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Journal of Environmental Law Lectures

An Introduction to the Journal's Annual Lecture


The Journal's annual lecture series has been running for a number of years now and has become an established event in the environmental law calendar.

One of the aims of the lectures is to provide a bridge between the legal academic community and practitioners working within environmental law.

However, the lectures - which are often interdisciplinary - are also designed to provide an accessible insight into the subject for academics from other disciplines and for the interested general public. Recent speakers have included the well-known Indian environmental lawyer MC Mehta, Professor Neil Gunningham from ANU Australia, and Professor Sir Francis Jacobs, former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice.

As well as being an academic event, the lectures are followed by a drinks reception, which adds a social element and the opportunity to catch-up with familiar (or not so familiar) faces from the environmental law world in a more informal setting.

Professor Chris Hilson
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Environmental Law


Forthcoming Lecture: December 2009


Experts and the Environment
The Role and Influence of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1970-2009


Professor Susan Owens
University of Cambridge

Chaired by
Professor Joanne Scott
UCL

Tuesday 8 December 2009, 6pm
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Charles Clore House,
17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR

The lecture is free, but requires registration.

Please reply to: Belinda Crothers, Academic Programmes Manager, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR. IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk

Sponsorship for the post-lecture reception kindly provided by
39 Essex Street Chambers, London


Environmental Law, Regulation and Governance: Shifting Architectures

Professer Neil Gunningham

Fenner School of Environment and Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University and BRASS, Cardiff University

Author of Shades of Green: Business, Regulation and Environment (2003) Leaders and Laggards: Next Generation Environmental Regulation (2002), and Smart Regulation: Designing Environmental Policy (1998)

Wednesday 22 October 2008

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Public Interest Litigation and the Role of the Indian Supreme Court in the Protection of the Environment

M.C. Mehta
Chaired by Lord Justice Sedley

Wednesday 21 November 2007
University College London



Reconciling US and EU Environmental Law

B Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the EU

Tuesday 21 November 2006
University College London



The Role of the European Court of Justice in the Protection of the Environment
Francis Jacobs

Thursday 24 November 2005
University College London

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