Constitutional Law

DOES DEFERENCE PROMOTE PRINCIPLED DYNAMIC INTERPRETATIONS OF STATUTES?

Mark Laurence Humphèry (Columbia University; University of New South Wales)

   Session scheduled for Saturday, 5 June 2010, 8:00 to 9:30 (UTC time)

NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF SOCIAL RIGHTS IN AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONS AND DIFFERENCES WITH EUROPEAN CONSTITUTIONALISM

Albert Noguera Fernández (University of Extremadura)

Media Narratives in Times of Turmoil: Depictions of Minorities in Canada Post 9/11

Omar Ha-Redeye (UWO) , Daniel Simard (Osgoode Hall)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 0:00 to 1:30 (UTC time)

Comparative Constitutional Law in the Courts: Reflections on the Originalists' Objections

Jo Eric Khushal Murkens (London School of Economics and Political Science)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 8:00 to 9:30 (UTC time)

A Modest Experiment in Pedagogy: Lessons on Comparative Constitutional Law

Thomas E. Baker (Florida International University College of Law)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 18:00 to 19:30 (UTC time)

Corporation and Securities Law

The Going Concern Opinion: A Time for a Referendum?

Igor Pustylnick (Swiss Management Center)

Environmental, Health, and Safety Law

Perils of a fragile Planet: Shifting Paradigms and Sensitive Possibilities

Tapan R Mohanty (National Law Institute University)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 12:00 to 13:30 (UTC time)

THE DEBATE ON GENETICALLY MANIPULATED FOOD PRODUCTS

A. Jefferey Miller, J.D., LL.M., Esq. (presently unaffiliated)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 22:00 to 23:30 (UTC time)

Building a New International Investment Law: Proposals of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (in Spanish)

Katia Fach Gomez (Universidad de Zaragoza)

The Impact of Judicial Objective Function on the Enforcement of Environmental Standards

Thomas Blondiau (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 10:00 to 11:30 (UTC time)

Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

Legal consideration of same sex marriages in Uganda; A perception of the Ugandan Legal regimes governing marriage

Patrick K. Muwanguzi (Marketing | Business and Aspirations Group Inc.)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 20:00 to 21:30 (UTC time)

Hand Rule as Basis For Calculating Punitive Damages

Rick Eichmann (FTI Consulting, Inc.)

   Session scheduled for Sunday, 6 June 2010, 14:00 to 15:30 (UTC time)

WHAT CAN BUSINESS DO TO PREVENT CORRUPTION? THE COLOMBIAN CASE

Gustavo Yepes (Universidad Externado)

   Session scheduled for Saturday, 5 June 2010, 14:00 to 15:30 (UTC time)

International Law

RISK ASSESSMENT UNDER WTO LAW: WORKABLE REQUIREMENT OR PROBATIO DIABOLICA?

Alberto Alemanno (HEC Paris)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 12:00 to 13:30 (UTC time)

LITIGATION OR ARBITRATION? FORUM SELECTION AND ARBITRATION CLAUSES AND THE PROSPECTS FOR ADJUDICATING INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CLAIMS IN CANADA

Antonin I. Pribetic (Steinberg Morton Hope & Israel LLP)

   Session scheduled for Saturday, 5 June 2010, 18:00 to 19:30 (UTC time)

Corporate Governance Systems and Firm Value: Empirical Evidence from Japan’s Natural Experiment

Robert Eberhart (Stanford University)

   Session scheduled for Sunday, 6 June 2010, 18:00 to 19:30 (UTC time)

ICSID Jurisdictional Issues: Problems, Solutions and Recommendations for a Better Understanding in International Commercial Relations

Ignacio D'Alessio (Universidad de Buenos Aires)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 18:00 to 19:30 (UTC time)

Treaty Enforcement by Brazilian Courts: Reconciling Myths and Ambivalences?

Lucas Lixinski (European University Institute) , Claudia Lima Marques (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul)

   Session scheduled for Sunday, 6 June 2010, 22:00 to 23:30 (UTC time)

Discussion on China’s Antimonopoly Law Enforcement Principles for Concentrations of Undertakings in the Special Industries

Meng Yanbei (Law School of Renmin University of China)

   Session scheduled for Saturday, 5 June 2010, 2:00 to 3:30 (UTC time)

Fragmentation of International Law: Framing the Debate

Heko Scheltema (European University Institute)

   Session scheduled for Sunday, 6 June 2010, 14:00 to 15:30 (UTC time)

National Security – A Trump Card? The European Court of Human Rights Decisions in Herri Batasuna and Batasuna v. Spain, Etxeberría and Others v. Spain and Herritarren Zerrenda v. Spain

Jernej Letnar Cernic (European University Institute)

   Session scheduled for Sunday, 6 June 2010, 22:00 to 23:30 (UTC time)

The Freedom of Navigation in International Law and the Utility of International Society Discourse

Nkeiru Joe (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 8:00 to 9:30 (UTC time)

Currency of Love: Customary International Law and the Battle for Same-Sex Marriage in the United States

Sonia Bychkov Green (John Marshall Law School, Chicago)

Litigation Process

DO HIGHER DEFENDANT REVERSAL RATES IMPLY APPELLATE COURT PLAINTIPHOBIA?

Bharat Bhole (Rochester Institute of Technology) , Bríd Gleeson Hanna (Rochester Institute of Technology)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 16:00 to 17:30 (UTC time)

DISPARATE IMPACT: RELEVANT NUMBERS AND POPULATIONS

Charles Cowan (Analytic Focus LLC)

Multidistrict Litigation: A Surprising Bonus for Pro Se Plaintiffs and a Possible Boon for Consumers

Danielle D'Onfro (Harvard Law School)

Property Law

From the Moral Contract - and the Doctrine of Economic Justice - to the Social Contract. Is the Legal Contract Next?

Carmine Gorga (The Somist Institute)

   Session scheduled for Saturday, 5 June 2010, 14:00 to 15:30 (UTC time)

Is the Right to Exclude Fundamental to Property?

Brian Sawers (Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law)

   Session scheduled for Sunday, 6 June 2010, 18:00 to 19:30 (UTC time)

Freedom, Ownership and Copyright: Why Does Kant Reject the Concept of Intellectual Property?

Maria Chiara Pievatolo (Universitá di Pisa)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 14:00 to 15:30 (UTC time)

Tort Law and Product Liability

The Limits of Formal Economics in Tort Law: The Puzzle of Negligence

Shawn J Bayern (Florida State University College of Law)

   Session scheduled for Saturday, 5 June 2010, 0:00 to 1:30 (UTC time)

On Partners' Unilimited Liability and Shareholders' Limited Liability

Carlo Angelici (Università di Roma la sapienza)

Admissibility of Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario Reports

Omar Ha-Redeye (UWO)

   Session scheduled for Friday, 4 June 2010, 12:00 to 13:30 (UTC time)