Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research
Events 2022-23
Martinmas Semester, 2022
Week 2 (beg. Mon 19 Sept.)
Thursday 22 Sept., 4pm (online on TEAMS): ILCR Reading Group (i) Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, chapters 1-2
Week 3 (beg. Mon 26 Sept.)
Thursday 29 Sept., 5.15pm, Old Class Library, 65 South Street: Seminar – Ian MacLean (All Souls College, Oxford, and University of St Andrews), ‘Legalism before legalism’
Week 4 (beg. Mon 3 Oct.)
Thursday 6 Oct., 5pm, Old Seminar Room: SaintsLaw Seminar – Adam Bower (St Andrews), ‘Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space: Current Challenges and Future
Week 5 (beg. Mon 10 Oct.)
Thursday 13 Oct., 4pm (online on TEAMS): ILCR Reading Group (ii) Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, chapters 5-6
Week 6 (beg. Mon 17 Oct): Independent Learning Week
Week 7 (beg. Mon 24 Oct.)
Thursday 27th Oct., 5pm, Old Class Library: Seminar – Helen Duffy (Leiden), ‘The “War on Terror” at 21: reflections from practice.’
Week 8 (beg. Mon 31 Oct.)
Week 9 (beg. Mon 7 Nov.)
Tuesday 8 Nov., 5pm, Parliament Hall: Interview – Sir Geoffrey Nice in conversation with John Hudson
Friday 11 Nov., 5pm, School 1: Interview – Lorna Drummond, ‘My Life in Law”
Week 10 (beg. Mon 14 Nov.)
Thursday 17 Nov., 5pm (online on TEAMS): Seminar (Joint with ISHR): Valerie Wallace (St Andrews), ‘Scots law and the British empire: a plea for a new subject’
Friday 18 Nov., 4pm, School III: Lecture – Wendy Chamberlain, MP for N.E. Fife, ‘Being a woman MP’
Week 11 (beg. Mon 21 Nov.)
Thursday 24 Nov., 4pm (online on TEAMS): ILCR Reading Group (iii) Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, chapters 7-8
Candlemas Semester, 2023
Week 1
Thurs. 19 January, 5.15pm, Schools III and online: ILCR Lecture, Jim Gallagher (St Andrews), “Which Way Now for the UK Constitution? Evaluating Labour’s Constitutional Proposals”
Week 2
Thurs. 26 January, 12.05 – 12.55pm, Old Class Library (South Street) and online: ILCR Reading Group 1, Samuel Moyn,Humane. [Lunch at 11.45am, Rm. 11 (71 South Street)]
Fri. 27 January, 5pm, Old Seminar Room, ILCR PhD Legal Interest Research Group Meeting.
Week 3
Mon. 30 January, 5.15pm-6.30pm, Old Class Library and online: ILCR Seminar joint with SAIMS, Arietta Papaconstantinou (Reading), “Negotiating eternity: monks, aristocrats, and phantoms”
Week 5
Fri. 17 February, 12.05 – 12.55pm, ILCR Reading Group 2, Samuel Moyn, Humane. Lunch at 11.45am, Rm. 11 (71 South Street), followed by meeting also in Rm. 11.
[February vacation]
Week 7
Tues, 7 March, 5.30pm, Schools III and online: Annual James Wilson Lecture in Law and Government, Anthony F. Lang (St Andrews), “Rallies, Riots, and Representation: Constituent Power at Home and Abroad”. Followed by reception
Week 8
Cancelled: Weds. 15 March, 12.05 – 12.55pm: ILCR Reading Group 3, Samuel Moyn, Humane. Lunch at 11.45am, Rm. 11 (71 South Street), followed by meeting also in Rm. 11.
Week 9
Thurs. 23 March, 1.30-3pm, Old Class Library: Masterclass with Lisa Eberle (Tübingen), “Beyond Boring: Letters of Recommendation as Sources for (Legal) Historians”
Thurs. 23 March, 5.15pm, School I: Joint ILCR, School of History and School of Classics Lecture: Lisa Eberle (Tübingen), “Law, Narrative, and Entitlement in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE – 100 CE”
Week 16
Fri. 12 May, 5.15pm, School III: ILCR Annual Public Lecture, Lord Reed, President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Followed by reception.
Summer Week 1
Thurs. 1 June, 4 – 5.30pm, Old Class Library: ILCR Seminar, Francesca Iurlaro (NYU Law / Max Planck, Heidelberg). Followed by ILCR Summer party.
