Sydney Law School Visitors
The following are some of the Sydney Law School’s visitors for 2008:
Professor Ian Cram
Visiting Professor Ian Cram is Professor of Comparative Constitutional Law at the School of Law, Leeds University where he is Director of the LLM Programme in International and European Human Rights Law. He is visiting Sydney Law School as part of the WUN Visiting Fellowship Programme. His research interests lie in freedom of expression, constitutional law and human rights. He will be in Sydney from 28 January to 9 February 2008 and will be occupying Room 1243 on level 12. He can be contacted on 9351 0250.
Mr Christophe Waerzeggers
Mr. Christophe Waerzeggers has been a VAT lecturer at Utrecht University School of Law, the Netherlands since 2005, and a coordinator of the Indirect Tax course of the Tax Governance Programme since 2006. Before joining Utrecht University he was a tax and customs lawyer in Brussels, Belgium from 1998. Mr Waerzeggers has also been a consultant for the Technical Assistance and Legal Reform Unit of the IMF since 2003 and in 2007 he spent 7 months with the IMF in Washington DC providing technical assistance to developing countries in drafting tax and customs laws. He will be in Sydney from 29 January to 22 February 2008 and will be occupying Room 1334/1332 on level 13.
Professor Ralph Henham
International Visiting Research Fellow Professor Ralph Henham is Professor of Criminal Justice, Nottingham Trent University. He is one of the founders of the International and Comparative Criminal Trial Project. He was Lecturer in Law at the University of Greenwich from 1977 - 1979, then at Nottingham Trent University from 1979 - 1985 (Senior Lecturer there from 1985, Reader in Law from 1995). In 1998, he was appointed Professor of Criminal Justice at Nottingham Trent University. Professor Henham is a Fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (University of London). He will be in Sydney until February 22 and will be occupying Room 1320. He can be contacted on 9351 0285.
Professor Makoto Ibusuki
Professor Makoto Ibusuki, from Ritsumeikan University Law School is on 6 months' sabbatical based primarily in this Faculty.
His research project compares transparency in criminal procedure, especially the hot issue in Japan (and elsewhere) of the recording of pre-trial interrogations. Makoto is also one of Japan's leaders in cyber-law, and the Director of the ANJeL-supported Kyoto Seminar in Japanese Law for Australia and Japanese law students (http://www.kyoto-seminar.jp/).
He is also helping co-ordinate ANJeL's next annual conference, to be held this time in Kyoto on 16 February comparing Australian and Japanese law (http://www.law.usyd.edu.au/anjel/content/anjel_events_anjelconf2008.htm). Professor Ibusuki is sharing Luke Nottage's office, Room 1333.
Judge Shimpei Takahashi
Judge Shimpei Takahashi has been based primarily at the Law School since June 2007 as the fourth ANJeL Judge-in-Residence sent by Japan's highest (Supreme) Court to research aspects of Australian law over a year-long stay. He was previously at the Yokohama District Court and has a particular interest in administrative law, including migration law. Judge Takahashi is sharing Luke Nottage's office, Room 1333.
Professor Ian Dennis
Professor Ian Dennis is visiting under the International Visiting Research Fellowships Scheme. He will be visiting Sydney from 1 March to 11 April 2008.
Professor David McLauchlan
Professor David McLauchlan is the McWilliam Visiting Professor for 2008. He will be in Sydney from on 23 March 2008 and from 14 July to 31 Aug 2008.
Professor Ryuichiro Fukasawa, Kyoto University
Professor Ryuichiro Fukasawa is a visitor under the ANJeL Research Visitor program. He is researching the fundamental principles of Australian administrative law. He will be visiting the Faculty from April to September 2008.
The Sydney Law School also hosts visitors under the Parsons Visitors Program
