Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

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Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge episodes

June 16, 2017 Ian Leigh: 'How should courts deal with claims of conscience?'
This video is a recording of a lecture from the 'Exempting Conscientious Beliefs in UK Law' Conference, held on 13 June 2017 at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge and convened by Mr John Adenitire.
The speaker is Professor Ian Leigh, Professor, University of Durham.
A significant volume of UK cases have been decided on whether or not individuals with conscientious beliefs (whether or not religious) should be accommodated in the face of legal requirements that contradict their beliefs. The most recent high profile case is the Ashers Baking Case (otherwise known as the Gay Cake case) where the NI Court of Appeal held that a Christian bakery was not entitled to refuse to bake a case embedded with a slogan saying ‘Support Gay Marriage’. This is only one of a series of high profile UK cases.

Despite this rich case law there is no single monograph in the UK dedicated to tackling the doctrinal and theoretical complexity of this case law. The conference aimed to fill this scholarly absence by bringing together high calibre scholars to engage with this case law with the view of publishing the outputs as an edited collection.
16 min
June 16, 2017 Robert Wintermute: 'How should courts deal with claims of conscience?'
This video is a recording of a lecture from the 'Exempting Conscientious Beliefs in UK Law' Conference, held on 13 June 2017 at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge and convened by Mr John Adenitire.
The speaker is Professor Robert Wintemute, Professor of Human Rights Law, King's College London.
A significant volume of UK cases have been decided on whether or not individuals with conscientious beliefs (whether or not religious) should be accommodated in the face of legal requirements that contradict their beliefs. The most recent high profile case is the Ashers Baking Case (otherwise known as the Gay Cake case) where the NI Court of Appeal held that a Christian bakery was not entitled to refuse to bake a case embedded with a slogan saying ‘Support Gay Marriage’. This is only one of a series of high profile UK cases.

Despite this rich case law there is no single monograph in the UK dedicated to tackling the doctrinal and theoretical complexity of this case law. The conference aimed to fill this scholarly absence by bringing together high calibre scholars to engage with this case law with the view of publishing the outputs as an edited collection.
21 min
June 16, 2017 Frank Cranmer: 'Doctrinal difficulties in the law of conscience'
This video is a recording of a lecture from the 'Exempting Conscientious Beliefs in UK Law' Conference, held on 13 June 2017 at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge and convened by Mr John Adenitire.
The speaker is Frank Cranmer, Research Fellow, Cardiff University.
A significant volume of UK cases have been decided on whether or not individuals with conscientious beliefs (whether or not religious) should be accommodated in the face of legal requirements that contradict their beliefs. The most recent high profile case is the Ashers Baking Case (otherwise known as the Gay Cake case) where the NI Court of Appeal held that a Christian bakery was not entitled to refuse to bake a case embedded with a slogan saying ‘Support Gay Marriage’. This is only one of a series of high profile UK cases.

Despite this rich case law there is no single monograph in the UK dedicated to tackling the doctrinal and theoretical complexity of this case law. The conference aimed to fill this scholarly absence by bringing together high calibre scholars to engage with this case law with the view of publishing the outputs as an edited collection.
21 min
June 16, 2017 Lucy Vickers: 'Doctrinal difficulties in the law of conscience'
This video is a recording of a lecture from the 'Exempting Conscientious Beliefs in UK Law' Conference, held on 13 June 2017 at the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge and convened by Mr John Adenitire.
The speaker is Lucy Vickers, Professor of Law, Oxford Brookes University.
A significant volume of UK cases have been decided on whether or not individuals with conscientious beliefs (whether or not religious) should be accommodated in the face of legal requirements that contradict their beliefs. The most recent high profile case is the Ashers Baking Case (otherwise known as the Gay Cake case) where the NI Court of Appeal held that a Christian bakery was not entitled to refuse to bake a case embedded with a slogan saying ‘Support Gay Marriage’. This is only one of a series of high profile UK cases.

Despite this rich case law there is no single monograph in the UK dedicated to tackling the doctrinal and theoretical complexity of this case law. The conference aimed to fill this scholarly absence by bringing together high calibre scholars to engage with this case law with the view of publishing the outputs as an edited collection.
22 min
June 02, 2017 Conversations with John Baker #3: Scholarly works
Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle
The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (22 February 2017): Early Life
- Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career
- Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
2 hr 3 min
June 02, 2017 Conversations with John Baker #1: Early life
Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle
The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (22 February 2017): Early life
- Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career
- Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
1 hr 18 min
May 23, 2017 CPL Seminar: 'The Miller Judgment: An Evaluation'
On 22 May 2017 Professor Mark Elliott of the University of Cambridge gave a seminar entitled "The "Brexit" decision, Miller v. Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union" hosted by the Centre for Public Law (CPL).
For more information see the CPL website at: https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk
37 min
May 19, 2017 'The Venice Commission and the Rule of Law Crisis': Richard Clayton QC
On Wednesday 17th May, Richard Clayton QC will talk at Wolfson College on: "The Venice Commission and the Rule of Law Crisis".
Richard Clayton QC is a leading public law barrister who heads the public law team at 7 Bedford Row. In addition to his practice at the Bar, he is the United Kingdom's representative on the Venice Commission, the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters. The role of the Commission is to provide legal advice to its member states and, in particular, to help states wishing to bring their legal and institutional structures into line with European standards in the fields of democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
57 min
May 17, 2017 Conversations with John Baker #2: Academic Career
Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle
The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (22 February 2017): Early Life
- Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career
- Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
1 hr 21 min
May 09, 2017 'Information Law and Practice in the Digital Revolution' - Ashley Hurst: CULS Lecture
In an environment where we now receive much of our news and media content via mobile and social media platforms, information lawyers and regulators are having to work hard to keep up. Libel trials and privacy superinjunctions are giving way to data privacy and fake news as the big legal issues of the day and English law increasingly needs to be considered alongside international law to be of practical relevance to commercial decision making, particularly for global tech players like Facebook and Google.
This talk by Ashley Hurst, a media and tech litigation partner at the international firm Osborne Clarke, is a chance to gain an insight into how new digital trends are shaping our laws and regulations and how the world's leading tech companies and start ups are adapting to these changes. It will cover issues such as the GDPR and growth of data privacy, complex issues of intermediary liability, fake news, the Digital Single Market, and the general clash between innovation and freedom of expression on the one hand and reputation and privacy on the other. Ashley will also be happy to answer your questions about digital media law and becoming a digital media lawyer in today's legal market.
The Cambridge University Law Society (CULS) is one of the oldest and largest student run societies in the University, the country and indeed the world. With a membership base of over a 1000, its aims are manifold and its enterprises diverse.
Each year, the Law Society invites eminent speakers to address its members. The events are an exciting chance to hear from leaders in their respective fields about issues crucial to the modern legal world.
In the past CULS have had the pleasure of hearing from such distinguished speakers as Justice of the Supreme Court, The Right Hon Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony; Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury and former President of the International Court of Justice, Dame Rosalyn Higgins.
This event was kindly supported by Osborne Clarke.
For more information see the CULS Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/camlawsoc/
49 min

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The Faculty of Law has a thriving calendar of lectures and seminars spanning the entire gamut of legal, political and philosophical topics. Regular programmes are run by many of the Faculty's Research Centres, and a number of high-profile speakers who are leaders in their fields often speak at the Faculty on other occasions as well.