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
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2014 Lachs Moot Final video
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