Stream in Honour of Professor Gordon R Woodman at the ASA 2018 conference
- Dates
- Tuesday 11 September 2018 (10:45-15:30)
The 2018 African Studies Association conference takes place at the University of Birmingham. At that meeting, a stream of papers will take place in honour of Professor Gordon Woodman's work. This is co-sponsored by BLS and Cardiff Law and Justice.
African Law in Historical, Comparative and International Perspective
African Feminist Judgments Project
Welcome Address & Reception - 1045 Tuesday 11th September 2018
Harding Moot Room, Law Building
1130-1300 Tuesday 11th September - Panel 1 - Poynting – Lecture Theatre S06
Law in Africa: International Contexts
Chair: John Harrington
The African Backlash against International Courts
Peter Brett
The Malabo Protocol as the new African threshold regarding the compliance of international criminal law
Rui Verde
The Elephant in the Room: Patriarchal Customary laws as an Impediment to Gender Equality
Jonathan Dambe Baboki
13:00 Tuesday 11 September
Harding Moot Court Room
Keynote lecture, African Feminist Judgments Project
Professor Erika Rackley, Kent Law School
1400-1530 Tuesday 11 September
Panel 2 - Arts – Lecture Room 7
Law, Custom and Social Change in Ghana
Chair: John Harrington
Law as a Tool of Social Change
Nana S.K.B. Asante (paper will be delivered by Victor Chimbwanda)
Gendering Justice in Post-Colonial Ghana: how women parliamentarians secured a Maintenance of Children Act in 1965
Kate Skinner
Redefining Customary Law in Contemporary University Legal Education (#796)
Victor Chimbwanda