Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

On Wednesday 16 November 2016, The Honourable Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma GBM QC SC delivered the 2016 Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Annual Law Lecture entitled "What Have Ships Ever Done for You? The Impact of Maritime Law".

The event was kindly sponsored by Allen & Overy.

More information about this lecture is available from the Private Law Centre website at www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/events/past-events

From 12 to 14 September 2016, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held the second in a biennial series of conferences on Public Law.

The theme for the second Public Law Conference was "The Unity of Public Law?". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.

In this video, Professor Mark Elliott introduces Justice Stratas, Professor Cora Hoexter, Professor Richard Rawlings and Professor Johannes Chan as they offer their reflections on the papers and themes presented at the conference.

For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/

From 12 to 14 September 2016, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held the second in a biennial series of conferences on Public Law.

The theme for the second Public Law Conference was "The Unity of Public Law?". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.

In this video, Lord Reed (UK Supreme Court) introduces Professor Cheryl Saunders who spoke on the topic ‘Transplants in Public Law’, and Professor Aileen McHarg who spoke on the topic ‘Unity and Diversity in the United Kingdom’s Territorial Constitution’.

For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/

From 12 to 14 September 2016, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held the second in a biennial series of conferences on Public Law.

The theme for the second Public Law Conference was "The Unity of Public Law?". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.

In this video, Chief Justice French (High Court of Australia) introduces Professor Janet Hiebert who spoke on the topic ‘Parliamentary Bills of Rights: Do They Alter the Norms of Legislative Decision-Making?’ and Professor Claudia Geiringer who spoke on ‘Unity and Disunity in the Commonwealth Model of Human Rights Protection’.

For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/

From 12 to 14 September 2016, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held the second in a biennial series of conferences on Public Law.

The theme for the second Public Law Conference was "The Unity of Public Law?". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.

In this video, Professor Mark Elliott welcomes delegates to the second day of the conference, and Dr Jason Varuhas introduces Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias (New Zealand Supreme Court) who spoke on the conference topic of 'The Unity of Public Law?'.

For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/

From 12 to 14 September 2016, the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge held the second in a biennial series of conferences on Public Law.

The theme for the second Public Law Conference was "The Unity of Public Law?". The conference brought together academics, judges and practitioners from a range of Public Law fields and a variety of common law jurisdictions. The intention was that the Public Law series should become a pre-eminent forum for the discussion of Public Law matters in the common law world.

In this video, Professor Richard Fentiman, Chair of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, welcomes delegates to the conference. He is followed by Chief Justice French (High Court of Australia) and Lord Reed (UK Supreme Court) speaking on the subject of 'Inter-Jurisdictional Dialogue'.

For more information about the Public Law Conference, please refer to http://www.publiclawconference.law.cam.ac.uk/

On Thursday 21 July 2016 The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG delivered the 2016 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Legal Obligations. Legal Revolutions".

The Cambridge Freshfields Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, and the event is sponsored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

In 2016, the lecture was delivered as part of the proceedings of the Obligations VII Conference, which was held at Downing College Cambridge from 19-22 July. For more information about the Obligations conferences, see http://www.obsconf.com/

More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, will be available from the Private Law Centre website at http://www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/events/past-events