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27 February 2025, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
This Inaugural Lecture was on ‘The Development of International Law: The Case for Revisiting Compensation' and delivered by Professor Martins Paparinskis (Laws UCL).
Speaker: Professor Martins Paparinskis (Faculty of Laws, UCL)
Chair: Prof Vaughan Lowe (Essex Court Chambers)
About this Inaugural Lecture
The development of public international law is a curious process, often easier to observe and retrospectively explain than predict and direct. Much depends on how particular specialist fields strike the balance between substance, institutions, and means of dispute settlement. Equally, much turns on choices that actors take by turning to these specialist institutions and means, the character of acts or omission that serve as catalysts for these choices, and particularly the fit within the broader context provided by generalist rules and universal institutions. The talk will consider the variety of considerations that shape the development of public international law in modern practice, with an eye to compensation for the damage caused by internationally wrongful acts, a topic entered into the long-term programme work of the United Nations International Law Commission in 2024.
27 February 2025, 6:00 pm–7:00 pm
This Inaugural Lecture was on ‘The Development of International Law: The Case for Revisiting Compensation' and delivered by Professor Martins Paparinskis (Laws UCL).
Speaker: Professor Martins Paparinskis (Faculty of Laws, UCL)
Chair: Prof Vaughan Lowe (Essex Court Chambers)
About this Inaugural Lecture
The development of public international law is a curious process, often easier to observe and retrospectively explain than predict and direct. Much depends on how particular specialist fields strike the balance between substance, institutions, and means of dispute settlement. Equally, much turns on choices that actors take by turning to these specialist institutions and means, the character of acts or omission that serve as catalysts for these choices, and particularly the fit within the broader context provided by generalist rules and universal institutions. The talk will consider the variety of considerations that shape the development of public international law in modern practice, with an eye to compensation for the damage caused by internationally wrongful acts, a topic entered into the long-term programme work of the United Nations International Law Commission in 2024.
