2025 LAW PRO

1. Natalie Stoianoff, Professor & Director, Intellectual Property Program, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
   Title: What Is the Future for Protecting Traditional Knowledge Associated with Genetic Resources?
2. Elmarie Knoetze, Professor, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
   Title: “Waiving” Customary Marriages in South Africa Goodbye: A Discussion of the Waiver of Handing over a Bride and Payment of Lobolo in Terms of the Case of Lijane v Kekana.
3. Lindi Mtsweni, Senior Lecturer, University of South Africa, South Africa.
   Title: Reconciling Tradition and the Constitution: The Case of “Handing Over” of the Bride.

1. Jamelia Morgan, Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, USA.
   Title: Disability, Dangerousness, and the Jurisprudence of Risk.
2. Jennifer Oliva, Professor and Val Nolan Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, USA.
   Title: The Policed Pregnant Patient Double Bind: Clinical Trial Exclusion and Heightened Medication Surveillance Post-Dobbs.
3. Valena Beety, Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, USA.
   Jennifer Oliva, Professor and Val Nolan Faculty Fellow, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, USA.
   Title: Policing Pregnancy Crimes.
4. Norrinda Brown, Associate Professor, Fordham University School of Law, USA.
   Title: Policing Mobility in Public Health Crises.
5. Ji Seon Song, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine School of Law, USA.
   Title: Crisis Policing

1. Daniel Canon, Assistant Professor, University of Louisville, USA.
   Title: Toward a Jurisprudence of Prevention: Common-Law Courts, Demagogues, and Election Violence.
2. Mate Petervari, Senior Lecturer, University of Szeged, Hungary.
   Title: Cooperation between Central Government and Self-Governments Concerning Districts in Hungary during the Period of Dual Monarchy.
3. Ryan Chang, Undergraduate Researcher, Stanford University, USA.
   Diana Bowman, Associate Dean for Applied Research and Partnerships, Professor, Arizona State University, USA.
   Title: Brain-Computer Interfaces: Balancing Innovation with Constitutional Rights.

1. Swikani Ncube, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: After Mandela and Nkrumah: Towards A Socio-Economic Rights-Based Re-Definition of Legitimacy and Constitutionalism in Africa.
2. Noemi Suri, Associate Professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Hungary.
   Title: The Place of European Protective Measures in Hungarian Civil Procedural Law.
3. Razaana Denson, Senior Lecturer & Head of The Private Law Department, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
   Title: The Constitutionality of the Non-Recognition of Domestic Partnerships in South Africa.
4. Leon Zganec-Brajsa, Teaching and Research Assistant, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
   Title: The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families – Could it Provide the Legal Framework for Climate Change-related Migrations across International Borders?

1. JoAnne Sweeny, Professor, University of Louisville, USA.
   Title: A New Call for Cyberharassment Regulation in the Age of Generative AI.
2. Ngozi Okidegbe, Associate Professor, Boston University, USA.
   Title: How Not To Democratize Algorithms.
3. Carmina Elena Tolbaru, Assistant Professor, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania.
   Title: Artificial Intelligence – A Vector for Crime and a Tool for Carrying out Criminal Justice.
4. Jojo YC Mo, Senior Lecturer, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
   Title: AI and the Copyright Ordinance in Hong Kong – Time for a Revamp?

1. Doina Popescu Ljungholm, Associate Professor, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania.
   Title: The Need to Adapt European Regulations on Refugees in the Context of the Escalation of the War in Ukraine.
2. Daniel Fenwick, Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University, UK.
   Helen Fenwick, Professor, Durham University, UK.
   Title: Venturing Into Mega-Politics at Strasbourg and in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Under Rights to Private and Family Life of Minority Groups.
3. Dogan Gultutan, Lecturer, City St George’s, University of London, UK.
   Title: A Fragmented International Legal Order? The Likely Adverse Repercussions of Differential Treatment on Quantum of Moral Harm Claims Advanced Under Customary International Law.

1. Ciara Torres Spelliscy, Professor, Stetson Law School, USA.
   Title: Defamation Law in American Democracy.
2. Jill St George, Lecturer, The Open University, UK.
   Title: The Caribbean Court of Justice – Excelling in Distinguishing?
3. Michael Binder, Post Doc, University of Vienna, Austria.
   Title: Circuity of Action in Roman Law and Austrian Civil Law.
4. Marco Mazzocca, R2 Researcher, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia.
   Title: Playing with the Rules of Games. Exploring Rule Violations in Games.

1. Domenico Bilotti, Associate Professor, Magna Graecia University, Italy.
   Title: Stripping Back: The Core Sense of Canon Law Facing Artificial Intelligences, Migrations and War.
2. Roxana Lazar, Associate Professor, “Petre Andrei” University of Iași, Romania.
   Title: Impact of Regulation 2023/1114 on the Maturity of the Crypto-Assets Market in the European Union.
3. Amelia Veronica Gheoculescu, Lecturer, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania.
   Title: Oversized Transport of EU States in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.

1. Andreea Elena Tabacu, Associate Professor, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Romania.
   Title: The Dynamics of a Procedural Norm from The Romanian Regulation Intended to Ensure the Priority of European Law.
2. Bongani Khumalo, Senior Lecturer, University of South Africa, South Africa.
   Title: The Abuse of Sick Leave in South Africa and the Employer’s Right to Establish the Veracity of Medical Certificates.
3. Maria Theocharous, PhD Candidate, University of Cyprus, Cyprus.
   Title: Ship Entry Prohibitions under International and European Union Law.
4. Saman Abdullah Saeed, Researcher, Al Qalam University College, Iraq.
   Abbas Fadhil Mohammed AlBayati, Professor, Al Qalam University College, Iraq.
   Hadiya Khalaf Ibrahim, Researcher, Al Qalam University College, Iraq.
   Title: Amendments to the Iraqi Personal Status Law: Its Constitutional Foundations and Legal Implications.

1. Lavinia Olivia Iancu, Associate Professor, Tibiscus University from Timisoara, Romania.
   Title: The Legal Regime of the Assets Remaining in the Debtor’s Patrimony after the Closure of the Insolvency Procedure.
2. Alexander Szivos, Assistant Lecturer, University of Pécs, Hungary.
   Title: Environmental Taxation in the European Union.
3. Sheila Ramalingam, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.
   Title: War’s Forgotten Victim: The Environment Under Siege.
4. Malgorzata Hussain, Senior Lecturer, Kingston University, UK.
   Title: Towards Coherence? The UK’s Regulatory Response to Marine Plastic Pollution after Brexit.
5. Peng Han, Associate Professor, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
   Ying Cao, Research Assistant, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
   Title: The Evolving Path of ESG Regulations in Hong Kong in Digital Era.

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1. P M Vasudev, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada.
   Title: Constitutions, Economic Values and Corporate Law – An Exploration of Issues.
2. Gayil Talshir, Senior Lecturer, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
   Title: The Populist Protocol and its Liberal Rivals: The De-legitimization of the Courts and the Public Media.
3. Kiyasha Thambi, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: The Pseudo-State: Contemporary Power Relations in a Global Political Economy.
4. Zihan Chen, PhD Student, Tsinghua University, China.
   Title: The Compliance of Regulating Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) in Cross-border Trade in Services under the WTO Framework.
5. Ana Stefanescu, Associate Professor, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galati, Romania.
   Title: Telework in the Romanian Public Office System According to the Administrative Code Amended in 2022 – Analysis, Observations, and Considerations from the Perspective of Common Law, Special Law, and European Regulations.

1. Lucia Irinescu, Associate Professor, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University from Iași, Romania.
   Title: Surrogate Motherhood: Between Reproductive Rights and the Best Interests of Child.
2. Noelle Hunter, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA.
   Title: Between Protection and Parental Rights: The Hague Abduction Convention, Domestic Violence, and Article 13(1)(b).
3. James Faber, Senior Lecturer, University of the Free State, South Africa.
   Title: The Legal Status of Electronic Wills in the South African Law of Succession: A Call for Reform.
4. Iolanda Canelas Bastos, Lecturer, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
   Title: The Best Interests of the Child as a Limit to the Exercise of Parental Responsibilities.

1. Ori Igwe, Senior Lecturer, University of West London, UK.
   Title: Predictive Policing: A Twenty First Century International Law Enforcement Challenge.
2. Viktorija Soneca, Lecturer / PhD Candidate, The University of Latvia, Latvia.
   Title: Lobbying – Part of Fundamental Rights.
3. Gabriele Giacomini, Researcher, University of Udine, Italy.
   Title: Why Digital Rights are Politically Founded?
4. Marko Cenaj, PhD Student, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy.
   Title: Anti-Corruption Measures in Albania: National Reforms and International Cooperation.

1. Louise Bernier, Full Professor, Sherbrooke University, Canada.
   Title: The Legal Framework for Advance Requests for Medical Aid in Dying (AR-MAID) in Quebec (CANADA).
2. Demetra Arsalidou, Reader, Cardiff University School of Law and Politics, UK.
   Title: Improving the Nature of the UK Disqualification Penalty of Company Directors.
3. Oluwatoyin Sorinmade, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, UK.
   Title: Dementia, Sexuality and the Law – Is the Law Striking the Right Balance.
4. Geanina Manciu, PhD Student, “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați, Romania.
   Title: The Impact of Legislative Reform on the Protection Measures for Adults with Mental Disabilities in Romania.

1. India Thusi, Professor, Indiana University Bloomington, USA.
   Title: The Trafficking Paradox.
2. Miriam Mbah-Amanze, Senior Lecturer, The Open University, UK.
   Title: Black Law Students’ Perspectives on the Degree Awarding Gap: An OULS Case Study.
3. Marc Welgemoed, Head, Department of Criminal and Procedural Law, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa.
   Title: Clinical Legal Education as an Active Ingredient throughout the Law Degree.
4. Tulani Musawenkosi Mafulela, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Assessing the Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms to Resolve Cross-Border Delictual Liability Under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (Afcfta).

1. Jacob Nussim, Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
   Title: Offsetting Loss Offset.
2. Duoqi Xu, Professor, Fudan University, China.
   Title: Between Progress and Caution: LegalTech’s Promise in Transforming Personal Credit Risk Management in China.
3. Saul Makama, Senior Lecturer, University of Africa, South Africa.
   Title: The Impact of Poor Governance on Economic Growth, Peace and Stability in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe and South Africa.
4. Cristina Faone, PhD Student, University of Verona, Italy.
   Title: Risk Analysis in Customs Controls.
5. Satenik Shahbazyan, Attorney, Member of Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia, Armenia.
   Title: Delimitation and Demarcation of the State Boundaries in Armenia.
6. Maria Nica-Dumitru, Associate Professor, Ștefan cel Mare University, Romania.
   Title: The Legal Regime of (Commercial) Companies Incorporated by Spouses (under Romanian Law).