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

February 09, 2016 ‘What’s in Cameron’s Baskets and Why Does It Matter?’ - Discussion of the proposal for a new settlement of the United Kingdom within the EU
Catherine Barnard, Kenneth Armstrong, Julie Smith, Albertina Albors-Llorens and Markus Gehring share their ‘hot off the press’ reactions to the proposed new settlement of the United Kingdom within the EU (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/02/02-letter-tusk-proposal-new-settlement-uk/), followed by discussion.
- Professor Kenneth Armstrong: 'Baskets 1 and 2: competitiveness and governance';
- Dr Julie Smith: 'Basket 3: sovereignty';
- Professor Catherine Barnard: 'Basket 4: social benefits and free movement';
- Dr Markus Gehring: 'What’s difficult about the baskets for other Member States?';
- Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens: 'If the proposals are adopted how enforceable would they be anyway?'
For more information, see the following on Twitter:
@UKandEU @eumigrantworker @EULegalStudies #UKEUdeal
1 hr 27 min
February 09, 2016 ‘What’s in Cameron’s Baskets and Why Does It Matter?’ - Discussion of the proposal for a new settlement of the United Kingdom within the EU (audio)
Catherine Barnard, Kenneth Armstrong, Julie Smith, Albertina Albors-Llorens and Markus Gehring share their ‘hot off the press’ reactions to the proposed new settlement of the United Kingdom within the EU (http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2016/02/02-letter-tusk-proposal-new-settlement-uk/), followed by discussion.
- Professor Kenneth Armstrong: 'Baskets 1 and 2: competitiveness and governance';
- Dr Julie Smith: 'Basket 3: sovereignty';
- Professor Catherine Barnard: 'Basket 4: social benefits and free movement';
- Dr Markus Gehring: 'What’s difficult about the baskets for other Member States?';
- Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens: 'If the proposals are adopted how enforceable would they be anyway?'
For more information, see the following on Twitter:
@UKandEU @eumigrantworker @EULegalStudies #UKEUdeal
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1 hr 27 min
February 08, 2016 'Montgomery: a dramatic change in the law on patient consent?': The Baron de Lancey Medical Law Lecture 2016
Baron Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey (1889-1984) was a wealthy and public-spirited Dutchman who at different times in his life was a dentist, doctor, surgeon, barrister and art historian. In 1970 he created the De Lancey and De La Hanty Foundation, to promote studies in medico-legal topics. The Foundation generously gave Cambridge the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund, which since 1996 has funded occasional public lectures on medico-legal issues of current interest.
The The Baron de Lancey Medical Law Lecture 2016 was delivered on 5 February 2016 by Mr James Badenoch QC who acted as counsel for the successful appellant before the UK Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, and was entitled "Montgomery: a dramatic change in the law on patient consent?".
In his lecture James Badenoch outlined the state of the law before the decision in Montgomery and the numerous ways in which it had failed to pay attention to the key distinction, recognised by the Supreme Court in Montgomery, between cases concerning disclosure of information and those concerning the application of medical skill and expertise. He went on to suggest that the decisive break achieved in Montgomery may well prove an apt footing on which to challenge the long-held authority of the so-called 'Bolam' test for whether a medical practitioner has been negligent in situations outside of that considered in Montgomery.
For more information about the Baron de Lancey Medical Law Lecture series, please see http://www.lml.law.cam.ac.uk/events/vhdl-events
1 hr 13 min
February 08, 2016 Montgomery: a dramatic change in the law on patient consent?: The Baron de Lancey Medical Law Lecture 2016
Baron Cornelius Ver Heyden de Lancey (1889-1984) was a wealthy and public-spirited Dutchman who at different times in his life was a dentist, doctor, surgeon, barrister and art historian. In 1970 he created the De Lancey and De La Hanty Foundation, to promote studies in medico-legal topics. The Foundation generously gave Cambridge the Ver Heyden de Lancey Fund, which since 1996 has funded occasional public lectures on medico-legal issues of current interest.
The The Baron de Lancey Medical Law Lecture 2016 was delivered on 5 February 2016 by Mr James Badenoch QC who acted as counsel for the successful appellant before the UK Supreme Court in Montgomery v Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, and was entitled "Montgomery: a dramatic change in the law on patient consent?".
In his lecture James Badenoch outlined the state of the law before the decision in Montgomery and the numerous ways in which it had failed to pay attention to the key distinction, recognised by the Supreme Court in Montgomery, between cases concerning disclosure of information and those concerning the application of medical skill and expertise. He went on to suggest that the decisive break achieved in Montgomery may well prove an apt footing on which to challenge the long-held authority of the so-called 'Bolam' test for whether a medical practitioner has been negligent in situations outside of that considered in Montgomery.
For more information about the Baron de Lancey Medical Law Lecture series, please see http://www.lml.law.cam.ac.uk/events/vhdl-events
1 hr 14 min
February 04, 2016 'Understanding the New Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Prospects for "Climate Justice" and Sustainable Development'
The UNFCCC negotiations in Paris in December last year resulted in the new Paris Agreement on Climate Change. But what does the Agreement actually say and what does it mean for our future?
Co-Chairs: Dr Markus Gehring and Professor Joanna Depledge
Guest Speaker: Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier
Hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance and the Department of Politics and International Studies.
Guest Speaker Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger outlines key elements of the new Paris Agreement, exploring the emerging international context and key legal challenges for implementing "climate justice" for more sustainable development that guides and is guided by international law in a post-Paris carbon-constrained world.
Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, DPhil (Oxon) MEM (Yale) BCL and LLB (McGill), BA Hons, Senior Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL); Chair, Climate Law and Governance Consortium at UNFCCC CoP21 in Paris; author/editor of 18 books and over 80 papers on climate change, sustainable development law and policy, and co-editor of Implementing Sustainable Development Treaties Series (CUP). Serves as Affiliated Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) and Fellow, Centre for Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG) at the University of Cambridge; Senior Research Associate, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); Senior Legal Expert, Sustainable Development, International Development Law Organization (IDLO) & Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme.
See: https://www.facebook.com/events/1730695987167422/
54 min
February 04, 2016 'Understanding the New Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Prospects for "Climate Justice" and Sustainable Development' (audio)
The UNFCCC negotiations in Paris in December last year resulted in the new Paris Agreement on Climate Change. But what does the Agreement actually say and what does it mean for our future?
Co-Chairs: Dr Markus Gehring and Professor Joanna Depledge
Guest Speaker: Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier
Hosted by the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance and the Department of Politics and International Studies.
Guest Speaker Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger outlines key elements of the new Paris Agreement, exploring the emerging international context and key legal challenges for implementing "climate justice" for more sustainable development that guides and is guided by international law in a post-Paris carbon-constrained world.
Dr Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, DPhil (Oxon) MEM (Yale) BCL and LLB (McGill), BA Hons, Senior Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL); Chair, Climate Law and Governance Consortium at UNFCCC CoP21 in Paris; author/editor of 18 books and over 80 papers on climate change, sustainable development law and policy, and co-editor of Implementing Sustainable Development Treaties Series (CUP). Serves as Affiliated Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) and Fellow, Centre for Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG) at the University of Cambridge; Senior Research Associate, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); Senior Legal Expert, Sustainable Development, International Development Law Organization (IDLO) & Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme.
See: https://www.facebook.com/events/1730695987167422/
This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
54 min
January 26, 2016 CRASSH Seminar: 'Person-Centred Social Science – Who is the Last Poet Standing?'
Alison Liebling (Criminology): 'Towards a person centred social science'
Judith Gardom (Education/Criminology): ''The subversive good' - person-centred social science and the politics of recognition'
Riffing off a video of Joelle Taylor’s ‘The last poet standing’, this session will explore what (often) unarticulated assumptions do social scientists make about personhood in how they design and explore their research questions? Drawing on her work on Trust, Risk and Faith in High Security prisons, Alison Liebling (Criminology) will lead us in conversation about how visions of human nature shape our theories of individual identity and potential, social action and institutions. Judith Gardom (Education/Criminology) will draw on her work about forms of recognition and its importance in educational settings. She will consider when the personal becomes political, and how this might influence methodology.
For more information on the whole series please visit: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/the-subversive-good
1 hr 14 min
January 25, 2016 CRASSH Seminar: 'Person-Centred Social Science – Who is the Last Poet Standing?' (audio)
Alison Liebling (Criminology): 'Towards a person centred social science'
Judith Gardom (Education/Criminology): ''The subversive good' - person-centred social science and the politics of recognition'
Riffing off a video of Joelle Taylor’s ‘The last poet standing’, this session will explore what (often) unarticulated assumptions do social scientists make about personhood in how they design and explore their research questions? Drawing on her work on Trust, Risk and Faith in High Security prisons, Alison Liebling (Criminology) will lead us in conversation about how visions of human nature shape our theories of individual identity and potential, social action and institutions. Judith Gardom (Education/Criminology) will draw on her work about forms of recognition and its importance in educational settings. She will consider when the personal becomes political, and how this might influence methodology.
For more information on the whole series please visit: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/the-subversive-good
This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
1 hr 14 min
December 16, 2015 The Judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal in the Pistorius case: Christopher Forsyth
The conviction of Oscar Pistorius for committing culpable homicide in relation to the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp made worldwide news.
In this video Professor Christopher Forsyth reflects on his previous comments about the original conviction, and describes how the Supreme Court of Appeal interpreted the South African law on intent to kill. Although the Court complimented Ms Justice Thokozile Masipa on her handling of the case under intense media scrutiny, they reversed her decision (as Professor Forsyth originally suggested they might), and and replaced the verdict with one of murder.
Professor Christopher Forsyth is Professor of Public Law and Private International Law in the University of Cambridge, and Extraordinary Professor of Law in the University of Stellenbosch. For more information about Professor Forsyth, please refer to his profile at http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/cf-forsyth/31

Law in Focus is a collection of short videos featuring academics from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, addressing legal issues in current affairs and the news. These issues are examples of the many which challenge researchers and students studying undergraduate and postgraduate law at the Faculty.

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14 min
December 08, 2015 'Public Policy, Illegality and Contracts': Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Lecture 2015
On Tuesday 24 November 2015, Lord (Tony) Grabiner QC delivered the 2015 Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Annual Law Lecture entitled "Public Policy, Illegality and Contracts".
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
52 min

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

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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.