Conference 2009
Marital Agreements and Private Autonomy in a Comparative Perspective (26 – 27 June 2009)
The Legal Status of Pre-Nuptial, Post-Nuptial and Separation Agreements in:
- Australia;
- Austria;
- Belgium;
- England;
- France;
- Germany;
- The Netherlands;
- Scotland;
- Singapore;
- Spain;
- Sweden and
- USA
The Marital Agreements and Private Autonomy in a Comparative Perspective Conference was held at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge on 26-27 June 2009:
Conference Programme | |||
Friday 26 June 2009 | Saturday 27 June 2009 | ||
13.00 – 13.15 | Introduction (Scherpe) | 10.00 – 10.20 | England (Miles) |
13.15 – 13.30 | The Law Commission’s Project (Cooke) | 10.20 – 10.40 | Scotland (Norrie) |
13.30 – 13.45 | A Practitioner’s View (Harper) | 10.40 – 11.00 | United States (Ellman) |
13.45 – 14.05 | Belgium and France (Pintens) | 11.00 – 11.30 | Discussion (Chair: Bridge) |
14.05 – 14.25 | Spain (Ferrer i Riba) | 11.30 – 12.00 | Coffee Break |
14.25 – 14.45 | Netherlands (Boele-Woelki) | 12.00 – 13.00 | General Discussion: Comparative Observations and |
14.45 – 15.15 | Discussion (Chair: Bamber) | 13.00 – 13.15 | Concluding Remarks (Lord Justice Wilson) |
15.15 – 15.45 | Coffee Break | 13.15 | End of conference |
15.45 – 16.05 | Germany (Dutta) | ||
16.05 – 16.25 | Austria (Ferrari) | ||
16.25 – 16.40 | Sweden (Jänterä-Jareborg) | ||
16.40 – 17.10 | Discussion (Chair: TBA) | ||
17.10 – 17.30 | Coffee Break | ||
17.30 – 17.50 | Singapore (Leong) | ||
17.50 – 18.10 | Australia (Jessep) | ||
18.10 – 18.40 | Discussion (Chair: Barlow) | ||
18.40 | End of the first day | ||
19.45 | Conference Dinner in Gonville and | ||
This conference was generously supported by:
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