Research seminars
Introduction
Nottingham Law School has a programme of around eight to ten research seminars each year organised by its Centre for Legal Research. The seminars are delivered by a mixture of internal staff and invited speakers. The range of topics covered is eclectic, though many seminars are focused around key research areas within the School such as insolvency and corporate law, criminal justice and health law. Staff and postgraduate students from across the University are invited along with special guests such as professionals who have a particular interest in the subject matter.
The Criminal Justice Research Group usually holds the Criminal Justice Seminar Series in May-June. Details of the 2012 series will be on the events page when details are confirmed.
For more information about the seminars in general or a specific one, please email Dr Austen Garwood-Gowers or telephone +44 (0)115 848 6107.
Professor Ralph Henham's inaugural lecture
Professor Ralph Henham's recent inaugural lecture examined The role of sentencing in achieving justice in international criminal trials. The idea that international sentencing might have a role to play in promoting reconciliation and peace in societies ravaged by social conflict is superficially attractive. However, our perceptions of 'international criminal justice' are relative so that it appears futile to argue that it has some kind of instrumental force having significance at both the international and domestic level. The trial structures purporting to deliver international criminal justice and the values it represents are depicted as universally relevant and its outcomes applicable wherever international crimes are alleged to have been committed.
Professor Henham's lecture sought to deconstruct this myth by highlighting some of the problems inherent in understanding the role of sentencing in international criminal trials.
Professor David Burdette's inaugural lecture
Following the global trend of designing mechanisms that avoid the shortcomings of traditional liquidation procedures, South Africa recently published proposals for the introduction of a new corporate rescue mechanism to replace its ineffective judicial management procedure. The new procedure, known as Business Rescue, is being proposed as part of the first overhaul of South Africa's company laws since 1973, and the aim is to have it implemented by 2010.
David Burdette's inaugural lecture examined the main elements of the proposed new procedure, measured against international principles of corporate rescue, and analysed the lessons that can be learned from the design and implementation of corporate rescue mechanisms in other international jurisdictions.
Further notes for diaries
It is worth noting that the often has a number of lectures that are partially or wholly focused on legal issues.
