SEMINAR: Endangered Mixed Legal Systems

A Seminar on ‘Endangered Mixed Legal Systems’ will be held in Glasgow on 10-11 June 2013.

The provisional programme is as follows:

10 June

9-9:30 Registration, Coffee, and Tea

Welcome and opening address – Emerita Professor Esin Örücü

10-12 Session 1 - Chair: Dr Séan Patrick Donlan

Scotland: Professor Sue Farran

Quebec: Professor Sophie Morin

Cyprus: Dr Achilles Emilianides

12-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3 Session 2 - Chair: Séan Patrick Donlan

St Lucia: Professor Jane Mathew Glenn

Jersey: Sir Philp Bailhache

3-3:30 Afternoon Tea

3:30-5 Roundtable Discussion

‘Risks and Resistance’ 

(based on the presentations)

7:30 Symposium Dinner

For invited guests and conference speakers

The Bothy Restaurant, 11 Ruthven Lane, Glasgow

11 June

9:30-11 Session 3 - Chair: Professor Sue Farran

Seychelles: Justice Matti Twomey

Guyana: Professor Christine Toppin-Allahar

11-11:30 Coffee and Tea

11:30-1 Session 4 - Chair: Professor Sue Farran

Mauritius: Professor Tony Angelo

Guernsey: Michael McAuley

1-2 Lunch

2-3:30 Roundtable Discussion and Closing Session

‘Models of Mixing: is there an ideal?’

3:30 Afternoon Coffee and Tea

Those wishing to attend this two-day conference are requested to notify, by 31 May 2013, jennifer.crawford@glasgow.ac.uk. Please provide your name, institution, and the days you want to attend.

The cost of attendance is £10 per day, including buffet lunch and refreshments. Please note that there is limited capacity within the conference venue and early bookings would be appreciated. Cheques should be made out to the University of Glasgow. 

CONFERENCE: The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law

The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law Second Annual Conference: 18-19 April 2013

The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law is pleased to announce that its second annual conference will be held on April 18-19, 2013, at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis, Indiana. The purpose of the conference is to highlight, develop, and promote the scholarship of new and younger comparativists, defined as scholars who have been involved in comparative law for fewer than ten years. More than 130 younger scholars from around the world submitted abstracts in response to a Call for Papers issued in September 2012. Over 80 younger scholars who have been involved in comparative law for less than ten years as well as a select group of graduate students are slated to present their research at this conference covering a wide range of topics in comparative private and public law.

More information about the conference and a preliminary agenda are available on the following website:  http://indylaw.indiana.edu/YCCconference/.

LECTURE: Wolff on Data Protection and European Developments

Irish Society of Comparative Law public lecture on Data Protection Law, 20 March 2013
The Irish Society of Comparative Law in conjunction with Trinity College Law School and the IIIS is hosting a public lecture entitled:
“Data Protection and European Developments: a German View”
by Professor Heinrich Wolff, Professor for Public Law at the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Integration Studies in Trinity College Dublin and chaired by Mr Paul Lambert, of Merrion Legal Solicitors and NUIG, author of “Data Protection Law in Ireland”, at 7pm on Wednesday 20 March in the IIIS Seminar Room, 6th Floor Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.

This event is free and all are very welcome to attend.