Events Calendar by Lawbore™

Are you a socio-legal scholar who is interested in how writing can animate or shape your research? The Power, Justice & Imagination Network, hosted by LHub at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, is putting on a free afternoon of craft and writing workshops at the National Maritime Museum on 7 November 2026. Explore how the law shapes refugee boat journeys and hone your creative writing skills. Book here.

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 If we are to survive and still be human in the face of necropolitics, climate catastrophe, AI and extreme inequality, what version and vision of the law will lead us to flourishing futures? Who will do the thinking needed for this future: law’s human, a word-juggling machine or the human that is perpetually forced into the shadows? This paper addresses this conundrum by asking: Can the law school be a place where being human can even be imagined? Or are we destined to reproduce violence in the facsimile of the law’s human that we teach our students?

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The lecture will explore opportunities for mediation in workplace and employment disputes and also in the broader context of industrial relations. As Felicity explains: “If we only intervene after a formal dispute has crystallised, downstream at the tribunal door or after an employment relationship is severed, we have intervened too late. Sustainable dispute resolution requires us to move upstream, operating directly in the “foothills” of conflict where working relationships can still be preserved, negotiated, and rebuilt.” Felicity will share operational lessons forged in highly volatile workplaces and examine how those insights can help us address systemic challenges facing the UK dispute landscape today.

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BIICL and CREATe are delighted to convene a public lecture by Kate Jones, chief executive of the UK's Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF). The lecture will explore the impact of AI disruption and how AI governance is developing in practice.

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The lecture series celebrates the career of Sir Jeremy Lever KCMG, QC, a pioneer of both the practice and academic study of competition law in Europe. The event is supported by Monckton Chambers and All Souls College.

SPEAKER: Professor Tamara ?apeta, Advocate-General at the Court of Justice of the European Union 

CHAIR: The Rt Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones JSC

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What would a fair energy system actually look like?

Not just a cheaper one, or a greener one, but one that works for everyone, including the millions of people currently being pushed into hardship by their bills.

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In 2025, the International Law Commission (ILC) added Due Diligence in International Law to its programme of work, appointing Penelope Ridings as Special Rapporteur. This panel, chaired by Penelope Ridings, will introduce the Commission’s work and explore key questions concerning the nature, scope and content of due diligence obligations under international law, including the challenges of codification and progressive development.

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Are early career lawyers sufficiently supported to recognise ethical dilemmas? How do they distinguish between building ethical confidence and being socialised into problematic professional norms? What is the relationship between individual ethical decision making and workplace culture?

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A Centre for Criminal Law Event re-investigating the autopsy evidence.

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Join HRLA for its Annual Lecture 2026, delivered by Sir Tim Eicke KCMG KC, with a reply from Baroness Shami Chakrabarti.

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In 2025, the International Law Commission (ILC) added Due Diligence in International Law to its programme of work, appointing Penelope Ridings as Special Rapporteur. This panel, chaired by Penelope Ridings, will introduce the Commission’s work and explore key questions concerning the nature, scope and content of due diligence obligations under international law, including the challenges of codification and progressive development.

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Kick off the evening with a welcome drink and the chance to meet and greet. Enjoy an engaging presentation about GSK Stockmann. Learn about our operations, policies, and corporate culture, and get to know what makes us unique, followed by a round of crazy golf to continue networking in a laid-back atmosphere.

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Behind the bright lights of American show business lies a story of cartels, monopolies and hard-fought battles over who gets to profit from the stage. In Power and Greed, Professor Waller traces the dramatic history of America’s first-generation entertainment monopolies, the corporations and cartels that sought to control them, and the legal tools that artists and audiences used to fight back. Full of larger-than-life characters and high-stakes conflict, the book shows how antitrust law has shaped the business of entertainment, and what that history means for the industry today.

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We are told that AI is inevitable, a revolutionary next stage in planetary intelligence. The calculative power that Big Tech is harnessing via its AI products cannot be doubted. But what if humanity is entering into the wrong social contract with AI?

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Prosecuting powerful leaders for war crimes, human rights abuses and corruption tests the strength and efficacy of national and international law and courts. The discussion will focus on the challenges and procedures of bringing powerful leaders to justice.

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This lecture explores the legal lessons Professor Stafford-Smith learned from visiting Afghanistan. He argues critical Western rhetoric betrays the country’s liberal majority (80% of its population and leadership), drawing parallels to U.S. involvement in other drawn-out conflicts. He asks: what positives do we see in Afghanistan? What legal lessons should we learn from it, about how we can best support those who share our values? How can we create a world that upholds individual rights and the rule of law?

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All too often, our justice system fails children. Measures which should protect, often expose them to harm, particularly in secure settings and at key moments of transition. Why the justice system fails to safeguard children, our most vulnerable members of society, is the focus of this conference. This talk will explore the key issues, identify solutions and the urgent actions required for the rhetoric to match the reality.

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A practical hour for solicitors, and future solicitors. This event will cover what the SRA’s AI notice asks of you, the jobs AI can safely do, and what to keep out.

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This event offers attendees the chance to hear insights from a diverse range of Chambers’ members on their areas of expertise and to ask questions to our Pupillage Committee about the application process and the structure of pupillage.

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As governments, democratic and authoritarian alike, restrict children's access to social media in the name of protection, this event asks a harder question: protection for whom, and from what?

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For many, artificial intelligence is the most transformational technology of the past century. For others—including some of the leaders of the frontier AI labs developing the most advanced systems—it also poses a potentially existential threat to humanity. Yet AI remains only lightly regulated. Can law and corporate governance realistically navigate between the extraordinary opportunities created by AI and the risks posed by increasingly powerful systems? Or does the competitive dynamic of the AI arms race—between companies and between states—mean that meaningful control, restraint or even temporary slowdowns are ultimately unrealistic? This event asks whether law and governance can genuinely control AI, and what effective control would have to look like.

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When (former) Prince Andrew was arrested in February for ‘misconduct in public office’ every front page was emblazoned with his picture, sloping in the back of a car, looking ashen. Just days later, Peter Mandelson was arrested for the same obscure offence. But, what exactly happened, how did the unprecedented arrests occur and what exactly IS ‘misconduct in public office’?

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This discussion will examine the P2 Directive, tax incentives, the proposed Omnibus Directives, and initiatives on decluttering and simplification, all through the lens of European competitiveness and tax policy.

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Over the past century, the border has transformed from a political line into an unquestioned deity—a sovereign force that defines our humanity, cages our movement, and wields the power of life and death over millions. As border control hardens into lucrative industries and reductive politics, the violence, racialisation, and arbitrary cruelty etched into modern citizenship have become our accepted normal. If we have already surrendered so much of our collective conscience to the border, what will remain of our freedoms in the generations to come? Centered around Gull the Border God and the Stateless Beyond, this panel discussion and book launch confronts the dark trajectories of exclusion, securitisation, and statelessness. 

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This book launch brings together several authors that have contributed to an edited volume, The UK Regulatory Framework Post?Brexit: ‘Law Unbound’ (Oxford University Press 2026).

The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the UK’s post-Brexit regulatory framework in a wide range of constitutional and policy areas, economic and social. It assesses that regulatory framework through the conceptual lens of ‘Law Unbound’, which encapsulates the idea that UK law is no longer constrained by EU law, echoing the Brexit campaign’s promise to ‘take back control’.

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This workshop will examine the terms of the UK–EU ‘Reset’, including both the agenda that has been set and the agreements and understandings negotiated so far. It will focus on the substantive areas the UK has prioritised: SPS and veterinary arrangements, climate and energy cooperation, electricity market, security and defence, migration and borders, and professional and youth mobility. It will also consider the legal, procedural and institutional pathways through which any new arrangements might be negotiated, adopted and implemented, with particular focus on the role and implications of dynamic alignment.

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Join LSE Library in the final celebration of The Women's Library's centennial year!

To mark the end of The Women's Library centenary year, Elizabeth Crawford will talk about her association with The Women’s Library as both a researcher, author and dealer in books and ephemera.

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Are you motivated by advocacy, debate, and the ambition to shape the future of the legal system? The National Pupillage Fair is your opportunity to explore a career at the Bar and connect directly with the people who can help you get there.

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The conference, grounded in the spirit of Gerald Lopez’s book ‘Rebellious Lawyering’, seeks to build a community of law students, practitioners, and activists striving to work in the service of social change movements and to challenge hierarchies of race, wealth, gender, and expertise within legal practice and education.

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From the host - "The Ecologies of Care reading group was started last year as an initiative of the Law and Environmental Humanities Network (LEHN) which I founded and convene since September 2025, when my fellowship at IALS began."

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A book symposium organised by the Quain Centre of Jurisprudence discussing 'The War Against Law: What's Wrong with Common Good Constitutionalism.'

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"Arbitration in a time of multifaceted transition"

The School of International Arbitration, Centre of Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary University of London and Freshfields request the pleasure of your company at the 41st Annual Freshfields Arbitration Lecture.

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Interested in a career in law? Explore the Law is a career-enhancing event for ambitious students with disabilities or long-term health conditions.

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The Commonwealth-in-England Barristers Association invites you to a talk by Baroness Barbara Mills KC (Chair of the Bar for 2025) “Protection of Lawyers and their Independence”

Entrance to the talk is free of charge to students, Commonwealth-in-England Barristers Association (CEBA) members, non-members and friends. The talk will be followed by a reception just a few metres from the lecture theatre at Jimmy and the Bee, coffee shop, 135 Goswell Road Please book your place for the reception by contacting Mr Michel Aslangul, CEBA Events Co-ordinator at m.aslangul@hotmail.co.uk 

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Professor Wachter will explore: “Is Artificial Intelligence Humanity’s Hope or Doom? How Public Policy Needs to Change to Ensure Socially Beneficial AI.” A leading global expert in AI governance, technology regulation and digital ethics, Professor Wachter will examine how law and public policy must evolve to address algorithmic bias, misinformation, accountability and human rights. Guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a short Q&A session.

????? Tickets are £15 per person and available by General Admission. The profits will help supports the work of Next 100 Years in celebrating and advancing women in law.

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Are States obliged to extend State immunity to States or governments that they do not recognise? An examination of State practice and opinio juris, in the form of decisions from domestic courts, shows that there are few relevant cases, and those that exist are more or less evenly divided on the question.

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Recruiters need to understand three things from your application: why this career, why this firm and why you. This practical session will take you behind the scenes of law-firm recruitment, exploring how applications may be assessed and how criteria, scoring frameworks and recruiter calibration can shape the process.

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How does storytelling shape the way legal teams understand, develop and argue a case?

Climate litigation requires legal teams to process complex scientific evidence, lived experience, future harms and legal doctrine into coherent arguments capable of being understood and tested, often through many levels of courts, across jurisdictions and over many years. It is therefore an especially rich area in which to explore storytelling, not simply as a means of persuasion or public engagement, but as an essential element of legal practice itself.

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This hybrid event will explore the latest developments in ISDS and tax-related investment disputes, bringing together perspectives on key issues at the intersection of international investment law and taxation.

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Strong application answers make it easy for a recruiter to see what you contributed, the impact you made and what you learned. This extended practical session will show you how to turn your research, experiences and motivation into answers that feel specific, relevant and genuinely personal.

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The British Institute of International and Comparative Law and the Tax Policy Center of the University of Lausanne are delighted to invite you to this evening session in which the foregoing questions will be unpacked by leading members of the tax and investment law community.

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The Right Honourable Dame Siobhan Keegan became the first female Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland on September 2, 2021, making her the country’s most senior judge. Born in Newry in 1971, she graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 1993, was called to the Bar in 1994, and became a Queen’s Counsel in 2006, specializing in family and criminal law. She made history in 2015 as one of the first two women appointed to the High Court, later serving as Presiding Coroner for Northern Ireland (2017–2020)—where she led the high-profile Ballymurphy Inquest—and as Senior Family Judge until her elevation to lead the judiciary and chair the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission.

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The Information Law & Policy Centre is delighted to announce that this year’s Annual Lecture 2026 will be delivered by leading legal expert and scholar Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Professor of Law at Oxford University, entitled: 

Humans in the Loop: Human Agency in the Age of AI.

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What role do the law and courts play in holding corporations accountable for climate change?

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Computers can now competently reason about text and images. What was content is now data. What does this mean for digital rights?

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This talk examines Gaza to explore the distinction between war and genocide and reveals how the biosphere of war creates a self-perpetuating web that extends far beyond the battlefield. Dr. Abu-Sittah argues that Israel has engineered a biosphere of genocide in Gaza, drawing on his experiences as a doctor who has witnessed both war and genocide.

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Commercial awareness is not about memorising the news. It is about understanding what is happening, who it affects, why it matters and where a lawyer may fit in. This practical session will help you develop that thinking and apply it across applications, interviews, case studies and assessment centres.

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This evening is aimed at final year law students, GDL students and Bar Course students with a particular interest in Chambers’ core practice areas: Employment, Commercial and Sports Law. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear from Members of Chambers about their respective practices, as well as from the most recent pupils about their experiences, followed by drinks and nibbles.

Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Students interested in attending should email events@littletonchambers.co.uk.

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Cartels for Survival? Pacing AI Innovation, AI Safety and Competition Law

Join Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy, Ioannis Lianos, for a Competition Law Taster Lecture.

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As part of London Arbitration Week 2026, Ciarb is delighted to host its highly anticipated annual Alexander Lecture.

Delivered this year by Amb (r) Roberto Azevêdo FCIArb, Brazilian diplomat and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization. 

The Lecture will take place at the prestigious Grocers’ Hall in London. Doors open at 5:00 pm, with the Lecture commencing at 6:00 pm. The event will also be available virtually, allowing our international audience to join the discussion.

Tickets for non CIArb members are £50 but you can join online for free. 

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Delivered by the InterLaw Diversity Forum, the Student Lab Summit is a practical, interactive day designed to help you feel more confident about applying for vacation schemes and training contracts.

More information, including how to apply, can be found on our opportuntites page!

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On 8th January 2026, Littleton is hosting an information evening in Chambers for prospective pupillage applicants. The event is open to those currently on the GDL or Bar Course with a serious interest in Chambers’ practice areas: employment, commercial and sports law.

The evening will include talks from Members of Chambers about their practices and from Chambers’ most recent pupil, followed by drinks and nibbles.

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Matrix will be opening its doors to prospective applicants who are considering applying in the forthcoming recruitment round for traineeships commencing in October 2028. Both events will be offered in person and online.

If you would like to attend either event, please email recruitment@matrixlaw.co.uk, providing your full name, email address and whether you wish to attend in person or remotely. 

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Here's what the chambers say about this event! 

Join us for our annual Women at Quadrant Pupillage Workshop on the evening of Thursday 10 December 2026 in London. 

This in-person event will be held in Chambers and will give attendees a chance to meet our barristers, understand our pupillage application process and pick up tips on pupillage applications and interview techniques.

The event is open to all but, in line with our commitment to diversity, we are particularly keen for aspiring female barristers to hear from some of our female Members of Chambers about life at the commercial bar and to see what we have to offer at Quadrant.  The evening will therefore start with some short talks from a panel of female Members of Chambers about life and work at the commercial bar as a woman, followed by an interactive pupillage application/interview workshop. 

To register your interest, please email: events@quadrantchambers.com

In 2020 Philippe Sands was invited to co-chair a working group to define a new international crime of ecocide. In this lecture, he will explore his own engagement with environmental issues, from childhood to the Chernobyl accident (the subject of his first book), to cases before the International Court of Justice and other tribunals. His next book, The Fifth Crime: On Ecocide, Justice and Hope, will be published by W&N on 8th April 2027.

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The paper proposes a reflexive concept of law to resolve the long-standing legal-philosophical question of whether international law is law.

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In recent years, Europe’s two supranational courts, in Strasbourg and Luxembourg, have both been involved in the defence of democracy, respect for human rights and  the rule of law, each within the limits of their own jurisdiction. This lecture reflects on the evolving relationship between these two courts when it comes to the protection of human rights, structuring the assessment along the lines of the key features of the EU and its legal order as identified by the CJEU in Opinion 2/13 on accession to the ECHR. It highlights how the two European courts have developed their case law and managed their interactions to date and emphasises the need for both courts to ensure the effectiveness and operationality of Europe’s increasingly complex multi-level system for the protection of human rights with a view to better serving national decision-makers, courts and litigants

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This lecture explores the surprisingly long history of copyright, the competing justifications for it, the strange economic properties of ideas that complicate these arguments, and the ‘romantic vision’ of the author that appears – mistakenly – to resolve many difficulties.

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You are warmly invited to submit papers for presentation at the joint annual conference of the Political Studies Association’s Media and Politics Group & Technology, Information and Policy Group. This year’s conference theme, “Dis(mis)information and the Public Sphere in the Age of AI,” will explore how Information Communication Technologies (ICT) are impacting the public sphere and whether social media facilitates an electronic agora.

Tuesday, 12th – Wednesday, 13th January 2027

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This event offers attendees the chance to hear insights from a diverse range of Chambers’ members on their areas of expertise and to ask questions to our Pupillage Committee about the application process and the structure of pupillage.

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Engaging closely with Simone de Beauvoir’s “An Eye for an Eye”, Professor Zaibert revisits the the famous alleged differences between punishment and revenge. In treating punishment and revenge as near synonyms, de Beauvoir’s piece resonates well with Professor Zaibert’s dissatisfaction about the traditional ways of marking that distinction. But Professor Zaibert has nonetheless sought to distinguish between the two phenomena, and has concluded that avengers must be simpleminded and narrow in ways that punishers need not be.

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From the use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the recent U.S/Israel war with Iran, the legal and moral basis for nuclear proliferation has been contested through international legal institutions. This lecture outlines the ambition and failure of international law to address the threats of nuclearisation.

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The UK is undergoing significant leasehold and commonhold reforms, aiming to move away from traditional leasehold ownership towards a system of collective ownership and self-management, with commonhold proposed as the default for flats. Nick Hopkins argues that leasehold ownership is a complex, deeply rooted problem and that commonhold offers a better legal framework. However, he also emphasises that commonhold alone will not solve every issue; meaningful reform requires a broader rethink of what home ownership means in multi-owned buildings and a distinction between owning an individual property and owning a home within a shared development.

This promises to be an interesting one, make sure you book your seat!

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There are two futures for copyright in the age of AI. The first is to strengthen the traditional regime with incremental changes, shoring up old protections and introducing new ones. The other is to replace it entirely. This lecture argues for the latter.

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This lecture examines the persistent tension between economic growth and human health through the lens of legislative failure. Honouring Rachel Carson’s early warnings about the mirage of industrial safety, we trace how corporate liability is externalised while the management of chronic disease becomes a lucrative entry on the economic ledger.

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