RE: Crime and Criminal Process in Historical Perspective & The Confederate’s Last Battle: Judah Benjamin’s legal defence of Confederate assets in England

The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and the London Legal History Seminar, warmly invites you and your colleagues to attend an afternoon on:

Crime and Criminal Process in Historical Perspective 

Speakers:

- HENRY MARES, University of Oxford on Star Chamber, King's Bench and the Criminal Information of the Attorney General in the Seventeenth Century

- DR RUTH PALEY, History of Parliament, on Uncovering the History of Certiorari. 

- PHIL HANDLER, University of Manchester, on Intoxication and Criminal Responsibility in Nineteenth Century England. 

Chair: Professor Michael Lobban, Queen Mary, University of London.

Date: Friday 24 February, 2pm to 5pm 

Website:  www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/11422 

To Register:  This event is free but those wishing to attend are asked to register in advance by emailing:  IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk

The Confederate’s Last Battle:

Judah Benjamin’s legal defence of Confederate assets in England

Speaker:  CATHARINE MACMILLAN, Queen Mary, University of London; IALS Visiting Fellow.

Date: Friday 23 March 2012, 6pm

Website:  www.sas.ac.uk/events/view/11423 

To register email:  IALS.Events@sas.ac.uk    

The venue for both events is the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR.

For both, ADMISSION IS FREE AND ALL ARE WELCOME