Youth Crime and Youth Justice Forum
Youth Crime and Youth Justice Forum The Forum will bring together key stakeholders working to prevent youth crime and to administer the various aspects of youth justice. Presenters will discuss latest trends, research and policies in these areas and will showcase some of the relevant work across the University of Sydney. Speakers have been confirmed …
JSI Seminar: Children, families, and immigration enforcement
JSI Seminar: Children, families, and immigration enforcement Speaker: Associate Professor Matthew Lister, Bond University What might otherwise seem like straight-forward instances of immigration enforcement can give rise to both practical and moral complications when the objects of the enforcement measures are children and/or have close family ties to citizens or legal permanent residents. In the …
Symposium: “Global Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japan”
Symposium: “Global Sports Law: Hot Topics in Australia and Japan” This symposium is part of Japanaroo, a week-long series of events that is part of an initiative to promote exchange and collaboration between Australia and Japan. This informal panel brings together experts and practitioners in sports law and governance from Japan and Australia, two countries at …
Book launch: Gender and International Criminal Law
Book launch: Gender and International Criminal Law Sydney Centre for International Law is excited to host a panel on the new book ‘Gender and International Criminal Law’ (Oxford University Press 2022), edited by Indira Rosenthal, Valerie Oosterveld, and Susana SáCouto. In this panel, participants will hear from some of the book’s Australian authors and participate …
JSI Seminar: Jealousy of trade, from the Scottish Enlightenment to neoliberalism
JSI Seminar: Jealousy of trade, from the Scottish Enlightenment to neoliberalism Speaker: Associate Professor Jessica Whyte, UNSW In this talk, I trace the Scottish Enlightenment debates about what David Hume termed “jealousy of trade”—that is, the transformation of international commerce into a political concern of states and a cause of international conflict. I revisit these …
JSI Seminar: Flourishing in the Anthropocene
JSI Seminar: Flourishing in the Anthropocene Speaker: Associate Professor Nicole Graham, Sydney Law School Progressive property theory presents a recent corrective to atomistic theories that isolate property interests from the network of relations and obligations arising from the sociality of organised human society. The ‘social obligation norm’ that underpins progressive property theory stretches back to …
JSI Seminar: The Conscience of Trust
JSI Seminar: The Conscience of Trust Speaker: Professor Irit Samet, King’s College London At the heart of the modern trust lies a glaring paradox: how has a legal institution that is repeatedly referred to by the courts as rooted in a duty of conscience become infamous for helping individuals to achieve goals that are patently …
Exhibition launch: Iconic: The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem
Exhibition launch: Iconic: The Use and Misuse of the Red Cross Emblem Professor Robert McLaughlin (ANU) will formally launch the exhibition, created by Associate Professor Emily Crawford (Sydney Law School.) The Red Cross is one of the most identifiable icons of all time – since its adoption in the 19th century, the Red Cross emblem …
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC Reform
Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: SPACs, Direct Listings, and SEC Reform Presenter: Professor Andrew Tuch, Washington University in St Louis Despite recent market volatility, mergers of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and direct listings remain viable alternatives to IPOs in the United States. SPACs continue to outnumber traditional IPOs. Direct listings have allowed companies, …
How AI is changing medical practice
How AI is changing medical practice This event has moved to online only Sydney Ideas is delighted to welcome back Professor Frank Pasquale (Brooklyn Law School), a leading author and academic on the law of artificial intelligence (AI), algorithms, and machine learning, along with local experts to unpack the challenges and advantages of AI and …