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IALT Annual Conference 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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