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HKU Private Law and Theory Speaker Series Lecture by Alexander Georgiou All Souls College, Oxford   Alexander Georgiou, a former Temple Chambers Scholar and now an Examination Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, will speak on the topic “Making Contract-Breakers Pay” on 12 March 2024, as part of the HKU Private Law and Theory Speaker Series.   The talk will be chaired by our Head of Chambers, Paul Shieh SC, and held at the University of Hong Kong.    Please see the flyer below for more details.     #Scholarship #TempleChambers #HKU #law

The Program on Law and Society in the Muslim World is a research program at Harvard Law School, with a mission to support rigorous and cutting-edge scholarship that addresses the complex relationships between law and society in Muslim majority and minority contexts around the world. Recognizing the complex legal, historical, socioeconomic, and political dimensions that characterize Muslim-majority and Muslim-minority contexts, we promote contextualized approaches to the study of law.  Click here to learn more about our faculty and fellows and their scholarly research interests: https://lnkd.in/eCes9T3d

By viewing wrongs (and related concepts) from three distinct normative perspectives (moral, political, and legal), we can better understand what it means for conduct to count as a wrong. Professor Michelle Madden Dempsey (Villanova University) will speak at a UCL Legal Theory Lecture Series event which will discuss these normative perspectives and the framework they provide to evaluate various responses to wrongs and wrongdoing. 📆 Tuesday 18 June ⏰ 6pm 📍 In person https://lnkd.in/emDYxJ84

"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not." That is why we tend to invite to Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana attorneys who are experts in the fields covered in our curricula to share their experience with our students and offer them insight into law in action. This week, we hosted an expert in competition and state aid law Aleksandra Mitic of Law firm Kavčič, Bračun & Partners (KBP) within the Master's course Economic Analysis of the Functioning of the Market and Undertakings in the EU who analyzed EU state aid rules and their application in practice.

"A student confronted with only one solution to a legal problem has a tendency to assume it is the right one. When he is confronted with two, he is encouraged to think." - James GORDLEY Quelle: T. Kadner Graziano, Le contrat en droit comparé, 3. Aufl., 2024, S. 22, zit. nach J. Gordley, Comparative Law and Legal Education, Tul. L. Rev. 2000-2001, 1003 (1008). #rechtsvergleichung #comparativelaw #droitcomparé

Join us for an insightful online lecture on the Application of Research Tools and Techniques in Legal Research, conducted by the esteemed Professor (Dr.) Nuzhat Parveen Khan, former Dean of Jamia Millia Islamia📚 Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just getting started, this session will guide you through mastering the essentials of legal research. Click the LINK 🔗 https://tr.ee/bHSQuCW--g 🔗to be a part of this lecture & expand your academic horizons✨ #PresidencyUniversity #LegalResearch #LawEducation #OnlineLecture #ResearchTools #AcademicGrowth #LegalStudies #LawSchool

In this video, we share insights on the Diploma in Law course at the University of Sydney, championed by the Law Extension Committee and developed by the LPAB. Dive into 'the why' behind this transformative journey through the eyes of Max Heptonstall, one of this year's outstanding moot winners. Discover why Max chose this path, how it's shaped his journey, and why he wholeheartedly recommends it to fellow learners. Watch his compelling testimony, dive into his insights, and consider embarking on your path to legal excellence. #DiplomaInLaw #UniversityOfSydney #LegalEducation #LPAB #LECEvents #LEC #LegalEducation #LawStudents #LawExtensionCommittee #MaxHeptonstall

In this piece, Harold Hongju Koh discusses the Yale School of International Law and its focus in the next phase of the twenty-first century. This is part of the Yale Journal of International Law’s 50th Anniversary Conference: Celebrating the Work of W. Michael Reisman. https://lnkd.in/eCWm7ZZu

📚 EMPIRICAL TAKEAWAYS 👩💻 🔍 For this months takeaway, our ELS board member, Marc Hertogh (Distinguished Professor at Universiteit Utrecht and Professor of Law and Society at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), delves into the significance of theories in empirical legal research! Understanding and applying theories is crucial for connecting the dots between observations and forming coherent analyses in legal studies. Whether you're dealing with procedural justice, game theory, or legal consciousness, theories provide a framework to interpret data and derive meaningful conclusions. 🙌 #ELS #research #theories #TheoriesinLaw #empiricallegalstudies

🔔 Publication alert! Lab member Gitta Veldt recently contributed to the last 2023 publication of Recht der Werkelijkheid by sharing her thoughts on why empirical legal research and interdisciplinarity deserve a more prominent spot in the Dutch law school curriculum. A must read for those interested and involved in empirical legal studies and legal education as a whole (and a great resolution to add to your list this year 📝)! Check out the first page as a teaser below. The whole article is available in Dutch in Recht der Werkelijkheid, issue 3.