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| ALRAESA Conference : 15 - 17 March 2005 | ||||
South Africa was the host country for the ALRAESA law reform conference which took place in the award winning conference centre of the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town from 15 to 17 March 2005. The South African Law Reform Commission , as host of the conference, would like to express its sincere appreciation to the following sponsors without whose contributions the conference would not have been possible: The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Technical Co-operation (GTZ), Juta and Legalbrief Today. |
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The general theme for the conference was: Law reform in action –
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Adv J H de Lange, MP, Deputy Minister for Justice and Constitutional Development | |||||||||||||||||
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Keynote Address: The role of law reform agencies | Lord Steyn - Law Lord, House of Lords, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||
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Law Reform: What is our knitting? Ho do we stick it? | Mr Justice Bruce Robertson - President of the New Zealand Law Commission | ||||||||||||||||
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Briefing on the activities of the Commonwealth Association of Law Reform Agencies (CALRA) | Mr Michael Sayers - General Secretary of CALRA | ||||||||||||||||
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Personal protection and the law: Stalking, domestic violence, and peace and good behaviour - an evaluation of different law reform models | Ms Heather Douglas - Law Reform Commissioner, Queensland Law Reform Commission, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
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Stalking the stalker: The judicial pursuit in a multi-cultural society | Adv Devina Perumal - Senior Lecturer in Law, Howard College School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal | ||||||||||||||||
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| The bricks, mortar and domes of law reform (still to be submitted) | Mr Willie Henegan -Chief Director: Law Reform, South African Law Reform Commission | |||||||||||||||||
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Law reform: Project planning and management | Professor Peter J M Lown QC - Director, Alberta Law Reform Institute, Canada and Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta | ||||||||||||||||
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Assisted decision-making: A medical perspective | Dr Salumu Selemani - Medical University of South Africa, Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||
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Assisted decision-making: The legal response | Ms Hilary Patrick - Honorary Fellow in the School of Law, Edinburgh University, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
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Judges and law reform: Judicial creativity or judicial activism? | Mr Justice Craig Howie - President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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Reducing the use of incarceration: Recent international experiences | Professor Julian Roberts - Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
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Law reform: Defining project scope with reference to comparative and non-legal research | Professor Peter J M Lown QC - Director, Alberta Law Reform Institute, Canada and Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta | ||||||||||||||||
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Best practices in law reform | Mr Michael Sayers - former Chief Executive, Law Commission of England and Wales, United Kingdom |
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The judicial function of traditional leaders: A contribution to restorative justice | Professor Thandabantu Nhlapo - Deputy Vice-Chancellor: University of Cape Town and Chairperson of the Commission on Traditional Leadership Disputes and Claims | ||||||||||||||||
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Prison reform in Africa: Recent trends | Mr Makubetse Sekhonyane - Institute for Security Studies, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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The development of restorative justice in Lesotho | Ms Nts'lkeng Qhubu - Director of Probation Services, Lesotho | ||||||||||||||||
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Model laws as an instrument of legal harmonisation: The experience of UNCITRAL / (Slide Show Presentation) | Mr José Angelo Estrella-Faria - Legal Officer, International Trade Law Division, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
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Mentorship in law reform: "Raising giant killers" | Mr Niël Steinmann - Managing Director, Peoples Dynamics Development, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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The challenges facing institutional Law Reform | Professor David Weisbrot - President, Australian Law Reform Commission | ||||||||||||||||
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The official language of the conference was English. |
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