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CSLS Research Fellow addresses Italian conference on European Union pollution control system
Dr. Bettina Lange, University Lecturer in Law and Regulation at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies addressed on 9 July 2009 a conference in Apulia, Italy on the subject of EU pollution control. The talk focused specifically on examining the important issue of the role of law in the process of European integration. The conference, which brought together administrative lawyers, regulators, academics and students, was sponsored by the regional envirionmental agency (ARPA) in Apulia together with the Regional Chamber of Administrative Lawyers. The talk comes following the publication last year of Bettina's book Implementing EU Pollution Control: Law and Integration by Cambridge University Press. Further information on this talk is available on the attached flyer.
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CSLS Research Fellow addresses Australian Bar Association on Bill of Rights debate
Dr. David Erdos, Katzenbach Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies addressed a plenary session of the biannual conference of the Australian Bar Association on 30 June 2009 on the subjects of why Australia lacks a national Bill of Rights and what are the prospects of it getting one in the near future. The conference, one of the most prestigous within the Australian and Commonwealth/common law legal calender, was held in Strasbourg and London between 26 June and the 1 July 2009. Other plenary speakers included Sir Nicolas Bratz (Vice President of the European Court of Human Rights), Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Max Mosley, Madam Justice Abella (Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada), Rt. Hon. Jack Straw MP (UK Lord Chancellor and Secretary for Justice) and Keir Starmer QC (UK Director of Public Prosecutions).
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CSLS Trinity Term 2009 Seminar Series
The theme for this series is Presentations by Centre Members. Further details are now available. Please click here for more information.
CSLS Hilary Term 2009 Seminar Series
The theme for this series is Human Investigation and Privacy in a Regulatory Age. Further details are now available. Please click here for more information.