Research seminars
The School of Law hosts a research seminar series, where invited speakers present works-in-progress. Our series is open to both members of the University and the wider community. Previous seminars include:
Research Seminar Series 2011-2012
"The Future of Secularism"
Professor Margaret Davies from School of Law, Flinders University, Adelaide
Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 12:30 - 14:00
"New Legal Approaches to Nonproliferation: Transnational Cooperation and Enforcement"
Mr Michael Lieberman (Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Washington DC)
Friday, 18 November 2011, 12:30- 14:40
"Problems with English Commonholds"
Mr Peter Smith (Reader in Law, University of Reading)
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 12:30 - 14:00
"Who is a Professional?"
Dr David Mangan (Lecturer in the Law of Obligations, University of Leicester)
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 12:30 - 14:00
"EU Citizenship and the Reinvention of EU Federalism"
Professor Dimitry Kochenov (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:30 - 14:00
Paper title TBC
Prof. Daniel Joyner (University of Alabama)
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 13:30- 15:30 (including lunch).
Research Seminar Series 2010-2011
Adjudication on the Status of Colonial Bishops and the Evolution of the Worldwide Anglican Communion, c. 1850-1880
Dr Charlotte Smith (Senior Lecturer, School of Law, University of Reading)
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Foucault, Law and the Morality of Critique
Colin Gordon
Wednesday 27 October 2010
The Concept of Humanitarian Intervention: An Appraisal of Recent Developments
Kanbar Hosseinbor (Lawyer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office )
Wednesday 3 November 2010
'The Negotiability and Transferability of Credit Instruments in Later Medieval England
Dr Tony Moore (ICMA Centre, University of Reading)
Wednesday 15 December 2010
Research Seminar Series 2009-2010
UN Security Council Legitimacy: Problems and Practice
Dr Dominik Zaum (Reader in International Relations, University of Reading)
Wednesday 14 October 2009
From Democratic Deficits to Disciplining Emotions: What Can Foucauldian Inspired Discourse Analysis Contribute to Understanding European Union (EU) Regulation of Transgenic Agriculture?
Dr Bettina Lange (Lecturer in Law and Regulation, Director of Graduate Studies, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 4 November 2009
A Year in the Life of a Law Commissioner (And Don't Mention the Rule Against Perpetuities)
Professor Elizabeth Cooke (University of Reading, currently serving as a Law Commissioner for England and Wales with responisibility for Property, Family and Trust Law)
Wednesday 2 December 2009
King Copper and the Monster Nuisances: nuisance law and the nineteenth century copper smelting industry
Dr Mark Wilde (Lecturer in Law, University of Reading)
Wednesday 13 January 2010
In the Balance; Torture, Torture Prevention and National security
Professor Malcolm Evans (School of Law, University of Bristol)
Wednesday 17 February 2010
The War on Possession: Criminalizing the Holding of Information under Counter-Terrorism Laws
Professor Ian Cram (Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law, University of Leeds)
Wednesday 10 March 2010
Personal Tithes: What, When and Why?
Professor Andrew Lewis (University College London)
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Labour is a Commodity - The EU and the Regulation of Seasonal Workers
Dr Nicola Countouris (University College London)
Wednesday 26 May 2010
The Persistent Objector Rule in International Law
Dr James A Green (Lecturer in Law, University of Reading)
Wednesday 16 June 2010
Research Seminar Series 2008-2009
The Constitutional Position of the Bailiwick of Guernsey
Richard McMahon (Crown Advocate, External Relations Policy and Legal Adviser, States of Guernsey)
Friday 24 October 2008
A New Employer Duty to Accommodate Workers' Parental and Carer Responisibilities: Limits and Possibilities
Sara Charlesworth (RMIT University, Melbourne)
Monday 3 November 2008
The Role of Previous Convictions at Sentencing
Professor Julian V Roberts (Faculty of Law, University of Oxford)
Wednesday 12 November 2008
Credit Crisis - A Risk Symmetric Analysis: Why Financial Dictatorship is on the Left and Fair Financial Instruments in the Right
Joseph Tanega (School of Law, University of Westminster, London)
Wednesday 14 January 2009 1230-1400
The Crisis of the Secular State in Europe
Dr Lorenzo Zucca (King's College, London)
Wednesday 18 March 2009 1300-1430
Getting to (Not) Guilty: Discursive Dynamics and Juror Understanding in a Mock Rape Trial
Professor Vanessa Munro (Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Law and Education, University of Nottingham)
Wednesday 22 April 2009 1630-1800
Legal Education and the Democratic Imagination
Professor Ian Ward (Newcastle Law School)
Wednesday 10 June 2009 1230-1400
Research Seminar Series 2007-2008
Fidelity in Interpretation: Lord Hoffmann and the Adventure of the Empty House
Mr James Lee (Reading)
Wednesday 24 October 2007
EC Terrorism Listings, Fundamental Rights, and UN Security Council Resolutions - In Search of the Right Fit
Professor Piet Eeckhout (King's College, London)
Wednesday 5 December 2007
Apartment Ownership Irish Style
Mr Peter Smith (Reading)
Wednesday 23 January 2008
Health and Public Politics in Brazil - Taking Risk Decisions
Professor Germano Schwarz (Universidade Luterano do Brazil)
Monday 4 February 2008
Complexity and Risk: The Terror Generated by the Prison System in Brazil
Professor Renata da Almeida (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil)
Monday 4 February 2008
Human Rights Strategies in an Age of Counter-Terrorism
Mr Daniel Moeckli (University of Nottingham)
Wednesday 27 February 2008 (Seminar cancelled but will be re-scheduled during 2008-2009)
The Italian Constitution: Taking Stock of its Sixty Years Experience (1948-2008)
Professor Carlo Fusaro (Florence)
Wednesday 5 March 2008
Who Should Decide on Children's Best Interests in the Intensive Care Unit - Doctors, Parents or Judges?
Dr Chris Danbury (Reading and Royal Berkshire Hospital)
Thursday 29 May 2008
Law and Language Games
Ms Mary Ford (University of Strathclyde)
Wednesday 4 June 2008
An Analysis of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression One Year After its Coming into Force
Professor Michael Hahn (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Monday 16 June 2008
Research Seminar Series 2006-2007
Architects of Justice: The Politics of Courtroom Design
Dr Linda Mulcahy (Birkbeck College School of Law)
Wednesday 29 November 2006
Beyond Richtersveld: The Turn in Judicial Perceptions about the Parameters of Land Restitution
Professor Hanri Mostert (Stellenbosh)
Wednesday 13 December 2006
Women's Ownership of Property as Social Protection from Domestic Violence? A study From West Bengal, India
Dr Jayoti Gupta (Delhi School of Economics)
Wednesday 10 January 2007
The Presuppositions and Implications of 'Health Care Law'
Dr Kartina Choong (Reading)
Wednesday 14 March 2007
The Criminalisation of HIV
Daniel Monk (Birkbeck College School of Law)
Wednesday 16 May 2007
Research Seminar Series 2005-2006
De-Meaning of Contract
Carl Stychin (Reading) and jointly sponsored by the Department of Politics (Reading)
Tuesday 25 October 2005
Derogating International Human Rights Standards Under the new Doctrine of International Community
Jonathan Black-Branch (Oxford and Buckingham)
Wednesday 16 November 2005
Time for a Tort of Torture?
Jane Wright (Essex)
Wednesday 15 February 2006
The Idea of Common Law as Custom
Alan Cromartie (Reading) and jointly sponsored by the Department of Politics (Reading)
Wednesday 8 March 2006
The Risks of Risk Based Regulation
Julia Black (LSE)
Wednesday 3 May 2006
Research Seminar Series 2004-2005
Contract, Tort and Estoppel
Mark Thompson (Leicester)
Wednesday 24 November 2004
Pre-contractual Obligations and the Principles of European Contract Law
Paula Giliker (Oxford)
Wednesday 9 March 2005
The Law and Politics of Same-Sex Marriage in the US
Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller (Hawaii) and jointly sponsored by the Department of Politics (Reading)
Wednesday 4 May 2005
History of Rent Regulation in England and Wales
Frevisse Lee (Chungbuk National University, South Korea, and currently a visiting scholar at Reading)
Wednesday, 25 May 2005