Event
Government & Governance: Law’s Evolving Role
Thursday, May 2, 2013 16:00toFriday, May 3, 2013 17:30
Chancellor Day Hall
NCDH 312-316, 3644 rue Peel, Montreal, QC, H3A 1W9, CA
Join us for the 's annual conference, whose title this year will be Government and Governance: Law's Evolving Role. The main themes will revolve around Law and transnational regimes; Coordinating governance regimes; Law through comparative approaches; and Marginalisation and access to justice.
Prof. David Dyzenhaus (U. Toronto) will give the keynote speech.
Please consult the attached Word document [.docx] for the complete schedule, coffee breaks, etc.
Schedule
Opening Remarks
May 2: 16:00 – 16:15
Panel 1: Law and transnational challenges
May 2: 16:15 – 18:15
- Vokhid Urinov (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) - International Tax Information Exchange Regimes
- Sarah Mountin (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) – Interference with Commercial Communication Satellite Signals: Is It An Armed Attack Under the Law of Armed Conflict?
- Cecilia Pailhassar (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) – The Arms Trade Treaty: Towards a Lack of Regulation?
- Stephanie Chipeur – An Analysis of the Canadian Legal Profession’s Discourse Regarding Hourly Billing in the Mid-20th Century
- Prof. Mohsen al-Attar - Chair
Panel 2: Coordinating Governance Regimes
May 3: 9:15 – 10:45Â
- Virginie Lanceron (Panthéon-Assass) – The Coordination in Public Law
- Kirsten Mikadze (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) - Wagging the Dog?: Investor-State Dispute Settlement and the Evolving Role of Non-State Actors in Environmental Regulation
- Judy Stewart (University of Calgary) - The Role and Function of Bridging Organizations in Governance of Regional Social-Ecological Systems
- Prof. Jaye Ellis - Chair
Panel 3: Law through comparative approaches
May 3: 11:00 – 12:30
- John Hursh (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) - The State and the Citizen in North Africa: A Postcolonial Legal History of Morocco, Tunisia, and Sudan
- Michael Leach (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) – The Tyranny of the `Post’ in Post-Conflict Discourse: A Comparative Study of Legal Reconstruction in Afghanistan, East Timor, Kosovo and South Sudan
- Futsum Abbay (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) – National Legal Frameworks for the Protection of Disability Rights and Their Challenges in Implementation in Africa
- Prof Victor Muniz-Fraticelli - Chair
Panel 4: Marginalisation & access to justice
May 3: 14:00 – 15:30
- Juan Pinto (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) - The Duty to Consult and its effects on the Legal Empowerment of Indigenous peoples: A critical perspective on Judicial Activism
- Bradley Alexander (³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ) - No Place in Law: How the Law Dislocates Marginalized Actors From the Places Where They Can Generate Power
- Thomas Harrison (Queens University) - Access to Justice vs. Access to the Justice System
- Prof Evan Fox-Decent - Chair
Keynote Speech: The "Public Conscience" of the Law
May 3: 15:45 – 17:00
- David Dyzenhaus (U. Toronto) - The "Public Conscience" of Law
Closing Remarks
May 3: 17:15 – 17:30