Refugee week: Celebrate 10 YEARS of refugees with a disability resettling in Australia In-person event This Refugee Week we celebrate ten years since Australia allowed refugees living with a disability to arrive in Australia through the resettlement program. Join some of the people and services who helped make this change possible, and those who have […]
JSI Seminar: American nullification and secession: the case for constitutional flexibilityThis event is being held online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Speaker: Professor Kit Wellman, Washington University in St Louis Americans live in a political marriage arranged by our ancestors. The good news is that the framers of our Constitution were brilliant; the bad […]
Book launch: Dynamic and Principled – The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason In-person event The University of Sydney Law School and The Federation Press are delighted to invite you to the launch of Dynamic and Principled: The Influence of Sir Anthony Mason. This collection of essays from eminent judges, prominent practitioners and leading scholars analyses […]
How AI is changing medical practice This event has moved to online only Sydney Ideas is delighted to welcome back Professor Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School), a leading author and academic on the law of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, and machine learning, along with local experts to unpack the challenges and advantages of AI and […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC ReformPresenter: Professor Andrew Tuch, Washington University in St Louis Despite recent market volatility, mergers of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and direct listings remain viable alternatives to IPOs in the United States. SPACs continue to outnumber traditional IPOs. Direct listings have allowed companies, including […]
Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters In person event Norton Rose Fulbright in collaboration with Sydney Law School and Ansarada are pleased to invite you to our forum entitled Company Directors – Navigating Troubled Waters. In today’s uncertain world, company directors need to be ready to deal with unexpected challenges and distress. Hear from our […]
Exhibition launch: Iconic: The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem Professor Robert McLaughlin (ANU) will formally launch the exhibition, created by Associate Professor Emily Crawford (Sydney Law School.) The Red Cross is one of the most identifiable icons of all time – since its adoption in the 19th century, the Red Cross emblem […]
JSI Seminar: Flourishing in the AnthropoceneSpeaker: Associate Professor Nicole Graham, Sydney Law School Progressive property theory presents a recent corrective to atomistic theories that isolate property interests from the network of relations and obligations arising from the sociality of organised human society. The ‘social obligation norm’ that underpins progressive property theory stretches back to Aristotle’s […]
JSI Seminar: The Conscience of TrustSpeaker: Professor Irit Samet, King’s College London At the heart of the modern trust lies a glaring paradox: how has a legal institution that is repeatedly referred to by the courts as rooted in a duty of conscience become infamous for helping individuals to achieve goals that are patently unconscionable? […]
JSI Seminar: Jealousy of trade, from the Scottish Enlightenment to neoliberalismSpeaker: Associate Professor Jessica Whyte, UNSW In this talk, I trace the Scottish Enlightenment debates about what David Hume termed “jealousy of tradeâ€â€”that is, the transformation of international commerce into a political concern of states and a cause of international conflict. I revisit these debates […]
Symposium: “Global Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japanâ€This symposium is part of Japanaroo, a week-long series of events that is part of an initiative to promote exchange and collaboration between Australia and Japan. This informal panel brings together experts and practitioners in sports law and governance from Japan and Australia, two countries at the […]
