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The Faculty of Law, Stellenbosch University and KU Leuven are excited to announce the first International Conference on Consumer Redress to take place in Stellenbosch during April 2018. The purpose of the conference is to discuss various local and international consumer redress mechanisms, including alternative dispute resolution methods and class actions, as a means to resolving consumer disputes. It is envisaged that the conference’s comparative approach will assist in the development of local consumer redress mechanisms within the context of the emerging African consumer market.
Date: 9-10 April 2018
Conference Programme: Click here
Place: Attie van Wyk Auditorium, 171 Dorp Street, Stellenbosch (For directions click here)
Registration: Please complete attached registration form and send it, together with the proof of payment, to [email protected]
Registration costs: R695
Enquiries: Dr Theo Broodryk ([email protected]) / Prof Dr Stefaan Voet ([email protected])
This work is based on the research supported by the South African National Research Foundation
IJCLP is an annual peer reviewed journal which seeks to provide a forum for engaging in discussions on varied issues of National and International issues on Consumer Protection Laws. Following the third successful volume of the Journal and in continuance of the endeavor to encourage academic discourse and legal scholarship, the Board of Editors invites submissions for the fourth volume. The journal welcomes contributions from academicians, practitioners, students of law and allied fields.
IJCLP solicits submissions for its Volume VI to be launched in 2018. Authors can make submissions under the following heads:
Authors can submit their written contribution addressed to Prof. (Dr.) Ashok R. Patil, Chief Editor, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, Nagarbhavi Circle, Bengaluru 560072 and the same shall be e-mailed to [email protected] (MS word format) along with covering letter on or before 31st May 2018.
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The Faculty of Law at the University of Haifa will hold its second international conference on resolution of mass disputes on March 16th-17th, 2017. This second conference is organized jointly with the European Institute in Florence, and City University of Hong Kong, and focuses primarily on international consumer disputes. It hosts a number of distinguished scholars and practitioners from different jurisdictions, including Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. Among the confirmed speakers are Professors John Coffee from Columbia Law School, Carrie Menkel-Meadow from UCI Law, Arthur Miller from NYU, Geraint Howells from City University of Hong Kong, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz from the EUI, Diana Wallis former Vice President of the European Parliament and current president of the European Law Institute, and Adrian Zuckerman from the University of Oxford.

UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CONFERENCE (UPICLC) 2016
20-22 September 2016
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of Mercantile Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa will host an international consumer law conference that will focus on relevant developments internationally and nationally in the field of consumer law. The conference theme is “Towards Aligning Consumer Protection in a Global Consumer Market”. The following aspects of consumer law will be covered:
The consumer in the financial market The over-indebted consumer
The consumer and defective goods
The consumer and e-commerce
The vulnerable consumer
The consumer and unfair marketing and commercial practices The consumer and disclosure
The consumer and contract terms
Access to redress for consumers
Ensuring a fair and competitive market for consumers
Conference highlights include presentations by renowned international and national experts in consumer law as well as the opportunity to network with colleagues in the global consumer law arena.
Kindly submit your abstract of no more than 450 words to Jani van Wyk at [email protected]
For further detailed information regarding the conference, please visit our conference website at: http://www.up.ac.za/2016-upiclc
Warm Regards
Prof Corlia van Heerden Chairperson: UPICLC Committee Department of Mercantile Law Law Faculty
University of Pretoria
Important Dates:
1. Final abstract submission: 30 April 2016
2. Notification of abstract acceptance: 30 May 2016
3. Registration: 31 July 2016
4. Full paper submission deadline: 20 August 2016
5. Payment deadline: 31 August 2016
6. Cancellation deadline: 31 August 2016
7. Opening of Conference: 20 September 2016 University of Pretoria, Faculty of Law,
Foyer of the Law Building.
Twenty years have already gone by since Part I of the Principles of European Contract Law (PECL) was published and more than ten since the whole project was completed. The PECL, together with Law enacted by the European Union (and its predecessors) have fostered intense activity among scholars in respect of the so-called European Contract Law. A new ius commune in this field seems to be increasingly accepted across the continent and subsequent proposals on Uniform rules for Contract Law have attracted the attention of stakeholders. Among these projects are the Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR) or the Proposal for a Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL).Great effort has been put into their preparation and also the analysis of their particular rules. The aforementioned proposals, however, still remain soft law with doubtful perspectives as regards enactment by the corresponding European institutions. At this stage, it is unclear whether the whole process of drafting uniform rules is still worthy to be pursued.
The conference aims to assess the current need for uniform rules in European Contract Law, taking into consideration its possible past benefits. The programme is structured according to the needs set out in the PECL: (i) the facilitation of cross-border trade within Europe and the strengthening of the internal market; (ii) the creation of an infrastructure for EU rules governing contracts; (iii) the provision of guidelines for national courts and legislatures; and (iv) the construction of a bridge between the Civil Law and the Common Law. These benefits were to a certain extent assumed by the subsequent projects and initiatives. The programme includes a fifth part which expects to analyse the influence of the European process on non-EU countries.The conference commemorates the 30th anniversary of the incorporation of the Kingdom of Spain in the EEC/EU and serves as the closing event for the Jean Monnet Module “Towards a Common Private Law of Europe”, granted to IE University.
For more information: http://www.jeanmonnet.privatelaw.ie.edu/conference/
Personal Insolvency Conference: 7-9 September 2016 – Brisbane Australia
Final date for submission of abstracts: 7 March 2016
In 2016, the Insolvency & Restructuring group within the Queensland
University of Technology’s Commercial and Property Law Research Centre
will be hosting their first international conference. While the current
focus in much insolvency scholarship or commentary is upon salvaging
economic value for large businesses facing financial collapse, the harsh
reality is that many more people experience financial stress as
over-indebted consumers or Œowners¹ of micro/small/medium sized
enterprises.
The conference will provide a forum for scholars and policy-makers to
discuss and present on the human experience of bankruptcy.
Key note addresses will be delivered by Professor Jay L. Westbrook, Benno
C. Schmidt Chair of Business Law, The University of Texas at Austin, and
Professor Iain Ramsay, Professor of Law, University of Kent.
Themes to be discussed at the conference include:
– Fresh start: rhetoric or reality?
– Policy tensions: fresh start v commercial certainty
– Personal insolvency law reform
– Alternatives to bankruptcy
– Multi-disciplinary insights
– Comparative approaches
– Lenders¹ perspectives
– Human rights
– The health effects of over-indebtedness
Our themes are deliberately broad and we welcome abstracts from all
disciplines and areas of expertise examining issues surrounding natural
person insolvency.
Supporting URL
http://personalinsolvencyconference.com/
The 16th IACL Conference will be held at Porto Allegre, Brazil in 2017.
CANADA MONTREAL – SAVE THE DATE JULY 2016
!!! NOTEZ LES DATES DANS VOS AGENDAS !!!
ÉCOLE d’été sur la protection du consommateur
Développements récents en droit national, comparé et international
où ? Montréal (Québec, Canada)
quand ? Lundi 4 au samedi 9 juillet 2016
organisateurs
DESTINATAIRES
Étudiants (le cours peut éventuellement être crédité), enseignants et chercheurs.
interveNANTS Professeurs d’universités (10) et experts en droit de la consommation du Canada, des États-Unis, du Brésil et des pays de l’Union européenne.
programme
4 juillet : Fondements et enjeux contemporains du droit national, régional et international de la consommation – Principes directeurs des Nations unies 2015. Prof. Thierry Bourgoignie, Prof. Claudia Lima-Marques, Prof. Gilles Paisant, Robin Simpson.
5 juillet : Environnement numérique et protection du consommateur – Protection des données personnelles – Produits numériques et propriété intellectuelle.
Prof. Vincent Gautrais, Prof. Roberto Pfeiffer, Robin Simpson.
6 juillet : Au choix :
Prof. Gilles Paisant, Prof. Marc Lacoursière.
7 juillet : Modes de production et de consommation durables – Obsolescence programmée.
Prof. Fabien Durif, Prof. Patricia Galindo, Richard-Alexandre Laniel.
8 & 9 juillet : Accès à la justice et règlement des litiges – Actions collectives – Mise en œuvre transfrontières du droit de la consommation. Prof. Richard Alderman, Prof. Pierre-Claude Lafond, Prof. Geneviève Saumier, Eladio Lecej.
9 juillet : Développements récents en droit national, régional et international (Open forum).
Langues Français et anglais (avec traduction simultanée).
PLUS D’INFORMATIONS Programme détaillé, droits et procédure d’inscription disponibles mi- décembre 2015 sur le site www.gredicc.uqam.ca ou en contactant Prof. Thierry Bourgoignie à : [email protected]
!!! Save the dates !!!
SUMMER SCHOOL in CONSUMER law and policy
Recent developments in national, comparative and international law
WHERE? Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
WHEN? Monday 4 to Saturday 9 JULY 2016
Organizers
Groupe de recherche en droit international et comparé de la consommation (GREDICC), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
RECIPIENTS
Students (possibility to have the course credited), academics and researchers.
LECTURERS University professors (10) and first-rank senior experts in consumer law and policy from Canada, United States, Brazil and Europe.
programme
4 July : Consumer policy today – Contemporary challenges – 2015 UN Guidelines on consumer protection. Prof. Thierry Bourgoignie, Prof. Claudia Lima-Marques, Prof. Gilles Paisant, Robin Simpson.
5 July : Digital consumers – Personal data protection – Digital products and intellectual property. Prof. Vincent Gautrais, Prof. Roberto Pfeiffer, Robin Simpson.
6 July : Choice between :
7 July : Sustainable production and consumption patterns – Planned obsolescence.
Prof. Fabien Durif, Prof. Patricia Galindo, Richard-Alexandre Laniel.
8 & 9 July : Access to justice and consumer redress – Collective redress procedures – Cross-border enforcement of consumer law. Prof. Richard Alderman, Prof. Pierre-Claude Lafond, Prof. Geneviève Saumier, Eladio Lecej.
9 July : Recent developments in consumer law and policy (Open forum).
LanguAGEs French and English (with simultaneous translation).
MORE INFORMATION Detailed programme, registration fees and procedures available by mid-December 2015 at www.gredicc.uqam.ca, or by contacting Prof. Thierry BOURGOIGNIE at [email protected]
!!! RESERVE A DATA NA SUA AGENDA !!!
CURSO DE VERÃO SOBRE PROTEÇÃO DO CONSUMIDOR
Evolução recente em direito nacional, comparado e internacional
onde ? MontrEal (Quebec, Canadá)
quandO ? De 4 a 9 de JULHO DE 2016 (segunda a sexta-feira)
organiZADORES
PÚBLICO ALVO
interveNIENTES Professores universitários (10) e experts em Direito do Consumidor do Canadá, dos Estados Unidos, do Brasil e dos países integrantes da União Europeia.
programA
4 de julho : Fundamentos e desafios contemporâneos do direito nacional, regional e internacional do consumidor – Princípios Norteadores das Nações Unidas 2015. Prof. Thierry Bourgoignie, Prof. Claudia Lima-Marques, Prof. Gilles Paisant, Robin Simpson.
5 de julho : Ambiente digital e proteção dos consumidores – Proteção dos dados pessoais – Produtos virtuais e propriedade intelectual. Prof. Vincent Gautrais, Prof. Roberto Pfeiffer, Robin Simpson.
6 de julho : A escolher :
7 de julho : Produção e consumo sustentáveis – Obsolescência programada.
Prof. Fabien Durif, Prof. Patricia Galindo da Fonseca, Richard-Alex. Laniel.
8 de julho : Acesso à justiça e acordo entre as partes – Ações coletivas – Aplicação transfronteiriça do Direito do Consumidor. Prof. Richard Alderman, Prof. Pierre-Claude Lafond, Prof. Geneviève Saumier, Eladio Lecey.
9 de julho : Evoluções recentes em direito nacional, regional e internacional
IDIOMAS Francês e inglê (tradução simultânea).
mais informações Programa detalhado, direitos e procedimento de inscrição disponíveis a partir da segunda quinzena de dezembro de 2015, no site www.gredicc.uqam.ca ou contactando Prof. Thierry Bourgoignie à : [email protected]