BPP Law
School
‘Barriers in
International Law to Transnational Human Rights Litigation’
Paul Mora,
Lecturer, BPP Law School
11th
June 2013, 6pm at BPP University College, Waterloo Centre.
An international
trend towards States providing reparation for violations of human rights has
become discernible in recent years. However, this movement has not overcome the
barriers imposed by international law on individuals who seek to obtain civil
remedies before the national courts of foreign states for their alleged abuses.
This lecture will evaluate the international doctrines of jurisdiction and
immunity in light of the recent decisions of the US Supreme Court in Kiobel
v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, and the International Court of Justice in
Germany v. Italy. It will argue that these decisions are correctly
decided in so far as they recognise the horizontal nature of the international
legal system whereby sovereign States are equal, and their national courts
cannot assert regulatory competence over another.
Paul David
Mora is a Lecturer in
Law at BPP Law School, University College. He has a research interest in public
international law, and his work in this field was cited by an amicus curiae
brief before the US Supreme Court in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch
Petroleum.
This
event is accredited for 1 CPD Point.
‘An Evening of
Dissent: Exploring the importance of Dissenting Judgments in English
Law’
26th
June 2013, 6pm at BPP University College, Waterloo Centre.
A discussion panel
will examine the importance of dissenting judgments in English Law. In what
should be a lively and informed event, the panel will look at dissenting
judgments from a contemporary and historical perspective. There will be focus on
the value of dissenting judgments for practitioners, as well discussing whether
there is a need for clearer judgments (such as at the ECtHR).
Confirmed
panellists include:
· Professor Ian
Loveland, City
University
· Catharine
MacMillan, Reader in Legal
History at Queen Mary, University of London
· Richard Booth
QC, One Crown Office
Row
· Chris
Monaghan, Senior Lecturer
in Law, BPP University College
· Neal
Geach, Senior Lecturer
in Law at the University of Hertfordshire
This
event is accredited for 1.5 CPD Points.
All events are
followed by a drinks reception.
The events take
place at BPP Law School Waterloo, 137 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN.
FREE
ADMISSION - if you would
like to attend please register via:
For more
information please contact the convenors, Chris Monaghan (ChrisMonaghan@bpp.com) or
Thomas Bennett (ThomasBennett@bpp.com).
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