Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
Local or global? Network economics and the new economy Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Many societal goals for markets can be achieved with more...
Does Net Zero Mean the End of Livestock Agriculture? Diet and agriculture are borderline untouchable “third rail” issues in...
Does the Adversarial System Serve Us Well? What is the adversarial tradition in English criminal and civil...
Wealth Inequality: English Law's Unintended Legacy? Today, the UK is a deeply unequal society. This lecture...
What Rights and Duties are Missing from the U.S. Constitution? Regarding the US Constitution, there is a major split between...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Documentary Photography in Apartheid South Africa This lecture looks at debates and dialogues that characterise realist...
Cary Grant: Hollywood's exquisite, charming enigma To millions of moviegoers around the world Cary Grant epitomises...