'Law, Free Markets and the Crash'

A Law and Economics Seminar





Thursday, 9th July 2009

2 Lord North Street

Westminster

London SW1



Programme:



1:00pm Lunch



1:40pm Opening of seminar



Dr Cento Veljanovski, IEA Fellow in Law & Economics and Managing Partner, Case Associates



1:45pm 'The legal foundations of free markets – why general principles hold good after the crash'



Speaker:

Dr Stephen Copp, Associate Professor, The Business School, Bournemouth University



2:15pm – 3:15pm 'The contribution of governments to the crash'



Speakers:

'How Governments Failed Markets' (Prof Geoffrey Wood, Professor of Economics, Cass Business School, City University)

'Macro-Prudence and Micro-Laws' (Prof Joanna Gray, Professor of Financial Regulation, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University)

'Why Iceland Failed but Jersey Didn’t' (Richard Teather, Associate Senior Lecturer, The Business School, Bournemouth University)



Chair: Patrick Minford, Professor of Applied Economics, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University



3:15pm – 3:45pm Tea



3:45pm – 4.45pm 'The rule of law, the role of regulation and market discipline'



Speakers:

'Law and Liberty or Regulation?' (Prof Philip Booth Editorial & Programme Director, IEA and Professor of Insurance & Risk Management, Cass Business School, City University)

'Who needs ‘Good’ Corporate Governance?' (Dr Stephen Copp)

'Competition Law in the Crunch' (Dr Cento Veljanovski)



Chair: Anthony Ogus, Emeritus Professor, University of Manchester



4:45pm Close of seminar by Dr Stephen Copp





Attendance at this event is free but registration is required to guarantee a place. To register, please e-mail your acceptance only to IEA Reception: iea@iea.org.uk



For further information on this seminar, please contact Dr Stephen Copp, Associate Professor, The Business School, Bournemouth University, Wallisdown, Poole BH12 5BB (e-mail scopp@bournemouth.ac.uk).





See Also:

Economic Principles of Law by Cento Veljanovski

The Legal Foundations of Free Markets Edited by Stephen F Copp