Upcoming Research Seminars

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The Legal Research Society is proud to present the following two research
seminars.

Derek Fincham
Wednesday, February 28 Taylor Building A15, 17:00
A Legal and Ethical Evaluation of the dispute between Italy and the Getty
Museum over the bronze "Statue of a Victorious Youth",

The bronze statue, known as "the Statue of a Victorious Youth" was
purchased by the Getty in 1977 for close to $4 million. It has been
attributed to the Greek sculptor Lysippos, the 4th century BC sculptor for
Alexander the Great. Today, the nearly life-size statue is one of the
excellent pieces of the Getty's Greek and Roman collection. It was found
in 1964 by fisherman from Fano, somewhere in the Adriatic Sea. The
Italian Culture Ministry has made repeated demands for its return, while
The Getty maintains the purchase was legitimate.

Jernej Letnar Cernic
Monday, March 19 Taylor Building A19, 17:00
Corporate responsibility for Serious Breaches of Human Rights Obligations
Deriving from Peremptory Norms of International Law,

Do corporations have basic human rights obligations in the international
legal order and are they obliged to comply with peremptory norms of
international law? Can corporations violate human rights obligations or is
the term "human rights violation" only limited to misconduct by
governments? Does there exist corporate responsibility for serious human
rights violations in municipal law and in international law? Should
domestic legal orders provide for enforcement mechanisms for addressing
human rights violations directly or indirectly committed by corporations?
Or is international legal order more appropriate choice for effectively
dealing with corporate human rights violations? Does it make a difference?
If yes, what is a difference?

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