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Now viewing: Friday, October 31, 2014

10:00am
Expert Lecture: The Human Rights of Children and Young People: making and implementing the world’s first domestic law on the rights of children

Student Activity Center (SAC), Legislative Assembly Room, 2.302

In 2011, Wales was the first country in the world to introduce a domestic law on the rights of children.

This brought into Welsh law the requirements of international law on the rights of the child. It compels Welsh Ministers to have regard to those requirements when exercising their functions.

This discussion brings together the key figures at the heart of this landmark development. Find out what really happened, and what lessons they can share.

Featuring: Right Honourable Rhodri Morgan, former First Minister of Wales Jane Williams, College of Law, Swansea University Helen Mary Jones, former chair of the Wales Assembly children’s committee Moderated by Sir Roderick Evans, Swansea University

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/31/19754/
11:00am
Expert Lecture: Law and the Constitution with Professor Philip Bobbitt, UT, Swansea University, Columbia Law School, and Professor Sanford Levinson, Texas Law School

Student Activity Center (SAC), Legislative Assembly Room 2.302

Professor Philip Bobbit of Swansea University will be speaking with Professor Sanford Levinson as part of the Swansea University Texas Research Showcase, which brings over 20 top researchers from Swansea University, in Wales, UK, across to Texas, as part of a growing partnership with The University of Texas.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/31/19753/
11:30am1:00pm
Faculty Colloquium -- Professor Jerry Kang (UCLA)
(This event’s full information is restricted to Texas Law faculty and staff only.) For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/31/19286/
1:30pm
Expert Lecture: Federalism, decentralisation and the implications of the Scottish referendum

Student Activity Center (SAC), Legislative Assembly Room 2.302

The Right Honourable Rhodri Morgan will be giving a lecture as part of the Swansea University Texas Research Showcase, which brings over 20 top researchers from Swansea University, in Wales, UK, across to Texas, as part of a growing partnership with The University of Texas.

For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2014/10/31/19752/