The Faculty of Laws held an academic launching of Professor David Attard's (Chancellor of the University of Malta) latest book entitled 'The Maltese Legal System, Volume II, Constitutional and Human Rights Law, Part A'. The event was held at the University of Malta on Wednesday, 27 April.
Dr Austin Bencini, Head of Department of Public Law at the Faculty of Laws, chaired a panel of distinguished academics composed of Dr Andrew Azzopardi, Dr Peter Grech, Professor Henry Frendo, Rev. Dr Joe Borg and Mr Ranier Fsadni.
Dr Andrew Azzopardi, Head of the Department of Youth & Community Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, spoke about the issues of governance, the role of the State, the democratisation of knowledge and the protection of vulnerable populations. Dr Peter Grech, Attorney General and a member of the Faculty of Laws, discussed the constitution and the rule of law. Professor Henry Frendo, Director of the Institute of Maltese Studies, and Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts, spoke on the theme 'Colonialism to Statehood: Negotiations and Changes'. Rev. Dr Joe Borg, Senior Lecturer, Media & Communications at the Faculty of Media & Knowledge Sciences, spoke on the subject 'Communicating the Constitution and human rights legislation'. Mr Ranier Fsadni, Assistant Lecturer in Anthropological Sciences at the Faculty of Arts, delivered a talk entitled 'Polity, Authority and the Constitution'.
Dr Andrew Azzopardi, Head of the Department of Youth & Community Studies, Faculty for Social Wellbeing, spoke about the issues of governance, the role of the State, the democratisation of knowledge and the protection of vulnerable populations. Dr Peter Grech, Attorney General and a member of the Faculty of Laws, discussed the constitution and the rule of law. Professor Henry Frendo, Director of the Institute of Maltese Studies, and Professor of History in the Faculty of Arts, spoke on the theme 'Colonialism to Statehood: Negotiations and Changes'. Rev. Dr Joe Borg, Senior Lecturer, Media & Communications at the Faculty of Media & Knowledge Sciences, spoke on the subject 'Communicating the Constitution and human rights legislation'. Mr Ranier Fsadni, Assistant Lecturer in Anthropological Sciences at the Faculty of Arts, delivered a talk entitled 'Polity, Authority and the Constitution'.
The event, which was described by Dr Bencini as 'a celebration of Professor Attard's work', proved to be very interesting as it treated the Constitution on an interdisciplinary basis. A considerable number of first year Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Honours students attended.