Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 13:52:50 +0100
From: esa <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [Fwd: International Conference Law and Justice in the XXIst Century]

Dear Sir/Madam

The Centro de Estudos Sociais (Centre for Social Studies) of the University of Coimbra shall hold, on the 29th, 30th and 31st of May 2003, at the Auditorium of the Rectory of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), an International Conference subject to the theme “Law and Justice in the XXIst Century”.

You can see the program and the registration form at:
www.ces.fe.uc.pt/direitoXXI

We shall thanks the divulgation of this International Conference.

Yours sincerely

Boaventura de Sousa Santos
Director of the Centro de Estudos Sociais

Program

29th May, Thursday

9.00 Arrival and registration

9.30 Formal Opening Session
Dr. Jorge Sampaio, President of the Portuguese Republic
Dra. Celeste Cardona, Minister of Justice
Dr. Carlos Encarnação, Mayor of the City of Coimbra

10.15 Law and Justice in the XXIst Century
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
(School of Economics of the University of Coimbra)
José Eduardo Faria
(Law School of the University of S. Paulo)
Joaquín Herrera Flores
(Law School of the University Pablo de Olavide - Sevilla)
Yash Ghai
(Law School of the University of Hong Kong)

15.00 Judicial Power, Organization and Modernization of Courts
Jacques Commaille
(Research Director at CNRS- Paris; University of Paris II - Pantheon - Assas)
Mauricio Garcia Villegas
(Law School of the National University of Colombia)
João Trindade
(Director of the Legal and Judiciary Training Centre of Mozambique)

17.15 The New Frontiers of Law and Justices
Ascención Cambrón
(Law School of the University of La Coruña)
Heinz Klüg
(Law School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Gilles Martin
(Law School of the University of Nice)
Carlos Gaviria
(Senator of Colombia; former judge of the Constitutional Court)         
30th May, Friday

9.00 The European Integration: the European Area of Freedom, Justice and Security
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques
(School of Economics of the University of Coimbra)
Francis Snyder
(Centre of International and Community Studies and Researchs of the University of Aix-Marseille III)
Miguel Maduro
(Law School of the New University of Lisbon)

11.15 Global Criminality and Local Insecurity
Dario Melossi
(Law School of the University of Bologna)
Roberto Bergalli
(Law School of the University of Barcelona)
Maria José Morgado
(Portuguese Public Prosecutor)
Augusto Raúl Paulino
(Judge of the Province Court of Maputo - City)

14.30 Access to Law and Justice, Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
Issa G. Shivji
(Law School of the University of Dar-es-Salaam)
José Geraldo de Sousa Júnior
(Law School of the University of Brasilia)
Nina Pacari Vega
(Minister of Foreign Affairs of Equator; Former Member of Equator´s Congress)
José António Pinto Ribeiro
(Lawyer; Justice and Freedom Forum)

17.30 Closing Session
Conference Conclusions
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
(School of Economics of the University of Coimbra)
Closing Conference
Perfecto Andrés Ibáñez
(Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice of Spain)
Formal Closing Session          

Cultural Program
                
31st May, Saturday

9.30    Guided tour to the University of Coimbra
11.30 Guided tour to the Old Cathedral (Sé Velha)
13.00 Lunch at Hotel Astória
16.00 Guided tour to the Monestary of Santa Clara-a-Velha
17.00 Portuguese folk music with Segue-me à Capela
17.30 Closing cocktail at Galeria Bar Santa Clara