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Conference Public Authority Liability in Comparative Perspective Tuesday, 9 April 2013 University of Graz, Law Faculty Conference Room, SZ 15.21 Universitätsstrasse 15, Bauteil A, 2 Floor 8010 Graz, Austria Institute for European Tort Law www.etl.oeaw.ac.at 9:00–9:10 Welcome Dean Joseph Marko, University of Graz, Austria 9:10–9:40 Public Authority Liability: Basic Questions Ken Oliphant, Institute for European Tort Law, Vienna, Austria 9:40–10:00 Economic Analysis Jef De Mot, University of Ghent, Belgium 10:00–10:20 Discussion 10:20–10:50 Coffee Break 10:50–12:45 Public Authority Liability in Selected National Systems France, Duncan Fairgrieve, Sciences Po, Paris, France Italy, Giovanni Comandé, Scuola Superiore S.Anna, Pisa, Italy Poland, Ewa Baginska, Gdańsk University, Poland South Africa, Johann Neethling, University of the Free State, South Africa 12:45–14:00 Lunch Break 14:00–16:00 Case Studies Switzerland, Bénédict Winiger, University of Geneva, Switzerland Norway, Bjarte Askeland, University of Bergen, Norway Portugal, Maria José Rangel de Mesquita, Constitutional Court, Portugal Greece, Eugenia Dacoronia, Athens University, Greece 16:00–16:30 Coffee Break 16:30–16:50 Liability of the EU: Taking rights (sufficiently) seriously? On some aspects of EU liability Piotr Machnikowski, University of Wroclaw, Poland 16:50–17:10 Public Authority Liability: A View from Outside Monika Hinteregger, University of Graz, Austria 17:10 – 17:30 Discussion Programme Please register by March 26, 2013 at [email protected]. European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law www.ectil.org Department of Civil, Foreign and International Private Law www.zivilrecht.uni-graz.at European Group on Tort Law www.egtl.org
