SLS - The Society of Legal Scholars
The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) is the learned society for those who teach law in a university or similar institution or who are otherwise engaged in legal scholarship. As of Spring 2009 the SLS had over 3,100 members consisting of academic and practising lawyers in a wide variety of subject areas. The SLS was founded in 1908 and has charitable status. We are celebrated our centenary in 2009. For more information on the SLS please read on. You may like to follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
Annual Conference 2010
This year's Annual Conference will be held in Southampton 13-16 September. The main theme of the Conference is the Human Rights Act Ten Years. The Conference programme is now available.
Certainty Of Property: Numerus Clausus Or The Rule With No Name? by Peter Sparkes. (Paper)
“Taking back control – a rights-?based approach to the gathering, processing and holding of personal data in the online environment” by Paul Bernal. (Paper)
What kind of Jurist was Peter Birks? by GerardMcMeel. (Paper)
Sociopolitical Aspects Of No-Fault Compensation For Medical Injuries by Jean HO. (Paper)
'The Existence and Nature of the Remedial Right in the Law of Unjust Enrichment'. by Zoe Sinel. (Paper)
Domestic Violence and Causation in Canada: What Role for the Charter? by Louise Bélanger-Hardy. (Abstract)
"Dear Judges, Please Reconsider…Binyam Mohamed and the Uses, Abuses and Implications of the Draft Judgment Procedure" by Kirsty Hughes. (Abstract)
Open Doors and Locked Vaults: Ethnic Diversity and Earnings Attainment in the Practice of Law by Fiona Kay. (Abstract)
Providing Redress for Medical Accidents in France: Conflicting Aims, Effective Solutions? by Simon Taylor. (Abstract)
The Scope Of Proportionality Under The ECHR by Richard Stone. (Abstract)
SLS Notices
SLS Seminar 2011: Bids are invited from interested parties for 2011 SLS Seminar. Further details.
Editorship of The Reporter: The SLS seeks expressions of interest to succeed Professor Tony Bradney as the Editor of The Reporter. Further details. The duties may be read here. Interested parties are asked to contact Professor Bradney or the Hon. Secretary.
New Officers and Committee Members: Members are reminded that if you have an interest in becoming a member of one of the Society’s Committees or an Officer of the Society or you are invited to contact the Hon Secretary, Professor Stephen Bailey (stephen.bailey@notttingham.ac.uk).
SLS News
Evidence from the SLS in relation to the Legal Services (Scotland) Bill: published 18/12/09. PDF version.
SLS Centenary Conference: A report of the Keele Conference is now available.
Best Paper Prize 2009: Lindsay Stirton (Manchester) and TT Arvind (York) have won the best paper prize for "Using Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis to explain the reception of the Code Napoléon in Germany"
Presidental Report 2009: Professor Cownie's report on her year as president is availavle here as a PDF.
IALS Library: The SLS is delighted to note that our colleagues at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library were recently named as the 'Best Legal Information Service' at the LexisNexis Halsbury's Awards 2009.
Centenary Lecture: Punching our Weight - Academic Law and Public Understanding by Professor William Twinning.
President's
Reception: 11th March 2009, British Academy,
Carlton Terrace, London. Full report.
Other News:
- The Peter Birks Prizes for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2010 - Short List
- Nominations for the SLS Office-holders and Committee Members
- SLS Centenary Lectures
- Ius Commune Prize 2010
- Statutory Protocol on law reform projects
- Peter Birks Prizes for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2010
- Subscription Arrears Payments
- 2010 SLS Conference Booking Arrangements
SLS Library Statement 2009
The Society of Legal Scholars has undertaken a revision of the SLS Statement, A Library for a Modern Law School and the associated Indicative List of Sources for Law Libraries (formerly the Indicative List of Law Library Holdings). Work was undertaken on this by Dr Peter Clinch of Cardiff University, commissioned by SLS. This followed discussion within a working party for SLS, comprising the Hon Secretary and Jules Winterton of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (Chair of the SLS Libraries Sub Committee) as co-chairs, Professor Andy Boon from the University of Westminster and Peter Clinch. The work included questions to Law Librarians in the Annual BIALL/SLS Survey and a separate survey of Heads of Law Schools.We also had helpful comments from a number of individuals, and opened the drafts for public consultation.
The final draft of this revision was approved by the SLS Council at its meeting in September 2009 and is available here. If anyone has any questions, please contact the Hon Secretary, Stephen Bailey (stephen.bailey@nottingham.ac.uk), Jules Winterton (jules.winterton@sas.ac.uk) or Peter Clinch (ClinchPC@Cardiff.ac.uk).
Legal Events
The SLS is pleased to provide details of forthcoming legal events in on this site and via email. Should you wish to advertise an event please contact us.
Legal Events in September
- 2 day Conference "Seeking Security: Pre-empting the Commission of Criminal Harms" : 2/9/10.
- 16th CLaSF workshop on Leniency: Effectiveness and Fairness : 2/9/10.
- University of Dundee - Colloquium - Is Scots Law really different? : 2/9/10.
- 2-day Colloquium - Jurisprudential Perspectives of Taxation Law : 7/9/10.
- Legal Science and Legal Theory: An International Conference on Philosophy of Law : 8/9/10.
- Sixth Annual Colloquium on New Uses of the Sea : 9/9/10.
- Towards an Arms Trade Treaty - Now or Never? : 9/9/10.
- SLS Annual Seminar 2010: Criminal Evidence & Human Rights - 2 days : 10/9/10.
- Second Conference on India-United States Nuclear Cooperation Agreement : 16/9/10.
- Conference - Directors Duties and Shareholder Litigation in the Wake of the Financial Crisis : 20/9/10.
- International Data Sharing Conference 2010 - 3 days : 20/9/10.
- Conference - Achieving Equality: Critical Reflections on the Role of Equality Bodies : 21/9/10.
- Human Rights Events - Call For Support : 30/9/10.
- E-Bulletin Academy of Social Sciences June/July 2010 : 30/9/10.
Legal Events in October
- Law, Religion & Education Religious Freedom in the Sphere of Education - 2 days : 8/10/10.
- RSC Law Subject Group Autumn Seminar 1 - in London : 11/10/10.
- The Public Law Project (PLP) 'Judicial Review London: Trends & Forecasts 2010' : 18/10/10.
- Workshop - Legal Education and Scholarship - Past, Present and Future : 20/10/10.
- From School Exclusion Orders to Anti Terror Laws: Human Rights and the Use of Law in the Modern State : 22/10/10.
For all forthcoming events please click here. For a list of general notices of interest please click here.
