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SUMMARY:Beyond Punishment Seminar: Are the aims of sentencing realised in practice?
DESCRIPTION:Beyond Punishment Seminar: Are the aims of sentencing realised in practice? \n\n\n\nIn-person event \n\n\n\nMuch 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 countries and perhaps to approaches with more focus on dangerousness in recent times. But how well are the aims of sentencing realised in practice? \n\n\n\nThis Beyond Punishment Seminar will consider how the aims of sentencing as contained in the law matches up with reality of actual criminal justice practices. So\, does rehabilitation really have a significant place in current approaches to criminal sanctions? How is this impacted by issues of funding or discretion? Is the reality of the response to offending largely punitive and how much does it reduce the capacity to reoffend? Do the sentences imposed by the courts or the experiences of sanction really deter? If there is discrepancy between stated aims and the practice how should this discrepancy be addressed\, and which parts of the discrepancy are most troubling? \n\n\n\nThis seminar will address these and other questions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration \n\n\n\nComplimentary\, however registration is essential.  \n\n\n\nRegister here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanellists \n\n\n\n\nThe Honourable Justice Yehia was appointed to the Supreme Court in June 2022 having served as a District Court Judge for 8 years. In addition to her service as a judge of the District and Supreme Courts\, her Honour holds a number of positions including Board member and previous Chair of Diverse Women in Law\, Board member of the AIJA\, Chair of the Ngara Yura Committee and member of the Bugmy Bar Book Committee. Her Honour is also a member of the Judicial Commission’s Sentencing Bench Book Committee and became an Adjunct Professor at the UNSW Law School in 2023\, where she teaches an advanced course on sentencing law.\n\n\n\nJennifer Galouzis is the Assistant Commissioner of Strategy & Policy\, Corrective Services NSW. Currently in the final year of her PhD at the University of Melbourne\, her research focuses on “A rehabilitative prison environment: Accountability\, complexity and the possibility of therapeutic prisons.” With over 20 years of experience in prison and correctional research\, Jennifer’s work encompasses the ecology of prison environments\, the social and cultural climate of prisons\, and the measurement of prison performance. She has published in the areas of rehabilitative design\, preventing prison violence\, sex offender treatment\, and the role of corrective services in reducing reoffending\n\n\n\nThe Honourable Geoffrey Bellew SC was appointed Senior Counsel in 2006 and in 2011 he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He served continually as a Judge of the Common Law Division until February 2023. Upon his retirement Mr Bellew was appointed by the Attorney-General as the Chairperson of the State Parole Authority. He is the author of a number of texts published by Lexis Nexis\, including Uniform Evidence Law\, Principles and Context\, a substantive text on the law of evidence. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law\, a member of the Law Advisory Board\, and a sessional lecturer\, at Notre Dame University\, Sydney.\n\n\n\nDr Mindy Sotiri is Executive Director\, Justice Reform Initiative and has worked in criminal justice system settings as an advocate\, community sector practitioner\, academic\, and researcher for more than twenty-five years. During this time\, much of her work has been focused on advocacy around decarceration and building sustainable community-based and community led pathways outside of prison settings. Mindy completed her PhD in 2003 (looking at the purpose of imprisonment in NSW); completed a Churchill Fellowship in 2016 (looking at evidence based community led re-entry and post-release programs) and is a senior visiting fellow at UNSW.\n\n\n\n\nChair \n\n\n\n\nDr Allan McCay is Co-director of the Sydney Institute of Criminology and an Academic Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Law School. He coordinates the Legal Research units at the Sydney Law School\, and lectures in Criminal Law. Much of his work as focused on neuroscience\, neurotechnology\, and the criminal law. He is also interested in free will and punishment\, ethical issues related to emerging neurotechnologies\, and the future of legal work. His first coedited book Free Will and the Law: New Perspectives is published by Routledge (2019) and his second\, Neurointerventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity is published by Oxford University Press (2020).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday 8 October 2024\n\n\n\nTime: 6-8pm \n\n\n\nVenue: Sydney Law School\, Law Foyer\, Level 2\, New Law Building (F10)\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown campus \n\n\n\nCPD Points = 2 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology at Sydney Law School in conjunction with Corrective Services NSW.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/beyond-punishment-seminar-are-the-aims-of-sentencing-realised-in-practice/
LOCATION:Law Foyer\, Level 2
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SUMMARY:Book launch | Research Methods in Private International Law: Educating the Next Generation of Conflicts Lawyers
DESCRIPTION:Book launch | Research Methods in Private International Law: Educating the Next Generation of Conflicts LawyersOnline event\n\n\n\n\n\nResearch Methods in Private International Law: A Handbook on Regulation\, Research\, and Teaching\n\nThis incisive research handbook provides valuable insights into the various methodological approaches to Private International Law from regulatory and educational perspectives. It comprehensively unpacks central themes in the field including international jurisdiction\, recognition and enforcement\, and scrupulously analyses core debates whilst addressing legislative and policy issues.\n\nIn collaboration with the editors Xandra Kramer (Erasmus School of Law/Utrecht University) and Laura Carballo Piñeiro (University of Vigo)\, this online book launch will feature contributions from eminent speakers\, focusing on global insights in teaching Private International Law.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers and discussion topics\n\n\nLaura Carballo Piñeiro/Xandra Kramer\n\nMethods in private international law are not only important for the purpose of regulation and research\, but also for societal and educational purposes. To continue developing and fulfil its regulatory and societal functions\, private international law requires the nurturing of strong scholarship and thus research on creating a suitable learning environment for it to be diversified. Highlighting perspectives from university teaching in different countries\, laypersons\, colonialism\, and feminism enriches the development of private international law and increases awareness of its role as a global governance tool.\n\nVeronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm\n\nPrivate international law matters for everybody. Why then is it perceived to be so marginal? We identify three distorted perceptions: irrelevance\, impenetrability\, and indifference. Private international law is considered to be irrelevant\, because relevant decisions are taken in substantive law. It is considered impenetrable because many of its doctrines appear strange and general intuition offers little guidance towards the correct solution. And it seems indifferent to questions of values and questions of political economy. We address each of these perceptions in turn. We demonstrate that private international law\, far from being irrelevant\, is an indispensable part of private law. Whoever wants to make full use of private law must think of private international law as well. We suggest that private international law can seem impenetrable because it requires a whole different way of thinking: thinking between legal orders. Lawyers and non-lawyers alike are used to thinking within one order that is relatively coherent. That thinking is of little help in resolving issues that take place in-between such coherent orders. And we describe what we view as the ethical minimum of private international law: responsivity\, cultural humility\, and intercultural competence. These attitudes\, which are not confined to the law\, raise the possibility that private international law could teach something of relevance to everyone beyond its own disciplinary boundaries. Putting these insights in practice can\, we hope\, be transformative towards Private International Law for Everyone.\n\nRamani Garimella\n\nThe human catastrophe witnessed in Bhopal\, India\, remains pertinent for the domain of private international law. The US court ruled against the forum’s jurisdiction as being forum non conveniens and return it for the jurisdiction of India’s courts. Adherence to a formalist/positivist approach that believed in the public-private distinction allowed the court to avoid a discussion on the immense public interests that were involved in the suit. Such approach dwarfed the nature and magnitude of loss for the victims and demonstrated how far the ideas of territoriality and jurisdiction moved away from the notion of ‘unified international law’. The author suggests revisiting this distinction from a methodological perspective – historicity – to understand the reasons for the survival of this distinction\, especially in the third world countries as a vestige of the colonial law. This research\, exemplifying through India\, explores the zealous adherence to the colonial law on the rules of private international law including the methodology of the domain\, and the absence of any significant local contribution to the domain. The research argues that the distinction emerged as an expression of the positivist international law (often non-representative/non-participative) that had helped further the legitimation of colonialism. The research suggests a historicity-based methodology for identifying the domain’s content so as to ensure a justice-centric regime that takes note of the rights of the victims of human error.\n\nChukwama Okoli/Abubakri Yekini\n\nMany African countries aim to capitalise on globalization to enhance cross-border trade and commerce. This necessitates an effective private international law framework to resolve frictions that inherent in cross-border transactions. While scholarly work often focuses on PIL’s role in facilitating cross-border trade\, the teaching of PIL and the preparedness of budding lawyers to tackle modern issues have been largely overlooked. This chapter addresses this gap by examining the effectiveness of PIL education in Nigeria. Through empirical research involving questionnaires administered to 75 undergraduate students from seven universities\, the study provides insights into the current curriculum and teaching methodologies. The findings suggest that existing approaches are inadequate for producing transnational lawyers equipped with the necessary hands-on skills. The paper recommends a multi-method teaching approach\, with a strong emphasis on clinical education and comparative law.\n\nAukje van Hoek\n\nAn inventory of (online) course descriptions of courses in private international law at different European universities show a diversity in approaches to teaching PIL. Which choices are made when developing a specific course\, will depend on the staff teaching the course and the wider ‘Umfeld’ in which the course is situated. Three approaches will be discussed and put in context.\n\nModerator: Dr. Jie (Jeanne) Huang\, Co-chair of ASIL PIL Interest Group and Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the book\nResearch Methods in Private International Law- A Handbook on Regulation\, Research and Teaching\n\nEdited by Xandra Kramer\, Professor of Private Law\, Erasmus School of Law\, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Professor of Private International Law\, Utrecht University\, the Netherlands and Laura Carballo Piñeiro\, Professor of Private International Law\, Universidade de Vigo\, Spain.\n\n\n\n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\nMonday 23 September 2024\nTime: 6pm-7.30pm AEST  \nYou will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar. \nCPD points = 1.5\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\n\n\n\nThis event is jointly presented by the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group and the University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/book-launch-research-methods-in-private-international-law-educating-the-next-generation-of-conflicts-lawyers/
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240913T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240913T130000
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED A new era" of Chinese law: The theoretical origins of Xi Jinping Legal Thought
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URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/cancelled-a-new-era-of-chinese-law-the-theoretical-origins-of-xi-jinping-legal-thought/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240911T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240911T130000
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SUMMARY:JSI Seminar | Taking Power Seriously in Constitutional Law: A Materialist Approach to Constitutional Law\, Executive Power\, and the British State
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URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-taking-power-seriously-in-constitutional-law-a-materialist-approach-to-constitutional-law-executive-power-and-the-british-state/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240910T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240910T193000
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CREATED:20240912T235226Z
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SUMMARY:What are the responsibilities of freedom and why do we need them?
DESCRIPTION:What are the responsibilities of freedom and why do we need them?\nA thought provoking discussion on one of the abiding themes of our time as explored in Professor Kinley’s new book The Liberty Paradox.\n\nIn-person event \n\n\nSydney Law School is delighted to host a discussion on liberty and the dangers it faces today from the myopic demands of freedom without limit\, as explored in Professor David Kinley’s new book The Liberty Paradox: Living with the Responsibilities of Freedom. \nJoin Professor Kinley in conversation with special guest Alexander Heffner\, host of PBS’s The Open Mind\, in what promises to be a lively\, engaging and thought-provoking discussion of the complexities that shape our society and challenge our perceptions of freedom and responsibility in today’s world. \nAcclaimed by the New York Times as “a thorough meditation on the complexities of negotiating our desires with those of other people\,” The Liberty Paradox offers some answers as we tackle life’s challenges of health\, happiness\, wealth\, work\, security\, voice\, respect\, trust\, love and death. \nAbout the speakers \nProfessor David Kinley holds the Chair of Human Rights Law at the University of Sydney. He is also an Academic Expert Member of Doughty Street Chambers in London\, a founding member of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights\, and a board member of Cisarua\, an Afghan refugee-led education centre located in Indonesia. \nAlexander Heffner is the host of The Open Mind—America’s longest-running current affairs TV program—and the creator of Breaking Bread with Alexander on Bloomberg TV. He is also the co-author of the bestselling A Documentary History of the United States. He has been covering American politics and civic life since the 2008 presidential campaign. \n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nTuesday 10 September 2024\nTime: 6-7.30pm \nVenue: Sydney Law School\, Lecture Theatre 101\, Level 1\, New Law Building (F10A)\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown campus \nCPD points = 1.5 \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \n\n\nAbout the book \nCopies of Professor Kinley’s new book The Liberty Paradox: Living with the Responsibilities of Freedom will be available for purchase at the event\, courtesy of Gleebooks. \n**Please note that the event will be recorded for broadcast in the US and online** \n  \nThis event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/what-are-the-responsibilities-of-freedom-and-why-do-we-need-them/
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 101\, level 1\, New Law Building F10A\, Campderdown Campus
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240902T010000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240902T140000
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SUMMARY:A new explanation of China's patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledge
DESCRIPTION:A new explanation of China’s patenting phenomenon with a focus on the patenting of traditional medical knowledge\nIn-person event \n\n\nThis 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 (explanatory) suspects” are based on State interference (patenting subsidies\, etc.)\, level of innovation and level of human capital. It will draw on his original fieldwork data comprising a survey of the approaches to patenting of 53 mostly ethnic minority traditional medical practitioners in China’s southwestern\, relatively poor and isolated province of Guizhou. The analysis of those data involved a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods. The seminar will conclude that a key (and\, thus far\, missing) ingredient in explaining patenting activity in China is the individual’s extent of marketisation\, with more marketised individuals having a statistically significant higher propensity to get patents and to obey patent laws. \n\nThis event is part of the PhD/ECR presentation series hosted by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law. \n\nAbout the speaker\nDr Ben Hopper is a lecturer at Melbourne Law School. He teaches and researches in the areas of intellectual property\, traditional knowledge\, technology law\, civil procedure\, and legal ethics. He examines doctrinal developments in these areas of law\, with a focus on intellectual property law. His research uses empirical methods to illuminate the “living law”\, including people’s lived experiences of the law\, and legal subjectivity. He draws on both legal theory and broader social theory to explain the results of his empirical research. \nBen’s current research focus is China\, the locus of his PhD on patenting of traditional knowledge\, and where he has completed projects on geographical indications in the tea industry and internal migration in Xinjiang. He has a J.D.\, B.A. (Hons)\, and D-Lang (German) from the University of Melbourne\, and an LL.M. from Harvard University. \nCommentator: Dr Olugbenga Olatunji (University of Sydney Law School) \n————————————————– \nMonday 2 September\, 2024\nTime: 1-2pm \nVenue: Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 point \n————————————————— \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law and the Ross Parsons Centre.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/a-new-explanation-of-chinas-patenting-phenomenon-with-a-focus-on-the-patenting-of-traditional-medical-knowledge/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240829T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240829T193000
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SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: 'The Little Commonweale of my poore thoughts': nature\, ownership\, Cosmography\, and the origins of the climate crisis in Richard Zouche\, 1613-63
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: ‘The Little Commonweale of my poore thoughts’: nature\, ownership\, Cosmography\, and the origins of the climate crisis in Richard Zouche\, 1613-63\nIn-person event \nThis 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’ of international legal positivism for his 1656 treatise An Exposition of the Fecial Law and Procedure\, or of Law between Nations where he influentially introduced the term ‘jus inter gentes’ or law between peoples as the basis for his juridical system. In this work\, Zouche deals extensively with questions of ownership in war and peace. He describes a tripartite right for princes and peoples as ‘Plenary’\, ‘Hereditary’ or ‘merely Usufructuary’ rights both to holding power and property. He also deals with questions of sea jurisdiction and appropriation by occupation\, which he expanded on in his posthumous treatise on the Admiralty courts. \nMost significantly\, Zouche solidifies two major tenets of legal argumentation that provided the early architecture for claims and extraction that formed the early climate crisis. First was the ‘jus inter gentes’ formulation that allowed for international law to be developed by consent between princes and peoples\, referable to Augustinian concord but not bound by it or the law of nature. Second\, Zouche’s modernisation of the disputation format gave ‘both sides’ of each of these legal questions\, both obscuring Zouche’s own views and giving princes and lawyers a handbook with the argumentative structures for claiming and resisting legal disputes around ownership\, showing the vital importance of these legal questions in the early history of international law. But it is in Zouche’s juvenile cosmographical poem ‘The Dove’ (1613) that an early vision of the political economy of the world and the importance of sight and ordering — the main tools of positivism — were first announced through the circling of Noah’s dove. Zouche called this poem ‘the little Commonweale of my poore thoughts’. The Dove provides an early announcement of the foundational commitments that thread through Zouche’s major juridical works. Throughout these works\, Zouche’s engagement with nature and natural resources move quickly to questions of ownership and right\, revealing the function of law to connect early forms of extraction\, capitalism and empire. \nAbout the speaker\nMartin Clark is a lecturer at La Trobe Law School. His research focuses on the history of legal thought and international and public law. His work has been published in the Modern Law Review\, the British Yearbook of International Law\, the Leiden Journal of International Law and the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly\, and he is finishing a book (with Dr Yoriko Otomo) on law and commodities\, Eating the World: A Global History of Law and Commodities (Counterpress). He was awarded his PhD in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science in May 2020 for a thesis on the history of the ideas of ‘domestic’ and ‘international’ in British legal thought. At LSE he was a Judge Rosalyn Higgins Scholar and Modern Law Review Scholar (2018 and 2019). \nHe is an Editor at the London Review of International Law and Web Assistant at the Modern Law Review. Prior to joining La Trobe he was a Modern Law Review Postdoctoral Fellow\, a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School\, a Lecturer at UTAS Law\, where he taught contract and legal theory\, and a JD Teaching Fellow at Melbourne Law School\, where he taught contract \nThursday 29 August 2024\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-the-little-commonweale-of-my-poore-thoughts-nature-ownership-cosmography-and-the-origins-of-the-climate-crisis-in-richard-zouche-1613-63/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240827T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240827T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
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SUMMARY:Book launch | Regulation-Making in the United Kingdom and Australia: Democratic Legitimacy\, Safeguards And Executive Aggrandisement
DESCRIPTION:Book launch: Regulation-Making in the United Kingdom and Australia: Democratic Legitimacy\, Safeguards And Executive Aggrandisement\n\n\n(Hart Publishing\, 2024) \nIn-person event \nThe 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. \nThis book examines the legal frameworks supporting the democratic legitimacy of regulation-making in the UK and Australia. It emphasises that parliamentary scrutiny of regulations provides the primary support\, supplemented by public consultation processes. Parliamentary scrutiny of regulation-making emerged in the twentieth century as the primary basis for the democratic legitimacy of regulations\, however recent developments avoid or minimise this safeguard. This book contributes to public law by analysing executive over-reach in regulation-making\, by reference to the historical development of parliamentary checks on regulation-making. \nFind out more about the book and order it online here. \nIf purchasing the book online from Bloomsbury\, use the code GLR AT5 for a 20% discount. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the author \nAndrew Edgar is an Associate Professor in the University of Sydney Law School. He specialises in administrative law and\, in particular\, on administrative law-making. His recent publications focus on regulation-making processes and review of regulations by parliaments and courts. Andrew also has research interests in statutory interpretation and the implementation of international law in domestic law. \nAbout the speaker \nSenator Paul Scarr was elected as a Senator for Queensland in 2019. He is the Chair of the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee and is a long-term member of the Senate Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation Committee. [Full bio here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Senators_and_Members/Parliamentarian?MPID=282997] \n\n\n\n\n——————————— \nTuesday 27 August 2024\nTime: 6-7.30pm \nVenue: Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nThis event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School. \n——————————— \nThis event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/book-launch-regulation-making-in-the-united-kingdom-and-australia-democratic-legitimacy-safeguards-and-executive-aggrandisement/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240815T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240815T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
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SUMMARY:Protecting digital privacy while countering terrorism: A dialogue with two UN Special Rapporteurs
DESCRIPTION:Protecting digital privacy while countering terrorism: A dialogue with two UN Special Rapporteurs\nIn-person event \n\n\nJoin 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 and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. \nAs our digital lives expand our exposure to the world and the need to counter terrorism does not decrease\, the use of public and private data by governments and agencies is becoming one of the key elements in the fight against terrorism. Boundaries about what is private and off-limits are becoming increasingly difficult to determine. Procedures to ensure that those limits are respected are even more challenging to enforce. Knowledge about how our data is used is progressively clouded by layers of systems and interventions. Differences among jurisdictions on what digital privacy entails in the anti-terrorism context in turn are more acute. \nIn a dialogue moderated by Dr. José-Miguel Bello y Villarino (U. Sydney/ADM+S CoE)\, Prof. Brian Nougrères and Prof. Saul will discuss the status quo\, the current debates and possible ways forward. \nAbout the speakers\nProf. Ana Brian Nougrères: In July 2021\, the Human Rights Council appointed Dr. Ana Brian Nougrères of Uruguay as the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy and she took up the mandate on 1 August 2021. A Professor of Law\, Privacy and ICT at the School of Engineering\, University of Montevideo and a Professor of Law\, Data Protection and ICT at the School of Law\, University of the Republic\, Montevideo. She is also a practicing Attorney-at-law and Consultant on data protection. Her latest article\, The Uruguayan law system facing security breaches\, was published by LA LEY (Spain) in 2021. \nProf. Ben Saul: Since 1 November 2023\, Ben Saul has been the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. He is the Challis Chair of International Law at The University of Sydney and has expertise in public international law\, counter-terrorism law\, human rights and refugee law\, international humanitarian law\, and international criminal law. He has taught at Oxford\, Harvard\, The Hague and Xiamen Academies of International Law\, and in Europe and Asia; practised in international tribunals; advised governments\, NGOs and the United Nations; and worked on international law in over 35 countries. \nDr. José-Miguel Bello y Villarino: Senior Research Fellow at the Law School and the Institutions programme of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S). He is a member of the Diplomatic Corps of Spain (on leave) and previously worked in different capacities for the European Union. His current research focuses on regulatory approaches to ADM and Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, especially on how to deal with risks derived from the operation of AI systems from a comparative approach. In 2023 he received the Rita and John Cornforth Medal for Research Excellence at the University of Sydney\, for outstanding achievement in research; in 2022 the Scotiabank Global AI + Regulation Emerging Scholar Award (joint award) and in 2021 he was a Fulbright-Schuman scholar at the Harvard Law School. \n————————————————– \nThursday 15 August\, 2024\nTime: 11am-12pm \nVenue: Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 point \n————————————————– \nThis event is proudly presented by the University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/protecting-digital-privacy-while-countering-terrorism-a-dialogue-with-two-un-special-rapporteurs/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:ADM+ S Events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240809T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240809T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010723Z
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SUMMARY:2024 Wingarra Djuraliyin: Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law
DESCRIPTION:2024 Wingarra Djuraliyin: Public Lecture on Indigenous Peoples and Law\nSydney Law School is proud to host the annual Wingarra Djuraliyin public lecture\, which showcases Indigenous perspectives on law. \nIn-person event \n\n\nSydney Law School is proud to host the annual Wingarra Djuraliyin public lecture\, which showcases Indigenous perspectives on law. \nIn 2024\, the lecture is “Critical Legal Juxtapositions: Practice and Decision-Making”\, delivered by Professor Val Napoleon (University of Victoria\, Canada). \nThis event is being held to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People\, which is celebrated annually on 9 August. \n2024 Lecture \nCritical Legal Juxtapositions: Practice and Decision-Making \nWhat happens when we rethink state legal decision-making regarding Indigenous lands through the practical application of the laws of an Indigenous legal order? This talk is intended to support learning about ways of approaching\, understanding and working with substantive Indigenous laws through reimagined legal processes and decision-making. A focus will be placed on introducing perspectives\, principles\, and practices that can help think through questions and issues that arise when engaging with Indigenous laws. There is much work to build needed public and state intersocietal legal capacities – what are the steps? \nProgram of events: \n\nWelcome to Country: Uncle Charles (Chicka) Madden\nIntroductions: Professor Rita Shackel\, Dean Sydney Law School\nOpening Remarks: Teela Reid\, Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman\, Professor of Practice\, Sydney Law School\nLecture: Professor Val Napoleon\nQ&A facilitated by: Brendan Loizou\, Warlpiri man and PhD candidate in Law\nClosing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: Marlikka Perdrisat\, Nyikina Warrwa and Wangkumara Barkindji woman\, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Fellow\n\nFriday 9 August\, 6-7.30pm\nCPD points =1.5 \n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nProfessor Val Napoleon \nProfessor Napoleon is the Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria\, Canada. Professor Napoleon is from northeast British Columbia (Treaty 8) and a member of Saulteau First Nation. She is also an adopted member of the Gitanyow (Gitksan) House of Luuxhon\, Ganada (Frog) Clan. Professor Napoleon’s major initiatives include the unique and ground-breaking JD/JID (joint JD and Indigenous law degree) program\, and the establishment of the Indigenous Law Research Unit. \n\n\n\n\nThis event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School in collaboration with the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) at the University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/2024-wingarra-djuraliyin-public-lecture-on-indigenous-peoples-and-law/
LOCATION:Law Foyer\, Level 2
CATEGORIES:Alumni,CPD eligible events,Indigenous Peoples and Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240808T113000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240808T123000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010813Z
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SUMMARY:The proliferation of Chinese surveillance tools overseas: sovereignty\, resistance\, and debt
DESCRIPTION:The proliferation of Chinese surveillance tools overseas: sovereignty\, resistance\, and debt\nIn-person event \n\n\nThe 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\, drawing attention to the fact that regime type is a poor predictor of the purchase and use of that technology. \nQuestions concerning how digital technologies work\, their high local demand\, and how they alter or do not alter state capacity have received far less study. More importantly\, though\, the literature that has already been written ignores an important paradox: if increased digital surveillance is wanted to support government authority because of its ability to police and administer\, it may also work against state sovereignty. \nIn the latter regard\, digital surveillance tools are embedded within processes that result in the privatization of the state. The outsourcing of its functions to Chinese tech giants\, like Huawei\, has transformed the government\, done within the context of a supposedly weak African state that seeks to ameliorate its inefficiencies\, in part\, into a holding company in the business of franchising out many operations\, including police services\, and hence much of its sovereignty. This is all done within the context of supposedly weak postcolonial states that seek to improve their states’ practical and technical inefficiencies. \nIn this presentation\, we explore how postcolonial states seek to use scientific knowledge and technology to scale state capacities. Accordingly\, it interrogates claims around China’s growing technological footprint\, the role of those technologies in emergent forms of state-corporate venture\, the nature of African developmental states\, and challenges to local data privacy. \nThis is the first event in the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law HDR/ECR series. \nAbout the speaker\nBulelani Jili is a Meta Research PhD fellow at Harvard University. His research interests include ICT development\, Africa-China relations\, cybersecurity\, post-colonial thought\, and privacy law. He is also a visiting fellow at Yale Law School\, a cybersecurity fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School\, a scholar-in-residence at the Electronic Privacy Information Center\, a visiting fellow at Hong Kong University Law\, a fellow at the Atlantic Council\, and a research associate at Oxford University. \nCommentator: Jose-Miguel Bello Villarino\, Sydney Law School \nModerator: Jie (Jeanne) Huang\, Sydney Law School \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThursday 8 August\, 2024\nTime: 11.30-12.30pm \nVenue: Law Lounge\, Level 1\, New Law Building\, Eastern Avenue\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown campus \n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nCPD Points = 1 point \nThis event is co-sponsored by the China Studies Centre and the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law. \n\n\n 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/the-proliferation-of-chinese-surveillance-tools-overseas-sovereignty-resistance-and-debt/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240806T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240806T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010755Z
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SUMMARY:Just Cause Season 2 launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School
DESCRIPTION:Just Cause Season 2 launch: Celebrating social justice at Sydney Law School\nIn-person event \nJoin us to celebrate the launch of season 2 of ‘Just Cause\,’ a podcast created by staff and students affiliated with the Sydney Law School Social Justice Advisory Board. Learn more about the exciting new season and get a glimpse into the various dimensions of social justice work being done at Sydney Law School. Are you interested in the social justice dimensions of cross examination? Want to know more about what is to come after the Voice Referendum? Whether you are student interested in social justice initiatives and work being done at USyd\, an academic seeking to platform your social justice research\, or just someone who enjoys podcasts – come join us! \nSpeakers \n\nRachel Killean\nJuliette Marchant\nCharles Hao\n\nTuesday 6 August\, 5.30-7pm AEST\nVenue: New Law Building (F10)\, Level 4\, Common Room\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \n  \nThis event is proudly presented by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/just-cause-season-2-launch-celebrating-social-justice-at-sydney-law-school/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Social justice events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240801T170000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240801T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010734Z
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SUMMARY:Corruption and Investment Arbitration in Asia: New Frontiers
DESCRIPTION:Corruption and Investment Arbitration in Asia: New Frontiers\nIn-person event \n\n\nThis seminar hosted by the University of Sydney Law School will involve a local re-launch of a new book on Corruption and Illegality in Asian Investment Arbitration (Teramura\, Nottage and Jetin eds\, published in Open Access in Springer’s Asia in Transition series in April 2024) and discussion of some new research. \nParticipants include: \n\nOpening: Professor Simon Bronitt (University of Sydney)\nChair and re-launch: Hon Wayne Martin AC KC (Francis Burt Chambers\, former Chief Justice of Western Australia)\nBook overview and key findings: Assistant Professor Nobumichi Teramura (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)\nNew pan-Asian empirical study: Professor Luke Nottage (University of Sydney)\, with Teramura\nChina focus: Professor Vivienne Bath and Dr Tianqi Gu (University of Sydney)\nIndonesia focus: Professor Simon Butt (University of Sydney) and Antony Crockett\, Herbert Smith Freehills (Hong Kong).\nCommentator: Dr Amokura Kawharu (President\, New Zealand Law Commission)\n\nClick here for more information. \n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThursday 1 August 2024\nTime: 5-7pm (including a cocktail reception) \nVenue: Sydney Law School\, Law Lounge\, level 1\, New Law Building (F10A)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus  \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \n\n\nThis event is presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney Law School and the Australian Network for Japanese Law.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/corruption-and-investment-arbitration-in-asia-new-frontiers/
LOCATION:New Law Building (F10)
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240731T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240731T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010754Z
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SUMMARY:Julius Stone Address: Law\, Philosophy\, and the Susceptible Skins of Living Beings
DESCRIPTION:Julius Stone Address: Law\, Philosophy\, and the Susceptible Skins of Living Beings\nIn-person event\n  \nCatherine the Great (apparently) wrote to the French philosopher Diderot something along the lines of: “You philosophers are fortunate. You write on paper\, and paper is patient. Unfortunate emperor that I am\, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.” Catherine expressed\, I think\, an important insight\, that is true of the law as well: the law writes on the susceptible skins of living beings. \nThis doesn’t mean\, of course\, that we should not philosophize about the law\, or that we should not take advantage of the benefits of having patient paper to write on. But as we do so\, we should philosophize about the law all the time fully realizing that the law itself does not write on patient paper\, but on the susceptible skins of living beings. This has important implications to how we should – and how we should not – do philosophy of law. This talk elaborates on these implications – both in general\, and using more specific examples. \nAbout the speaker\nProfessor David Enoch \nDavid Enoch is The Professor of the Philosophy of Law at Oxford\, and the Rodney Blackman Chair in the Philosophy of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He works primarily in moral\, political\, and legal philosophy. \nDavid studies law and philosophy at Tel Aviv University\, and then got his PhD in philosophy at NYU (2003). He has published a book defending moral realism (Taking Morality Seriously\, OUP 2011)\, and many papers mostly in moral\, political\, and legal philosophy. \n  \nWednesday 31 July\, 2024\nTime: 6-7.30pm \nVenue: Auditorium 104/105\, Michael Spence Building (F23)\, City Road\, University of Sydney\, Camperdown campus \n  \nThis event is hosted by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School. \nThe Julius Stone Address is generously sponsored by the Educational Heritage Foundation. It is named to commemorate the life and work of Professor Julius Stone\, Australia’s foremost legal philosopher and for many years Challis Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/julius-stone-address-law-philosophy-and-the-susceptible-skins-of-living-beings/
LOCATION:Auditorium 104/105\, Michael Spence Building (F23)
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240724T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240724T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010750Z
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SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: Natural Law to Natural Rights to Human Rights
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: Natural Law to Natural Rights to Human Rights\nIn-person event \n**Please note this event date has been moved to one day earlier than originally advertised.** \nNatural law and natural rights are frequently discussed as if they are tightly connected\, and human rights are presented as natural rights in a new label. But the relationship between all three is complicated and in tension. Natural law consists of objective legal principles and rules dictating the right course of action: do good and avoid evil\, do not murder or steal\, honor contracts\, and other binding proscriptions and prescriptions. Natural rights\, in contrast\, are innate subjective rights individuals hold against government and others. This is about individual powers\, entitlements\, and areas of protection from infringement by others: a right to possess property\, to defend one’s life\, to exercise free speech\, to choose one’s religion\, to choose employment and spouses\, and so forth. \nThomas Hobbes drew a clear distinction between the two: “RIGHT consisteth in liberty to do\, or to forbear: whereas LAW\, determineth\, and bindeth to one of them: so that law\, and right\, differ as much\, as obligation and liberty.” Or as John Locke put it\, “for right [jus] consists in the fact that we have a free use of something\, but law [lex] is that which either commands or forbids some action.” A tension arises because natural rights promote freedom while natural law compels conformity. Natural rights and human rights appear obviously connected\, since both espouse rights that attach to humans universally. Yet tension exists because natural rights had expired over a century before “human rights” obtained recognition\, those who recognized human rights did not identify them with natural rights\, and the content of the human rights extend far beyond previously recognized natural rights. Natural law\, natural rights\, and human rights are linked yet distinct. \nAbout the speaker\nBrian Tamanaha is the John S. Lehmann University Professor at Washington University School of Law. A scholar of jurisprudence and law and society\, he has written eleven books\, which have collectively received 6 book awards\, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. \nWednesday 24 July 2024\, 6-7.30pm AEST – NEW DATE\nVenue: Level 4\, Boardroom\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-natural-law-to-natural-rights-to-human-rights/
LOCATION:Board Room\, Level 4
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240717T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240717T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010813Z
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SUMMARY:The Past\, Present\, and Future of the Palestine Investigation
DESCRIPTION:The Past\, Present\, and Future of the Palestine Investigation\nIn-person event\n \nOn May 20th\, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court\, Karim Khan KC\, announced that his Office had applied for arrest warrants against three senior Hamas leaders and two high-ranking Israeli government officials. This talk\, which is based on Professor Kevin Jon Heller’s role as Special Adviser on War Crimes to the Prosecutor\, will discuss the past\, present\, and future of the investigation in Palestine. He will explain what a Special Adviser does\, provide a history of the Palestine investigation\, discuss the arrest-warrant applications\, and offer a few thoughts for what the future might hold for the warrants and the investigation more generally. \nAbout the author:\nKevin Jon Heller is Professor of International Law and Security at the University of Copenhagen’s Centre for Military Studies and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires. He is an Academic Member of Doughty Street Chambers in London and currently serves as Special Advisor to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on War Crimes. \nProf. Heller’s books include The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law (OUP\, 2011) and four co-edited volumes: The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law (Stanford\, 2010)\, The Hidden Histories of War Crimes Trials (OUP\, 2013)\, the Oxford Handbook of International Criminal Law (OUP\, 2018)\, and Contingency in International Law: On the Possibility of Different Legal Histories (OUP\, 2021). He is currently co-writing a book with Samuel Moyn (Yale) provisionally entitled The Vietnam War and International Law. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the international-law blog Opinio Juris\, where he has blogged for more than 17 years. \nProf. Heller has been involved in the practice of international law throughout his career\, most notably acting as one of Radovan Karadzic’s formally-appointed legal associates at the ICTY; serving as the plaintiffs’ sole expert witness in Salim v Mitchell\, a successful Alien Tort Statute case against the psychologists who designed and administered the CIA’s torture program; functioning as UNITAD’s Special Expert for International Criminal and Humanitarian Law; and acting as legal advisor to and expert witness for Ramzi bin al-Shibh\, one of the defendants in the 9/11 trial at Guantanamo Bay. \n  \nWednesday 17 July\, 1-2pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/the-past-present-and-future-of-the-palestine-investigation/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Interdisciplinary,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law,Lunchtime Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240715T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240715T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010730Z
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SUMMARY:Book launch: Judicial Dysfunction in Indonesia
DESCRIPTION:Book launch: Judicial Dysfunction in Indonesia\nAn analysis of corruption in Indonesia’s courts.\n\n\nIn-person event \n\n\nThe University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Judicial Dysfunction in Indonesia by Professor Simon Butt\, a revealing book that examines the deep-rooted issues in Indonesia’s judicial system. \nTracing problems back to the authoritarian regimes of Presidents Soekarno and Soeharto\, the book explains how the judiciary nearly collapsed by the late 1990s. Despite reforms aimed at improving judicial independence\, corruption and inefficiency persist\, with judges often acting without accountability. \nThis essential work offers an empirical analysis of corruption mechanisms\, including how bribes are negotiated and paid. It also addresses the impact of public pressure on judicial independence and the prevalence of unsafe convictions. \nThe book will be launched by Professor Tim Lindsey\, University of Melbourne Law School\, and Dr Laode Syarif\, Executive Director at The Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia\, and moderated by Lydia Santoso of the Australia Indonesia Business Council. \nThe book will be available for purchase on the evening. \nFind out more about the book and order it online here. \n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nMonday 15 July 2024\nTime: 6-7.30pm (including a cocktail reception) \nVenue: Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \n\n\nAbout the author \nSimon Butt is Professor of Indonesian Law at the University of Sydney Law School\, where he teaches Indonesian law and Private International Law. Fluent in Indonesian\, and having spent years in Indonesia\, he has written widely on Indonesian law\, including Corruption and Law in Indonesia (2012)\, The Constitutional Court and Democracy in Indonesia (2015)\, and co-authored The Constitution of Indonesia: A Contextual Analysis (2012) and Indonesian Law (2018) with Tim Lindsey. \nThis event is presented by the University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/book-launch-judicial-dysfunction-in-indonesia/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240702T173000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240702T183000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235301Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010801Z
UID:1548-1719941400-1719945000@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:Re-imagining the laws of nature - storying the rules of hyperconnected futures
DESCRIPTION:Re-imagining the laws of nature – storying rules of hyperconnected futures\nOnline event \n\n\nIn this seminar\, Dr Michelle Lim\, Sydney Law School’s George Flannery Fellow\, argues that rewriting legal systems to include more-than-human perspectives and employing creative writing in legal scholarship can help address global biodiversity loss\, reimagine law\, and foster hopeful\, normalised human-nature relationships. \n\n\nEach drop a ripple\nConcentric circles collide\nTears spiral to hope? \nMaria Ojala (2017) defines hope to include ‘active coping in the face of hardship’. With the very real hardship of global extinction\, I argue that form is as important as content when exploring active coping amidst planetary scale social-ecological upheaval. I contend further\, that blurring the lines of form and content enables plural worldviews and understandings of natural worlds. \nThe sheer existence of our more-than-human kin is disappearing on our watch. The IPBES Values Assessment attributes this unprecedented global biodiversity loss to the prioritisation of instrumental values. In other words\, dominant worldviews\, which emphasise nature’s use and its usefulness to humans\, are a fundamental underlying driver of the catastrophic loss of nature. Creative forms of expression present an important means of engaging emotionally with nature’s intrinsic and relational values. Dominant legal systems\, however\, largely reflect and entrench dominant value systems which foreground the instrumental values of nature. Current laws mostly focus on safeguarding individual rights and property – and by extension the values of nature that can be easily traded in markets. \nMichelle Lim contemplates what it would mean to rewrite legal systems with the more-than-human. She considers how storying with nature may allow the re-imagination of law – and of dominant\, destructive ways of understanding nature. She argues that creative writing\, as a methodology in legal scholarship (and other disciplines)\, could contribute to the realisation of radically hopeful futures and the normalisation of human-nature relations. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nDr Michelle Lim is an Associate Professor of Law and a Lee Kong Chian Fellow at the Yong Pung How School of Law\, Singapore Management University\, Singapore. Michelle’s work focuses on futures-oriented biodiversity law aimed at advancing equity and sustainability under conditions of unprecedented environmental change. She is increasingly interested in approaches which allows affective engagement with scholarship and explores ways which challenge the form of scholarship including through creative and imaginative means of expression. \n\n\n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nTuesday 2 July 2024\nTime: 5.30-6.30pm  \nYou will receive Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar. \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \n\n\nThis event is presented by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law at the University of Sydney Law School in partnership with the Sydney Environment Institute.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/re-imagining-the-laws-of-nature-storying-the-rules-of-hyperconnected-futures/
CATEGORIES:Climate and environmental law events,CPD eligible events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240628T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240628T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010819Z
UID:1556-1719568800-1719583200@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:Workshop: The Future of the Criminal Law
DESCRIPTION:Workshop: The Future of the Criminal Law\nIn-person event \n\n\nIn the current moment\, it is little exaggeration to say the criminal law\, and criminal justice more broadly\, is in crisis. In liberal legal systems such as that of NSW and other Australian jurisdictions\, the idea of a minimalist criminal law (which maximises liberty for individuals) remains a cornerstone principle\, but criminal offences have likely never been so numerous. At the same time\, questions about the efficacy of our laws loom large\, with issues such as gender-based violence\, terrorism\, and bullying presenting as ‘wicked problems’ that seem to both demand and resist solution through the criminal law. In addition\, moral pluralism belies easy assumptions about the extent of social support for criminal laws\, and the role of the criminal law in perpetuating disadvantage for First Nations peoples makes plain its central place in the long shadow of colonialism. In the context of criminal justice\, concerns about the operation of the law in relation to policing of young people and those with mental illnesses\, the purpose and contours of bail laws\, prosecutorial independence\, and coordination between states and territories deepen and expand these problems. \nAgainst this background\, what is the future of the criminal law? Given the fracturing that has occurred across the criminal law field – from orthodox offences and defences to novel constructions with deeming provisions and reverse burdens – does criminal law remain a coherent field? If not\, what do multiple domains of doctrine share\, and what limits the scope of the laws? With victim/survivors and advocates and others telling us what doesn’t work\, is it possible that the criminal law of the future will be reconstructed\, and more circumscribed\, than it is at present? \n\n\n\n\nThis workshop invites participants to engage in a wide-ranging discussion about the future of the criminal law. The workshop will be structured around three sets of discussions: \n\nTechnology and Justice (Chair: Dr Carolyn McKay): Digitalisation has been described as the defining characteristic of 21st century society and its processes are radically transforming the criminal justice system. How do scholars\, activists and others respond empirically\, conceptually and epistemologically to the role of digital technologies in criminality\, control\, courts and punishment?\nLegal Convergence (Chair: Professor Thomas Crofts): It is increasingly common for jurisdictions to compare and draw on approaches in other jurisdictions when reforming criminal law and criminal law practices. What are the challenges and possibilities of borrowing from the criminal law of other jurisdictions? What does this mean for the future of criminal law? Will this lead to convergence of criminal law on shared social issues?\nLegitimacy in Decision-Making and Knowledge Coordination (Chair: Professor Arlie Loughnan): Massive growth in expert knowledges relevant to criminal law decision-making challenges every aspect of criminal law\, from law reform\, to responsibility attribution and evaluation and adjudication in particular cases. How is the criminal law responding to changes in knowledge conditions? What do they mean for authority and coherence of criminal law?\n\n\n\n>>>>>>>>>>>> \n\nFriday 28 June 2024\nTime: 10am-2pm \nVenue: The University of Sydney\, Level 1\, Law Lounge\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown \nCPD Points: TBC \nThis event is being held in-person at Sydney Law School. \n>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> \nThis event is proudly presented by the Sydney Institute of Criminology at the University of Sydney Law School.  \n 
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/workshop-the-future-of-the-criminal-law/
LOCATION:Law Lounge\, Level 1
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Criminal Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240620T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240620T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010751Z
UID:1552-1718906400-1718911800@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: Social Rights and Proportionality
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: Social Rights and Proportionality\nIn-person event \nThis seminar outlines a model of proportionality analysis for the adjudication of positive constitutional economic and social rights [hereinafter: social rights]. Three distinctions are the basis of this model: (i) the distinction between empirical and normative aspects of the adjudication of social rights; (ii) between the level and mode of fulfilment of those rights; and (iii) between the competence of political authorities and courts to determine the appropriate level and mode of satisfaction. \nAbout the speaker\nCarlos Bernal is First Vice-President and Commissioner of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission. He is professor of law at the University of Dayton (Ohio\, USA) and Macquarie University (Sydney\, Australia). Between 2017 and 2020\, he was Justice at the Colombian Constitutional Court. His qualifications include a LL.B. from the University Externado of Colombia (Bogotá – Colombia) (1996)\, a S.J.D. from the University of Salamanca (Spain) (2001)\, and a M.A. (2008) and a Ph.D. in Philosophy (2011) from the University of Florida (U.S.A). \nProf. Bernal’s research focuses on constitutional rights’ interpretation\, comparative constitutional change\, human rights\, energy transition\, and general jurisprudence. \nThursday 20 June 2024\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-social-rights-and-proportionality/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240618T140000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240618T150000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010754Z
UID:1551-1718719200-1718722800@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:JSI Workshop: Positive Pluralism and its Limits
DESCRIPTION:JSI Workshop: Positive Pluralism and its Limits\nIn-person event \nThis project asks how freedom of religion should be construed when applied to religious insular communities whose way of life is often at odds with Western assumptions of a good life. I will argue for protection of distinctive religious communal identities as entities in and of themselves that are deserving of constitutional protection on the ground that they contribute to a thick pluralism. I propose a theory of pluralism that is premised on its positive value\, and not merely on what John Rawls calls the “fact of pluralism.” At the same time\, I argue that it is equally if not more important to ensure that members of such communities have a meaningful ability to exit from them. The project will spotlight several concrete impediments to the “right of exit” in one large insular religious community: the Hasidic community in New York. It will lay out not only how internal communal practices—including and most notably the lack of secular education—can hamper members’ ability to exit but also how the state\, via its family courts\, contribute to its curtailment. \nAbout the speaker \nZalman Rothschild is Assistant Professor of Law and Horn Family Distinguished Research Scholar in Law and Religion at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Previously\, he was a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School. His research focuses on the First Amendment\, anti-discrimination law\, and law and religion. \nBefore becoming a Bigelow Fellow\, Zalman served as a law clerk to Judge Jane Roth on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and practiced law for several years as a litigation associate at Paul\, Weiss. During that time\, Zalman was recognized by The American Lawyer in its “Litigator of the Week” profile for winning a Fourth Amendment appeal and securing the reversal of all convictions of his client (2021) and received the “On the Rise—Top 40 Young Lawyer” award from the American Bar Association (2022). \nZalman holds a JD\, magna cum laude\, from Harvard Law School and a PhD in Religion from New York University. \n——————————— \nTuesday 18 June\, 2024\nTime: 2-3pm  \nVenue: Level 4\, Board Room\, New Law Building (F10) \nCPD Points: 1 \n———————————- \nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-workshop-positive-pluralism-and-its-limits/
LOCATION:Board Room\, Level 4
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240606T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240606T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010747Z
UID:1554-1717696800-1717702200@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: A republican case for regulatory juries
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: A republican case for regulatory juries\nIn-person event \nThe idea of administrative juries was proposed by David Arkush in 2013\, drawing on the republican revival in public-law theory. These proposed juries would make some key policy choices especially underlying delegated lawmaking in the US. The paper challenges some criticisms that have been made of his proposal. It also draws on aspects of the republican tradition not employed by Arkush to support such juries. Indeed\, the paper suggests that more extensive delegation could occur where juries are involved. Partly for that reason\, the wider term ‘regulatory juries’ is preferred. The paper argues that such juries may assist in democratising delegated legislation as well as the political system more generally. They could do so not only in the US but also\, at least\, in the UK and Australia. \nAbout the speaker\nEric Ghosh is an Associate Professor in the Law School at the University of New England\, where he has taught jurisprudence and administrative law. His research is in constitutional theory\, political philosophy and the history of political thought\, with a focus on the republican revival in legal scholarship. He is the author of articles published in journals including the History of Political Thought and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. More recently\, he wrote Beyond the republican revival: Liberty as non-domination\, positive liberty\, and sortition (Hart\, 2020). \n\nThursday 6 June 2024\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-a-republican-case-for-regulatory-juries/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240523T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240523T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010750Z
UID:1555-1716487200-1716492600@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:JSI Seminar: On Constitutional Review
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar: On Constitutional Review\nIn-person event \nConstitutional review is a continental European instrument of checking the parliamentary legislation for its compliance with the constitution. This practice has a long history traced from ancient Greek democracy to the French and American Revolutions up to the 20th century culminating in Constitutional Courts. The Czechoslovakian experience of its Constitution of 1920 gives a unique perspective on the rule of law and the perennial questions of constitutional review: who should be the guardian of the Constitution? In its contemporary form\, this question has become whether the doctrine of the sovereignty of the parliament is a serious obstacle for a too strong (dominant) role of the judiciary the Large scale of competences of the Constitutional courts (except constitutional review). The talk concludes by discussing possible solutions without Constitutional Courts. \nAbout the speaker\nAlexander Bröstl is a Professor of Legal Philosophy in Slovakia. He was formerly a Judge on and later advisor to the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic\, as well as a member of the Judicial Council. His career has included positions at Fudan University in Shanghai\, and then Slovakian Consul in Beijing. Alexander next spent 18 years in Strasbourg as the Slovak member of the European Charter on Minority Languages. In addition\, he has been professor of law at the PJ Å afárik University and University of Trnava\, and held several high level administrative positions. \n  \nThursday 23 May 2024\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1.5 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-on-constitutional-review/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240517T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240517T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010758Z
UID:1559-1715950800-1715954400@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:Navigating China's regulatory approach to generative artificial intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Navigating China’s regulatory approach to generative artificial intelligence\nIn-person event \nIn-person event \nThe rapid development and application of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems have raised growing concerns of their potential risks at a global level. In July 2023\, Chinese regulators passed the Interim Measures for the Management of Generative AI Services (the Measures). The Measures target various risks associated with this technology\, particularly around content safety and security. At the same time\, a key policy objective of Beijing is to promote further growth of the industry. The unresolved tensions between such policy objectives are reflected in the Measures’ provisions relating to obligations on generative AI service providers\, which present significant challenges in the implementation of the regulation. As Beijing looks to developing a comprehensive legal framework for AI\, legislators will need to further clarify and balance the liability of different regulated actors in a range of contexts. \nAbout the speaker \nMimi Zou is Professor of Law and Head of School of the School of Private and Commercial Law\, UNSW Sydney. Her research focuses on the impact of new technologies such as AI and blockchain on private and commercial law\, and the regulation of new technologies from comparative and international perspectives. Professor Zou has spent most of her academic career in the UK and Hong Kong\, and have held senior positions at top universities including a Chair in Commercial Law at the University of Exeter and the first-ever Fellowship in Chinese Law at the University of Oxford. \nFriday 17 May\nTime: 1-2pm \nCPD Points: 1 \nVenue: Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10) \nThis event is proudly presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School and the Chinese Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/navigating-chinas-regulatory-approach-to-generative-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240515T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240515T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235320Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010759Z
UID:1557-1715778000-1715781600@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:Peace in the Ancient Near East: Insights into the world's first attested peace treaty
DESCRIPTION:Peace in the Ancient Near East: Insights into the world’s first attested peace treaty\nIn-person event\n \nThis seminar gives some background to the first attested peace treaty in world history\, between Ramses II of Egypt and Hattusili III of Hatti. This treaty survives in several copies\, in two languages (Ancient Egyptian and Akkadian) and in two countries (Egypt and Turkey). This seminar will explain some of the provisions of the treaty and also examine some of the treaty’s more unusual aspects\, for instance\, that its formation was not a direct consequence of conflict\, and that not all of its articles are bilateral. \nAbout the author:\nDr Camilla Di Biase-Dyson \nA Sydneysider with a passion for Ancient Egypt since childhood\, Dr Camilla Di Biase-Dyson has BA(Hons) and PhD degrees in Ancient History from Macquarie University (2000-2008). She moved to Berlin to conduct postdoctoral research in Egyptology and linguistics\, first as a Fellow of the Excellence Cluster ‘Topoi: The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations’ (2009-2010) and then with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2010-2012). Following this\, she was Junior Professor for Egyptology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen\, Germany (2012-2019)\, then a Research Fellow at the University of Vienna (2019-2020). In April 2020sheI moved back to Sydney to take up a Lectureship in Egyptology at Macquarie University. \n  \nWednesday 15 May\, 1-2pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at the University of Sydney Law School
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/peace-in-the-ancient-near-east-insights-into-the-worlds-first-attested-peace-treaty/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Interdisciplinary,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law,Lunchtime Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240509T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240509T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010746Z
UID:1558-1715277600-1715283000@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:JSI Seminar | Well-tempered power: "˜A cultural achievement of universal significance'
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URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-well-tempered-power-a-cultural-achievement-of-universal-significance/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240506T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240506T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235334Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010740Z
UID:1561-1715000400-1715004000@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:How China governs Big Tech and regulates artificial intelligence
DESCRIPTION:How China governs Big Tech and regulates artificial intelligence\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn-person event \nChina has long been recognized as a powerhouse in cultivating Big Tech firms that rival those in the United States. However\, the Chinese government recently embarked on a massive regulatory crackdown\, targeting its largest tech corporations such as Alibaba\, Tencent\, and Meituan.  Many Western experts have perceived China’s tech crackdown as the government’s assault on private businesses\, causing growing doubts among investors whether Chinese firms are still investable. \nIn this talk\, Professor Zhang will take us beyond the headlines to unravel the complexity of China’s regulatory governance. Drawing insights from her newly released book\, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy\, she will introduce the dynamic pyramid model of regulation\, a new analytical framework that demystifies Chinese regulatory governance. \nProfessor Zhang will also apply this model to analyze China’s strategic approach to regulating artificial intelligence and discuss its implications for the global tech rivalry and the prospects for international cooperation.  Join Professor Zhang as she uncovers how China regulates on the high wire by navigating the intricate balance between innovation\, regulation and geopolitical contest. \nAbout the speaker \nAngela Zhang is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Philip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law. Widely recognized as a leading authority on China’s tech regulation\, Angela has written extensively on this topic. She is the author of Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation (Oxford\, 2021)\, which was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of 2021 by ProMarket. Angela’s second book\, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy was released by Oxford University Press in March 2024. In fall 2024\, Angela will join the University of Southern California as a Professor of Law. For more information\, please visit her website at AngelaZhang.net\, and follow her on Twitter @AngelaZhangHK. \n  \nMonday 6 May\nTime: 1-2pm \nCPD Points: 1 \nVenue: Common Room\, Level 4\, New Law Building (F10) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nThis event is proudly presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law and the China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/how-china-governs-big-tech-and-regulates-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events,International Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240503T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240503T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010739Z
UID:1560-1714741200-1714744800@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:How Canada Chose Exile: The decision to banish Japanese Canadians\, 1946
DESCRIPTION:How Canada Chose Exile: The decision to banish Japanese Canadians\, 1946\nThis event is proudly co-presented by the University of Sydney Law School and Discipline of History.\nIn-person event\n \nAs the end of the Second World War drew into view\, federal officials in Canada faced a policy problem of their own creation. They had displaced over 22\,000 people of Japanese descent from their Pacific Coast communities and dispossessed them of their homes. With the scale of Nazi crimes in Europe increasingly known\, mass internment of people on the basis of race had become unsustainable. Yet\, many remained convinced that Japanese Canadians were “unassimilable” in Canadian society on the basis of race. To resolve the problem of internment\, Canadian officials devised a new harm\, seeking to banish to Japan as many as possible so that the diminished number left behind could be allowed to live freely. This presentation explores Canada’s tangled path to exile amidst the dramatic shifts and stubborn continuities of the close of the Second World War. Seeking to situate Canada’s exile within a global history of the unmixing of peoples in the 1940s\, the paper will close in reflection on Australia’s own expulsion of people of Japanese descent in the same era. \nAbout the author:\nJordan Stanger-Ross is Professor of History at the University of Victoria\, British Columbia. His past publications include Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians (2020) which received the John T. Saywell Prize in Canadian Constitutional Legal History. \n  \nFriday 3 May\, 1-2pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 \nThis event is proudly co-presented by the University of Sydney Law School and Discipline of History.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/how-canada-chose-exile-the-decision-to-banish-japanese-canadians-1946/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Interdisciplinary,International and Asia-Pacific law events,Lunchtime Seminar Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240430T130000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240430T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T010742Z
UID:1562-1714482000-1714485600@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:Informers Up Close: Stories From Communist Prague
DESCRIPTION:Informers Up Close: Stories From Communist Prague\nIn-person event \nInformers are generally reviled. After all\, ‘snitches get stitches’. Informers who report to repressive regimes are particularly disdained. While informers may themselves be victims enlisted by the state\, their actions cause other individuals to suffer significant harm. Informers\, then\, are central to the proliferation of endemic human rights abuses. Yet\, little is known about exactly why ordinary people end up informing on—at times betraying—other people to state authorities. Through a case study of Communist Czechoslovakia (1945-1989) that draws from secret police archives\, oral histories\, and a broad gamut of secondary sources\, this book unearths what fuels informers to speak to the secret police in repressive times and considers how transitional justice should approach informers once repression ends. \nThis book – co-authored with Barbora Holá — unravels the complex drivers behind informing and the dynamics of societal reactions to informing. It explores the agency of both informers and secret police officers. By presenting informers up close\, and the relationships between informers and secret police officers in high resolution\, this book centers the role of emotions in informer motivations and underscores the value of dignity and reconciliation in transitional reconstruction. This book also leverages research from informing in repressive states to better understand informing in so-called liberal democratic states\, which\, after all\, also rely on informers to maintain law and preserve order. \nAbout the author:\nMark A. Drumbl is the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor and Director\, Transnational Law Institute\, at Washington and Lee University. He has held visiting appointments and has taught intensive courses at law schools world-wide\, including Queen’s University Belfast\, Oxford University (University College)\, Université de Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)\, Free University of Amsterdam\, University of Melbourne\, and John Cabot University in Rome. His work has been relied upon by courts; he has served as defense lawyer in genocide trials; and has been an expert in litigation including on international terrorism\, with the United Nations in matters involving child soldiers\, and the drafting of a global convention to criminalize racist hate speech. Books include Atrocity\, Punishment\, and International Law (CUP\, 2007)\, Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy (OUP\, 2012)\, and Informers Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague (OUP 2024\, with Barbora Holá); and co-edited volumes Research Handbook of Child Soldiers (Elgar 2019\, with Jastine Barrett); Sights\, Sounds\, and Sensibilities of Atrocity Prosecutions (Brill\, 2024\, with Caroline Fournet)\, and Children and Violence (Routledge 2024\, with Christelle Molima\, Mohamed Kamara et al). \n  \nTuesday 30 April\, 1-2pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus \nCPD Points: 1 \nThis event is proudly presented by the Sydney Centre for International Law at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/informers-up-close-stories-from-communist-prague/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,International and Asia-Pacific law events
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240415T180000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20240415T193000
DTSTAMP:20260405T141921
CREATED:20240912T235347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T033415Z
UID:1564-1713204000-1713209400@law-events.sydney.edu.au
SUMMARY:JSI Seminar | Dominium in the Age of Neurotechnologies: Who Is the Subject of Neurorights?
DESCRIPTION:JSI Seminar | Dominium in the Age of Neurotechnologies: Who Is the Subject of Neurorights?In-person event\n\nMany scholars expressed concerns about how potential misuse of neurotechnologies may threaten some basic rights such as right to privacy\, freedom of thought\, freedom from self-incrimination\, right to fair trial\, prohibition of discrimination\, etc. In order to ensure an effective protection against these potential threats concrete proposals\, such as reconceptualizing already existing rights or creating new rights\, are set forth. Nevertheless\, the academic debate on how to effectively protect the domain of cognitive liberty from potential violations is conducted without an open discussion on who should be the subject of neurorights. This is not surprising at the first glance\, for there is a quasi-unanimity on the content of the notion of “human” as the subject of human rights. The proposed categories of neurorights\, especially that of cognitive liberty do not contradict the existing human rights concept in this respect.\n\nThe recently flourishing scholarship on the history of human rights\, however\, offers a critical study of the abstract concept of human as the subject of human rights. The present paper\, in line with this scholarship\, attempts to introduce a historiographic perspective to the debate on neurorights by asking whether the concept of human as maintained in the theory of human rights is suitable for defining a subject of rights in the age of neurotechnologies. First\, the paper offers a historical account on how the concept of human was formed theoretically at the dawn of modernity. Secondly it explains the concept of dominium from a historical perspective and links it to the modern theory of human rights. Finally\, it discusses whether neurotechnologies present a challenge to the theoretical constellation around the subject of human rights originating from the notion of dominium.\nAbout the speaker:\nOzan Erözden holds a PhD in public law from the University of Istanbul (1996). Before joining Kadir Has University Faculty of Law he held permanent lecturer positions at Istanbul University Law Faculty\, Yıldız Technical University\, Department of Political Science and International Relations and at MEF University Law Faculty. Between 1998 and 2001 he worked as human rights observer within the OSCE mission to Croatia. Between March 2006 and September 2007 he conducted research at the International Criminal Law Institute of Cologne University as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow.\n\nHe participated in two different international scientific projects\, namely Blue-Bird (funded by UNDP and coordinated by Central European University) and JURISTAS (funded by European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme)\, as well as a national one (TÃœBÄ°TAK 1001). Erözden’s published works relate mainly to theory of state\, theories of nationalism\, human rights\, transitional justice and philosophy of law. His current area of research is the interaction between neuroscience and legal theory.\n\n \nMonday 15 April 2024\, 6-7.30pm AEST\nVenue: Level 4\, Common Room\, New Law Building (F10)\, Eastern Avenue\, Camperdown campus\n\nCPD Points: 1.5\n\nThis event is proudly presented by the Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney Law School.
URL:https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/event/jsi-seminar-dominium-in-the-age-of-neurotechnologies-who-is-the-subject-of-neurorights/
LOCATION:Common Room\, Level 4\, Sydney Law School
CATEGORIES:CPD eligible events,Jurisprudence events
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