1. Inaugural Lotus Workshop, 9-10 January 2025, Lund University
The first event of the Lotus Project was held at the Law Faculty of Lund University in January 2025 in a hybrid format. The workshop attracted ca. 15 on-site participants and 50 online participants. The recordings of the four panels of the first workshop can be found here.
Session 1 (Recording)
Chair: Daniel Peat
Loser Vindicated? A Modern Assessment of France’s Arguments Before the Court in the Lotus Case | Paul Heckler (ICJ) |
Through the Eyes of Turkey: Examining the Legal Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire and Their Impact on the Turkish Stance to the Lotus Case | Gökey Saraçyakupoğlu (Cologne University) |
The Lotus Case: Divergent Interpretations and its Enduring Legacy in Turkey | Selman Aksünger (Maastricht University) |
Session 2 (Recording)
Chair: Serde Atalay
A Jurist Ahead of His Time: Understanding Mahmut Esat Bozkurt as a Critical Legal Pioneer? | Onur Uraz (Hacettepe University) and Aytekin Kaan Kurtul (University of Huddersfield) |
Bozkurt as Inspiration | Ata Türkfiliz (University of Antwerp) |
Casting Votes & Dutiful Dissents: The Odd Legacy of Judicial Disagreement since Lotus | Brian McGarry (Leiden University) |
Session 3 (Recording)
Chair: Valentin Jeutner
The Lotus Principle and its Impacts on Sovereignty and Autonomy in Legal Orders | Björn Schiffbauer (University of Rostock) |
The Lotus Principle and the Legislative Function of the International Court of Justice | Rebecca Bruekers (University of Nottingham) |
The Establishment of Customary International Law in the Lotus Case | Aikaterini Grymaneli (Court of Justice of the European Union) |
Session 4 (Recording)
Chair: Federica Paddeu
The Lotus Presumption Against the Creation of International Law | William Thomas Worster (The Hague University of Applied Sciences) |
Questioning the Theoretical Foundation for the Lotus (Residual Negative) Principle in (International) Law | Jörg Kammerhofer (University of Freiburg) |
“Everything Which is Not Forbidden is Allowed”: An Inquiry into the Concept of Freedom of Action in International Law in the 21st Century | Alfredo Crosato Neumann (Kadir Has University) |