UK NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR COMPARATIVE LAW
ANNUAL SEMINAR

Privacy in Comparative Context

London School of Economics, 15 September 2008, 9.30 am

Venue: room H216, second floor of Connaught House, Aldwych

Session 1

Chair: Professor Geoffrey Samuel (University of Kent, Chair of UKNCCL)

9.30: Professor Geoffrey Samuel: Opening remarks

9.40-10.20: Professor John Blackie (University of Strathclyde): Comparative and Historical Introduction to the Law of Privacy (Presentatin available here  )

10.20-11.00: Professor Ian Lloyd (University of Strathclyde): “In cyberspace, no-one knows you are a dog": Thoughts on Privacy and Anonymity in the On-line World (Presentation available here  , full text available here )

11-.00-11.20: coffee

Session 2

Chair: Professor David Carey Miller (University of Aberdeen)

11.20-12.00: Dr Eva Steiner (King’s College, London) The New President, his Wife and the Media: Pushing away the Limits of Privacy Law's Protection in France? (Full text available here  )

12.00.-12.40: Professor Jonathan Burchell (University of Cape Town): The Legal Protection of Privacy in South Africa: A Transplantable Hybrid (Full text available here  )

12.40-1.00: Concluding discussion