Law, neoliberalism and social protest: lessons from TTIP This multi-disciplinary workshop is taking place on 16-17 May 2016 at the University of Brighton. It will be followed by a public debate on TTIP in the evening of 17 May, which is part of the Brighton Fringe Festival.

The academic workshop will critically discuss the process of negotiation and drafting of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and certain controversial aspects of its proposed content. It will bring together legal scholars, social scientists and activists in order to explore the role law and lawyers have so far played in the social contestation over TTIP and to draw more general lessons about the role of law in social movements. It is co-organised by Prof Marie-Bénédicte Dembour (University of Brighton) and Dr Anil Yilmaz (University of Essex), and will benefit from the participation of Prof Diamond Ashiagbor (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Dr Lucy Finchett-Maddock (University of Sussex), Paul Gilbert (Brunel University), John Hilary (War on Want), Prof Wolfram Schaffer (University of Vienna), Prof David Schneiderman (University of Toronto), Prof M. Sornarajah (National University of Singapore), Dr Neil Stammers (University of Sussex) and Ntina Tzouvala (University of Durham). The public debate, ‘‘TTIP: What price the EU-US trade agreement?’, will see Jacqueline Minor (EU Commission), Allie Renison (Institute of Directors), John Hilary (War on Want) and David Schneiderman (University of Toronto), discuss TTIP’s pros and cons. It will take place at the Sallis Benney Theatre on 17 May at 7:00 pm. Tickets (£5/£3) are available from the Fringe box office. It is organised by the University of Brighton in association with the Royal Society of Arts. For further details, please contact [email protected]