JSI Seminar: The life of international law is not logic but experienceIn-person event U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. famously maintained that “the life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience.†Holmes statement suggests an antecedent question: what is the life of the law? This essay construes this […]
Book launch: Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech SadurskiIn-person event The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of Constitutional Public Reason by Professor Wojciech Sadurski, Challis Chair in Jurisprudence, Sydney Law School. The book will be launched by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG. About Constitutional Public Reason […]
Black Internationalism and International Criminal JusticeIn-person event What are the possibilities of international criminal justice being informed by epistemologies that emerged from Black and African intellectuals’ historical engagement with the concept of ‘justice’? This paper responds with an intervention rooted in Black internationalism focusing on Pan-Africanist thinkers. The goals are threefold. First, it tentatively […]
Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking federal enforcement of corporate lawOnline event In this seminar, Kerry Abadee will consider proposals for the reform of the regulatory architecture including the Hayne Royal Commission’s proposal for a new federal civil law enforcement body for corporate law. About the speakers Kerry Abadee Kerry is a graduate of Macquarie University […]
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JSI Seminar: Crowdsourcing and artificial intelligence in constitutional courtsIn-person event In Judgment SU-151/2020 the Constitutional Court of Colombia rendered its decision on a constitutional complaint of a group of journalists. They claim that in certain criminal cases concerning possible corruption by government officials, prosecutors and judges were unsatisfyingly prohibiting the press to attend public criminal […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: The Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiryHybrid event This event will discuss the submissions made to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s corporate insolvency inquiry that is due to release its report at the end of May. The speakers will consider the range of submissions made to the inquiry and […]
Ross Parsons Centre Law and Business seminar: Five Years of Crowd-Sourced Funding in Australia: Taking StockIn-person event ‘Crowd-sourced funding’ is a new form of online venture capital stock market, open to all investors—retail and wholesale—that was only legally authorised in Australia five years ago. It’s like Kickstarter, except the backer gets a share in the […]
Unnecessary and Insufficient Factual CausesIn-person event Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney and King & Wood Mallesons are proud to be presenting a seminar with Professor Jane Stapleton. The Law School welcomes the appointment of Professor Jane Stapleton as Honorary Professor of the University of Sydney. About the seminar In response to the […]
Unpicking torts: Elements, standing requirements and conditions of actionabilityIn-person event There is a fashion for thinking about torts in terms of recipes: as causes of action made up of a fixed set of ingredients. It is fashion that has adherents in both judicial and juristic circles. Typically, the things that a plaintiff must demonstrate […]
Private International Law and Voices of ChildrenOnline event When making decisions, adults should think about how their decisions will affect children. Recent years have witnessed, in private international law cases and legislation, the protection of children is increasingly mingled with gender, indigenous issues, refugees, violence, war, surrogacy technology, etc. This is evidenced by the US […]
Let’s Talk About Corporations: Rethinking accessorial liability in corporate lawOnline event This lunchtime webinar will discuss a paper by Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law at Sydney Law School, that considers accessorial liability in corporate law for civil and criminal breaches of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). A review of recent cases will be undertaken with […]
