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2014 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition

The World Finals were held at the Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Court of Law, Old City Hall, Toronto, Canada on 3 Cotober 2014. Total participating universities numbered 61 in the four regions.

The 2014 problem was the Case Concerning Satellite Electromagnetic Interference (Akera v. Mheni) authored by Mahulena Hofmann (Czech Rep.), assisted by James Rendleman (US).


Winner, Lee Love Award

National Law University (Delhi), Delhi, India

Runner-Up

Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Semi-Finalists

Obafemi Awolowo University, City of Ile-Ife, Nigeria

University of Paris Sud, Paris, France

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award

Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award

Mr Linesh Lalwani

Semi-Final Judges

Orals: Joanne Gabrynowicz (US), Stephan Hobe (Germany), Mahulena Hofmann (Czech Rep.), LI Shouping (China), K.R. Sridhara Murthi (India), Phetole Skhula (South Africa)
Memorials: Setsuko Aoki (Japan), Elisabeth Back-Impalomeni (Italy), Maury Mechanick (US), Vernon Nase (Australia), James Rendleman (US), Fabio Tronchetti (Italy).

Final Judges

  • H.E. Judge Leonid Skotnikov, International Court of Justice
  • H.E. Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice
  • H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, International Court of Justice

Brochure

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