IALT Annual Conference, 2005
Date: 18th March, 2005
Programme of Events
Friday 18th March Letterkenny Institute of Technology
17.00 Registration
18.00 Opening Address
Justice Susan Denham
Senior Ordinary Judge of the Supreme Court
Law and the New Technology
19.00 Reception
Sponsored by LexisNexis
19.30 Dinner for Delegates
Sponsored by Tottel Publishing
Saturday 19th March Letterkenny Institute of Technology
9.30 – Sessions One
Panel 1 Criminal Law
Chair:
Sean Quinn, Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Codification of Criminal Law – The problem of the General Part
Jennifer Schweppe, University of Limerick
The codificiation of the law on Homicide and the problem of domestic Homicide
Geoffrey Shannon, Law Society of Ireland
Children Act 2001
Panel 2 Intellectual Property
Chair: Fergus Ryan, Dublin Institute of Technology
Maire Ni Shuilleabhain, University College Dublin
Trade Mark Law: Responding to new challenges
Anthony Quinn, Law Library
Europe, Intellectual Property and Public Lending Rights
11.00- Tea / Coffee
11.30 – Sessions Two
Panel 1 New Ireland One
Chair: Sean Quinn, Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Professor Christine Bell, University of Ulster Magee
Uniting Ireland: Legal practicalities, options and visions
Professor Colm Campbell, Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster Jordanstown
Where is transitional justice going?
Professor Colin Harvey, Queens University of Belfast
Rights as agents for change ? Assessing the promotion and protection of human rights in Northern Ireland.
Panel 2 Law Teaching
Chair: John Andy Bonar, Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Vera Bermingham Kingston University
Law Teaching: Coursework Assessment in Legal Education: the UK Experience.
Professor Michael Bryce, University of Detroit
Law Teaching and Mentoring
Open discussion on Law Teaching,
With reference to Legal Education Post 30/9/05
“Until the establishment of a Legal Services Commission, both the Law Society and King’s Inns should issue detailed criteria for professional educational standards so as to allow other providers to enter the market.”
13.00 – Lunch
14.00 - Guest Speaker
Judge Aindrias O Caoimh
Court of Justice of the European Communities
“The judicial architecture of the European Court of Justice: Implementing the Treaty of Nice and reacting to Enlargement”
15.00 – Annual General Meeting of Association
15.30 Recreational Activity
Bus Trip to Malin Head most northerly point in Ireland
With stops at Grianan of Aileach, Fahan Cross, O’Doherty’s Keep, Buncrana, Donagh’s Cross, Carndonagh.
19.30 Reception
Sponsored by LexisNexis
20.00 Annual Dinner in Mount Errigal Hotel
Sponsored by Thomson Round Hall
Sunday 20th March Mount Errigal Hotel
9.30 – Sessions Three
Panel 1 Europe
Chair: Judge Aindrias O Caoimh
Dr. Blanaid Clarke, University College Dublin
The impact of the EU on Irish Corporate Governance Law
Marc McDonald, Dublin Institute of Technology
The Distance Selling Directive - Does it or doesn’t it apply to Tourism?
Lesley A.Walter, Cork Institute of Technology, University College Cork
Regulating the Digital Hub: A Critical Assessment of Ireland’s E-Commerce Law
Panel 2 Competition / Judicial Interpretation
Chair: Geoffrey Shannon, Law Society of Ireland
Mary Catherine Lucey, University College Dublin
“Exploring whether professionals are ‘undertakings’ in Irish Competition Law”
Dr. Fergus Ryan, Dublin Institute of Technology
Gender, Law and Language: New Frontiers in Judicial Interpretation
11.00 Tea / Coffee
11. 30 Session Four
Panel 1 New Ireland Two
Chair: Sean Quinn, Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Professor Michael P. Malloy, University of the Pacific – McGeorge
Development Law and Policy and the New Ireland
Professor David L. Gregory, St. John’s University
Comparative Fair Employment Law and the Plight of Minority Workers: Federalism Lessons for/from the EU, Ireland, and the US
Estelle Feldman, Portobello College and Trinity College Dublin
Is Sir Humphrey more at home in Belfast or in Dublin? Comparing Freedom of Information legislation.”
13.00 – Lunch
Sponsored by Tottel Publishing
Sponsoreship is acknowledged by
Cavendish Publishing
Oxford University Press
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