In the book launch “Democracy despite Itself” held on 16 October 2024 by the Centre for Legal Theory (CLT), Professor Benjamin A. Schupmann discussed how his book advances a liberal normative theory of militant democracy to address the existential threat to democracy posed by ‘legal revolution’.

In the seminar “On the Nature of Legal Concepts” held on 16 October 2024 by the Centre for Legal Theory (CLT), Professor James Penner discussed his paper “On the Nature of Legal Concepts”. Professor Penner posits that before investigating the nature of legal concepts, one must first obtain an overview of the way in which the idea of a ‘concept’ is used across different domains.

In the seminar “Liberal Political Authority and Private Right” held on 17 September 2024 by the Centre for Legal Theory (CLT), Dr Arie Rosen discusses what is valuable in the general part of contract law, with its depoliticized and decontextualized conceptualization of the stakes of contractual relations.

In the seminar “Coercion, Consent, and Criminalisation” held on 15 October 2024 by the Centre for Legal Theory (CLT), Assistant Professor Jesse Wall fractured the concept of 'coercion' into three parts: coercion as the removal of choice, coercion as the vitiation of permission, and coercion as requiring a person to act contrary to their interests.

In his roundtable discussion, Professor Toh discussed whether there is value in adopting a meta-theoretical approach, and if a dedicated metatheory of law is feasible. In sharing his observations, he suggests that the preliminary question to ask is whether legal theory must borrow or has to be subjected to the metatheoretical endeavours of general philosophy.

The Centre for Legal Theory (CLT) is pleased to have Professor Kevin Toh as our speaker for the Singapore Symposium for Legal Theory (SSLT) seminar held on 6 May 2024.

The Centre for Legal Theory (CLT) is pleased to welcome Professor Andrew Lang to be our speaker for the Singapore Symposium for Legal Theory (SSLT). Professor Lang conducted a seminar on 15 April 2024, followed by moderating a Roundtable discussion on “A Theoretical Assessment of Extra-Territorial Regulation and its Legality Under WTO Law” with Dr Ben Czapnik.

Professor Andrew Halpin's paper, 'Other people's liberty' was published in Ratio Juris, where it was discussed that in order to extend the advantages of individual liberty to all, something other than liberty is required.

The Centre for Legal Theory (CLT) is pleased to have Professor Desmond Manderson as our speaker for the Singapore Symposium for Legal Theory (SSLT) seminar held on 18 March 2024.

The Centre for Legal Theory (CLT) is pleased to welcome Professor Shazia Choudhry to be our speaker for the Singapore Symposium for Legal Theory (SSLT). Professor Choudhry conducted a seminar on 11 March 2024, followed by a Roundtable discussion on her paper, “When Women’s Rights are Not Human Rights – the Non- Performativity of the Human Rights of Victims of Domestic Abuse within English Family Law” on 12 March 2024.

In the seminar "Reconstructing Critical Legal Studies” held on 8 March 2024 by Centre for Legal Theory (CLT), Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History Sam Moyn at Yale Law School, discussed and reinterpreted the legacy of critical theories of law.

In the seminar “The Six Ps of AI and the Rule of Law” held on 6 February 2024 by the Centre for Legal Theory (CLT), Dr Paul Burgess observed how the Rule of Law may have to adapt to a world where AI technologies will not just be deployed by private entities, but governments as well to increase efficiency. The seminar was moderated by Professor Andrew Halpin, Co-Director of the Centre for Legal Theory (CLT).