Thursday October 9,
2003
Venue: Edifici La Nau (Tossa de Mar) |
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9.30–10.45 |
Registration |
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11.00 |
OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE
Venue: Sala Trinquet
Miquel Martín Casals,
Convenor of the Conference and Vicepresident of the
ISFL
Angelika Fuchs,
Academy of European Law Trier
Mayor of Tossa de Mar, Ilma. Sra. Pilar Mundet
Rector
of the University of Girona, Excm. Mgfc. Joan
Batlle
Chancellor
of Justice of Catalonia, Hble. Sra. Núria de
Gispert
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11.30 |
PLENARY SESSION
Venue: Sala Trinquet
Supreme Court Judge
András Kőrös,
Hungary
Self Determination and Protection of the
Family – Two Aspects are to be Reconciled in the
Conception of a New Hungarian Family Law Book |
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Break |
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12.30 |
Encarna Roca, Spain
Marital Crises and Arbitration |
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13.00
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Gregor van der Burght,
The Netherlands
Shortcomings
of the legislator of a self
proclaimed progressive country
Discussion
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16.00-18.00 |
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AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN SPOUSES
Venue: Sala Trinquet
Robert J. Levy,
USA
Pre-Nuptial Contracts: The American Law
Institute’s Principles of the Law of Family
Dissolution
María Paz García Rubio, Spain
"Precautionary" agreements on the economic
consequences of matrimonial crisis: are they
lawful under Spanish law?
Maria Rosaria Marella,
Italy
The “contractualization” of marital relationship
revisited
Jordi Ribot,
Spain
Self-determination, Separation Agreements and
Mediated Agreements: Some regards on the occasion
of recent Spanish Family Mediation Acts
Discussion |
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PARENTAL SELFDETERMINATION AND
CHILDREN
Venue: Sala Mesana
Gordana
Kovaček Stanić,
Serbia and Montenegro
Self-Determination in the Parent-Child
Relationship
Lynn D. Wardle,
USA
Parenthood and the Limits of Self-Determination
in Contemporary Family Law
Maria Donata Panforti,
Italy
Mediation and Child’s Welfare. A Comparative
Perspective - the Italian Experience
Discussion |
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Break |
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18.30
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PLENARY SESSIONS
Venue: Sala Trinquet
Mavis Maclean,
United Kingdom
When Cohabiting Parents Separate: Law and Legal Advice
Discussion
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20.30 |
Reception offered to the participants
Gran Hotel Reymar
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22.30 |
Musical evening
"Trio Polifònic".
Venue: Gran Hotel Reymar
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Friday October 10,
2003
Morning sessions
Venue: Edifici La Nau (Tossa de Mar)
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9.30-11.30 |
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COHABITATION AND SELFDETERMINATION
Venue: Sala Trinquet
Miquel Martín-Casals,
Spain
Mixing-Up Models of Living Together: “Opting-In”,
“Opting-Out” and Self- Determination in the
Catalan and other Spanish Partnership Acts
Mª Angeles Egusquiza Balmaseda,
Spain
Limits to the Freedom Agreement in the Status of
Unmarried Cohabitees: the Paradoxes of
Navarra’s Regulation
Tone Sverdrup,
Norway
Agreements on property issues in marriage and
cohabitation
Josep Ferrer Riba,
Spain
People Self-Determined to Not Making Formal
Determinations: Contract Law and Family Law in
the Regulation of Cohabitation
Discussion
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PARENTAL SELFDETERMINATION AND
CHILDREN
Venue: Sala Mesana
Eva Ryrstedt,
Sweden
The child’s right to be heard in the process of
determining questions of custody, residence or
access
Joan Marsal, Elena Lauroba,
Spain
The agreements between parents about their
parental powers and duties in case of
annulment, divorce or judicial separation: the
role of the children
Christian Dadomo,
United Kingdom
Non-married Parents, Parental Responsibility and
Separation Agreements on Contact and
Maintenance in English Law: an Assessment Based
on Experience
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Break |
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12.00-13.00 |
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PRACTICAL ISSUES OF PREMARITAL
AND MARITAL AGREEMENTS
Venue: Sala Trinquet
Sondra R. Zemansky,
USA
From Self-Determination to Unlimited Possibility.
A Practitioner’s View
Albert Lamarca, Esther Farnós, Albert Azagra, Mireia Artigot,
Spain
Separate Property and Family Self-Determination in
Catalonia: A Peaceful Model under (a Radical)
Change?
Orsolya Szeibert Erdős,
Hungary
The Role of self-determination in Hungary Family
Law primarily in matrimonial property settlements
Discussion
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OTHER ISSUES
Venue: Sala Mesana
Craig Lind,
United Kingdom
Planning Non-Genetic Legal Paternity
Paula Távora Vítor,
Portugal
The Role of Self-Determination in the Prediction
of Future Incapacity of the Elderly – an approach
towards Portuguese needs
Peter Lødrup
Challenges to an established paternity — radical
changes in Norwegian Law
Discussion |
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15:30
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Depart from Tossa to Girona
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Afternoon Sessions
Venue: University of Girona Law School Sala de Graus
“Francisco Tomás y Valiente” (Girona)
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16.30–17.15 |
PLENARY SESSION
Harry Willekens,
Belgium
Why the Contractualisation of Family Law Does Not
(Necessarily) Enhance Personal Autonomy
Discussion
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Break |
Welcome of the Dean and visit to the University of
Girona Law School |
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18.00 |
FINAL SESSION
Masha Antokolskaia,
The Netherlands
The Search for a Common Core of European Divorce Law:
State Intervention v. Spouses Autonomy
Lieke Coenraad,
The Netherlands
A hearty welcome to a harmonised divorce mediation
procedure in Europe? The desirability and feasibility
of harmonising the procedure of divorce mediation
Discussion
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19.00 |
CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
Angelika Fuchs,
Academy of European Law Trier
Miquel Martín-Casals,
Convenor of the Conference
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19:30 |
Departure from Girona to Lloret de Mar.
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Dinner at Restaurant “El Trull”
(Lloret de Mar) |
