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Programme Details
The Putney Debates 2019 — The Courts: Friend or Foe?
Session I: What Is Judicial Independence and Why Is It Important?
4.00–6.00pm, Wednesday 13th March
Chair: Joshua Rozenberg, renowned legal commentator
Panellists:
Robert J Sharpe, Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law, Cambridge
Linda Mulcahy, Director, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
John W Adams, Adjunct Professor in Political Science, Rutgers University
Mark Knights, Professor of History, University of Warwick
Denis Galligan, Oxford Socio-Legal Professor and Putney Debates convenor
Commentators:
Professor Sir Richard Sorabji CBE, philosopher and historian of Ancient philosophy
John Howell, financial market, regulatory, and risk analyst
Ivo Gruev, MSt, MJur (Oxon), Convenor, Oxford Transitional Justice Research
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Session II: Is Judicial Independence Under Attack? If So, How - and Why?
1.30–3.30pm, Thursday 14th March
Chair: Denis Galligan, Oxford Socio-Legal Professor and Putney Debates convenor
Panellists:
Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos, Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, Oxford
Joshua Rozenberg, renowned legal commentator
Katarína Šipulová, Senior Researcher, Judicial Studies Institute, Masaryk University, Brno
Bogdan Iancu, Associate Professor, University of Bucharest
Daniel Smilov, Political Scientist, and Programme Director at the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
Amir Paz-Fuchs, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
Commentators:
John W Adams, Adjunct Professor in Political Science, Rutgers University
Nick Friedman, Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellow in Law, Oxford
Frank Vibert, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, formerly UN and World Bank
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Session III: How Can We Defend Judicial Independence?
4.30–6.30pm, Thursday 14th March
Chair: Joshua Rozenberg, renowned legal commentator
Panellists include:
Frank Vibert, Senior Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics, formerly UN and World Bank
Nick Friedman, Biegun Warburg Junior Research Fellow in Law, Oxford
Andrea Coomber, Director of JUSTICE, the all-party law reform and human rights organization
Alison Pickup, Barrister & Legal Director, Public Law Project
Paul Magrath, Barrister & Head of Product Development, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting
Graham Gee, Professor of Public Law, University of Sheffield
Commentators:
Bogdan Iancu, Associate Professor, University of Bucharest
Katarína Šipulová, Senior Researcher, Judicial Studies Institute, Masaryk University, Brno
Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos, Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, Oxford
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