

Law Foyer, Level 2

Beyond Punishment Seminar: Are the aims of sentencing realised in practice? In-person event Much ink has been spilled over what the proper aims of sentencing should be, and it seems that different aims have become more or less prominent over time. The rehabilitative aim gave way to more retributive approaches in the 1970s in many […]

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Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2024:The significant origins of the modern corporation

Law Foyer, Level 2

Ross Parsons Corporations Law Lecture 2024:The significant origins of the modern corporation In-person event It is a truth (almost) universally acknowledged that the modern corporation is a separate legal entity from its shareholders. But what does it mean when we describe a corporation as an entity and how separate is the company really from its […]

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