Date: 23May 2016 Judges exercising the power of judicial review engage in policy determination, thus, encroaching upon the tradition domain of the executive and...
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Hochelaga Lecture, Human Rights, International and Comparative law, Rights Talk
Hochelaga Lecture: Freedom of Expression for Those Who Wish to Destroy Freedoms for Others
Date: 26May 2016 Freedom of Expression for Those Who Wish to Destroy Freedoms for Others Lord David Pannick QC In a July 2015 speech, the British Prime Minister David...
Conference and Seminars, Public and Comparative
University Governance, Academic Freedom & the need for Negotiated Reforms
Date: 26May 2016 Speaker: Professor Carole J. Petersen, William S. Richardson School of Law, Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution...
Commerial Law, Hochelaga Lecture, Public and Comparative
Hochelaga Lecture 2016: Harmonization and Modernization of Transnational Commercial Law
Date: 19Jul 2016 Harmonization and Modernization of Transnational Commercial Law: An Assessment Professor Charles W. Mooney, Jr. Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Professor of...
Conference and Seminars, Human Rights, Law and Medical ethics, Law and Technology and Intellectual Property, Public and Constitutional Law
Mr Maximilian Kressner: Public Health Promotion as a Challenge to Personal Autonomy
Date: 22Mar 2016 Public health policy and health promotion offer vast and promising programs to the improvement of a population’s health. At a first glance, hardly...
Conference and Seminars, Equality and Discrimination, Human Rights, Public and Constitutional Law
14/03/16 The Right Hon. Beverley McLachlin PC: Equality and the Law: A Canadian Journey
Date: 14Mar 2016 The history of the right to equal treatment has taken Canada from an era where the law allowed pejorative discrimination, to broad prohibitions of...
Date:19Feb 2016 Patent trolls are a significant problem in the US. In contrast, to date there does not appear to be a reported case on patent trolls in Japan...
Conference and Seminars, Human Rights, Practice and Procedure, Public and Constitutional Law
Ms. Fiona McLeay: Journey of a Pro Bono Lawyer
Date: 24Feb 2016 Fiona’s talk will educate students about the many career pathways open to human rights/public interest lawyers and the career progression of human...
Public and Comparative, Seminar
03/03/16 Prof. Yoshiaki Nomura: An Introduction to Negotiation Theory
Date:03Mar 2016 Roger Fisher and William Ury’s seminal Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement without Giving In, the Bible for aspiring negotiators, put forward 4...
Public and Comparative, Seminar
08/06/16 Christine Lee: The UK Referendum on EU Membership: Legal and Political Perspectives
Date: 08Jun 2016 The EU referendum vote on 23 June 2016 on whether or not the UK should remain in the EU will decide one of the most important questions in a generation...