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Crossroads

Crossroads is a series of events that focuses on systems in transition. Flexible in their choice of format and aimed at audiences both within and outside the university, they seek to trace and critically discuss contemporary developments in law and society across the globe.

 Guest                                                       Topic
10 December 2024
ITZ 017 - 18:00
Thomas C. Kohler
Concurrent Professor of Law and Philosophy
Boston College Law School
 
An open question: What impact will the election of 2024
have on the rule of law in the U.S.

10 February 2022
Young Lawyers

Yaroslav Kyselov
University of Passau

Understanding Ukraine

24 June 2021
Young Lawyers

Hebrew University Jerusalem

Bipartisan Politics and Constitutional Law

20 May 2021
Prof. Dr. Tobias Lock
Maynooth University

Are Northern Ireland's Troubles returning?
1969, Good Friday and Brexit

20 January 2020
Prof. Mag. Dr. Bernhard A. Koch
Institute for Civil Law
University of Innsbruck
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Magnus
University of Hamburg
Justice Brian J. Preston
Chief Judge, Land and Environment Court New South Wales
Prof. Dr. Jaap Spier
University of Amsterdam
University of Stellenbosch
Bastiaan Kock
University of Amsterdam

Climate change:
Liability for Carbon Emissions

Crossroads Talk

Traumatisierend und apokalyptisch (Press/Media)
10 October 2019
Prof. Robert Westley
Tulane Law School

Addressing past injustice:
Restitution for Slavery

Crossroads Talk

5 July 2019
Prof. Dr. Jörg Fedtke
 
Gender equality in the U.S.:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
28 June 2018
Prof. Dr. Jaap Spier
University of Amsterdam
University of Stellenbosch
Climate change:
The Principles on Climate Obligations of Enterprises

Sind Unternehmen für die globale Erderwärmung verantwortlich? (Press/Media)
21 June 2018
Prof. Carlos Closa Montero
Instituto de Políticas y Bienes Públicos
European University Institute
Secessionism:
The Catalan Case
17 May 2018
Prof. Michael Bridge
London School of Economics
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Magnus
University of Hamburg
The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods: Current Status and Perspectives
7 December 2017
Prof. Adeno Addis
Tulane Law School
Contemporary Issues of U.S. Constitutional Law
9 November 2017
Prof. Takis Tridimas
King's College London
Citizens and Sovereigns:
Withdrawal from the EU and Acquired Rights

18 May 2017
Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC
University College London

BREXIT and the Rule of Law (Press/Media)
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