SSFI Lunchtime Seminar - Arctic Governance is Dead. Long Live Arctic Governance!
Join the Singapore Sustainable Futures Initiative (SSFI) and the Centre for Commercial Law in Asia for a lunchtime seminar delivered by Professor Vito De Lucia (UiT The Arctic University of Norway) on the pressing issue of Arctic Governance.
This seminar will focus on the recent history of the Arctic Council in the context of the ongoing geopolitical shifts, with the view of tackling a set of interrelated questions, and bring them into an open conversation: the philosophy of conflict of the so-called “Italian theory” of political and legal philosophy with its attendant problematization of the western liberal view that conflict must be neutralized; the footnote in the Ottawa Declaration relating to military security matters in the scope of operation of the Arctic Council; the realist consideration that Arctic exceptionalism was never exceptional; how future scenarios might require that the Arctic Council shall deal directly with security concerns; and the potential need of its “opening up” in terms of its con…
Fee(s): Only for SMU Faculty and Students. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Vito De Lucia
Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Professor Vito De Lucia
Vito De Lucia is Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Director of the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS). His most immediate research interests are located at the intersection of international law, oceans and ecology. His methodological approach is pluralist, utilizing contextual, critical/socio-legal and doctrinal research methods and he is… Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student.
Friday, November 21, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Meeting Room 5-04, Level 5
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. STARI Seminar - Taxing Foreigners Discriminatorily: Lessons from Four Anglo-Legal Systems
Taxation based on nationality can be problematic under provisions preventing discrimination in domestic law, but particularly when the foreign citizen belongs to a country that has concluded a double tax agreement containing a non-discrimination article. Article 24 of the OECD Model is often overlooked by politicians and can become very inconvenient to policymakers looking for revenue or wanting to influence behaviour. Furthermore, while Article 24 brings a very focused discussion on the treaty-based non-discrimination principle to the debate, advisers should also consider the broader framework of domestic law, which might prevent discrimination on the grounds of nationality.
This seminar examines the unusual scope and application of the non-discrimination provisions, particularly relating to discrimination on the grounds of nationality and mainly focusing on the experience of four Anglo-legal system countries, namely Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and Singapore, where there are both current and potentia…
Fee(s): Fee: SGD54.50 per pax incl. 9% GST. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Speaker Details: Professor Craig Elliffe
Professor of Tax Law
University of Auckland
Craig Elliffe is a Professor specialising in taxation in the Law Faculty at the University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Craig was appointed to a chair in 2008 after 14 years as a tax partner at KPMG, and 9 years as a tax partner at Chapman Tripp (a major New Zealand law firm). Craig’s research areas are in the field of international tax, corporate tax and tax avoidance. He is the author of “International and Cross-Border Taxation… RSVP: . Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Accounting. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff. Current Student. Public. Academic Community. Professionals.
Monday, December 1, 2025, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Seminar Room B2-01, Basement 2
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.
For more info visit law.smu.edu.sg. Singapore Management University-Georgetown SAILS Workshop
Fee(s): By Invitation Only. Contact: ccla@smu.edu.sg. Type: Seminars & Workshops. Subject: Law. Audience: SMU Faculty & Staff.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – Friday, December 5, 2025, 6:00 PM.
Meeting Room 5-01, Level 5
Singapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943.