IALT Annual Conference 2006
IALT Annual Conference 2006
Friday 7th April, 2006
Maryborough House Hotel, Douglas, Cork
Programme of Events*
Friday 7th April
17.00 Registration
18.00 Opening Address*
19.30 Supper for Delegates Sponsored by LexisNexis
Saturday 8th April
9.30 – 11.00 Sessions One
Panel A Chair Pat O’Leary
Criminal Law
Karen Brennan, University College Dublin
The continued relevance of the Infanticide Act, 1949
T. J. McIntyre, University College Dublin
Recent developments in surveillance and the law in Ireland
Sean E Quinn, Letterkenny Institute of Technology
What are the Common Law Offences in Ireland?
Panel B Chair Geoff Shannon
Equality Issues and Human Rights
Dr. Neil Maddox, Lecturer in Law, Dublin Institute of Technology
‘Legal Challenges to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission:
The Right to March, Judicial Review and the ECHR.’
Dr. Fergus Ryan, Dublin Institute of Technology
Defamation, Discretion and the Politics of “Outing”
Siobhan Cullen, Lettterkenny Institue of Technology
Cohabitees: The Case for Legal Recognition
Panel C
Changing Law
Dr. Catherine Donnelly, Wadham College, Oxford
Governance in the Changing Ireland and the Law’s Response
Thomas Mohr, University College Dublin
‘The Foundations of Irish Extra-Territorial Legislation’
Alvin Stauber, Florida State University
Commercial Courts: A 21st Century Necessity?
11.00- 11.30 Tea / Coffee
11.30 – 1.00 Sessions Two
Panel D Legal Education One Chair Vera Bermingham
Michael Maguire, University of Southern Queensland
Using Humour in Teaching Law – Using Technology across Borders
Larry Donnelly, NUI Galway
Clinical Legal Education Clinical Legal Education: Translating an American Innovation into Irish Practice
Michael Bryce, University of Detroit Mercy
Ignatian Pedagogy in Legal Education
Panel E Employment Law One Chair Fergus Ryan
James McDermott, University College Dublin
Workers ? Employees or Independent Contractors
Carol Daugherty Rasnic, Griffith College Dublin
Rough waters in the Irish Ferries-go-round industrial dispute
(with some comparisons and contrasts with U.S. federal labour law)
Panel F Law and the Economy
Anna-Louise Hinds and Aoife O’Donoghue, NUI Galway.
Call it what you will, the Doha Development Round at the WTO and Ireland
Michael P. Malloy, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law
Transfer Pricing Principles and Economic Development:
The Tax Man and a Changing Ireland.
William J. Murphy, Pierce Law Concord, New Hampshire
Use of Intellectual Property for Financing and Risk Transfer
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch Sponsored by Round Hall WESTLAW.IE
14.30 Exploration of Cork City (on you own) or
Coach Tour – subject to time
Cobh (The Queenstown Story)
An exhibition in the restored Victorian railway station of the origins, history and legacy of the town formerly called Queenstown. From where convicts were transported to Australia, and later “coffin ships” sailed to America.
Charles Fort (1678) and James Fort (1601)
Built by the English to ward of the Spanish and others from Ireland
Kinsale
A historic and attractive Irish town, scene of the Battle of Kinsale of 1601.
19.30 Reception Sponsored by Cork Institute of Technology
20.00 Annual Dinner Sponsored by Tottel Publishing
Sunday 9th April
9.30 – 11.00 Sessions Three
Panel G Chair Jim Walsh
Legal Education Two
Bruce Carolan, Dublin Institute of Technology
European Learning Outcomes in Law
Marian O’Neill Taplin, Waterford Institute of Technology
The learning outcomes of a modular undergraduate honours legal studies degree
Panel H
Employment Law Two
Niamh Howlin, IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar
Bringing the Horse to Water: Mandatory Recognition of Trade Unions in Ireland
Professor David L. Gregory, St. John’s University Law School
Reflections on Some Comparative Federalism Experiences:
Ireland, the EU, and the US
Panel I
Comparative One
Dr. Jean Allain, Queen’s University of Belfast
Coming of Age in Ireland: Public International Law
Lucien J. Dhooge, Eberhardt School of Business, University of the Pacific
A Comparative Analysis of Punitive Damages in Common Law Legal Systems:
A Case Study from the United States
David Capper, Queen’s University Belfast
TheDemise of the Advocates Immunity
11.00- 11.30 Tea / Coffee
11.30 – 1.00 Sessions Four
Panel J
Landlord and Tenant Law
Cliona Kelly, University College Dublin – IRCHSS Scholar
Termination of a Residential Tenancy on grounds of Hardship
Deirdre McCaffrey, Sligo Institute of Technology
The Residential Tenancies Act, 2004: Towards an understanding of the dispute resolution process
Panel K Privacy Law
Cian C. Murphy, King’s College London
From RSI to National Identity Number: Tracking the Development of the Personal Public Service Number
Caroline Hart, University of Southern Queensland
Smartcard technology and associated privacy issues – a comparison of Australian and Irish perspectives
Ursula Connolly, National University of Ireland Galway
The case for an Irish tort of privacy
Panel L Comparative Two
Dr Anthony Gray, University of Southern Queensland
A comparison of the reception of refugee law and policy into legal systems, in particular that of Australia and Ireland
Mary Catherine Lucey, University College Dublin
Jurisdictional Delimitation of EC Competition Law-Implications of Europeanization for Irish Law
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
End of Conference
Alternative accommodation
www.corkkerry.ie
and
www.eastcorktourism.com
www.IALT.org
At all times up to date information as to the Annual Conference will be placed on the Association Website.
Mid Year Conference 2006
The Mid Year Conference (a one day event) will be held in Dublin most probably on a Saturday in early November.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Association for 2006 will not be held during the Annual Conference but will be held on the day of the Mid-Year Conference.
Continuing Professional Development
Certificates will be issued for CPD purposes where required.
Annual Conference 2007
It is most probable that Annual Conference will be held in Dublin next year.
* Subject to change
Neither the President nor Council of the Irish Association of Law Teachers accepts any liability for any costs incurred by participants at the Annual Conference
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