The Network for Interdisciplinary Studies of Law (NISL) explores law and law-related life by drawing on insights and research from various disciplines in law, the humanities and social sciences.
The NISL provides a platform for the exchange and development of ideas, primarily by holding regular research seminars on interdisciplinary subjects. The seminars are well attended by not only members of the Law & Justice faculty, but also from other departments and schools in UNSW, other universities in Sydney and internationally.
Recent seminar presentations include:
- Wojciech Sadurski (Challis Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Sydney) on his book Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown in conversation with Professor Rosalind Dixon, A/Professor Adam Czarnota and Professor Martin Krygier (UNSW Law & Justice) and Dr Michał Stambulski (Executive Director, Centre for Legal Education and Social Theory, University of Wrocław).
- Hans Lindahl (Professor of Legal Philosophy, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, Professor of Global Law, Law Department of Queen Mary University of London) on ‘Constituent Power and the Constitution’.
- Geoffrey Brahm Levey (A/Professor, Political Science, UNSW) on ‘The Bristol School of Multiculturalism’ in discussion with Tariq Modood (Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and Foundation Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol), Varun Uberoi (Senior Lecturer, Political Theory and Public Policy, Brunel University) and Tim Soutphommasane (Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission).
- John Gardner (the late John Gardner FBA was a Senior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, and Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Oxford) on ‘From Personal Life to Private Law’ in conversation with Dr Michael Crawford (Lecturer, UNSW Law).
- Paul Schiff Berman (Walter S. Cox Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School) on ‘Cosmopolitan Pluralism, Authoritarian Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Governance’.
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Martin Krygier, Professor
Theunis Roux, Professor
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