Fondation Francqui - Les Colloques Internationaux

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	The Response of State Law to the Expression of Cultural Diversity Le droit face à l’expression de la pluriculturalité (Hotel Le Méridien September 28^th to October 1^st, 2006) Programme Thursday September 28th Introductory session – Chair: Professor Laura Nader, University of California, Social Cultural Anthropolgy, Berkeley CA, USA 9.00 am – 11.00 am : Welcome: Professor Marie-Claire Foblets, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Departement of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Belgium Professor Brian Tamanaha, St. John's University, School of Law, Jamaica, USA - A non-essentialist theory of legal pluralism Professor Alison Dundes Renteln, University of Southern California, Department of Political Science, LA, USA - The cultural defense: Challenging the monocultural paradigm 11.00 am – 11.30 am: adjourn South-North comparisons – Chair: Professor Laura Nader 11.30 am – 1.30 pm : Professor John Bowen, Washington University, Department of Anthropology, St. Louis, USA - Islam in contemporary France and Indonesia. Challenges for legal pluralism Professor Werner Menski, University of London, School of Oriental & African Studies, UK - Law, state and culture: How countries accommodate religious, cultural and ethnic diversity: The British and Indian experiences 1.30 pm: lunch *Islam in Europe –* Chair: Laura Nader 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm : Professor Silvio Ferrari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza, Italy - State and church(es)/religion(s) relations throughout Europe: Legal questions linked to Islam Professor Louis-Léon Christians, Université Catholique de Louvain, Collège Albert Descamps, Belgium - Les modes durables de gestion de la différence religieuse : Bilan et perspectives à propos du modèle belge 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm: adjourn America – Chair: Laura Nader 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm : Professor Monique Nuijten, Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands - Legal responses to cultural diversity: Multi-ethnicity, the state and the law in Latin-America Professor Andrée Lajoie, Université de Montréal, Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, Québec, Canada - Cree conceptions of aboriginal rights Professor Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Canada - The state management of legal and cultural diversity in Canada Friday September 29th *Africa –* Chair: Professor Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthrop., Germany 10.00 am – 11.00 am : Professor Gordon Woodman, University of Birmingham, School of Law, UK - Ghana: How does state law accommodate religious, cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity? Professor Chuma Himonga, University of Cape Town, Department of Private Law, Rondebosch, South Africa - How state law accommodates religious, linguistic, cultural and ethnic diversity in Zambia 11.00 am – 11.30 am: adjourn 11.30 am – 1.30 pm : Professor Tom Bennett, University of Cape Town, Department of Public Law,Rondebosch, South Africa - Law in the face of cultural diversity: South-Africa Professor Anne Griffiths, The University of Edinburgh - Old College, School of Law, UK - International law, rights and cultures in Botswana. How does state law accommodate diversity? 1.30 pm: lunch *Asia –* Chair: Gordon Woodman, University of Birmingham, School of Law, UK 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm : Professor Keebet & Franz von Benda- Beckmann, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthrop., Germany - Unity and diversity: Multiple citizenship in Indonesia Professor Peter Wesley-Smith, Australia - Cultural diversity and the law in East Timor 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm: adjourn 4.30 pm – 6.00 pm : Professor Shalini Randeria, University of Zurich, Department of Anthropology, Switzerland - Legal pluralism and cultural difference: The Indian model of communitarian-liberal democracy Saturday September 30th *Middle-East & Maghreb –* Chair: Professor Mohammed Loukili, Université Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat-Chellah, Maroc 9.00 am – 11.00 am : Professor Monia Ben Jemia, Université de Tunis, Faculté des Sciences Juridiques Politiques & Sociales, Ariana, Tunisie - La Tunisie : la gestion juridique de la diversité culturelle (y compris religieuse) Professor Pierre Gannagé, Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Libanon - Le droit libanais face à la diversité des communautés et des cultures 11.00 am – 11.15 am: adjourn 11.15 am – 0.30 pm : Professor Nahas Mahieddin, Université d'Oran Es-Sénia, Algérie - L’Algérie : pluralisme culturel et droit. La tradition juridique algérienne et la diversité culturelle (et religieuse) Professor Hossam El Ehwany, Université d'Eein Shams, Cairo, Egypte - l’Égypte : pluralisme religieux et droit. Comment le droit civil égyptien s’accommode de la diversité religieuse ? 0.30 pm: lunch *Europe –* Chair: Professor René Foqué, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm : Professor Paul Lagarde, University Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I), France - La référence à l'ordre public en droit international privé français Professor Hugues Fulchiron, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon, France - La tradition juridique française et la diversité culturelle. Le droit de la famille à l’épreuve des migrations et de la mondialisation 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm : Professor Jean-Yves Carlier, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium - Intégration régionale et diversité culturelle: l’exemple de la citoyenneté européenne Professor Bruno de Witte, European University Institute, San Domenico Di Fiesole, Italy - European minority rights Professor Eva Brems, Universiteit Gent, Belgium - Human rights as a framework for negotiating/protecting cultural differences – An exploration in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights 5.00 pm – 5.30 pm: ajourn 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm : Professor Ulrich Spellenberg, Universität Bayreuth, Germany - Les conflits entre droit et cultures en Allemagne: le niveau individuel Professor Mathias Rohe, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany - On the recognition and institutionalisation of Islam in Germany Professor Maria Elósegui, Universidad de Zaragosa, Spain - Law and cultural diversity Sunday October 1st *Europe –* Chair: Professor Kees Groenendijk, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, the Netherlands 9.00 am – 11.00 am : Professor Ben Vermeulen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands - The Netherlands, how does state law accommodate religious, cultural and ethnic diversity? Professor André Hoekema, Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Professor W. van Rossum, Empirical conflict rules in Dutch legal cases of cultural diversity Professor Rubya Mehdi, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, Denmark - Islamic family laws and customs in Denmark 11.00 am – 11.30 am: adjourn General discussion – Chair: Professor François Rigaux, Université Catholique de Louvain - Collège Thomas More, Belgium 11.30 am – 1.00 pm General discussion