How to Do Things with Climate Reparations

As climate change has increasingly come to be seen as an urgent global problem, there has been a turn to international law for solutions. The resulting involvement of international lawyers in developing responses to climate change in an unequal world has been a deeply contested project. The debate over whether, when, and by whom reparations should be paid for climate-related loss and damage has been a central part of that contest.

Algorithmic Risk Governance: Mapping the Digital Bordering Infrastructure of Cerberus

Dr Van Den Meerssche introduces the empirical study and critical analysis of Cerberus - a novel algorithmic border control platform deployed in the UK. An innovative take on the human-mechanic infrastructure in the making where ‘risk’ becomes assembled and reassembled through pattern recognition rather than categories of intent. What does this mean for legal thinking both in the making and in the protection against border decisions?

The Law Of An International Society: Reflections On The Concept Of The “Social” In International Law

As Professor Koskenniemi argued in his book,  The Gentle Civilizer of Nations (2001), modern international law arose in the last third of the 19th century. Its ideological centre lay in the concept of “civilization” that has later on been equated simply with modern statehood. However, by mid-19th century, another view to think about law, politics in the international world was developing in Europe that focused on the concept of “society”.

Gender Redux: International Legal Patterns and Repetitions

In this lecture, Professor Heathcote examines the state of gender and feminist knowledge in times of genocide, the climate emergency, the disintegration of stable patterns of global governance, and the rise of significant anti-gender agendas globally.