2020 Program - Law Actually: Intimacy and Trust

Day 1 / Jour 1 – 24/09/2020

09:00 Introduction

• Prof. Robert Leckey (Dean, McGill U, Faculty of Law)
• Prof. Andrea Bjorklund (Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), McGill U, Faculty of Law)

09:15 Panel 1: Searching for Empathy in Law / Retrouver l'empathie en droit

Panel 1 registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvcu2pqjssHdLEwbnmXqMiuVn4s53MJ8gU

Moderator / Modératrice: Anne Iavaronne-Turcotte (McGill U)

• Sensitivity and Emotions in Sexual Offences: Revisiting the Evidences and Process of Criminal Justice System under Adversarial System – Meera Mathew & Monika Diwakar (Symbiosis Law School, NOIDA)
• Inverse Integration – Yaron Covo (Columbia U)
• The Temporality of Parental Determination: Bridging the Gap Between the Self and Legal Identification of Same-Sex Couples (A Case Study of Israel) – Noy Naaman (U of Toronto)
• State of betrayal: Individuals, identities and the constitutional vision under the South African Constitution – Jonathan Hunter-Parsonage (U of Bristol)

11:15 Break / Pause

11:30 Keynote Speaker / Conférencière d’honneur

Keynote registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqduitpzMoGt2SJnZ9NkTIVZz_guAwa4VN

Moderator / Modératrice: Prof. Nandini Ramanujam (McGill U)

• “The No-State ‘Solution’: Palestine and the Question of Queer Theory” – Prof. Jasbir K. Puar (Rutgers U)

12:30 Break / Pause

13:30 Panel 2: Me, Myself & I / Le sujet et son intimité

Panel 2 registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUufu2rqDksGNP8rKfI3zOVjlSVvV-Sgl-g

Moderator / Modérateur: Prof. Omar Farahat (McGill U)

• Am I worthy? The case of a white male law student who wants to research into minority rights – Luca Galli (McGill U)
• Queerness and Harm Reduction ‘Underground’: Transgression and Creation of Legal Space in Queer-Friendly Social Spaces – Bradley Por (McGill U)
• The Intimacy of Autobiographical Legal Methodology – Gabriella Jamieson (McGill U)

15:00 Break / Pause

15:15 Panel 3: Families and Children / La juridiciarisation de la sphère familiale

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Moderator / Modératrice: Prof. Shauna Van Praagh (McGill U)

• A Family Affair – Edit Frenyo (McGill U)
• Inheritance Actually – Raphael Rego Ribeiro (U Ottawa / U Federal do Oeste da Bahia)
• La fragilisation du lien de confiance au sein de l’intervention sociale en protection de la jeunesse: Peut-on blâmer le droit ? – Marilyn Coupienne (UQÀM)

17:30 End of day 1 / Fin de la journée 1

Day 2 / Jour 2 – 25/09/2020

08:30 Panel 4: Trusting the Law and Each Other / Une conceptualisation de la confiance en droit

Panel 4 registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcOyrpj8sHta7oUim8h6l3YKBrx66kPn5

Moderator / Modératrice: Prof. Adelle Blackett (McGill U)

• India's People Public-Private Partnership Model: Taking The Trust Leap and Beyond – Malcolm Katrak (Jindal Global Law School)
• The Fiduciary Principle in Indian Data Protection Law: Setting Context for an Emerging Data Protection Framework in India – Sameer Avasarala
• When Intimacy with Employers Becomes an Obstacle in the Emergence of Labor Complaints: Focus on Foreign Household Workers in Taiwan – Tseng, ChienHao (National Taipei U)

10:30 Break / Pause

10:45 Panel 5: Regulating Intimacy and Trust In Economic Relationships / Relations intimes et relations économiques: une régulation par le droit

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Moderator / Modératrice: Alexandra Pasca (McGill U)

• Are Happy Families All Alike? A Turkish Perspective On Corporate Governance In Family Firms – Seda Palanduz (MEF U / Université Galatasaray)
• The Corporation, Corporate Legal Rights and Privacy Law - The Question of the Legal Protection of Privacy in the Corporate Context – Anne-Claire Bernard-Tomasi (U of Westminster)
• Blockchain Technology to Enhance Transparency and Trust – Zhizhen Yu (U of Edinburgh)

12:15 Break / Pause

13:30 Panel 6: Law and Relationships / La dimension sociale du droit

Panel 6 registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwocu6hrT8sGdErmcZxYHrYPFem6PeM81Jw

Moderator / Modérateur: Prof. Lionel Smith (McGill U)

• The Supreme Court of Canada in 2019: Dynamics of a Collegial Court – Sandrine Ampleman-Tremblay & Camille Nadeau (McGill U)
• Trust and (il)legality in the study of cycle-couriers – Michael Thomas Kowalsky (UQÀM)
• Why you shouldn't trust your landlord? Scottish Horror Stories – Shona Warwick (U of Edinburgh)

14:50 Break / Pause

15:00 Panel 7: Trusting The State(s) / État(s): digne(s) de confiance ?

Panel 7 registration: zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlfu6ppzMvGNdcVw9EHzsvG_D10x7G_yDT

Moderator / Modérateur: TBA

• Building Public Trust in Tax Administration: The Silent Role of Policy-Based Legitimate Expectation in Nigeria – Okanga Ogbu Okanga (Dalhousie U)
• From Foes to Partners? The Changing Relationship between Government Purchasers and Private Contractors – Anastasia Konina (U de Montréal)
• Towards a Constructivist Approach to Resolving Trade Disputes in Africa – Oluwaseyi Sanni (Dalhousie U)
• The doctrine of “objective good faith” and the building of trust between governments and taxpayers – Eduardo L. A. Campos (Minas Gerais Federal U)

17:00 End of day 2 / Fin de la journée 2

Day 3 / Jour 3 – 26/09/2020

09:00 Dean Maxwell and Isle Cohen Seminar on International Law (1st session) / Le séminaire en droit international du doyen Maxwell et Isle Cohen (1re session)

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Moderator / Modérateur: Prof. René Provost (McGill U)

• ‘Emotions’ in Refugee Status Determination: A case against the strict objectivity of law – Menaka I Lecamwasam (Independent Researcher) / Discussant: Amy Preston-Samson (McGill U)
• The “Distinctive” Climate Law: Why, What, and How to Teach It – Ling Chen (McGill U) / Discussant: Upasana Dasgupta (McGill U)

10:20 Break / Pause

10:40 Dean Maxwell and Isle Cohen Seminar on International Law (2nd session) / Le séminaire en droit international du doyen Maxwell et Isle Cohen (2e session)

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• L’émergence des intérêts étatiques en Arctique: d’un point de vue constructiviste de droit – Monim Benaissa (U Ottawa) / Discussant: Laura BaronMendoza (McGill U)
• Rethinking The Global Governance of Migrant Domestic Workers: A Heterodoxy Case of Informal Filipina Workers in China – Yiran Zhang (Harvard U) / Discussant: David DesBaillets (UQÀM)

12:00 Break / Pause

13:00 Panel 8: What’s Law Got to Do with It? / Le droit et quoi d'autre?

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Moderator / Modératrice: Prof. Johanne Poirier (McGill U)

• Civil Disobedience Through the Eyes of Canadian Judges – Simon Bouthillier (McGill U)
• Law’s Beauty: (Re)vitalising the Aesthetic Dimension of Legal Discourse – Lucien Carrier (McGill U)
• Life after Liberalism: Central Europe’s New Relationship with Illiberal Democracy – Mirosław M. Sadowski (McGill U)

14:30 Break / Pause

15:30 Panel 9: Law in a Postcolonial Context / Décolonisation du droit ou décolonisation par le droit?

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Moderator / Modératrice: Prof. Vrinda Narain (McGill U)

• An Evaluation of Socioeconomic Rights of the Muslim Yoruba Woman of SouthWestern Nigeria – Tobiloba Awotoye (Lead City U)
• Constructing the Female Identity: A Union of Law and Culture? – Ekpedeme Edem (Carleton U)
• Femmes en résistance face à l’extractivisme. Approches décoloniales et féministes de la recherche – Mélisande Séguin (UQÀM)
• Tricksters, Teachers, and Transformation Wesakechak’s Law and Justice as Equality – David Gill (U of Victoria)

17:30 Closing Remarks / Remarques finales

17:45 End of day 3 / Fin de la journée 3

Thank you et merci!