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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
Mark Knights, Professor of History, University of Warwick
Catherine Barnard, Professor in European Union Law and Employment Law, Cambridge
John W Adams, Adjunct Professor in Political Science, Rutgers University
Linda Mulcahy, Director, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
Denis Galligan, Oxford Socio-Legal Professor and Putney Debates convenor
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Session II: Is Judicial Independence Under Attack?
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
Alison Pickup, Barrister & Legal Director, Public Law Project
Amir Paz-Fuchs, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sussex
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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
Daniel Smilov, Political Scientist, and Programme Director at the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia
Graham Gee, Professor of Public Law, University of Sheffield
Paul Magrath, Barrister & Head of Product Development, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting
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