Frontiers of Law Seminar – Sir Philip Sales: Common Law Methodology and the Reception of International Law

On 27-28 September 2016, Sir Philip Sales, Lord Justice of Appeal at the UK Court of Appeal, gave two lectures at the Centre for Common Law, the first on common law methodology and the second on the reception of international law.

In his first lecture, Sir Philip discussed several aspects of how the common law method operates in the UK from the judge’s point of view, such as how a common law judge decides a case, as well as how a judge identifies, interprets and applies a legal rule or principle from previous cases.

In the second lecture, Sir Philip discussed the different forms of international law, the reception of treaty obligations into domestic law, both incorporated and unincorporated treaties, as well as customary international law.

The Frontiers of Law Seminars are a series of lectures organised by the Centre for Common Law, with both Chinese and international speakers sharing their knowledge and expertise on common law-related subjects.