Centre for Small States Inaugural Conference: Small States in a Legal World

The aim of the conference is to launch the Centre for Small States as the home for research and learning into the legal issues facing small states (defined as those states with a population of 1.5m or less). The Centre for Small States also includes within its remit some territories that are not classified as states as a matter of international law, yet are sufficiently geographically and culturally distinct entities to be worthy of study in their own right such as the British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories).

Keynote Panel

Professor Lino Briguglio, Islands and Small States Institute, University of Malta
Professor Baldur Thorhallsson, Centre for Small State Studies, University of Iceland
Her Honour Justice Mathilda Twomey, Court of Appeal, Seychelles

Confirmed Speakers

Professor Susy Frankel, Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Ann Mumford, King’s College London
Professor Catharine Rogers, Queen Mary University of London and Penn State University
Steven Malby, Law Development, Commonwealth Secretariat
Patrizia Tumbarello, Small States Unit, International Monetary Fund

Topics for discussion will include ethics in small jurisdictions, the challenges of mixed legal systems in small states, small states as tax havens, and intellectual property issues.