Program

20 April

Panel 1  Human Rights Chair: Stefano Bertea

9.15 – 9.30 – Welcome and Introduction Luigi Foffani – (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

9.30 – 10.10 – Tracey Elliott (University of Leicester): “Liability for failure to disclose disease to close relatives”

10.10 – 10.50 – Vincenzo Pacillo (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “Religious fundamentalism, secular democracy and rule of law: the role of the legislator beyond criminal prosecution”

Coffee break

11.10 – 11.50 Serena Vantin (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “Conceptions of Autonomy and Vulnerable Subjects: Law, Morality and Normative Discourse”

11.50 – 12.30 – Alessandro Di Rosa (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “Constitutional State and "Meta-law": The Legalization of Politics”

12.30 – 13.10 – Joe Wills (University of Leicester): “Killing Animals and the Harm Principle”

Panel 2 Criminal Law and Justice Chair: Luigi Foffani

14.10 – 14.50 – Massimo Donini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “An Impossible Exchange? Difficulties of Comparison in Criminal Law”

14.50 – 15.30 – Sally Kyd (University of Leicester): “Driving offences and penalties relating to causing death or serious injury”

Coffee break

16.00 – 16.40 - Francesco Diamanti (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “The right deed for the wrong reason. The problem of unknown justification”

16.40 – 17.20 – Roxanna Dehaghani  (University of Leicester): “'Conceptualising practitioners and institutions as ‘vulnerable’: examining Fineman’s vulnerability thesis in the context of the criminal justice system”

17.20 – 18.00 – Omar Madhloom (de Montfort University): “Sex by Deception: A Kantian approach for protecting sexual choice”

21 April

Panel 3: European and International Law Chair: Marco Gestri

9.20  – 10.00 – Rufat Babayev, (University of Leicester): “EU citizenship and associated welfare rights in the pre- and post-Brexit political and legal environment”

10.00 – 10.40 – Federico Casolari (University of Bologna): “The EU experimental governance in the migration domain. The hotspot approach”

Coffee break

11.00 – 11.40 – Kate Wilkinson Cross (de Montfort University): “Critiquing the Ideologies that Inform the Development of International Environmental Law”

11.40 – 12.20 – Eki Omorogbe (University of Leicester): “Crisis in international criminal law in Africa and the African Criminal Court”

12.20 – 13.00 – Laura-Stella Enonchong (de Montfort University): “‘Mental Disability and the Right to Personal Liberty under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Time for reconsideration”

Panel 4: Current Issues in Legal Scholarship Chair: Cecilia Fregni

14.30 – 15.15 – Alberto Tampieri  (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “Another referendum...(on Labour Legislation)”

15.15 – 16.00 - Ivan Stafford (de Montfort University): “So Who’s Driving this Thing? An examination of the state of English law and its approach to autonomous vehicle technology’”

Coffee break

16.30 – 17.15 – Stelios Andreadakis (University of Leicester): ““Whistleblower Protection in the 21 st Century: It’s all about the Culture, Stupid!”

17.15 – 18.00 – Alessandro Guccione (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “The Mutualisation of the Risk of Banking Crisis within the European Union: The Single Resolution Fund”

18.15 – 18.30 – Francesco Belvisi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) – “Conclusions”