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# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Media Law after Leveson: Newsgathering, data protection and source protection David Erdos, Katzenbach Research Fellow, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, gives a talk for the Media Law after Leveson workshop 0:17:46 David Erdos 22 Apr 2013
2 Media Law after Leveson: Closing Remarks Gillian Phillips, Director of Editorial Legal Services, Guardian News; Alison Young, CUF Lecturer in Law, University of Oxford, gives the final talk at the Media after Leveson workshop 0:19:51 Gillian Phillips 17 Apr 2013
3 Media Law after Leveson: Public Interest Sir Stephen Sedley, Visiting Professor, University of Oxford; Rachael Craufurd Smith, Senior Lecturer in EC Law, University of Edinburgh; Gavin Phillipson, Professor of Law, Durham University; Andrew Scott, Senior Law Lecturer, LSE 0:49:04 Sir Stephen Sedley, Rachael Craufurd Smith, Gavin Phillipson, Andrew Scott 17 Apr 2013
4 Creative Commons Media Law after Leveson: The Sanctity of Press Partisanship Paul Wragg, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds, gives a talk for the Media after Leveson workshop 0:15:52 Paul Wragg 17 Apr 2013
5 Media Law after Leveson: Newsgathering, journalistic sources, and criminal investigations Damian Carney, University of Portsmouth, gives a talk for the Media After Leveson workshop 0:15:10 Damian Carney 17 Apr 2013
6 Media Law after Leveson: Regulating the Press A panel of media law and press experts debate the Leveson Report and implications for press regulation at the Media Law after Leveson workshop at the Oxford Law Faculty on behalf of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society. 0:45:46 Damian Tambini, Tom Gibbons, Lara Fielden, Eric Barendt 17 Apr 2013
7 Media Law after Leveson: Opening Remarks Leading media lawyer Hugh Tomlinson of Hacked Off and INFORRM opens the Media Law after Leveson workshop at the Oxford Law Faculty on behalf of the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society. 0:26:58 Denis Galligan, Hugh Tomlinson 17 Apr 2013
8 Economic Rights and Regulatory Regimes: Is there still a 'right' to water? Roundtable Discussion A panel discussion featuring experts at the Environment Agency and National Farmers Union to examine how environmental policymakers are responding to challenges in water resource management caused by severe weather events associated with climate change. 1:04:36 Ronan Palmer, Paul Hammett, Bill Howard, Bettina Lange 25 Mar 2013
9 Economic Rights and Regulatory Regimes: Is there still a 'right' to water? Panel III A roundtable discussion featuring legal experts to examine how environmental policymakers are responding to challenges in water resource management caused by severe weather events associated with climate change. 0:55:55 Donald McGillvray, Bill Howard, Sarah Hendry 25 Mar 2013
10 Economic Rights and Regulatory Regimes: Is there still a 'right' to water? Panel II A panel discussion featuring strategy and policy experts to examine how environmental policymakers are responding to challenges in water resource management caused by severe weather events associated with climate change. 0:47:42 Alice Piure, Jon Stern 25 Mar 2013
11 Creative Commons Economic Rights and Regulatory Regimes: Is there still a 'right' to water? Panel I Dr Karen Morrow, Swansea Law Department; Dr Bettina Lange, University of Oxford; Dr Mark Shepheard, McGill University give talks for the 1st Panel of the Economic Rights and Regulatory Regimes: Is there still a 'right' to water? conference 0:58:28 Karen Morrow, Mark Shepheard, Bettina Lange 25 Mar 2013
12 New Questions in Regulation: Regulatory Capture Revisited Max Watson, a former Director of the Central Bank of Ireland and senior official of the IMF, argues that the capture of regulators by the financial sector led to 'serious trespasses against the public interest in the last two decades.' 1:23:46 Max Watson, Chris Decker, Robert Baldwin, Karen Yeung 06 Mar 2013
13 New Questions in Regulation - Panel Discussion Max Watson, a former Director of the Central Bank of Ireland and senior official of the International Monetary Fund, heads an expert panel to assess the fallout of the financial crisis and propose new regulatory approaches to tackle the underlying causes. 0:50:42 Max Watson, Chris Decker, Robert Baldwin, Karen Yeung 06 Mar 2013
14 Creative Commons Are Courts Representative Bodies - a Canadian Perspective Robert J. Sharpe gives a talk for the FLJS seminar series 0:13:29 Robert J Sharpe 26 Oct 2012
15 Are Courts Representative Bodies? Judge Jed Rakoff gives a talk for the Freedom, Law, Justice and Society seminar series 0:22:01 Jed Rakoff 26 Oct 2012
16 The Place of Britain in a Future Europe Martin Wolf of the FT, one of the world's leading economists, argues that the status quo for the eurozone is untenable, and that the crisis could trigger Britain's exit from the EU, or even the break-up of the UK itself. 0:56:20 Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, the Financial Times 09 Oct 2012
17 Redirecting Fleet Street 5: Constitutionalising Media Power Damian Tambini, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, LSE, gives a talk for the Redirecting Fleet Street: Media Regulation and the Role of Law conference 0:21:15 Damian Tambini 06 Jun 2012
18 Creative Commons Redirecting Fleet Street 4: What Should Press Regulation Regulate? Baroness Onora O'Neill, Crossbench member of the House of Lords and Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge, gives a talk for the Redirecting Fleet Street: Media Regulation and the Role of Law conference 0:23:47 Onora O'Neill 06 Jun 2012
19 Creative Commons Redirecting Fleet Street: 3: Tweets, Beaks and Hacks: Regulation and the Law in the Age of New Media Journalism Mark Stephens CBE, media lawyer representing phone hacking victims gives a talk for the Redirecting Fleet Street: Media Regulation and the Role of Law conference 0:10:09 Mark Stephens 06 Jun 2012
20 Redirecting Fleet Street: 2: Press Regulation: Taking Account of Media Convergence Lara Fielden, formerly BBC and Ofcom; Visiting Fellow, Reuters Institute, Oxford, gives a talk for the Redirecting Fleet Street: Media Regulation and the Role of Law conference 0:17:23 Lara Fielden 06 Jun 2012
21 Creative Commons Redirecting Fleet Street 1: The Failure of UK Press Accountability Systems Martin Moore, Director, Media Standards Trust, gives a talk for the Redirecting Fleet Street: Media Regulation and the Role of Law conference 0:21:51 Martin Moore 06 Jun 2012
22 Creative Commons Redirecting Fleet Street: Introduction Professor Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, introduces the Redirecting Fleet Street: Media Regulation and the Role of Law conference 0:02:34 Denis Galligan 06 Jun 2012
23 Constitutional Borrowing and other Hazards: The Islamic Republic and Transformations in Islamic Law Professor Miriam Kunkler explores how, in Iranian constitutional and in penal law, pragmatic considerations have begun to trump ideological commitments to Shii jurisprudence since the 1979 constitution, 1:00:00 Miriam Kunkler 25 May 2012
24 2012 Annual Lecture in Law and Society: The Strange History of the American Federal Bill of Rights: England, the United States and the Atlantic World Pauline Maier, Professor of American History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology gives the 2012 Annual Lecture in Law and Society. Introduced by Denis Galligan, Professor of Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford 0:58:55 Pauline Maier, Denis Galligan 23 May 2012
25 Europe on the Brink? Constitutional Issues An assessment of the future constitutional implications of the the eurozone crisis for the European Union. 0:17:31 Paul Craig 25 Apr 2012
26 Creative Commons Europe on the Brink? Economic Issues An economic assessment of the eurozone crisis by former Senior Economic Advisor to the European Commission and Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund Max Watson. 0:15:37 Max Watson 25 Apr 2012
27 Europe on the Brink? Political Issues Graham Avery, Honorary Director-General of the European Commission, assessees the political implications of the eurozone crisis and suggests Britain may find itself relegated to a secondary role in a two-tier Europe. 0:18:15 Graham Avery 25 Apr 2012
28 Europe on the Brink? Introduction and Historical Issues Introduction to the Europe on the Brink: Economic, Political, and Constitutional Issues Panel Discussion to inaugurate the Law, Justice and Society Research Cluster at Wolfson College, Oxford 0:27:58 Anne Deighton, Christina Redfield, Denis Galligan, John W Adams 25 Apr 2012
29 Abbe Sieyes, Guttenberg, and Habermas: Constitutional Revolutions in Egypt and the Arab World This discussion assesses why the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt took constitutional form, given the previous constitutional histories and discussions. And second, can the revolutionary impulse to constitutionalize political authority succeed? 0:43:45 Nathan Brown, Denis Galligan, Mila Vorsteeg 26 Mar 2012
30 Will Constitutional Theocracy bloom after the Arab Spring? A critical analysis of Ran Hirschl's theory of 'constitutional theocracy' from the perspective of the Arab Spring. 0:42:52 Clark Lombardi, William B Quandt 26 Mar 2012
31 The Middle East Revolution: take 2, Constitutionalism Professors Chibli Mallat and Tom Ginsburg assess the constitutional moment in the wake of democratic revolution. 0:27:44 Chibli Mallat, Tom Ginsburg 26 Mar 2012
32 Creative Commons Keynote Speech Terry Davis, former Secretary General of the Council of Europe, gives the final keynote speech for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective conference 0:19:08 Terry Davis 18 Jan 2012
33 Creative Commons The International 'Responsibility to Protect' and the 'Responsibility to Rebuild'- A Dual Agenda Professor Richard Caplan, Oxford, gives a talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:20:43 Richard Caplan 17 Jan 2012
34 Creative Commons From Conditionality to Disconnection-The Ambivalent Relationship between the Council of Europe and the European Union in the Field of Criminal Justice Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London gives a talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:14:42 Valsamis Mitsilegas 17 Jan 2012
35 Creative Commons Hard Law, Soft Law and the Politics of Standards: Regulating Political Parties in Europe Dr Daniel Smilov, University of Sofia, gives a talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:16:18 Daniel Smilov 17 Jan 2012
36 Creative Commons The Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities: From Standard-Setting to Standard-Implementation Professor Rainer Hoffmann, University of Frankfurt gives a talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:17:34 Rainer Hoffmann 17 Jan 2012
37 Creative Commons The Council of Europe and the death penalty: intergovernmental legitimation as enabling and constraining Dr Kundai Sithole, Oxford, gives the seventh talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:18:26 Kundai Sithole 17 Jan 2012
38 Creative Commons Sixty Years of Normative Production in the Council of Europe: The Legal Nature, Elaboration, Challenges and Trends of the CoE Conventions Manuel Lezertua, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law (Jurisconsult), Council of Europe: gives the sixth talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:18:45 Manuel Lezertua 17 Jan 2012
39 Creative Commons Explaining the Momentum behind the Council of Europe's Norm Entrepreneurship Dr Gwendolyn Sasse, Oxford, gives the fifth talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:17:20 Gwendolyn Sasse 17 Jan 2012
40 Creative Commons War, Law and the Cold War: Making the European Convention on Human Rights Professor Anne Deighton (Oxford) gives the fourth talk in The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:13:37 Anne Deighton 17 Jan 2012
41 Creative Commons Where do norms come from? Dr Jennifer Jackson-Preece (LSE) gives the second talk for The Evolution of International Norms and Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective 0:12:22 Jennifer Jackson-Preece 17 Jan 2012
42 Creative Commons Norm Entrepreneurship - Theoretical and Methodological Challenges Professor Jeffrey Checkel (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver), gives the first talk in The Evolution of International Norms and 'Norm Entrepreneurship' The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective workshop 0:17:28 Jeffrey Checkel 17 Jan 2012
43 The Indirect Origins of the Judicial Constitution: 2011 Annual Lecture in Law and Society In this Annual Lecture, Oxford Professor of Socio-Legal Studies Denis Galligan presents a number of illuminating constitutional snapshots from the last 300 years to explore the limits of representative democracy. 0:56:27 Denis Galligan 20 Jun 2011
44 The History of Modern Constitutionalism This lecture establishes the ten essentials of modern constitutionalism, as first developed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776 0:41:28 Horst Dipple 22 Nov 2010
45 Politicizing Law, Judicializing Politics: A Realist Approach to Comparative Constitutionalism This lecture by Professor Ran Hirschl explores the strengths and weaknesses of studying comparatively the socio-political foundations of constitutions and constitutional institutions worldwide. 0:52:11 Ran Hirschl 24 May 2010
46 Human Rights and their Limitations: The Role of Proportionality The former President of the Israeli Supreme Court Aharon Barak addresses the appropriate balance between security and the safeguarding of human rights. 1:12:05 Aharon Barak 05 Jun 2009
47 Equality in an Era of Responsibility John Roemer, Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale University, explores the historical formulations of responsibility in egalitarian theory, and argues for a more direct and non-contractarian approach to its integration. 1:06:49 John Roemer 30 Apr 2009
48 Justice after Atrocity: A Cosmopolitan Pluralist Approach Why do ordinary people perpetrate genocide and crimes against humanity? How can these perpetrators be held accountable? Are international prosecutions effective? Is imprisonment a fitting punishment? 0:56:02 Mark Drumbl 29 Jan 2009
49 Beyond the Third Way in Labour Law: Towards the Constitutionalization of Labour Law? Professor Collins argues that New Labour was responsible for the real break from the political settlements of the Trade Disputes Act 1906. He suggests that a new social contract is required that constitutionalizes social and economic rights. 0:47:02 Hugh Collins 02 Dec 2008
50 If the Public Would be Outraged by Their Rulings, Should Judges Care? This Foundation for Law, Justice and Society Annual Lecture, delivered by Professor Cass Sunstein on 24 May 2007, questions the limits and legitimacy of judicial independence in the face of public opinion. 0:46:46 Cass Sunstein 11 Aug 2008
51 If the Public Would be Outraged by Their Rulings, Should Judges Care? A Report and Analysis of the 2007 Annual Lecture in Law and Society delivered by Professor Cass Sunstein, organised by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society in association with the Law Faculty, Oxford. 0:00:00 Cass Sunstein 11 Aug 2008
52 Contract, Obligation, Rights and Reciprocity in the New Modern Welfare State This lecture, delivered by Lord Raymond Plant on 18 April 2007, opened the inaugural workshop in the Foundation's programme on 'The Social Contract Revisited'. 0:58:10 Raymond Plant 11 Aug 2008
53 Courts, Legislatures, Administrators, and the Making of Social Policy This lecture, delivered by Professor Martin Shapiro on 25 June 2006, opened the inaugural workshop of the Foundation's programme on 'Courts and the Making of Public Policy' 0:52:26 Martin Shapiro 11 Aug 2008
54 FLJS and Aspen Institute Lecture: Detention without Trial in Wartime Britain Delivered by Prof. AWB Simpson at the Aspen Institute on 7 Jul 08, it gives an account of the response of the courts to detention without trial during WWII. It serves to open a two-day seminar entitled 'In Times of Crisis Can We Trust the Courts?' 0:57:29 AWB Simpson 08 Aug 2008
55 Transformative Constitutionalism and Socio-Economic Rights In a keynote lecture the Chief Justice of South Africa addressed the relationship between the entrenchment and enforceability of socio-economic rights in South Africa. 0:49:29 Pius Langa 02 Jul 2008
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 The Place of Britain in a Future Europe Martin Wolf of the FT, one of the world's leading economists, argues that the status quo for the eurozone is untenable, and that the crisis could trigger Britain's exit from the EU, or even the break-up of the UK itself. 0:56:20 Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, the Financial Times 09 Oct 2012
2 The Role of Courts in a Democracy: Debate A panel of leading academics, judges, and policymakers debate the growing trend towards the judicialization of politics, in which judges are increasingly implicated in settling policy disputes, especially in the context of constitutional rights. 1:41:22 Charles Clarke, Lord Justice Jacob, Richard Bellamy, Philip Sales 18 Apr 2011
3 FLJS part 6: Laws in times of peace and war Aharon Barak answers a question from Guardian Legal Affairs correspondent Afua Hirsch on the difference between protecting human rights and concerns of governments in power in war. Part 6 of the 2009 Foundation for Law Justice and Society Annual Lecture. 0:02:39 Aharon Barak, Afua Hirsch 24 Jul 2009
4 FLJS part 5: Closing Remarks: Cases of Family Reunification and use of torture Aharon Barak talks about the implications for human rights law of Israel barring family reunification between Palestinian and Israeli citizens. Part 5 of the 2009 Foundation for Law Justice and Society Annual Lecture. 0:06:12 Aharon Barak 24 Jul 2009
5 FLJS part 4: The Relationship between Political and Judicial Branches Aharon Barak discusses how the political and judicial branches of government balance their sometimes conflicting interests with the rights of the citizens. Part 4 of the 2009 Foundation for Law Justice and Society Annual Lecture. 0:04:43 Aharon Barak 24 Jul 2009
6 FLJS part 3: Criticisms and Answers: Proportionality vs. Strict Scrutiny Aharon Barak talks about the need for proportionality within human rights law as a means for protecting it against other considerations. Part 3 of the 2009 Foundation for Law Justice and Society Annual Lecture. 0:05:11 Aharon Barak 24 Jul 2009
7 FLJS part 2: Freedom of Speech Aharon Barak discusses the idea of Freedom of Speech and asks whether it is right to limit this freedom to protect against hate speech. Part 2 of the 2009 Foundation for Law Justice and Society Annual Lecture. 0:01:25 Aharon Barak 24 Jul 2009
8 FLJS part 1: Human Rights Aharon Barak talks about human rights and the limitations imposed on them that are necessary for society to preserve itself. Part 1 of the 2009 Foundation for Law Justice and Society Annual Lecture. 0:03:05 Aharon Barak 24 Jul 2009
9 2009 Annual Lecture: Human rights and their limitations: the role of proportionality The former President of the Israeli Supreme Court Aharon Barak addresses the appropriate balance between security and the safeguarding of human rights. 0:59:07 Aharon Barak 24 Jul 2009
10 Transformative Constitutionalism and Socio-Economic Rights Part 2 In a keynote lecture the Chief Justice of South Africa addressed the relationship between the entrenchment and enforceability of socio-economic rights in South Africa. 0:22:15 Pius Langa 03 Jul 2008
11 Transformative Constitutionalism and Socio-Economic Rights Part 1 In a keynote lecture the Chief Justice of South Africa addressed the relationship between the entrenchment and enforceability of socio-economic rights in South Africa. 0:25:33 Pius Langa 03 Jul 2008