The University of the West Indies Open Campus Dominica, in collaboration with the Dominica Bar Association, is pleased to announce another public lecture on a topical matter in the lives of the people of the region and Dominica.
The Lecture will take place on Thursday, February 18, 2010 commencing at 6:00 pm at the Conference Room of the Garraway Hotel in Roseau, Dominica. Two distinguished academics from the Law Faculty of The University of the West Indies will make presentations on the acceptance of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in its appellate jurisdiction. The presentations are part of a regional information effort regarding acceptance of the CCJ throughout the region.
Professor Winston Anderson will present on Dominica’s delinking from the Privy Council and accepting the CCJ in its appellate jurisdiction and Professor Simeon C R McIntosh’s presentation will be on the philosophical justification for the court. Jointly, the paper is titled, “Constitutional Authorship and the Inscription of Caribbean Nationhood: The Role of the CCJ”.
A former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the UWI Cave Hill Campus in Barbados, Professor McIntosh has taught courses in Conflict of Laws, Federal Jurisdiction, Constitutional Law, Remedies, Jurisprudence, and Constitutional Theory and Civil Procedure. He holds the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from the Columbia University School of Law, New York N.Y.; the Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Howard University School of Law, Washington D.C.; and the B.A. in English from York University, Toronto, Canada.
Professor Anderson in 1999 became Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies on indefinite tenure. He was appointed Executive Director (Ag) of the Caribbean Law Institute Centre for the academic year 2000-2001.
He was appointed to the position of the General Counsel of the Caribbean Community Secretariat on secondment from the University of the West Indies, 2003-2006. In 2006 he was appointed Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies. Professor Anderson’s major publications include, The Law of Caribbean Marine Pollution, published by Kluwer Law International, The Netherlands, 1997; Elements of Private International Law (2003, Caribbean Law Publishers); and Private International Family Law (2005, Caribbean Law Publishers).
Following his return to the Faculty of Law in 2006, Professor Anderson was appointed Executive Director of the Caribbean Law Institute Centre, a position he holds at present.
THESE LECTURES I HOPE WILL BE INTERESTING TO GET GOOD INFORMATION AND UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY THE LAWS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE LAWS ARE SO INEFFECTIVE.IN DOMINICA
LET IT BE UNDERSTOOD, THAT IN THIS PRESENT LEGAL CLIMATE, IT CAN BE ARGUED WHETHER THE APPELLATION TO PRIVY COUNCIL (HISTORICALLY) WILL GIVE BETTER JUSTICE TO THE APPELLANT THAN THE CCJ.
WE WILL SEE
On December 1, 2005 Medgar Evers College, CUNY, in collaboration with Counterpart International, the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce (CACCI) and the Caribbean Media Enterprise (CME) hosted a seminar titled: “The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in a Changing Regional Milieu: Challenges and Prospects”, the guest speaker was THE RT. HONORABLE DR. KENNY D. ANTHONY, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA, This event was coordinated by Eugene Pursoo, former Ambassador to Grenada at the United Nations. Ambassador Pursoo is currently a very well respected distinguished lecturer at Medgar Evers College in the Department of Public Administration and, I am sure, will be happy to assist with the recommendations from that seminar which I think will shed light on future seminars.
Great move and keep up the good work. God bless.
hope a lot of dominicans show up and get informed.
Please writer, note that Professor Anderson was also selected as a CCJ Judge which takes effect as of June 2, 2010.