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The Faculty has published Volume 7 Number 5 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Kathleen Liddell and Michael Waibel: Amicus Curiae Submission in NAFTA Proceedings Eli Lilly v. Canada (13/2016) This amicus brief was submitted …

Oxford University Press has published the Money in the Western Legal Tradition: Middle Ages to Bretton Woods edited by Dr David Fox and Wolfgang Ernst. The book tells a connected history of the monetary laws of the European civil law and Anglo-American common law systems from the late medieval period through to the middle of the twentieth century. …

CIPIL University of Cambridge, hosted at IViR University of Amsterdam Date: 23 April 2016, 10.00-17.30. Venue: University of Amsterdam, Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 2290231, 1012 EX Amsterdam, The Netherlands Registration required Max. capacity: 70 persons More information about the conference in the flyer.  Please refer to the full program…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) Hart Publishing launched the Journal in spring 2005. The journal covers all aspects of private international law, reflecting the role of the European Union and the Hague Conference on Private International Law in the…

The Faculty building and Squire Law Library will be closed for the Easter Bank Holiday from Friday, 25 March to Monday, 28 March inclusive. The building will re-open on Tuesday, 29 March at 9am.

On Friday 4 March 2016 Sir Stephen Sedley delivered the 2016 CPL Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "The lion beneath the throne: law as history" at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. Sir Stephen Sedley used his lecture to explain the way in which the past is properly used in the development of the contemporary law. He looked at some of …

Oxford University Press has published the The Law of Contract 7th Ed by Dr Janet O'Sullivan and Jonathan Hilliard. The Law of Contract provides students with a clear, straightforward, and comprehensive account of the core principles of contract law to enable a sound understanding of the subject. Written by Janet O'Sullivan, Fellow of Selwyn College…

Dr Veronika Fikfak and Dr Alicia Hinarejos have both been awarded British Academy Rising Stars Engagement Awards. Dr Fikfak won her award for her project The Future of Human Rights in the United Kingdom. The aim of the project is to examine the uncertain future of human rights protection if the Human Rights Act is repealed or replaced. If the Gover…

The Faculty has published Volume 7 Number 4 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: Antje Du Bois-Pedain: Violent Dynamics: Exploring Responsibility - Attribution for Harms Inflicted During Spontaneous Group Violence (8/2016) Violent encounters between gr…

The Euro-Crisis as a Multi-Dimensional Systemic Failure of the EU 2 Day Conference, Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law 31 March - 1 April 2016 The Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS) is organising a multidisciplinary conference exploring the many crises the EU faces.   The theme of the conference is the …

After long negotiations, on 19 February Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the European Council had agreed a new settlement for the United Kingdom in the European Union. In line with the Conservative Party manifesto, this agreement has triggered a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union to be held on Thursday 23 J…

The second edition of the Cambridge Doctoral Workshop in Legal Theory will be held on 24 August 2016 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge. The organisers welcome abstracts that address legal questions from a theoretical, especially philosophical, perspective. Our keynote speaker is Professor John Tasioulas, King's College London. Pl…

As part of the 'UK In a changing Europe project', Amy Ludlow and Catherine Barnard organised a mini referendum in the Cambridge Faculty of Law, with the help of some students. Stands explained the contents of the recent EU proposed settlement, and students were invited to put coloured balls into the 'leave', 'remain' or 'undecided' baskets. This vi…

  Photo courtesy of the Council of Europe.   The Cambridge LLM human rights moot team recently competed in, and won the 2016 fourth edition of the ELSA Human Rights Moot Competition. Over 60 teams participated and the top 16 teams were selected for the oral round in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights. The team were the overall winn…

The House of Commons continues to play a central role in deciding whether the UK should deploy its military forces abroad. In the light of the recent debates on intervention in Syria, the Study of Parliament Group and the United Kingdom Constitutional Law Association held a seminar to debate Parliament's role on Monday 22 February 2016 at 6pm in th…