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Events
Lancaster University
Law SchoolL
Centre For Law & Society
In Association with
The Consumer Law Academic Network
and
The Northern Commercial Lawyers Group
PERSONAL INSOLVENCY LAW:
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
Monday, November 27 2006 (1pm - 5pm)
MR 1 - Institute of Advanced Studies
Lancaster University.
Please register your interest with Eileen Jones e.jones@lancaster.ac.uk by 22nd November
1-00pm - 2.00pm REGISTRATION AND BUFFET LUNCH
2.00 pm WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Professor Geraint Howells, Head of School of Law, Lancaster University.
2.05pm - 2.50pm
“BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR:
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN CHANGING
THE BANKRUPTCY LAW”
Professor Karen Gross, President Southern Vermont College, Professor New York Law School,
2.50pm -3.35 pm
“RESPONSIBLE CREDIT - HOW TO COPE WITH OVERINDEBTEDNESS IN THE EU”
Professor Udo Reifner, Institut fur Finanzdienstleistungen, Hamburg.
3.35- 3.45 pm
COFFEE BREAK
3.45 - 4.30 pm
“CREDITOR RIGHTS IN ENGLISH PERSONAL
INSOLVENCY LAW”
Professor David Milman, School of Law, Lancaster, University
4.30pm - 5.00 pm
OPEN DISCUSSION
Chaired by Professor Geraint Howells, Head of School of Law,
Lancaster University.
Seminar is sponsored by
Centre for Law and Society, Lancaster University
European Coalition for Responsible Credit .
Further details available from Professor David Milman (d.milman@lancaster.ac.uk)
The Future of Consumer Law
Tuesday 26 April 2006
BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW, LONDON
Consumer Law is now a mature area of law. Most jurisdictions have a reasonably well established body of law which falls broadly under this heading. In many European jurisdictions, the evolution of consumer law has been significantly affected by the European Union’s drive to harmonise consumer law with a view to encouraging consumers to make greater use of the internal market. Countries continue to identify new problems affecting consumers and develop responses designed to reduce any potential detriment.
However, is it still possible to identify clear rationales for the adoption of consumer legislation? Is there still a need for a separate body of law called “consumer law”? As consumer issues are increasingly factored into the development of legal frameworks in particular areas of law (such as financial services), do we still have a discrete area of “consumer law”? And if there is, is it possible to identify a shift in the nature of consumer law, e.g., from a purely private-law approach to a regulatory approach?
These are just some of the questions which may have to be asked in order to consider if consumer law has a future, and, assuming that it does, what this future should be. This conference seeks to provide the forum at which the future development of consumer law can be debated.
There will be a mix of plenary sessions and panels. Topics will include:
- The Future and Past of Consumer Law
- Fundamental Rights, Fundamental Freedoms And Fundamental Consumer Rights
- Crime, Punishment And Consumer Protection
- The Future Of Consumer Law – The Perspective From A Small Island State
- Developing Countries’ Perspectives on Consumer Law In The New Millennium
- The Future Of Consumer Law In The United States--As The Civil Justice System goes, So Goes Consumer Law
- Consumers and Services of General Interest
- Consumer Bankruptcy Law And Incentives To Borrow, Default And Seek A Discharge
- Credit Reporting And Credit–Scoring
- Relationships Between Consumer Law And The Civil Law In France
- Adapting Choice Of Law Rules For Electronic Consumer Contracts
Prospective Speakers
Richard Alderman, Susan Block-Lieb, Jean-Sébastien Borghetti, Peter Cartwright, Lorna Gillies, Karen Gross, Nicola Howell, Edward Janger, Paul Edgar Micallef, Hans Micklitz, Rae Nield, Gail Pearson, A.Rajendra Prasad, Jules Stuyck, Iain Ramsay, Peter Rott and Christian Twigg-Flesner.
"Class Actions - the US Experience"
Prof. Deborah Hensler, Stanford University
Date: 12 May 2006
Time: 1430 - 1700
Venue: IAS room MR2-3
This will be followed by "Comments on the English experience of Group Litigation, and on the growing European introduction of class/collective action mechanisms" from Dr Christopher Hodges, Centre for Socio-legal Studies, Oxford University and Prof. Mark Mildred, Nottingham Trent University.
THE CHANGING FACE OF UK CONSUMER LAW
A symposium to mark Deborah Parry’s contribution to Consumer Law scholarship
Deborah Parry is well-known as one of the country’s leading consumer lawyers, having been a member of staff at the University of Hull since 1975. She is co-author of Harvey and Parry, The Law of Fair Trading and Consumer Protection (now published by Oxford University Press), and one of the editors of Butterworth’s Trading and Consumer Law. She has also for many years given seminars to enforcement agencies and traders on consumer law issues. After more than 30 years as a legal scholar, she has decided to retire early from full-time academia.
The Law School at the University of Hull, together with the Consumer Law Academic Network (CLAN), will hold a one-day symposium on consumer law in honour of Deborah Parry’s contribution to consumer law scholarship.
Speakers at this symposium will be:
- Richard Bragg, University of Manchester –The future of Trade Descriptions after the UCPD
- Professor Peter Cartwright, University of Nottingham – The future of criminal sanctions in consumer protection
- Professor Brian Harvey – The Adventures of the Consumer in the Auction Room
- Professor Geraint Howells, University of Lancaster – Product Safety Regulation
- Dr Roland Rowell, Legaleyes Ltd – The oily rag of enforcement
- Dr Christian Twigg-Flesner, University of Hull – EC Consumer Policy and UK law
Date: Tuesday, 11 April 2006
Time: 1100 - 1600
Venue: Conference Room 1, Staff House, The University of Hull
Please contact the Law School (+44 (0)1482 465857) for further information.
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