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Cambridge Doctoral Symposium on Legal Theory - Programme Outline

The outline programme for the inaugural Cambridge Doctoral Symposium on Legal Theory in Practice which will be held mainly at the Lauterpacht Centre from 13th - 15th of April 2011 is below. The Symposium will examine the idea of 'fragmentation' in the law.  Further details on the symposium will be released shortly. Inquiries should be directed to the organizing committee at cambridgesymposium@gmail.com.

Symposium Speakers »

Wednesday 13th April 2011

Welcome Reception hosted by Cambridge University Press

18:00 - 19:30 | Cambridge University Press Bookshop

The Symposium's Welcome Reception is supported by Cambridge University Press and will be held at the Cambridge University Press Bookshop, located at 1 Trinity Street Cambridge (next to Great St Mary's Church in the City Centre). 
 


Thursday 14th April 2011

Opening Registration

09:00 | Lauterpacht Centre for International Law

Registration opens in the Old Library at the Lauterpacht Centre, 5 Cranmer Road, with tea and coffee available.



Keynote Paper

10:00 | Finley Library, Lauterpacht Centre

Dr Guglielmo Verdirame

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Title to be confirmed



Panel 1 : Fragmentation in International Law

11:00 | Moderated by  Tiina Pajuste 

Veronika Bílková

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Sign of Decadence or Sign of Maturity? The Fragmentation of the Doctrine of International Law

Elena Cooper

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Photographic Copyright and International Fragmentation: 1880-1911


13:00 LUNCH | Old Library



Panel 2 : Corporate Law and Intellectual Property

14:00 | Moderated by John Valley

Mieke Olaerts

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Fragmentation and the Future of Company Groups and Global Networks

Younsik Kim

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Partial Autonomy of International Investment Law in Practical and Theoretical Aspects


15:30 - COFFEE BREAK



Panel 3 : Socio-Economic Well-Being

 16:00 | Moderated by Chris Thomas

Dr Rebecca Bates

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The Right to Water : Can a Fragmented Approach Achieve Universal Outcomes?

Anastasia Tataryn

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The Ideal Worker : How to Consider Domestic Labour Law Through the Precarious Migrant Labourer and Globalised Economic System?



Symposium Dinner
 

19:00 The Symposium's formal dinner will be held at Sidney Sussex College.


Friday 15th April 2011

09:30 - Morning Tea & Coffee | Old Library

Panel 4 : General Legal Theory

10:00 | Moderated by Alistair Price

Adryan Toth

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Law in Three Dimensions : Ameliorating Fragmentation between Positive Law, Natural Law and Pragmatist Theories

Paolo Sandro

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The Fragmented Paradigm of "Global Law" : A Critical Reappraisal


12:00 - LUNCH | Old Library



Panel 5 : Human Rights and the Role of the State

13:00 | Moderated by Kate Purcell

Ernesto Aguinaga &
Godofredo Torreblanca

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An Heterodox Approach to the Fragmentation of International Law and the Case of the Interplay of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights : Can Water and Oil be "Harmonized"?

Giriraj Subramanium

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Humboldt in a Brave New World

Annika Jones

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Fragmentation in the Interpretation of International Criminal Law, Judicial Cross-Referencing and the Adequacy of the ICC's Rules of Interpretation


15:00 - COFFEE BREAK



Symposium Summing Up and Closing

15:30  | Finley Library


 

Useful information:

 

About the Symposium

 

Programme

 

Registration

 

Speakers

 

Getting to the Centre

 

University Map

 

Email organisers

 

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