All Forthcoming Events

November 2009

Centre for Islamic Law and Society and National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference 2009
Monday, 23/11/09 9:00 AM
The Centre for Islamic Law and Society (CILS), will host its 5th annual Islamic Studies Postgraduate Conference at the University of Melbourne on 23-25 November, 2009, co-hosted by the NCEIS

INTERNATIONALISATION OR ISOLATION: THE AUSTRALIAN CUL DE SAC? THE CASE OF CONTRACT LAW
Monday, 23/11/09 5:30 PM
The Obligations Group invite you to a seminar presented by Justice Finn

ALC/CILS Research Seminar: Growing Together in Partnership: Women's Views of the Business Practices of an Islamic Savings and Credit Cooperative
Tuesday, 24/11/09 1:00 PM
This seminar explores the impact of the rise of Islamism on women in Indonesia, and how Islamic jurisprudence has been linked to the business operations of the BMTs (Baitul Maal wat Tamwil).

Book launch by the Honourable Justice Kenneth Hayne
Thursday, 26/11/09 6:00 PM
Melbourne Law School’s Obligations Group is pleased to invite you to the launch by the Honourable Justice Kenneth Hayne of two books.

CCCS: International and Comparative Perspectives on Constitutional Law
Friday, 27/11/09 9:00 AM
You are invited to attend this major conference hosted by the CCCS with a range of leading Australian and international scholars and a keynote speech by the Chief Justice of Australia.

December 2009

Climate Justice and International Environmental Law: Rethinking the North–South Divide
Tuesday, 1/12/09 5:30 PM
Melbourne Journal of International Law Symposium Launch

CELRL Labour Law Seminar: Change and Evolution in New Zealand Employment Law
Thursday, 3/12/09 1:00 PM
This seminar will focus on the way the statutory good faith obligation has developed over the last decade.

Moving the Children’s Rights Agenda Forward: An Interdisciplinary Australian Perspective
Friday, 4/12/09 10:00 AM
Using the UNCRoC as the starting point, this conference will investigate what a children's rights focus looks like in the Australian context within different disciplines.

Legality, Legitimacy & the United Nations: A Public Lecture delivered by the APCML Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar 2009 Professor Ramesh Thakur
Monday, 7/12/09 6:00 PM
Legality, Legitimacy & the United Nations: A Public Lecture delivered by the APCML Sir Ninian Stephen Visiting Scholar 2009 Professor Ramesh Thakur

CERDIN/IILAH Workshop: Evaluating Critical Approaches to International Law, Université Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Friday, 11/12/09
The workshop is sponsored by CERDIN (Université Paris I) and IILAH (Melbourne Law School).

Remedies Conference (please note registrations are now closed due to an overwhelming number of registrations)
Friday, 11/12/09 9:00 AM
REGISTRATIONS NOW CLOSED Remedies courses are assuming a far greater prominence within undergraduate and postgraduate law degrees. What is the future of Remedies teaching and scholarshi

October 2010

William Blackstone: Lawyer and Judge
Friday, 29/10/10 5:30 PM
William Blackstone is well known to lawyers as author of the Commentaries on the Laws of England, but Prof Prest will focus more specifically on Blackstone's career as lawyer and judge