Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) hosts an annual public lecture in honour of Lord Mackenzie-Stuart, the first British Judge to be President of the Court of Justice. Among the eminent scholars of European legal studies invited to give the lecture are Professor Joseph Weiler, former Judge David Edwards of the European Court of Justice, and Advocate-General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice. The texts of the Mackenzie-Stuart Lectures are published in the Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies.

The 2019 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, European Commission, under the title 'Making Markets Work: New Challenges for EU Competition Law' on 4 February 2019.

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at:

https://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-stuart-lectures

On 13 December 2018, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on the 'Scottish Continuity Bill' (https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2018-0080.html). This Bill was enacted by the Scottish Parliament in order to provide its own version of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, providing for the continued application of EU law in Scotland from exit day onwards.

The legislation was enacted against the backdrop of Scotland’s refusal to agree to a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2018, which then came into force without Scotland’s consent in breach of the Sewel convention. It also marked the first time that Scottish legislation had been challenged at the pre-legislative stage, using the provisions of section 33 of the Scotland Act 1998.

In this video produced by the Cambridge Centre for Public Law, Professor Mark Elliott, Professor Alison Young, and Dr Paul Daly each discuss the constitutional implications of the case, chaired by Dr Shona Wilson Stark.

The talk should be of interest for undergraduate students in Constitutional law, Administrative law and European Union law, in addition to postgraduate students working in these areas.

For more information, see the CPL website at: http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

This is Panel 7, chaired by Surabhi Ranganathan, featuring:

- Raphaëlle Nollez-Goldbach, École Normale Supérieure: 'The ICC approach on reparations: the first reparations orders of the Court'

- Ralph Wilde, University College London: 'Rethinking Reparations for Extraterritorial Human Rights Abuses'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

This is Panel 3, chaired by Fernando Bordin, featuring:

- Julia Motte-Baumvol, Université Paris Descartes: 'Investors’ Conduct and Reparation in International Law: an Investment Law and Human Rights Law Comparative Analysis'

- Mads Andenas, University of Oslo: 'The ICJ, the ICC and a General International Law of Compensation

- Rachel Murray, Clara Sandoval University of Bristol, University of Essex: 'The Award of Financial Compensation by Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Challenges in Defining and Obtaining Monetary Awards'

- Raju Deepak, Sidley Austin LLP: 'Reparations for Wrongful Acts V. Compensation where Wrongfulness is Precluded – What Does it Tell Us About Nature of Reparations and of Wrongfulness?'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

This is Panel 6, chaired by Danae Azaria, featuring:

- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University London: 'Reparations and Environmental Damage in International Law'

- Benoit Mayer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law: 'Rethinking Reparations in the Context of Climate Change'

- Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, European University Institute: 'Reparations for Wartime Environmental Damage'