ILRP - Events

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Past Events

^{5th IALS Law Reform Project workshop: Monday 4 November 2019}

The 5th IALS Law Reform Project workshop was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 4 November 2019. The main theme was Parliamentary Scrutiny of law reform: procedures, bodies and methods.

Parliamentary scrutiny of law reform has been discussed in the workshop from the following perspectives:

1. House of Lords (UK)
2. House of Commons (UK)
3. Law Reform Commission (Ireland)
4. Civil law (Albania & the Arab region)

^{4th IALS Law Reform Project workshop: Thursday 1 November 2018}

The 4th IALS Law Reform Project workshop was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 1 November 2018. The main theme was Law Reform: Implementation and Independence.

Implementation and independence have been discussed in the workshop from the following perspectives:

1. Executive perspective (Australia) 
2. Law Commission perspective (UK) (video)
3. Law Commission perspective (New Zealand) (video)
4. Law Commission perspective (Ireland) (video)

^{3rd IALS Law Reform Project workshop: Wednesday 1 November 2017}

The 3rd IALS Law Reform Project workshop was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 1 November 2017. The main theme was Initiating law reform: a comparative review.

Initiating law reform has been discussed in the workshop from the following perspectives:

1. Government perspective (UK and Wales)
2. Judicial perspective (UK)
3. A civil law jurisdiction perspective (Italy)
4. Federal perspective (Australia)
5. Post conflict’s States perspective

^{2nd IALS Law Reform Project workshop: Friday 28 October 2016}

The 2nd IALS Law Reform Project workshop was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 28 October 2016. The main theme was Codification: a civil law solution to a common law conundrum?

Codification has been discussed in the workshop from the following perspectives:

1. a civil law jurisdiction perspective (Belgium)
2. a civil law jurisdiction perspective (Italy)
3. a common law jurisdiction perspective (England and Wales)
4. a common law jurisdiction perspective (East Africa Community)

^{1st workshop: Tuesday 24 November 2015}

The 1st workshop of the Law Reform Project was hosted by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on 24 November 2015. The main theme was Law Reform from different perspectives

Law Reform has been discussed in the workshop from the following perspectives:

1. a Commonwealth perspective
2. a legislative drafter’s perspective
3. a law commission perspective
4. a European Union perspective
5. a civil law perspective