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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 (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) - International Tax Information Exchange Regimes
• Sarah Mountin (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) – Interference with Commercial Communication Satellite Signals: Is It An Armed Attack Under the Law of Armed Conflict?
• Cecilia Pailhassar (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) – 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 – 10:45 

• Virginie Lanceron (Panthéon-Assass) – The Coordination in Public Law
• Kirsten Mikadze (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) - 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 (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) - The State and the Citizen in North Africa: A Postcolonial Legal History of Morocco, Tunisia, and Sudan
• Michael Leach (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) – 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 (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) – 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 (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) - The Duty to Consult and its effects on the Legal Empowerment of Indigenous peoples: A critical perspective on Judicial Activism
• Bradley Alexander (Ï㽶ÊÓƵ) - 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