The Second Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition will take place in 2009 at the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, at the University of Oxford.<br /> The Purpose: The purpose of the Price Moot Court Competition is to expand and stimulate an interest in Media Law and Policy among students from law and other disciplines, who will develop expertise in arguing a case before an international bench of judges from different legal systems and backgrounds.
The legal framework: Participants will operate in an arena where a Universal Court of Human Rights has been established to ensure the citizens of the United Nations are enjoying the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this competition, the Universal Court of Human Rights substitutes all jurisdictions of all other regional courts and becomes the final adjudicator when all national remedies have been exhausted.
Moreover, a Chamber of the Universal court of Human Rights has been established to deal with cases concerning Freedom of Expression as set out in Article 19 of the UDHR. The Chamber is known as the “Universal Freedom of Expression Court”, and it convenes in Oxford once a year.
2009 Competition: The dates of the Price Moot Court Competition are: Publication of case is September 1, 2008; the deadline for registration of teams is November 19, 2008; the deadline for submitting written memorials is January 5, 2009; the oral finals will take place in Oxford from March 18 to 21, 2009. See pricemootcourt.socleg.ox.ac.uk for more information.