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Conference on Private Law and the Many Cultures of Europe
August, 27th to 29th, 2006
Venue: Main building of the University of Helsinki
Programme
Sunday, August 27
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Arrival |
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| 16- |
Registration, University Main Building, Small Hall, 4th floor |
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| 18-19 |
Opening ceremony, Small Hall |
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Key note lecture: |
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- Teija Tiilikainen, University of Helsinki: United in Diversity
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| 19-21 |
Reception offered by the Rector of the University of Helsinki, Teachers' Lounge |
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Monday, August 28
| 9-11.30 |
Plenary Session: The Multiculturalism of Europe and Differences in Legal Thinking |
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Key note lectures: |
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- Kaarlo Tuori, University of Helsinki: Legal Culture and Its relationship to Societal Culture
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- Ruth Sefton-Green, Paris I: Differences Between Common Law and Continental Law and Their Cultural/Societal Basis
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- Jan Smits, University of Maastricht: Multiculturalism in Europe: Overcoming National Legal Culture
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| 11.30-12.30 |
Working Group Parallel Sessions |
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Session A: New Contract Law |
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- Jacobien Rutgers, University of Amsterdam: Systems of Capitalism and European Contract Law
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- Helena Haapio, Lexpert Ltd: An Ounce of Prevention… Proactive Legal Care for Cross-Border Contracting Success
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Session B: Security Rights |
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- Hans Fredrik Marthinussen, University of Bergen : Protection of Mortgagor Against Double Payment – Dogmatic Mortgage Constructions and Consumer Protection in Relation to Mortgage Credit
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- Teemu Juutilainen, University of Helsinki: Security Rights and the Lack of Priority Debate: How to Proceed with Choice of Law and Harmonisation?
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| 12.30-13.30 |
Lunch, Teachers' Lounge |
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| 13.30-15 |
Working Group Parallel Sessions |
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Session A: Harmonisation of Private Law |
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- Lorenz Kähler, University of Göttingen: Conflict and Compromise in the Harmonization of European Law
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- Martin Doris, European University Institute; Sandra Marco Colino, University of Glasgow: The Creation of an 'EU-ropean' Identity through Legal Harmonisation and its Implications for National Cultures
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- Leone Niglia, University of Aberdeen: On Pluralism of Private Law in Europe: Legal or Political?
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Session B: Language and Law |
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- Elina Paunio, University of Helsinki: Tower of Babel and the Methods of Interpretation of the European Court of Justice – Implications for the Equality of Languages and Legal Certainty
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- Miklós Király, Eötvös Loránd University: Languages and Cross-border Civil Proceedings in Europe. An Assessment of the Case Law of the European Court of Justice
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- Susanna Lindroos-Hovinheimo, University of Helsinki: Law, Language And The Social: On The Indeterminacy Of Legal Translation
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| 15-15.30 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15.30-18 |
Plenary Session: Social Norms and Legal Norms |
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Key note lectures: |
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- Giuditta Cordero Moss, University of Oslo : Harmonised Contract Clauses in Different Business Cultures
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- Thomas Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki: The European Average Consumer – A Legal Fiction?
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- Udo Reifner, University of Hamburg: "Rent a slave, a home or money" - Social Contracts in the Credit Society
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| 19-21 |
Reception offered by the Ministry of Justice, Government Banquet Hall Smolna |
Tuesday, August 29
| 9-11 |
Plenary Session: Various Conceptions of Social Justice and Private Law |
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Key note lectures: |
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- Hugh Collins, London School of Economics : Does Social Justice Require Diversity in Laws in Europe?
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- Brigitta Lurger, University of Graz : The Common Frame of Reference/ Optional Code and Various Understandings of Social Justice in Europe
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| 11-12 |
Working Group Parallel Sessions |
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Session A: Social Justice in Law |
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- Alessandro Somma, University of Ferrara: The Different Conceptions of Social Justice and Private Law from the Point of View of Non-European Countries
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- Cees Van Dam, British Institute of International and Comparative Law: Social Justice in European Tort Law
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Session B: Consumer Law I |
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- Klaus Viitanen, University of Helsinki: The New Framework Directive and Marketing Targeted at Minors
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- Peter Rott, University of Bremen: Effective Enforcement and Different Enforcement Cultures in Europe
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| 12-13.15 |
Lunch, Teachers' Lounge |
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| 13.15-15 |
Working Group Parallel Sessions |
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Session A: Culture and Society |
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- Elisabetta Bergamini, Università di Udine; Chris Willett, De Montfort University: Mapping the Relationship Between European Private Law and National Legal Culture
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- Rafal Manko, University of Amsterdam: Is the Socialist Legal Family ‘Dead and Buried’? The Continuity of the Socialist Legal Tradition in Contemporary Polish Culture of Private Law
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- Attila Menyhárd, Eötvös Loránd University: Contract Law in a Changing Society – Hungarian Experiences
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- Anat Scolnicov, University of Cambridge: Multi-religious Societies and
State Legal Systems: Religious Marriages, the State and Implications for Human Rights
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Session B: The Australian Perspective/Consumer Law II |
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- Barbara Ann Hocking, Queensland University of Technology; Scott Guy, University of Queensland: Private Law and the Many Cultures of Australia: A Case Study in Private Law's Shortcomings?
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- Klaus Tonner, University of Rostock: A Chance for Minimum Harmonisation in the Future of European Law
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- Johan Bärlund, University of Helsinki: The Regulation of Comparative Advertising and Cultural Variations
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| 15-15.30 |
Social Justice Group Planning Session |
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| 15.30-16 |
Closing Session: The Way Forward |
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