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Programme workshop Governance meets Law

Groningen (Het Kasteel), 23-24 June 2011

Thursday, 23 June

9:30 – 9:35 Welcome words: Jan Berend Wezeman

CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY
9:35 – 9:45 Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, Introduction
9:45– 9:55 Dietmar von der Pfordten, Embedding the Relationship between Law and Governance
9:55 – 10:05 Pauline Westerman, Law, Regulation and the Governance Approach
10:05 – 10:15 Kees de Vey Mestdagh, What is Law? From Governance to Government and Back
10:15 – 10:25 Jeanne Mifsud Bonnici, Law and Governance in the Age of Technology
10:25 – 11:10 Comments and discussion

11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 – 11:40 Dietmar von der Pfordten, Specifying the Relationship between Law and Governance

GOVERNANCE AS LAW
11:40 – 11:50 Marc Hertogh, Non-State Law
11:50 – 12:00 Herman Bröring, Soft Law in the Public Administration
12:00 – 12:10 Kees de Vey Mestdagh, Internet Governance
12:10 – 13:00 Comments and discussion

13:00 – 14:20 Lunch

GOVERNANCE IN THE LAW
14:20 – 14:30 Tobias Nowak, The Rise and Fall of Private Self-Regulation as a New Mode of Governance in the EU
14:30 – 14:40 Nicolle Zeegers, Devolved Regulation as Two-Stage Rocket to Public Acceptance
14:40 – 14:50 Gijs Vonk, Civil Society’s Governance of Public Interests
14:50 – 15:00 Heinrich Winter, Public Regulatory Enforcement Agencies and the Effects of their Inspections
15:00 – 15:40 Comments and discussion

15:40 – 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 – 16:10 Herman Voogsgeerd/Wijnand Zondag, The Role of Private Regulation in Interpreting and Creating Labour Law
16:10 – 16:20 Jan Nijboer/Berend Keulen/Hanny Elzinga/Nico Kwakman, Expert Registers in Criminal Cases. Governance in Criminal Proceedings
16:20 – 16:30 Leon Verstappen, Public-Private Governance of the Notary Profession
16:30 – 17:00 Comments and discussion

17:00 – 18:00 Presentation of the book “EU Law of the Overseas” (ed. by Dimitry Kochenov)

18:00 – 19:00 Reception

Friday, 24 June
9:30 – 9:35 Welcome words

GOVERNANCE THROUGH LAW
9:35 – 9:45 Bart Krans, European law and Dutch Civil Procedure Law
9:45 – 9:55 Laurence Gormley/Matthijs van Wolferen, Public Interests Litigation at European level
9:55 – 10:05 Suzanne Comtois, On Deference, Judicial Review and Governance
10:05 – 10:15 Joep Hubben/Jo Dorscheidt, Public Supervision in Health Care and Good Governance
10:15 – 10:25 Irene Burgers, Taxation and Good Governance
10:25 – 11:00 Comments and discussion

11:00 – 11:20 Coffee break

11:20 – 11:30 Francesco Giglio, Public Values in the Law of Damages: Recent
Developments in the English Common Law
11:30 – 11:40 Mark Wissink, Better Governance of Contract Law through a European Optional Instrument
11:40 – 11:50 Mauro Zamboni, Dis-incorporating Corporate Social Responsibility
11:50 – 12:00 Dick Lubach, Construction law as an Example of Interaction between Law and Governance
12:00 – 12:40 Comments and discussion

12:40 – 14:00 Lunch

GOVERNANCE AGAINST THE LAW
14:00 – 14:10 Gerhard Hoogers, Unwritten Customary Rules against the Constitution
14:10 – 14:20 Hanri Mostert, Societal Governance against Tenure Security Legislation
14:20 – 14:30 Marcel Brus, Regime Change in Libya: An Example of Governance against the Law?
14:30 – 14:40 Dimitry Kochenov, The Criminal Origins of Power
14:40 – 15:20 Comments and discussion

15:20 – 15:40 Coffee break

COMPARATIVE REMARKS
15:40 – 16:30 Richard Neerhof, Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi and others
16:30 – 17:00 Final discussion

17:00 – 18:00 Reception

Please find here the PDF-version of  the Governance Meets Law workshop programme.