Date: 08Apr 2014 SYNOPSIS: In 1969 Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan said: “The more the data banks record about each one of us, the less we exist.”...
Tag - seminar
Arbitration & Mediation, Conference and Seminars
Mr Trip Barthel M.A.: Affirmative Facilitation-The Role of Positive Psychology in Conflict Resolution
Date: 02Apr 2014 SYNOPSIS: Happiness has been a high profile subject over the last decade with books like Emotional Intelligence, practices like Positive Psychology and...
Commerial Law, Corporate and Financial Law, Financial Regulation, Taxation Law
Prof Judith Freedman CBE: Business Tax: Public Debate and Future Trends
Date: 24Mar 2014 SYNOPSIS: Business taxation is at the heart of the political agenda. The 2014 G20 agenda notes that “in recent years international tax laws have failed...
Conference and Seminars, Human Rights, Public and Constitutional Law
Christopher Forsyth: Some Recent Developments in Judicial Review in the Common Law World
Date: 24Mar 2014 SYNOPSIS: This seminar will deal with the following cutting edge issues (i) the survival of Wednesbury as a ground of judicial review; (2)...
Conference and Seminars, Corporate and Financial Law, International and Comparative law
Jeffrey H Chen: Volcker Rule Final Regulations
Date: 18Mar 2014 SYNOPSIS: Final regulations for implementation of the “Volcker Rule” were issued by five U.S. federal agencies in December 2013. The Volcker Rule...
Commerial Law, Corporate and Financial Law, Criminal Law, International and Comparative law
Prof. Yoshiaki Nomura: Conflict of law issues in loan transactions-What Law Governs Syndicated Loans in Global Transactions?
Date: 26Feb 2014 SYNOPSIS: A syndicated loan is a loan facility, under single documentation, provided by several banks (possibly in different jurisdictions) as creditors...
Arbitration & Mediation, Commerial Law, Conference and Seminars, Court and Judiciary, International and Comparative law
Denise H. Wong: The Rise of the International Commercial Court-What Is It and Will It Work?
Date: 24Feb 2014 SYNOPSIS: Up till now, transnational commercial disputes have primarily been resolved via international arbitration or by parties agreeing to submit to...
Conference and Seminars, Law and Medical ethics, Law and Technology and Intellectual Property, Tort
Prof. Roger Brownsword: Talk on Regulating Patient Safety-Is it Time for a Technological Response?
Date: 24Feb 2014 SYNOPSIS: Following the publication of the report of the public inquiry into the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust (centring on the deaths of...
Conference and Seminars, Human Rights, Public and Constitutional Law
Hoi Kong: Deliberative Democracy and the Law
Date: 23Jan 2014 SYNOPSIS: In this presentation, I will argue that central tenets of theories of deliberative democracy are pertinent to jurisprudential issues and...
Conference and Seminars, Jurisprudence, Public and Constitutional Law
Religion in Politics: Power and Empowerment
Date: 13Jan 2014 SYNOPSIS: This interfaith dialogue will explore the relationship between spiritual ethos and power in a number of world religions – Buddhism...