International Conference Legisprudence and the Legislative Process: From Theory to Practice - Speakers & Talk Abstracts

The following is a list of conference speakers, listed alphabetically.  Please click on the links to find out more information about the speakers and read their talk abstracts.

Adv. Avi Licht, Deputy Attorney General (Economic-Fiscal), Ministry of Justice: "Impact Assessment in Israel – First Steps: Opportunities and Risks"

Adv. Daniel Greenberg, Deputy Counsel, House of Commons; former Parliamentary Counsel, UK Government; Parliamentary Counsel at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP; and Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London: "Legislative Drafters: The Front-Line of the Battle for the Rule of Law"

Adv. Gali Ben-Or, National Legislation Database Project Director, the Knesset Legal Department: "Establishing the National Legislation Database at the Knesset 1.0 – Insights and Expectations"

Ms. Gudrun Grieser, National Regulatory Control Council, Germany: "Quality Through Transparency– Smart Regulation: The Evolution and the Politics Behind the German andEuropean Efforts to Promote Better and Fair Regulation"

Dr. Ittai Bar-Siman-Tov, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law: "The Role of Courtsin Improving the Legislative Process"

Adv. Joshua Schoffman, former Deputy Attorney General (Legislation), Ministry of Justice: "Legislative Counsel in Constitutional Conflicts"

Prof. Luc J Wintgens, University of Brussels; University of Leuven: 

"Freedom and Legislation"

Prof. Mordechai Kremnitzer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law; Israel Democracy Institute: "Lobbying Reform inIsrael – An Exercise in Balancing"

Mr. Nick Malyshev, Head of the Regulatory Policy Division, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD):"How Scrutiny of Impact Assessments Can Improve Legislation and Increase Transparency"

Prof. Nicholas Stephanopoulos, University of Chicago Law School: "Minorities'Legislative Power"

Prof. Oren Perez, Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law & Adv.Iris Han, former Head of Environmental Planning Division at the Ministry of Environmental Protection: "The limits and Blind-Spots of Impact Assessment: The Case of the Proposed Railway to Eilat" 

Prof. Patricia Popelier, University of Antwerp Faculty of Law: "The Role of Courts in Legislative Policy Diffusion and Divergence"

Adv. William Robinson, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; formerly Coordinator of the Quality of Legislation Team in the European Commission Legal Service: "Making EU Legislation More Accessible?" 

Prof. Wim Voermans, Leiden University Law School: "Legislative Processes in Transition: a Comparative Study of the Legislative Processes in Finland, Slovenia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands"

Dr. Yaniv Roznai, The Minerva Center for the Rule of Law under Extreme Conditions, Haifa University & Adv. Nadiv Mordechay, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law; The Israel Democracy Institute: "Access to Justice 2.0: Access to Legislation and Beyond"