International Graduate Legal Research Conference

Subject Sessions<

Subject Sessions

We are pleased to announce that the following subject sessions will take place at the first International Graduate Legal Research Conference. Many submissions of an extremely high quality were received, and all reviewers remarked on the difficulty of their task.

Papers will be available here from 24th March 2007. A username and password will be made available to those who are attending the Conference.

1A. Human Rights Chair: Prof. Aileen McColgan	1B. Labour Law Chair: Professor Brian Bercusson
Jyllands-Posten cartoons case: Can a fragile balance between freedom of expression and the rights of others ever be reached? Mirakmal M. Niyazmatov (Notre Dame University) [Read Paper]	The (Un)employment Policy of the European Union Edit Katjar (Univeristy of Pecs) [Read Paper]
Private Encounters and Race Discrimination Legislation: Lessons from Big Brother UK Elimma Ezeani (King's College London) [Read Paper]	The Implementation of the Employment Framework Directive in Germany Stephanie Fehr (University of Manchester) [Read Paper]
The Law of the Ring: Possessory Rights of the One Ring Fiona Marshall (University College Dublin) [Read Paper]	Collective agreements and cross-border undertakings Claes-Mikael Jonsson (Uppsala University) [Read Paper]
Article 1 of the First Protocol to the ECHR: a human right finally coming into its own? Frankie McCarthy (University of Glasgow) [Read Paper]	Flexibility and choice for whom? The Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and the individualisation of the Australian academic employment relationship. Amanda Kennedy (University of New England) [Read Paper]

2A. Criminal Law & Justice Chair: Professor Ben Bowling	2B. Commercial Law with Simmons & Simmons Chair: Professor Eva Lomnicka
Internationalisation of Crime Samah Aga (Inst. of Advanced Legal Studies) [Read Paper]	Dealing with Consumer Claims in E-Commerce Times: A European Perspective Pablo Cortes (University College Cork) [Read Paper]
The Changing Landscape of European Crime Constantina Sampani (Queen Mary's University London) [Read Paper]	Article 4 of the Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Civil and Commercial Obligations: A Fruitful or Fruitless Compromise? Ondrej Vondracek (Charles University, Prague) [Read Paper]
Blackstone’s Ratio: Does the Criminal Justice Act 2003 ‘Rebalance’ the Ratio? Imogen Jones (Manchester University) [Read Paper]	A Comparative Analysis of Mistake of Identity Following Shogun Finance v Hudson Sean Thomas (Manchester University) [Read Paper]
Insular Society Ye Yang (University of Leicester) [Read Paper]	Problems of Perfection, Priority and Publicity: Lessons from America Noel McGrath (University College Dublin) [Read Paper]
Trust, empathy and support: necessary skills for caseworkers in preventing youth crime? Helen Powell (King's College London) [Read Paper]

3A. Constitutional Law & Theory Chair: Dr Alexander Turk	3B. Competition Law with Herbert Smith LLP Chair: Professor Richard Whish Respondant: K. Fountoukakaos
The Constitutional Dimension of European Criminal Law and the Axiom of Effectiveness Ester Herlin-Karnell (University of Oxford) [Read Paper]	Lithuanian Experience In Applying EC Competition Rules: Recent Case Law and Future Policy Considerations Sarunas Keserauskas (King's College London) [Read Paper]
Participative Justice in New Modes of Governance – Join the Fray! (And Take What You Get) Emilia Korkea-aho (University of Helsinki) [Read Paper]	Bid rigging in the EU: Why do the bad guys hide so well? Marcela Maci (Queen Mary University London) [Read Paper]
Judicial control of constitutionality: Critical remarks on the modulation of the temporal effects of the declaration of unconsitutionality regarding the systems of the U.S.A., Germany and Brazil Renata Camilo deOliveira (Humbolt-Universitat zu Berlin) [Read Paper]	The Abuse of Dominant Position in the Romanian Antitrust Law in the light the European and German Antitrust Law – Principles and Perspectives Anca Chirita (University of Saarland) [Read Paper] [Extra Reading]
	The passing-on defence and the indirect purchaser standing in European competition law: a first map and possible options Carlo Petrucci (Manchester University) [Read Paper]

4A. Law in Times of Conflict Chair: Dr Eric Metcalfe (JUSTICE)	4B. Law of the World Trade Organisation Chair: Prof. Piet Eeckhout
Torture in the 21st Century Michelle Farrell (Nat. University of Ireland, Galway) [Read Paper]	Process and Production Methods (PPMs) in GATT law Urszula Stepkowska (University of Saarland) [Read Paper]
Guantanamo Bay - Towards Legality? Fiona de Londras (University College Cork) [Read Paper]	Vietnam’s membership of the WTO: A new experience in the Law and Practise of a Socialist country’s Accession Thi Lan Ahn Tran (University of Leeds) [Read Paper]
Duties at the Border: The Obligations of an Occupying Power Hili Moodrick Even Khen (Hebrew University) [Read Paper]	The Adjudication of Disputes over Environmentally motivated GMO Regulation: which WTO Agreement should Apply? Tammy DeWright (Hamburg University) [Read Paper]
From Private Soldiers to Private Armies: Private Military Companies and the Laws of War Daphné Richmond (Tel-Aviv University) [Read Paper]

5A. International Law Chair: Prof. Gillian Triggs (BIICL)	5B. Environmental Law Chair: Prof. Karen Yeung
Jus Cogens Norms – A Common International Language? Christine Schwobel (King's College London) [Read Paper]	International trade law and the environment: Designing a legal framework to curtail the import of unsustainably produced bio-fuel Stephanie Switzer (University College Dublin) [Read Paper]
The role of global values in the creation of the United Nations Otto Spijkers (Leiden University) [Read Paper]	Legal feasibility of market-based instruments for the climate change impact on aviation Jin Liu (King's College London) [Read Paper]
Prosecution of Genocide in National and International Law Shivon Byamukama (University of Glasgow) [Read Paper]	The Regionalisation of Environmental Criminal Law – The European experience Ricardo Pereira (University of Essex) [Read Paper]
To Whom is International Criminal Law Talking? Paul Clark (Sorbonne) [Read Paper]	The enforcement of EC environmental law and access to justice under Irish planning legislation Phyllis Comerford (University College Cork) [Read Paper]