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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 […]

Free

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 […]

Free

Constraining the Use of Force: A Chinese Project in International Law?

Common Room, Level 4, Sydney Law School

Constraining the Use of Force: A Chinese Project in International Law? In-person event Over the course of decades, the People’s Republic of China has consistently expressed a relatively strict interpretation of core legal norms constraining the use of force. These include its positions on Article 2(4) of the UN Charter, the customary international law of […]

Public lecture: A Human Rights Act for NSW

Law Foyer, Level 2, New Law Building (F10), University of Sydney, Camperdown Campus

In-person event The NSW Bar Association and the Human Rights Act for NSW Alliance invite you to attend a public lecture on ‘A Human Rights Act for NSW’, hosted by the Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney. Why should NSW enact a human rights act and what rights could be protected? How would […]

Free, however registration is required.

Responders Lab sessions

Sydney Law School, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)

Responders Lab sessions In-person event Sydney Law School and Insight Exchange invite you to participate in a Responders Lab session, supported by the Sydney Policy Lab. The Responders Lab is designed to support you in exploring and building on your understanding of domestic, family and sexualised violence, and how this influences what you might notice, […]

Free

Symposium: Financial crime in different contexts

Sydney Law School, Law Lounge, Level 1, New Law Building Annex (F10A)

In-person event Financial crime poses many challenges and affects a multitude of sectors, in Australia and globally. As offenders become more sophisticated, new vulnerabilities emerge, and law enforcement has to adapt. While the criminal justice responses have been swift and emphatic in some sectors, they have been cumbersome and lethargic in others. Variations in criminalisation […]

Free, however registration is required.