Law and Movies… SIC TRANSIT GLORIA MUNDI? 4 May 202030 May 2020 As we endure the lockdown during the transit of one of the glories of the world (the virus), perhaps it is appropriate -- some may think differently of course (and…
Law and Movies… ‘THE WORLD WILL HEAR FROM ME AGAIN…’: ORIENTALISM IN THE CINEMA (AND IN LAW) – Geoffrey Samuel 11 Nov 201912 Nov 2019 In an earlier blog mention was made of 'orientalism'. This is a notion that will be familiar to comparative lawyers thanks to the work of Teemu Ruskola who has coined…
Samuel, Geoffrey… WHY ARE ‘NUTSHELLS’ SO IMPORTANT? – Geoffrey Samuel 28 Oct 2019 Alan Watson published an enormous number of books and articles during his long career, but one that proves of particular interest to comparative lawyers looks at first sight a relatively…
Samuel, Geoffrey… 2019 Annual Seminar – Legal Transplants and Mixed Jurisdictions – In Honour of the Late Prof. Alan Watson 1 Jul 201931 Jan 2020 University of Central Lancashire 3 September 2019 9.30-12.20 Welcome President of BACL, Annette Nordhausen Scholes, & sponsors, Intersentia. Session 1 (9.45-11.00) Prof. John Cairns (Edinburgh): The Birth of…
Legal reasoning… NEW TITLE: GEOFFREY SAMUEL, RETHINKING LEGAL REASONING, Edward Elgard, 2018 20 Jan 2019 A book claiming to rethink legal reasoning would seem to be one making a very bold, if not arrogant, claim. And so the first observation to be made about my…
Interdisciplinarity… Geoffrey Samuel – Cinema and Law – TEN DOUBLE BILLS FOR THE COMPARATIST (CONTINUED): IMITATING (FORMS OF) LIFE 27 Sep 201820 Dec 2018 The worlds of law and of film share a phenomenon caused by the rise of fascism in Europe during the first half of the twentieth century. Law faculties (in the…
Interdisciplinarity… Geoffrey Samuel – Cinema and Law – Ten double Bills for the comparatist (continued) : I’d rather have the blues (than what I got) 9 Dec 201720 Dec 2018 This third blog on double bills for the comparatists comes with a very strong trigger warning – both metaphorical and literal. The two films about to be discussed will certainly…
Interdisciplinarity… Geoffrey Samuel – Cinema and Law – ten films for the Comparatist? (2) – Out of the Past and Letter From an Unknown Woman 2 Sep 201720 Dec 2018 In a previous blog I looked at four films (two double bills) whose themes for the comparatist were, first, the notion of persona and, secondly, the confrontation between cultures. In…
Interdisciplinarity… Geoffrey Samuel – Cinema and Law – ten films for the Comparatist? 22 May 201720 Dec 2018 The editor has kindly invited me to make contributions to this excellent BACL site and I must start by thanking not just John Bell, who has of course reported here…
Bell John… Bell, John, “Account – Samuel Fest – 2 December 2016” 22 Dec 201630 May 2020 A celebratory seminar was held in honour of Geoffrey Samuel, hosted by the Kent Law School in Paris on 2 December 2016. It took various themes from legal reasoning. Among…
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