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SUMMARY:Book Colloquium: The EU Constitution in Time of War
DESCRIPTION:Registration link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7ayi9uEUQcaIDXr8emh99A \nParticipants (see below for more detailed bios): \nFederico Fabbrini: Author of the book\, Professor of European Law at the School of Law & Government of Dublin City University (DCU)\, the Founding Director of the Brexit Institute and of the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI)\n\nCatherine Barnard: FBA\, FLSW\, FRSA\, Professor of EU law and Employment Law and senior tutor and fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge University \nPaul Craig: FBA\, Emeritus Professor of English Law\, Fellow of St John’s College\, Oxford University \nSionaidh Douglas-Scott (moderator): Anniversary Chair in Law at Queen Mary University of London. Previously she was Professor of European and Human Rights law at Oxford University \nDescription of the book: \nRussia’s illegal aggression against Ukraine has been a watershed moment for the European Union (EU). Embracing a comparative analytical framework\, this book examines how the EU constitution has functioned in response to Russia’s aggression. It scrutinizes the EU’s legal reactions across five key policy areas: foreign\, security\, and defence policy; economic and fiscal policy; justice and home affairs; energy and industrial policy; and enlargement and reform. In doing so\, it investigates whether the EU constitution has enabled the EU to respond effectively to the war\, how EU treaties have been interpreted to authorize war-related actions\, and whether these responses have adhered to constitutional limits. It is the first systematic analysis of how the EU constitution has fared in wartime. Access here for more detailed information about the book. \nParticipants bios: \nFederico Fabbrini: Full Professor of European Law at the School of Law & Government of Dublin City University (DCU)\, the Founding Director of the Brexit Institute and of the Dublin European Law Institute (DELI). He holds a PhD in Law from the European University Institute and previously held academic positions in the Netherlands and Denmark. He has been a Fellow in Law & Public Affairs at Princeton University and a Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute. He is the author of 5 monographs in English (all published by Oxford University Press)\, and the editor or co-editor of a dozen books. He has also authored several studies and reports for the European Parliament and the Department of Finance of Ireland. He has won over €3 millions of external funding. \nCatherine Barnard: FBA\, FLSW\, FRSA\, Professor of EU law and Employment Law and senior tutor and fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge University.  She is the author of EU Employment Law (OUP\, 2012\, 5th ed)\, European Union Law (OUP\, 2020\, 3rd ed) and others. She is a member of the European Commission funded European Labour Law Network (ELLN) and a Senior Fellow and deputy director of the UK in a Changing Europe project (UKCE). She has appeared on the main media channels – BBC\, ITV and Sky – as well as many more specialist programmes. She has also written for the Guardian and the Telegraph. She has given evidence to numerous select committees on the legal issues connected with Brexit\, immigration and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act. She sits on the advisory board of Oxford Global Society. \n \nPaul Craig: FBA\, Emeritus Professor of English Law\, Fellow of St John’s College\, Oxford University. He specializes in constitutional law\, administrative law\, EU law and comparative public law\, and has published extensively in all areas. He held the position of Professor of English Law at Oxford University since 1998 to 2019. He is the author of a number of legal textbooks\, the most well-known of which (EU Law: Text\, Cases and Materials) was published in its 5th edition by Oxford University Press in September 2011. He was appointed an honorary Queen’s Counsel in 2000. \nSionaidh Douglas-Scott: Anniversary Chair in Law at Queen Mary University of London. Previously she was Professor of European and Human Rights law at Oxford University and before that Professor of Law at King’s College London. She retains a link with Oxford as honorary research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall\, Oxford. She was LAPA fellow at Princeton 2020-2021\, and special advisor to Scottish Parliament European and External Affairs Brexit enquiries 2015-2018. Her book ‘Brexit and British Constitutional unsettlement’ (the product of her Leverhulme fellowship) is published by Cambridge UP in 2022. She is also a Fellow at Oxford Global Society. \n  \n 
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/book-colloquium-the-eu-constitution-in-time-of-war/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book Colloquium,Governance & Law
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SUMMARY:IMF: Long overdue reforms? Sri Lanka as a case study
DESCRIPTION:Register \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_afZUIcnYTSO_FMUyFTviSA \nEvent description \nAlmost 80 years on from its date of establishment\, the IMF stands at a crossroads. The questions to be asked must include: what reforms would be needed in ensuring that the IMF remains fit for purpose and a relevant player in the 21st century\, and is the IMF ready to undertake such reforms? This panel\, featuring veteran\, highly renowned academics\, bureaucrats\, and experts\, draws upon Sri Lanka as a particular case in point for the examination of these questions. \nIn 1948\, Sri Lanka was one of the best economies in Asia. It was also the first country to open up access to its domestic market and economy in South Asia\, long before India or Vietnam. Today\, Sri Lanka is a bankrupt nation. It declared bankruptcy for the first time in April 2022. The country reserves almost hit zero last year\, with debt standing at 128% to its GDP. Currently\, Sri Lanka is on its 17th IMF program. The IMF is faced with the issue of implementing tough reforms and concluding the external debt restructuring process for the country. With elections due next year\, it is tempting for Sri Lankan politicians to adopt populist policies instead. Can the IMF place Sri Lanka on the right path? \nPanelists (see their bios through links):\nDr Brian Wong (moderator): Assistant Professor in Philosophy\, HKU; Oxford Global Society Fellow \nDr. Nandalal Weerasinghe Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka \nDr. Sharmini Coorey Former IMF Director & Sri Lankan Presidential Advisory Group Member \nDr. Reza Baqir Former Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and Senior Fellow at Harvard \nMr. Talal Rafi Economist & IMF Columnist\, Expert Member of the World Economic Forum\, OXGS Fellow \n 
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/imf-long-overdue-reforms-sri-lanka-as-a-case-study/
CATEGORIES:Governance & Law,Political Economy
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SUMMARY:Putney Debates 2023: Democracy in crisis?
DESCRIPTION:Webinar Registration https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_v0qIgUToRSCBV1kA-G-nzg \nThe purpose of Putney Debates 2023 is to examine claims\, now much announced and seemingly widely shared\, that democracy is in trouble and in danger of collapsing\, not only in the more fragile and unstable nations\, but in the ancient home grounds\, including the United Kingdom and the United States. \nThe aims of the debates are (i) to examine critically the claims of democracy being in crisis\, with reference to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth\, Europe generally\, and the United States of America\, (ii) followed by review of the situation in several regions\, Africa\, India\, South America\, and Central & Eastern Europe. \nFor more information\, please download the Programme of Putney Debates 2023 \n3.00pm BST 09/05/2023  \nOpening lecture     \nRichard Clary  Fellow OXGS\, Lecturer on Law\, Harvard Law School \n\n4.30pm BST 09/05/2023  \nPanel 1: Leadership in democratic systems \n(Moderator) DJ Galligan   Director Oxford Global Society\, Professor Emeritus Oxford University \nFui Tsikata BCL Oxford\, Member Advisory Board OXGS\, Senior lawyer and formerly teaching at University of Ghana \nVlad Perju Professor at Boston College Law School \nBogdan Iancu Fellow OXGS\, Associate Professor Bucharest University \nIris Canor Associate Professor at Striks School of Law\, Colman Israel \n\n3.30 pm BST 10/05/2023 \nPanel 2: Institutions of government and their role in democracy \n(Moderator) Richard Clary Fellow OXGS\, Lecturer on Law\, Harvard Law School \nPaul Craig   Professor Emeritus Oxford University\, Fellow of British Academy \nSionaidh Douglas-Scott Fellow OXGS\, Professor Queen Mary University of London\, Honorary research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall\, Oxford University \nRuzha Smilova Associate Professor at Sofia University Bulgaria \nFrank Vibert Fellow OXGS\, Associate CARR Centre\, LSE \n\n3.30 pm BST 11/05/ 2023  \nPanel 3: Electoral systems and political parties \n(Moderator) Daniel Smilov  Fellow OXGS\, DPhil Oxford\, Associate Professor at Sofia University\, Bulgaria \nNicole Stremlau  Head of the Comparative Media Law & Policy Programme\, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies\, Oxford University and Research Professor\, University of Johannesburg \nFernando Casal Bertoa Associate professor\, Nottingham University \nJurij Toplak  Professor of law\, Alma Mater Europaea and Fordham University \nMarcin Walecki  DPhil Oxford\, Director National Democratic Institute Ukraine \n\n5:00PM BST\, 11th May 2023 \nConcluding LectureHon Malcolm Turnbull  AC\, BCL Oxford\, Fellow Brasenose College Oxford\, Former Prime Minister of Australia \n\nBefore 5th May 2023 \nRegional lectures pre-recoded and uploaded to OXGS YouTube channel and OXGS Website \nPedro Fortes DPhil Oxford\, Professor UCAM Law School\, Brazil \nZim Nwokor DPhil Oxford\,  Senior Lecturer in Politics and Policy Studies\, Deakin University\, Australia \nAngana Chatterji  Co-Chair Initiative on Political Conflict\, Gender and People’s Rights and Research Anthropologist\, Centre for Race & Gender\, University of California\, Berkeley
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/putney-debates-2023-democracy-in-crisis/
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CATEGORIES:Governance & Law
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SUMMARY:Virtual Roundtable: Integration of Ukraine in the EU – Challenges and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: \nMaria Popova (Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair at McGill University) \nTimothy Garton Ash (Professor of European Studies and Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College\, Oxford University\, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution\, Stanford University) \nMilada Vachudova (Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina) \nRoman Petrov (Head of Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and Jean Monnet Chair in EU Law at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy) \nDaniel Bilak (OXGS Fellow and Senior Counsel at Kinstellar\, served as Chief Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine) \nCatherine Barnard (Professor of European & Employment Law\, Trinity College\, University of Cambridge) \n  \nModerators:  \nDenis Galligan (OXGS Director\, Emeritus professor at Oxford University) \nKatarina Sipulova (OXGS Fellow\, Head of the Judicial Studies Institute\, Masaryk University) \n  \nRegistration link: \nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ELgeH_s-QASX5MP7EbrpkA \nPlease sign up to our newsletter to receive future event announcements from Oxford Global Society (OXGS). \n  \nEvent description: \nAt the very beginning of the war in Ukraine\, President Zelenskyy asked the EU to allow it an expedite accession. The request was met with lukewarm reaction from EU institutions\, although the integration in Western structures was a leitmotif of Ukraine’s internal reforms and conflicts with pro-Russian politicians for the last two decades. Some scholars argue that Ukraine is much more prepared to join the EU than many Western politicians think and that the EU might actually benefit from her membership. \nIn the view of the decision the European Commission should take soon on the Ukrainian application\, the roundtable seeks to address the challenges of Ukraine’s accession to the EU. \n\nIs Ukraine ready to accede? \nWhat would the integration mean for the ongoing conflict and the EU security policy? \nWhat political\, economic and legal challenges the integration posits for the EU? \nHow could the integration help both Ukraine and the EU to reshape the raison d’être of the whole organisation after Brexit and several years of on-going rule of law crisis?
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/virtual-roundtable-integration-of-ukraine-in-the-eu-challenges-and-opportunities/
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CATEGORIES:Global Politics,Governance & Law
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211208T120000
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SUMMARY:Putney Debates 2021: The Unity of a Nation
DESCRIPTION:Description\n  To unite a group of regions to create a nation is a daunting task under any circumstances. It becomes more difficult when regional identity has a long history\, often associated with independence and ethnicity\, language and religion. The United Kingdom is an old union of four proud\, distinct\, and very different parts and peoples. After Brexit\, the unity of the UK is under strain and its future is precarious; loyalty and support for the constitutional structure is on the wane. The purposes of Putney Debates 2021 include: (1) to construct models of unity from the experience of a selection of nations; (2) to analyse the case of United Kingdom\, identify the points of tension and instability; and (3) to draw on the models of unity to propose an approach suited to the United Kingdom. A course of lectures on the constitutional structure and its success and/or problems of five countries including the US\, China\, Spain\, Italy and the UK will be pre-recorded and uploaded to our website. On 8 December 2021\, two panels will convene\, the first to discuss the model of unity\, and the second to focus on the unity of the UK.   \nSpeakers\n  \nDenis Galligan   Emeritus Professor at Oxford University Richard Clary   Lecturer at Harvard Law School (US) Qianfan Zhang   Professor at Peking University (China) Francesco Bilancia   Professor at Pescara University (Italy) Roberto Galan Vioque   Professor at Seville University (Spain) Sionaidh Douglas-Scott    Professor at Queens Mary College London Michael Gordon   Professor at Liverpool University Christopher McCrudden   Professor at Queens University Belfast Nicola McEwen   Professor at Edinburgh University Sarah Nason   Senior Lecturer at Bangor University Alison Young   Professor at Cambridge University
URL:https://oxgs.org/event/putney-debates-2021-the-unity-of-a-nation/
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CATEGORIES:Governance & Law
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