Academic workshop on
1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND ITS IMPACT ON LAW:
INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES
Saturday, 21 October 2017
St Petersburg State University
with support of
the European Society of International Law
Formula of Spring and the acting forces, by Pavel Filonov, 1927-28
Venue:
Petrovsky Hall, St Petersburg State University
(7-9 Universitetskaya Nab. 199034 St Petersburg)
Sponsor of the event: Threefold Legal Advisors LLC
Engaged listeners can register by sending an e-mail to until 7 October 2017.
Draft Programmeas of 29 September 2017:
(Every presentation shall last no more than 15 minutes, followed by a general discussion)
09:00 – 09:30 / Opening remarks / Sergey Belov
Dean, St Petersburg State University, Law School
Maria Issaeva
Board Member, European Society of International Law
09:30 – 11:00 / Session 1. The 1917 Russian Revolution: international law perspectives / Moderated by Maria Varaki(The Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Helsinki)
The concept of revolution in international law and history / Vidya Kumar
(University of Leicester)
Revolutions and International Law: Balancing between Legality and Legitimacy since the Russian Revolution of 1917 / Elia Alexiou
(Panthéon-Assas University of Paris (Paris II))
One hundred years of soli(dari)tude / Momchil Milanov (University of Geneva)
TWAIL and the Russian Revolution / B.S. Chimni(Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
11:00 – 11:10 / Coffee-break
11:10– 13:10 / Session 2. ‘The greatest influence on the development of international law’: an attempt of deconstruction / Moderated by KseniaShestakova(StPetersburgState University)
How did the 1917 Revolution transform the international law system? How do the international legal norms that emerged function today? / JaninaBarkholdt (Humboldt-University Berlin)
Transformation of the international law system under Impact of 1917 Russian Great October Revolution. / Sergei Garkusha-Bozhko (StPetersburg State University)
The Russian Revolution, its Impact on International Law and the Respect of the Soviet Union for its Self-Proclaimed Principles / Matthias Hartwig (Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law)
Coffee-break
Can the law of international responsibility be “Soviet”: the impact of the 1917 revolution on the formation of the Soviet / Russian doctrine of international law on the international responsibility of States / Maria Keshner (Kazan Federal University)
From “customs established between civilized nations” to “established customs” - did the 1917 Russian Revolution contribute to universalisation of the Martens Clause? / OzlemUlgen (Birmingham City University)
Russian sovereignty, borders, and the Law of the Sea / Elena Circovic (National Research University Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg)
13:10 – 14:30 / Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 / Session 3. Socialist tradition in law after the 1917 Russian Revolution / Moderated by Sergey Belov (St Petersburg State University)
The legalism of Russian revolutionaries: A continuity in the Russian legal tradition / Tatiana Borisova (National Research University Higher School of Economics St. Petersburg)
Long Live Revolution: Socialist Tradition in Constitutional Rights Adjudication in Russia / Aleksei Dolzhikov (StPetersburg State University)
The first Soviet constitutions, self-determination, and the right to secession / Bill Bowring (Birkbeck College, London)
Law and Stalin, or things you can do with a property regime / Scott Newman (SOAS University of London)
16:00 / Closing remarks / [TBD]
16:30 / A visit to the museum ship Russian cruiser Aurora (bus will be provided)
Dinner for conference speakers and engaged listeners
19:00 at Restaurant [ TBD ]
sponsored by Threefold Legal Advisors LLC