Department of Law: Recent Episodes
London School of Economics and Political Science
Contributor(s): Professor David Kershaw (Director), Dr Margot Salomon, ELLM Students | The following video has been produced to promote the Executive Master of Laws Programme offered by the Law Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The Executive LLM programme is a part-time degree for working professionals.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): PGT Students | Watch students describe their experience of the PGT programmes at LSE. LSE Law offers 3 one year postgraduate programmes: LLM, MSc in Law & Accounting and MSc in Law, Anthropology & Society.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): LSE LLB Students | Watch students describe their experience of the LLB programme at LSE. The LLB is a three year undergraduate law degree.
Contributor(s): Professor Gregory Shaffer | Professor Shaffer will address the creation, operation and decline of transnational legal orders across areas of life that transcend the nation state.
Contributor(s): Professor Robert Howse | The debate over whether the United States should proceed with the Iran nuclear agreement has been one of the most intense foreign policy controversies in America in recent history, engaging on one side or the other much of the country's political, foreign policy and intellectual elites. It has overshadowed but also influenced other issues such as the best approach to the Syria conflict for example, and even the dangers of nuclear proliferation more generally. The debate brought to national prominence Senator Tom Cotton, an ideological neoconservative and prodigy of notorious Iraq-War -Straussians such as William Kristol. Rob Howse, whose recent book Leo Strauss Man of Peace questions the links between Straussian thought and neocon foreign policy thinking, and who serves on a task force led by former US Senators Lieberman and Kyle to develop bipartisan foreign policy principles, will examine the implications of the Iran debate for the future. Are Americans irreconcilably divided on fundamentals such as justification for unilateral use of force, the role of law and multilateral diplomacy in international affairs, and American "exceptionalism" – or might a new kind of doctrine might emerge after reflecting on the Iran debate, one capable of underpinning bipartisan dialogue and ultimately enabling America to speak credibly to the world with one voice?
Contributor(s): Robert Craig, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Mara Malagodi | What’s so great about the Magna Carta? In all the frenzy of celebration, LSE Law academics will sound a few warnings against hype. Robert Craig is teacher of Jurisprudence and Public Law at LSE. Conor Gearty is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Francesca Klug is Professorial Research Fellow in LSE Law. Mara Malagodi is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in LSE Law.
Contributor(s): Douglas Kysar | Frustrated with the pace of ongoing climate change policy negotiations, commentators and activists have increasingly called for resort to the courts to establish baseline principles of responsibility for harms caused or exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change. Such calls have targeted domestic courts and the common law of property and torts as well as international tribunals and the customary international law of transboundary harm. In both the domestic and international cases, advocates seek to position climate change as a problem best addressed through principles of law and justice, rather than merely politics and power. They hope to begin a process whereby reducing the threat of climate change comes to be seen as a moral and legal responsibility of dominant actors, rather than merely a gesture of charity toward weak and distant neighbours. This LSE Law (@LSELaw) lecture will provide an overview of these efforts and an assessment of whether, and how far, they might succeed. Joseph M. Field '55 Professor of Law at Yale Law School. His teaching and research areas include torts, environmental law, and risk regulation. He received his B.A. summa cum laude from Indiana University in 1995 and his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1998, where he served on the student board of advisors. He has published articles on a wide array of environmental law and tort law topics, and is co-author of a leading casebook, The Torts Process, with James A. Henderson, Jr., Richard N. Pearson & John A. Siliciano. His recent book, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity (YUP 2010), seeks to reinvigorate environmental law and policy by offering novel theoretical insights on cost-benefit analysis, the precautionary principle, and sustainable development. Dr Veerle Heyvaert (@vmlheyvaert) is Associate Professor (Reader) of Law at LSE.
Contributor(s): Sir Stephen Sedley | As part of LSE's Legal Biography Project, Sir Ross Cranston interviewed Sir Stephen Sedley on his life and career in the law. After a distinguished career as one of Britain’s leading barristers, Sir Stephen was appointed a high court judge in 1992, and a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1999. During his twelve years on the Court of Appeal, he made a significant contribution to the development of many areas of modern English law, particularly in public law. He has also written widely on English law and the constitution, and is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books.
Contributor(s): Ulele Burnham, Peter Oborne, Dr Abdul Wahid | As a result of recent legislation, public authorities everywhere are now required to be on guard against the dangers of 'extremism' and to report 'extremists' to the authorities where they come across them in the course of their work - whether as teachers, mental health professionals, university lecturers or in some other capacity. But what is an extremist? What about free speech? How can a society which says it is committed to freedom seek to stop political speech it disagrees with? Is this a step too far in the growth of our Big Brother society? Ulele Burnham is a Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers with specific expertise in mental capacity, mental health, human rights and equality law. Peter Oborne (@OborneTweets) is a journalist who currently is the associate editor of the Spectator and former chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph. Dr Abdul Wahid is Chair, Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain. Conor Gearty (@conorgearty) is Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE Law and Director of the Institute of Public Affairs at LSE.
Contributor(s): Miguel Stokes | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Mike Donnelly | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Pablo Tapia | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Pinar Cetinel | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): John Ludden | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Daphne Delaney | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Judith Hull | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Alicia Dominguez-Contreras | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Vivek Gambhir | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Winluck Wahiu | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): John Hunter | Watch students of the LSE Executive LLM describe their experience of the programme. The LSE Executive LLM is a part-time degree, taught intensively in week-long sessions for working professionals.
Contributor(s): Mr Jaseem Ahmed | The growth and transformation of Islamic Finance has been scrutinized from various perspectives, both before and after the global financial crisis. Standardization of the regulatory and supervisory framework of Islamic finance has its own pros and cons for industry stakeholders such as regulators, policy-makers, and Islamic legal experts. The lecture will explore these areas in light of the new regulatory architecture being developed in the post-crisis banking industry.
Contributor(s): Professor Emily Jackson | Professor Emily Jackson discusses how the law regulates medicines within the UK.
Contributor(s): Professor Martin Loughlin | Professor Martin Loughlin talks about the evolution of the study of Public Law at LSE.
Contributor(s): Edward Fitzgerald QC, Laura Janes, David Renton | Recent government reforms threaten to limit access to justice amongst marginal populations. In the face of these reforms, how can we ensure continued access to justice for all? Edward Fitzgerald is a barrister with Doughty Street Chambers. Laura Janes is legal director at the Howard League for Penal Reform. David Renton is a barrister with Garden Court Chambers.
Contributor(s): Betsy Stanko, Louise Ellison, Martin Hewitt, Harriet Wistrich | Following over ten years of research within the Metropolitan Police Service, Betsy Stanko delivers her findings on cases of rape and sexual violence.
Contributor(s): Philip Wood, QC (Hon.) | The Law and Financial Markets Project is based in the LSE's Law Department. The project provides a framework for a research group of LSE faculty and associated participants from outside academia to explore the interactions of law, regulation, financial markets and financial institutions, principally within the EU and the UK.
Contributor(s): The Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP | The LSE’s Islamic Finance Seminar Series was commenced in the Michaelmas Term 2013. The intention of the Series is to enable LSE law students and the broader LSE community to explore and learn about how Islamic Finance works: to explore its underpinning ethical principles and the transaction structures that facilitate Sharia compliant financing.
Contributor(s): Timothy Spangler | The Law and Financial Markets Project is based in the LSE's Law Department. The project provides a framework for a research group of LSE faculty and associated participants from outside academia to explore the interactions of law, regulation, financial markets and financial institutions, principally within the EU and the UK.
Contributor(s): Ann Pettifor | The LSE’s Islamic Finance Seminar Series was commenced in the Michaelmas Term 2013. The intention of the Series is to enable LSE law students and the broader LSE community to explore and learn about how Islamic Finance works: to explore its underpinning ethical principles and the transaction structures that facilitate Sharia compliant financing.
Contributor(s): Habib Motani | The LSE’s Islamic Finance Seminar Series was commenced in the Michaelmas Term 2013. The intention of the Series is to enable LSE law students and the broader LSE community to explore and learn about how Islamic Finance works: to explore its underpinning ethical principles and the transaction structures that facilitate Sharia compliant financing.
Contributor(s): Roger Wedderburn-Day | The LSE’s Islamic Finance Seminar Series was commenced in the Michaelmas Term 2013. The intention of the Series is to enable LSE law students and the broader LSE community to explore and learn about how Islamic Finance works: to explore its underpinning ethical principles and the transaction structures that facilitate Sharia compliant financing.
Contributor(s): Bi Farmida | The LSE’s Islamic Finance Seminar Series was commenced in the Michaelmas Term 2013. The intention of the Series is to enable LSE law students and the broader LSE community to explore and learn about how Islamic Finance works: to explore its underpinning ethical principles and the transaction structures that facilitate Sharia compliant financing.
Contributor(s): Spyridon Bazinas | The Law and Financial Markets Project is based in the LSE's Law Department. The project provides a framework for a research group of LSE faculty and associated participants from outside academia to explore the interactions of law, regulation, financial markets and financial institutions, principally within the EU and the UK.
Contributor(s): Iqbal Khan | The Law and Financial Markets Project is based in the LSE's Law Department. The project provides a framework for a research group of LSE faculty and associated participants from outside academia to explore the interactions of law, regulation, financial markets and financial institutions, principally within the EU and the UK.
Contributor(s): LSE Academics and Students | A short film highlighting the opportunities available to prospective students of the LSE Department of Law, including the LLB programme, Pro Bono, Mooting, and LSE 100.
Contributor(s): LSE Executive LLM Academics and Students | This film has been produced to promote the new Executive Master of Laws Programme being offered by the Law Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science.