A report by Eric Loefflad on a talk by Dr Robert Knox (University of Liverpool) for the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) The … Read more
CeCIL lecture by Professor Nick Grief on representing Marshall Islands case before International Court of Justice
A report by Eric Loefflad on a public lecture hosted by the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) in Canterbury Kent Law School Professor … Read more
CeCIL Film Night: Darwin’s Nightmare
A report by Eric Loefflad on a film screening jointly hosted by the Kent Centre for Critical International Law (CeCIL) and Social Critiques of Law … Read more
Fleur Johns: Data Territories: Changing Architectures of Association in International Law
Fleur Johns challenged the common ways we think about and discuss international law during a talk this month on ‘Data Territories’, delivered as part of … Read more
Carlos Bernal: Transitional Constitutionalism and the Colombian Peace Process
CeCIL began the new semester with a fascinating talk on 24 January by Dr Carols Bernal of Macquarie University entitled ‘Transitional Constitutionalism and the Colombian … Read more
John Strawson: ‘International Law and the Making of Palestine’
[Note: while the events discussed here are extremely controversial and a full explanation certainly exceeds the scope of this blog post, for those interested I … Read more
Dr Marina Lostal presents on The Al-Mahdi Case at the International Criminal Court: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
CeCIL and the Centre for Cultural Heritage were delighted to welcome Dr Marina Lostal (The Hague University) for a joint seminar on international law and … Read more
Green-lighting the government’s will, or how a referendum might actually support democracy
A fight has been raging since Brexit over whether the people’s will has expressed itself; and if it has, what did it say? Now in … Read more
CeCIL in Canterbury lecture series begins with Dr Sophie Vigneron’s talk on the destruction of cultural heritage
Kent Law School’s Dr Sophie Vigneron delivered a public lecture on ‘The Destruction of Cultural Heritage: From Byzantine Iconoclasm to Daesh’ in Canterbury city centre … Read more
Obama’s Targeted Killing Legacy
Eight years ago, Barack Obama was elected as president on the back of a campaign driven by the principle of change. Obama positioned himself as … Read more