International Legitimacy Seminar Programme

Upcoming Events

 

• A Republican Europe of States 
  • Richard Bellamy (UCL, European University Institute)

27 January 2020 14:00-17:00 Moot Court Room, Old College

 

Past Events

 

• Perspectives on International Legitimacy Roundtable with:
  • Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh)
  • Andrea Birdsall (University of Edinburgh)
  • Cormac Mac Amhlaigh (University of Edinburgh)
  • Neil Walker (University of Edinburgh)
  • Antje Wiener (Chair of Political Science esp. Global Governance, University of Hamburg & By-Fellow Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge)

9 October 2018, 14:00 – 17:00, Balcony Room, Old Moray House, University of Edinburgh.

 

• Global Governance and the Problem of Second Best with:
  • Karen Alter, (Northwestern University)

14 November 2018, 15:00-18:00, room G.05, 50 George Square, University of Edinburgh

 

• How Rule Produces Authority with:
  • Ole Jacob Sending (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs)
  • An International Legitimacy Seminar organised in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for International Law

16 November 2018, 13:00-14:00, room 9.18, David Hume Tower, University of Edinburgh

 

• The Timeless Appeal of Technocracy in Global Governance with:
  • Jens Steffek, (Technical University, Darmstadt) 23 January 2019

23 January 2019, 14:00-17:00, Raeburn Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh

 

• States and Patrimonial Kingdoms: Hugo Grotius’ account of sovereign entitites in The Rights of War and Peace
  • Emile Simpson (Harvard Society of Fellows)
  • An International Legitimacy Seminar organised in conjunction with the Scottish Centre for International Law

25 January 2019, 14:00-16:00, Raeburn Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh

 

• McCormick Lecture: ‘The Modernist Tradition in UK Public Law’.
  • Martin Loughlin, (London School of Economics)

26 February 15:00-17:00 Moot Court Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh

 

• Revolution, Collective Security and Nuclear Weapons: Some Ideas on the recent history of International Law
  • Mattias Kumm, (New York University and Humbolt University Berlin)

27 February 2019, 14:00-18:00, Raeburn Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh

 

• The Contemporary Crisis of Constitutional Democracy
  • Martin Loughlin, (London School of Economics)

6 March 2019, 15:00-18:00, Moot Court Room, Old College, University of Edinburgh

 

• Legitimacy in the International Order: The Continuing Relevance of Sovereign States
  • Brad Roth, (Wayne State University)

13 March 2019, 14:00-16:30 The Assembly Room, ECCI, High School Yards

 

• The Limit of Liberal Legalism
  • Ian Hurd, (Northwestern University) 27 March 2019

27 March 2019, 14:00-16:30 The Assembly Room, ECCI, High School Yards

 

• Who’s in and who’s out: The international community as a (de)legitimization device
  • Mor Mitrani (Bar-Ilan University)

24 September 2019, 14:00-17:30 Moot Court Room, Old College

 

• Jonas Tallberg (Stockholm University)

8 October 2019 14:00-16:30 Moot Court Room, Old College

 

• The Political Legitimacy of Global Governance and the Proper Role of Civil Society Actors
  • Eva Erman (University of Stockholm)

6 November 2019, 14:00-17:00 Teaching Room 03, Old College

 

• The Political Legitimacy of International Law: Sovereign States and their International Institutional Order: Carrying Dworkin’s Later Work on International Law Forward
  • Samantha Besson, (Collège de France & University of Fribourg)

18 November 2019 14:00-17:00 Moot Court Room, Old College