SEMINAR PROGRAM MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY 2006
Globalisation and the Quest for Social and Environmental
Justice:
The Relevance of International Law in an Evolving World Order
All seminars, except the special evening session, will be held in the Trevor
Martin Moot Court, W3A Level 3 (map)
from 1.00 - 2.00 pm with a light lunch preceding the presentations.
| Date | Presenter/Institution | Title |
Thursday |
Professor Rafiqul Islam Department of Law Macquarie University |
Economic Globalisation
through Trade Liberalisation: Its Effects on Human Rights and Social
Justice |
| Thursday 23 March |
Dr Laura Horn School of Law University of Western Sydney |
Globalisation, Sustainable Development and the Common Concern of Humankind |
| Thursday |
Ms Aroha Te Pareake Mead Victoria Management School Victoria University of Wellington and Visiting Research Fellow Macquarie University |
The Implications for Pacific Indigenous Peoples of the Proposed International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge |
| Thursday |
Professor Michael
Jeffery QC |
Environmental Imperatives in a Globalised World: The Ecological Impact of Liberalising Trade |
| Thursday 18 May |
Mr George Tomossy Department of Law Macquarie University |
Globalisation, Clinical Trials and Developing World Subjects: The (Ir)relevance of International Law |
| Thursday 1 June |
Associate Professor Malcolm Voyce Department of Law Macquarie University |
The Empire Strikes Back: Australian Trade with the European Union and the Conflict over Geographical Indications |
SEMESTER BREAK |
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Thursday |
Professor Kurt Deketelaere |
The Contribution of EU Envionmental Law and Policy to Global Environmental Justice |
| Professor Mona L. Hymel College of Law University of Arizona Visiting Professor Macquarie University |
Globalisation, Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development: The Case of Oil | |
| Associate Professor Hope Ashiabor Department of Business Law Division of Law Macquarie University |
The Impact of Regulatory and Fiscal Policy in Developing a Market for Green Energy in Australia | |
| Thursday 24 August |
Ms Kate Miles Part-Time Lecturer Faculty of Law University of Sydney |
Globalisation and the Transformation of International Law: Collision course or Harmonisation for Foreign Investment and the Environment? |
| Thursday 7 September |
Professor Bryan Horrigan Department of Law Macquarie University |
Invasian of the Body (of Law) Snatchers - Controversial Borrowings from Foreign and International Law in Comparative Anglo-American Constitutionalsim and Corporate Social Responsibility Reform |
| Thursday 5 October |
Dr Samiul Hasan School of Management University of Technology Sydney |
Globalisation, Social Justice and Islam: Contradiction or Coexistence? |
| Thursday 19 October |
Dr Shawkat Alam Centre for Environmental Law Macquarie University |
Globalisation, Trade Liberalisation and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Options for Developing Countries |
| Thursday 2 November |
Dr Jean-Philippe Barde Head, National Policies Division OECD Environment Directorate, Paris Visiting Proressor Macquarie University |
Environmental Taxes in the Context of High Energy Prices |
For information about the seminar series:
| Dr Natalie Klein |
+612 9850 9931; natalie.klein@law.mq.edu.au |
| Dr Shawkat Alam |
+612 9850 8890; shawkat.alam@law.mq.edu.au |
Ms Juliette Overland |
+612 9850 7069; juliette.overland@law.mq.edu.au |