Conference: The Concept of Fairness in Law-Making

Friday 19th May 2017
School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast

The conference aims to illustrate the diverse and unspecific role played by fairness in different branches of law. To take just a few examples, it features in human rights law (as in the right to a fair trial), in contract law (as in the prohibition on unfair terms), in tort law (where a duty of care may be imposed if it is fair to do so), in employment law (as in the right not to be unfairly dismissed), in commercial law (where unfair competition may be outlawed) and in family law (when deciding how to distribute the assets of a cohabiting couple who break up).

For further information or to be contacted once registration opens, please contact the organisers at fairnessconferenc@qub.ac.uk.