CISRUL will lead a series of reading seminars under the title: What Is a Constitution? Reading Toward a Problem. The aim is to create space for thinking about what constitutions do, how they take shape, and how we come to know them. The first seminar will take place on Monday 7 July at 3 pm in Taylor A08 or … Continue reading ‘What Is a Constitution? Reading Toward a Problem’: Reading Seminar 1
Talk by Daisy Mugadza (PhD candidate in Law, CISRUL) In recent times the international tax regime has been impacted by the related issues of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting as well as the digitalisation of the economy. In the general context of such problems, even largely in response thereto, emerged the OECD/G20-Inclusive Framework on BEPS, … Continue reading Talk by Daisy Mugadza: “The process of the new OECD/G20-Inclusive Framework international order — a friend or a foe to the developing world?”
Research Seminar by Dr Tom Bentley (Politics and IR), in Taylor A08 (or on Teams) 'This paper offers an analysis of the deployment of time by conservatives engaged in the defence of the British Empire. Specifically, I capture two alternative conceptions of how conservatives present time. The first, I term the “continuous one nation” approach: there … Continue reading Research Seminar: Temporal Oddities in Conservative Approaches to the British Empire
Taylor A08 or on Teams CISRUL has long had an interest in civic and political education. Dr Rachel Shanks will present a recent article drawing on research that she has conducted in the past decade: 'Education for democracy: political participation and practice in schools.' To be successful, education for citizenship must provide students with opportunities to … Continue reading Dr Rachel Shanks on ‘Education for democracy: political participation and practice in schools’
Join us in Taylor A08 for a reading seminar led by Dr Erin Ferguson (Law) - open to staff and PhD students in all disciplines. The readings are: The following questions can be used to guide reading and to help get us started in our discussion: This list is not intended as prescriptive, but can … Continue reading Reading Seminar on ‘Environmental Constitutionalism’
