International Seminar on Public Law Litigation and Enforcement Set for Sept. 7

The College of Law's Center for the Comparative Study of  Metropolitan Growth will host a one-day international seminar on Public Law Litigation and Enforcement: Comparative Perspectives Sept. 7.

Co-sponsored by the Georgia State Law Review, the event will be held in Room 100 in the Urban Life Building beginning at 8 a.m. During the day-long seminar, experts in this arena from the U.S., South America and Europe will discuss various areas of major interest in public law litigation and enforcement including constitutional and criminal law, consumer and environment law, individual rights and ethics.

The seminar is being hosted at the College of Law as part of its 25^th anniversary celebration to recognize the growth of international programs in the College's first quarter century. CLE credit is also available for attendees. For additional information contact Karen Butler at (404) 413-9082, or e-mail kpbutler@gsu.edu. For registration information, please see the seminar brochure for complete details. The form from the brochure can be faxed to (404) 413-9225. Students and faculty members of the University System of Georgia can register online and attend at no charge.

The seminar schedule includes:

8 - 9 a.m.:              Registration and Continental Breakfast

9 - 9:15 a.m.:        Welcome Remarks
Steven J. Kaminshine, Dean, Georgia State University College of Law

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.:   Introduction:  Themes and Aims of Seminar
Colin Crawford, Associate Professor and Co-Director, Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.:  Public Law Litigation and Enforcement: Constitutional and Criminal Law

Anne S. Emanuel, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law

Flávio Mirza Maduro, Professor of Criminal Procedure, State University of Rio De Janeiro, and partner at the law firm of Wilson & Mirza 

Claudia Schubert, Latham & Watkins, Hamburg, Germany

11 a.m.  - 12:15 p.m.:  Public Law Litigation and Enforcement: Consumer and Environmental Law

Mark E. Budnitz, Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law

Humberto Dalla B. De Pinho, Professor of Civil Procedure, State University of Rio de Janeiro and Assistant Attorney General for the State of Rio de Janeiro

Michael Troper, Professor, University of Paris X-Nanterre
Moderator:  Antonio Gidi, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center

12:15 - 1:30 p.m.:                Lunch

Speaker: Frank Valdes, Professor of Law, University of Miami School of Law
Collective Litigation and Individual Rights: A Critical and Comparative Reassessment

1:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Ethical Issues in Public Law Litigation and Enforcement
Ángel R. Oquendo, Olimpiad S. Ioffe Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.: Concluding Remarks
Nancy Rhinehart, Georgia State University Law Review Editor