The morning of January 7th,Professor Richard Tur of Oriel College, University of Oxford, UK, gave an Bet365Academic report entitled "Learning from the Law Reports" in Room 409, Shaw Law Building。The report was hosted by Dr. Jiang Feng, assistant to the dean。
Professor Teer discussed two famous cases that occurred in the UK。In the case of Queen (Corner House Research and another) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office (Justice intervening),BAE, the UK’s largest arms company, is accused of using bribery to obtain huge arms trade orders with Saudi Arabia,Whether or not the case should be investigated involves the rule of law、National Interest、Trading between values such as international relations,Decision of the House of Lords exercising the power of final adjudication,bet365 live online casinoThe Serious Crimes Office reserves the right to suspend judicial investigations against BAE at its sole discretion。In the case of Queen (actually plaintiff was Bankert) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [Regina (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs],The House of Lords ruled that the British Indian Ocean Territory Act of 2004 was invalid,This judgment confirms the right of residence of British citizens on the relevant islands leased to foreign countries。These two cases reflect the special difficulties encountered by judicial decisions in the real world。The purpose of Teller’s report is to tell the audience,We don’t just get it from written documents,And the law should be learned from events that happen in the real world in which we live,Including getting inspiration from some events involving the nature of international relations and state behavior。