Agenda

Thursday, October 26

6:30 pm Dinner (to be arranged)

Friday, October 27

All sessions, lunches, and breaks will be held in the Manning Faculty Lounge (2nd floor of the old Law School Building)

8:00 am – 8:45 am Continental Breakfast

8:45 am – 9:00 am Welcome and Opening Remarks

Conference conveners: Lawrence M. Friedman and Eric Feldman

9:00 am – 10:15 am Session One

Moderator: Stewart Macaulay

Discussion of: Lying about God (and Love?) to Get Laid: The Case Study of Criminalizing Sex        under Religious False Pretense in Hong Kong, Jianlin Chen

Comments by: Mavis Maclean and Rogelio Perez-Perdomo

10:15 am – 10:30 am Break

10:30 am – 11:45 am Session Two

Moderator: Helen Irving

Discussion of: Everywhere and Nowhere: International Law’s Partial Recognition of the                Corporation, Andrew Sanger

Comments by: Jacques de Lisle and Kjell Modeer

11:45 am – 1:00 pm Session Three

Moderator: Anupam Chander

Discussion of: Mos Deometricus and the Common Law Mind: Interrogating Contract Theory,    Shivprasad Swaminathan

Comments by: Stewart Macaulay and Shyam Balganesh

1:00 pm – 1:50 pm Lunch

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Session Four

Moderator: Manuel Gomez

Discussion of: The Ritualisation of Eastern European Jewish Headwear: A Case Study in Law and                Culture, Levi Cooper

Comments by: Mavis Maclean and Rabia Belt

3:15 pm – 4:30 pm Session Five

Moderator: William Bratton

Discussion of: TWAILing the Minimum Core Concept: Re-thinking the Minimum Core of                 Economic and Social Rights in the Third World, Caroline Lichuma

Comments by: Helen Irving and Manuel Gomez

4:30 pm – 4:45 pm Break

4:45 pm – 6:00 pm Session Six

Moderator: Mavis Maclean

Discussion of: Political Backlash in Comparative Perspective, Scott Stephenson

Comments by: Anupam Chander and Shyam Balganesh

7:00 pm Dinner (to be arranged)

Saturday, October 28

8:00 am – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:45 am Session Seven

Moderator: Rogelio Perez-Perdomo

Discussion of: Controlling Shareholders and Fiduciary Duties in Common Law Asia, Ernest Lim

Comments by: Gillian Hadfield and William Bratton

9:45 am – 10:00 am Break

10:15 am – 11:30 am Session Eight

Moderator: Shyam Balganesh

Discussion of: The Rising Cost of Twin Peaks for South Africa: the Financial Sector, Silindile          Buthelezi

Comments by: Manuel Gomez and Anupam Chander

11:30 am – 12:45 pm Session Nine

Moderator: Jacques de Lisle

Discussion of: Separation of Powers: the Minimal View, Francisco Urbina

Comments by: Kjell Modeer and Helen Irving

12:45 am – 1:30 pm Lunch

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Session Ten

Moderator: Lisa Ouellette

Discussion of: Who Should Respond to Catastrophes? An Analysis of Alternative Compensation                 Mechanisms for Victims of the Earthquake in Chile on February 27, 2010, Ignacio Rios Erazo

Comments by: Gillian Hadfield and Deborah Hensler

2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Closing Remarks

General Discussion and Suggestions