A Brief History of Corporations

NPR's Morning Edition of July 28 has a story by Nina Totenberg outlining the history of corporations as artificial legal persons and how the rights of these "persons" has evolved in U.S. law. 8 min 50 sec, transcript available (some mistakes).

Law in Action is Back

The BBC Radio 4 programme, Law in Action, has started a new series with "Bringing Bankers to Book". The next programme will examine the role of juries.

Arbitration

A recent event at London School of Economics addressed the question of whether arbitrators should be allowed to apply the law and should they be allowed to decide matters of public policy. Central to the debate was discussion of a Jan Paulsson's newest book The Idea of Arbitration.  Speakers included Dr Tariq Baloch, Salim Moolan, Dr Jan Kleinheisterkamp, Dr Charles Poncet, Sir Bernard Rix, Professor Derek Roebuck, Professor Catherine Rogers, Professor Horatia Muir Watt.
Recorded on 13 February 2014. Audio and video available for downloading, almost 2 hours, no transcript.