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PARTICIPATION ONLY WITH PERSONAL INVITATION

The conference is under the patronage of H.E. Ayman Odeh, Minister of Justice, Jordan

Programme

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Opening Remarks

Michael DÄUMER

Regional Representative

Regional Program Near East/ Mediterranean

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Jordan

Kim VAN DER BROGHT

Representative

VUB (Free University of Brussels)

Belgium

Eileen ALMA

Representative

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

Canada

Ghassan FARAMAND

Director

Institute of Law/ Birzeit University

Palestine

First Session: Theoretical Approach in Law and Society

Chair: Edouard Conte

Rapporteur:Mahmood Dodeen

Can Law Learn from Social Science?

Prof. Jürgen BACKHAUS

Becoming Postcolonial: Sovereignty, Law, Community

Stewart MOTHA

Governing Property, Making the Modern State:

Martha MUNDY

Interdisciplinarity as an Answer to Complexity: The Failure of Technical Approaches to Reforms in the Arab World.

Mudar KASSIS

Second Session: Law & Social Structures in the Arab World

Chair:Sherene Razack

Rapporteur:Rawan Bazbazat

Society and The State of Exception: Observations from Syria

Law, Society and Panopticonism: Between Hegemonic Security Theology and Individual’s Survival

Nadera SHALHOUB-KEVORKIAN

The Relationship Between Legal System and Legitimacy in the Arab World

Nathan BROWN

Islamic Family Law: Sociological Approach

Edouard CONTE

Law and Citizenship: Algerian Case

Djamel Eddine ALLIA

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Third Session: Legal Institutions

Chair:Kim Van Der Broght

Rapporteur:Kamal Shafie

Comparative Political Theologies and Implications for the Convening Legalism in Christian and Muslims Majority States

Marinos DIAMANTIDES

Supreme Judicial Council in the Arab World: Is it a prescription for judicial efficiency?

Feras MELHEM

Analysis of Judicial Institutions Applying Religious Family Law: Theoretical and Empirical Approaches/ or The case of sharia field in Israel

Moussa ABOU RAMADAN

The “Society” in the Lebanese Judiciary

Nizar SAGHIEH

Fourth Session: Globalisation, Law and Development

Chair:Martha Mundy

Rapporteur:Wadha Awwad

International Promotion of Rule of Law: Challenges and Tensions

Chandra LEKHA SRIRAM

Development through Statuary Laws? The Unsuccessful Story of the PA Since Oslo

Asem KHALIL

Your Client has a Profile: Race and National Security in Canada After 9/11

Sherene RAZACK

Darfur Dilemma: Citizenship Crisis and Globalization Impact

Amani AL-TAWEEL

Final Session: Law and Economics

Chair:Feras Melhem

Rapporteur:Buthaina Salem

Palestinian Telecom Market and Law

Samer FARES

The Role of the Family Corporation in Palestinian Economy

Khaled TALAMEH

The Phenomenon of Dumping and Its Impact on Competition in Palestine

Yousef SHANDI

Closing Session

Ghassan FARAMAND

Director

Institute of Law/ Birzeit University

Palestine

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Regional Representative

Regional Program Near East/ Mediterranean

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

Jordan