Just before the holiday break the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) in its first ruling on the gig economy decided that the … Read more
A visit to the Federal University of Minas Gerais: Inclusionary Debates and Inspiring Collaborations
The idea of a public university in the state of Minas Gerais was conceived by the ‘inconfidentes’, a Brazilian social movement who rebelled against Portuguese … Read more
Professor Anne Orford delivers spell-binding talk for CeCIL Annual Lecture on ‘surplus population’
Professor Anne Orford of Melbourne Law School, one of international law’s greatest visionaries, delivered a spell-binding talk on surplus population and the history of international … Read more
Bermuda should abolish marriage for all, not just same-sex couples
Dr Barker has published extensively on same-sex marriage and is currently writing about the Bermuda Constitution. Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory, began issuing marriage licences … Read more
Trident and the Law: Will the Prime Minister and Defence Secretary be Prosecuted for Conspiracy to Commit a War Crime?
Kent Law School Professor Nick Grief delivered the first lecture of this academic year’s ‘CeCIL in Canterbury’ series with a fascinating talk on ‘Trident and … Read more
Jurisdictional Accumulation: Towards Non-Eurocentric Histories of Early Modern European Empire
CeCIL had the pleasure of hosting Dr Maïa Pal of Oxford Brookes University on Tuesday 21 November for a captivating lecture on ‘Jurisdictional Accumulation: Towards Non-Eurocentric … Read more
Living on the Frontline: Indeterminacy, Value and Military Waste in Postwar Bosnia Herzegovina
CeCIL began a new round of lectures on Tuesday 14 November, hosting a joint event with the Kent Interdisciplinary Centre for Spatial Studies (KISS) that … Read more
Articulated Security: The Rise (and Fall of the Machine)
A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Isobel Roele of Queen Mary University London for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law … Read more
The Ideal of International Criminal Justice: Subjectivity, Geography, Ethics
A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Nesam McMillan of the University of Melbourne for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law … Read more
Immunities and Global Governance
A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Barrister Paul Clark of Garden Court Chambers for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) … Read more