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July 16, 2013 'State Sovereignty and Euro-decline in the Aftermath of the Economic Crisis': Savvas Papassavvas
On Monday 24th June, Dr Savvas Papassavvas, Vice-president of the General Court of the EU, spoke on "State Sovereignty and Euro-decline in the Aftermath of the Economic Crisis" as a guest at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law.
This seminar was arranged by Professor David Feldman and Professor Spyridon Flogaitis as part of the LL.M. course on The Birth, Development and Afterlife of States, and introduced by Professor Flogaitis.
37 min
July 05, 2013 'Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?': Paul Senior (Audio)
On Tuesday 25th June 2013, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 16th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture.
The lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Senior, Director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice in Sheffield. Professor Senior spoke on the topic "Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?".
The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE.
This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
1 hr 5 min
June 27, 2013 'Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?': Paul Senior
On Tuesday 25th June 2013, the Institute of Criminology at the University of Cambridge held the 16th Annual Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture.
The lecture was delivered by Professor Paul Senior, Director of the Hallam Centre for Community Justice in Sheffield. Professor Senior spoke on the topic "Privatising Probation: The Death Knell of a Much-Cherished Public Service?".
The Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture is generously supported by the Probation Chiefs' Association, the Clarke Hall Fund, the Barrow Cadbury Trust, and the late Hugh Sanders OBE.
1 hr 5 min
May 30, 2013 '"Interesting Times" - Chinese Curses, Lawyers' Headaches, Political Nightmares and New Dawns': The 2013 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
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 2013 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture was delivered by Judge Nicholas Forwood (General Court of the European Union) on Thursday 28th February 2013, and was entitled ""Interesting Times" - Chinese Curses, Lawyers' Headaches, Political Nightmares and New Dawns".
More information about this lecture is available from the Centre for European Legal Studies website at http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie_stuart_lectures/
59 min
May 09, 2013 'Scottish Independence: The EU and International Law Perspectives': CELS Seminar
Professor James Crawford, joint author of HM Government's 'Opinion: Referendum on the Independence of Scotland - International Law Aspects' engaged in a debate with Dr Markus Gehring and Dr Michael Waibel, introduced by Professor Catherine Barnard. The debate discussed the EU and International Law aspects of Scottish independence, as considered in the Opinion. The event was arranged by CELS (The Center for European Legal Studies) on 26th February 2013.
The opinion can be found on the Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/79408/Annex_A.pdf
28 min
May 02, 2013 'International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War, Part III: Autonomous Weapons and Responsibility Under International Law': Professor Dan Saxon
On Wednesday 1st May 2013 Professor Dan Saxon, Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club.
The last in a series of three, this talk explored the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies for the conduct of warfare.
The late American historian William Manchester once wrote that '... no man is really a robot'. The great challenge for military professionals and legal scholars for the remainder of this century will be to ensure that robots used in armed conflict will display sufficient human qualities to fulfill the duties of international law, and to develop appropriate standards of responsibility when they do not. "Reponsibility" can mean more that holding a person or entity accountable for mistakes or misdeeds.
"Responsibilty" includes other values and may also refer to a status and level of power and authority; similar to the status of "command". In this final lecture, Professor Saxon explores the levels of responsibility, if any, that humans may lawfully delegate to autonomous weapons systems, and describes the possibilities available under international law for holding persons, states and other entities accountable when autonomous weapons commit serious violations of international law.
1 hr
May 02, 2013 'International Humanitarian Law and the Changing Technology of War, Part II: Cyber Warfare': Professor Dan Saxon
On Wednesday 30th January 2013 Professor Dan Saxon, Visiting Professor at the University of Leiden spoke at an event held by the Hughes Hall Hat Club.
This talk was the second of a three-part series, exploring the legal challenges for armed forces resulting from the development and use of new military technologies for the conduct of warfare.
This lecture asks how will international law, in particular international humanitarian law ("IHL"), govern cyber warfare? Military experts, academics, lawyers and policy makers are just beginning to address this complex question. During armed conflict, should "cyber attacks" be subject to the same legal restrictions as more traditional, kinetic armed attacks? If so, how will soldiers who attack the enemy and defend themselves during cyber warfare distinguish between combatants and civilians? Do cyber weapons render the idea of "proportionate attacks" meaningless since computer viruses and other tools have the potential to harm countless computer networks and other infrastructure? What precautions must planners of cyber attacks implement to minimise damage to civilian objects.
This lecture describes the challenges of applying the basic principles of IHL to the "armed conflicts" that are fought, more and more, with computers.
21 min
March 25, 2013 'The Criminal Defence of Marital Coercion': Findlay Stark (audio)
Dr Findlay Stark examines the defence of marital coercion, which recently hit the headlines with the trials of Vicky Pryce and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne for perverting the course of justice over an attempt to transfer penalty points for a speeding offence.
Findlay Stark is the Yates Glazebrook Fellow in Law at Jesus College, Cambridge. His interests lie in the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Evidence, and Legal Theory. For more information about Dr Stark, please refer to his staff profile: http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/fgf-stark/4759

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.
8 min
March 25, 2013 'The Criminal Defence of Marital Coercion': Findlay Stark
Dr Findlay Stark examines the defence of marital coercion, which recently hit the headlines with the trials of Vicky Pryce and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne for perverting the course of justice over an attempt to transfer penalty points for a speeding offence.
Findlay Stark is the Yates Glazebrook Fellow in Law at Jesus College, Cambridge. His interests lie in the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Evidence, and Legal Theory. For more information about Dr Stark, please refer to his staff profile: http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/fgf-stark/4759
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.
9 min
March 18, 2013 'The Relationship Between the European Court of Human Rights and National Constitutional Courts?': The 2013 Sir David Williams Lecture
On Friday 15th February 2013, Judge Jean-Paul Costa, former President of the European Court of Human Rights, delivered the 2013 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "The Relationship Between the European Court of Human Rights and National Constitutional Courts?".
The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.
More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir_david_williams_lectures/
1 hr

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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.