Law, Religion, Culture: An Interdisciplinary Symposium

Session 1 (10.25 - 11.55):

1. Professor Anthony Bradney (Keele University, UK): 'Law and Faith in a Secular Society'.

2. Russell Sandberg (Cardiff University, UK): 'Defining 'Religion': A Socio-Legal Approach'.

3. Suhraiya Jivraj (University of Kent, UK): 'Interrogating judicial constructions of 'religion' and 'belonging' in English adoption cases'.

4. Sharon Hanson (Canterbury University, UK): 'The religious dimensions of English law.'

Session 2 (12.25 - 13:15):

1. Fortune Ihua-Maduenyi (Leicester University, UK): 'Cultural influences on the implementation of International Human Rights Law: A multicultural perspective'.

2. Alison Mawhinney (Queen's University, Belfast, UK): 'EU and international human rights approaches to religious discrimination: the case of teacher employment in Ireland'.

Session 3 (14.15 - 15:45):

1. Edward Phillips (University of Greenwich, UK): 'Freedom of Religion and Cultural Mores in Islam: A Malaysian Case Study'.

2. Jessica Carlisle (Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World, Leiden): 'Marriage and Sexuality in the Damascus Shari'a Court: Normative Claims, Religious Justifications and State License'.

3. Kaveri Sharma (London Metropolitan University, UK): 'Legality of Muslim Marriages and Divorces in Britain'.

4. Samia Bano (Reading University, UK), 'Muslim Religious Practice and the Doctrine of Secularism'.

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Session 4 (16.00 - 17.10):

1. Annapurna Waughray (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK): 'The 'Hindu Caste System' and Caste Discrimination: the Challenge for Human Rights Law'.

2. Peter Yeoh (Wolverhampton University): 'The Cultural Dimensions of Corporate Governance'.

3. Nuno Ferreira, (Manchester University, UK): 'Freedom of religion and belief, dress codes, and private law'.