Gresham and Defoe (underwriters): The Origins of London Marine Insurance This lecture explores the astonishing history of marine insurance underwriting...
How To Choose a Doctor or Surgeon Various governments have promoted ‘patient choice’ as part of NHS...
Blind Spots & Bad Decisions: Why We Fall for Financial Traps Why do smart people make dumb financial choices? This lecture...
Standards Markets: The free market response to regulation Many societal goals for markets can be achieved with more...
Christopher Wren’s Medical Discoveries: the ‘Architect of Human Anatomy’ ** Please note that this lecture will contain several mentions...
Taking the Constitution into the Classroom The U.S. Constitution had to be formed through debate before...
Does the Adversarial System Serve Us Well? What is the adversarial tradition in English criminal and civil...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Wealth Inequality: English Law's Unintended Legacy? Today, the UK is a deeply unequal society. This lecture...