Public Lectures from the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge

On 13 December 2018, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment on the 'Scottish Continuity Bill' (https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2018-0080.html). This Bill was enacted by the Scottish Parliament in order to provide its own version of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, providing for the continued application of EU law in Scotland from exit day onwards. The legislation was enacted against the backdrop of Scotland’s refusal to agree to a legislative consent motion for the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2018, which then came into force without Scotland’s consent in breach of the Sewel convention. It also marked the first time that Scottish legislation had been challenged at the pre-legislative stage, using the provisions of section 33 of the Scotland Act 1998. In this video produced by the Cambridge Centre for Public Law, Professor Mark Elliott, Professor Alison Young, and Dr Paul Daly each discuss the constitutional implications of the case, chaired by Dr Shona Wilson Stark. The talk should be of interest for undergraduate students in Constitutional law, Administrative law and European Union law, in addition to postgraduate students working in these areas. For more information, see the CPL website at: http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk

The Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge explores the common myths of #Brexit. In this exclusive podcast three academics from the Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge, give their verdicts on twelve common myths about the UK’s #Brexit from the EU. We speak to Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law and a Senior Fellow in the UK in a Changing Europe Programme; Dr Markus Gehring, University Lecturer in Law at the Law Faculty and former Deputy Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law; Professor John Bell, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge. In this two part #Brexitmyths documentary we ask them to tell you what is true and what isn’t when #Brexit is being discussed. First we speak to Professor Barnard and Dr Gehring and then Professor Bell to sum up his #Brexit myths at the end of each part. Below we give the questions we put to them and the approximate time codes for their answers so that if you want to dip into parts of this discussion it is easy for you to do so. We hope you enjoy the listen and learn much from it. Producer: Boni Sones OBE #Brexit Myths Part One • 0.00 The Withdrawal Agreement itself – it’s a bad deal? • 7.15 The EU got everything it wanted from the UK and took us for a ride? • 11.15 The NI backstop will keep the UK in a customs union indefinitely? • 14.49 May’s deal or No-Deal are the only two options? • 19.30 Trading on WTO terms will be good for the UK as we do more trade outside the EU than in it? • 23.43 The Political Agreement leading to a trade deal is too vague? #Brexit Myths Part Two • 0.00 We have 2 years to negotiate a trade deal when everything else will stay the same? • 5.15 The economy will dip but can make up ground later? • 12.00 By leaving the EU migration into the UK will reduce significantly? • 14.45 A Canada plus or EEA option will be able to deliver the government’s objectives? • 18.25 We have to reach a deal by 29th March 2019 or “crash out” of the EU and go it alone? • 19.45 We can’t revoke Article 50?

The Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge explores the common myths of #Brexit. In this exclusive podcast three academics from the Centre for European Legal Studies, University of Cambridge, give their verdicts on twelve common myths about the UK’s #Brexit from the EU. We speak to Professor Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law and a Senior Fellow in the UK in a Changing Europe Programme; Dr Markus Gehring, University Lecturer in Law at the Law Faculty and former Deputy Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law; Professor John Bell, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge. In this two part #Brexitmyths documentary we ask them to tell you what is true and what isn’t when #Brexit is being discussed. First we speak to Professor Barnard and Dr Gehring and then Professor Bell to sum up his #Brexit myths at the end of each part. Below we give the questions we put to them and the approximate time codes for their answers so that if you want to dip into parts of this discussion it is easy for you to do so. We hope you enjoy the listen and learn much from it. Producer: Boni Sones OBE #Brexit Myths Part One • 0.00 The Withdrawal Agreement itself – it’s a bad deal? • 7.15 The EU got everything it wanted from the UK and took us for a ride? • 11.15 The NI backstop will keep the UK in a customs union indefinitely? • 14.49 May’s deal or No-Deal are the only two options? • 19.30 Trading on WTO terms will be good for the UK as we do more trade outside the EU than in it? • 23.43 The Political Agreement leading to a trade deal is too vague? #Brexit Myths Part Two • 0.00 We have 2 years to negotiate a trade deal when everything else will stay the same? • 5.15 The economy will dip but can make up ground later? • 12.00 By leaving the EU migration into the UK will reduce significantly? • 14.45 A Canada plus or EEA option will be able to deliver the government’s objectives? • 18.25 We have to reach a deal by 29th March 2019 or “crash out” of the EU and go it alone? • 19.45 We can’t revoke Article 50?

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. This is Panel 7, chaired by Surabhi Ranganathan, featuring: - Raphaëlle Nollez-Goldbach, École Normale Supérieure: 'The ICC approach on reparations: the first reparations orders of the Court'- Ralph Wilde, University College London: 'Rethinking Reparations for Extraterritorial Human Rights Abuses'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. This is Panel 6, chaired by Danae Azaria, featuring: - Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Queen Mary University London: 'Reparations and Environmental Damage in International Law'- Benoit Mayer, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law: 'Rethinking Reparations in the Context of Climate Change'- Stavros-Evdokimos Pantazopoulos, European University Institute: 'Reparations for Wartime Environmental Damage'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. This is Panel 5, chaired by Megan Donaldson, featuring: - Berk Demirkol, University of Galatasaray: 'Is There any Room for Non-Pecuniary Remedies in Investment Treaty Arbitration?'- Brianne McGonigle Leyh and Julie Fraser, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Utrecht University: 'Transformative Reparations: Game Changer or Academic Hype?'- Marina Aksenova, IE University: 'Art in the Practice of Reparations at the International Criminal Court and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. This is Panel 4, chaired by Veronika Fikfak, featuring: - Ceren Zeynep Pirim, University of Bahcesehir: 'Compensation as a Form of Reparation for Moral Damages'- Patricia Cruz Trabanino, Foley Hoag LLP: 'Intangible but No Less Real – Moral Damages Suffered by a State in Investor-State Arbitration'- Simon Weber, King’s College London: 'The Failure of The Concept of Moral Damages in International Investment Arbitration'- Stephan Wittich, University of Vienna: 'Which Remedy for Which Damage? A Reappraisal of The International Law of Remedies with Particular Focus on the Notion of Non-Material Damage in International Law'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. This is Panel 3, chaired by Fernando Bordin, featuring: - Julia Motte-Baumvol, Université Paris Descartes: 'Investors’ Conduct and Reparation in International Law: an Investment Law and Human Rights Law Comparative Analysis'- Mads Andenas, University of Oslo: 'The ICJ, the ICC and a General International Law of Compensation- Rachel Murray, Clara Sandoval University of Bristol, University of Essex: 'The Award of Financial Compensation by Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Challenges in Defining and Obtaining Monetary Awards'- Raju Deepak, Sidley Austin LLP: 'Reparations for Wrongful Acts V. Compensation where Wrongfulness is Precluded – What Does it Tell Us About Nature of Reparations and of Wrongfulness?'

On 16-17 November 2018, the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, in collaboration with the Athens Public International Law Center, held a workshop entitled ‘Rethinking Reparations in International Law’, organised by Dr Veronika Fikfak, fellow and director of studies at Homerton College, and Professor Photini Pazartzis, professor at the Faculty of Law at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. This is Panel 2, chaired by Federica Paddeu, featuring: - Charalampos Giannakopoulos, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies: 'Reparations in International Law: A Theoretical Framework'- Edoardo Stoppioni, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg: 'What Theory of Restitutio in Integrum in a Fragmented International Order? An Attempt of Deconstruction'- Mia Swart, Human Sciences Research Council: 'Finding an Appropriate Theory to Justify the Making of Reparations In The Context of Local and International Reparation Debates'

On 27 November 2018 Clare College, Cambridge, hosted Visiting Clare Fellow Mr Shanin Specter (1983) who delivered a lecture entitled "From Clarence Thomas to Brett Kavanaugh: The selection and politics of nominees to the US Supreme Court". Mr Specter has taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, UC Hastings College of the Law, UC Berkley School of Law and Stanford Law School. He is a founding Partner of the US firm Kilne & Specter. For any more information about the event, contact events@clare.cam.ac.uk This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.