Keynote Speaker: Sir Arnold K. Amet

Current Minister for Justice and Attorney General of Papua New Guinea. Previously served in Papua New Guinea as Chief Justice, Governor of Madang Province and Judge of the National and Supreme Courts. Also held positions as a State Attorney and Public Solicitor of Papua New Guinea, as well as Legal Officer and Secretary of Air Niugini and the National Airline Commission.

Schedule

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2011
Friday, April 1st
9:00 AM

Morning Session

Regimus Chibueze, Golden Gate University School of Law

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Introduction

Christian N. Okeke, Golden Gate University School of Law

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Terrorism and International Law: Cure the Underlying Problem, Not Just the Symptom

Arnold K. Amet

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
10:15 AM

Conference Report: Harmony and Dissonance in International Law

Christian N. Okeke, Golden Gate University School of Law

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
10:45 AM

Making Peace with the Past: Federal Republic of Germany’s Accountability for WWII Massacres before the Italian Supreme Court

Benedetta Faedi Duramy, Golden Gate University School of Law

10:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Harmony and Dissonance Among International Tax Regimes

Nancy Yonge, Golden Gate University School of Law

10:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Research Freedom for University Scholars

Mark Perry, University of Western Ontario

10:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Dissonance in International Law: The Increasing Tension between International Humanitarian Law and State Sovereignty

Warren Small, Golden Gate University School of Law

10:45 AM - 1:00 PM

Non-Majoritarian Difficulty Squared

Hubert Smekal, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

10:45 AM - 1:00 PM
2:00 PM

Alternative Dispute Resolution as a Catalyst for the Promotion of Harmony in International Law: Myth or Reality?

Rabiatu I. Danpullo-Hamisu, University of Yaoundé II, Soa – Cameroon

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Fitting Square Pegs Into Round Holes – The Vexed Question of Harmonizing International Legal Regulation of Traditional Cultural Expressions Under Intellectual Property Law

Gertrude Araba Esaaba Torkornoo

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

“International (In)Justice: Six Decades After, Have We Progressed Significantly since Nuremberg ?”

John G. Rodden, University of Texas at Austin and University of Pecs (Hungary)

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

An Issue of Invocability of Provisions of the WTO Covered Agreements before Domestic Courts

Ramesh Karky, University of Western Ontario

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Do We Need a European Civil Code?

David Schmid

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Coal-Fired China: Rethink the Precautionary Principle

Shufan Sung

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM