UNIVERSITY OF MALTA FACULTY OF LAWS LL.D 2 ND YEAR (2004/05) APPROVED THESES TITLES

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1 1. ABELA FIORENTINO JONATHAN. LEGAL PROTECTION OF DATABASES DR R CAMILLERI (SUPERVISOR) 2. ATTARD EDWARD COMPANY TAX IN MALTA, PROPOSALS FOR REFORM IN THE LIGHT OF MALTA S ACCESSION TO THE EU DR ROBERT ATTARD (SUPERVISOR) NOT DR ANTHONY ABELA (SA) 3. AZZOPARDI KEVAN EDUCATION AND THE LAW: THE LIABILITIES OF THE KEY PLAYERS INVOLVED IN THE EDUCATION FRAMEWORK IN MALTA. 4. AZZOPARDI SAMUEL A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY DOCUMENTS IN EUROPE IN VIEW OF FUTURE LEGISLATION IN MALTA DR PIERRE MALLIA (SUPERVISOR) 5. BALANI NICOLETTE CHILDREN AS OBJECTS OF COMMERCE: COMBATING CHILD TRAFFICKING DR P CASSAR TORREGIANI (SUPERVISOR) DR R FARRUGIA (SA)

2 6. BONELLO LEONARD ** THE DISMANTLING OF BARRIERS TO TRADE AS A RESULT OF ARTICLE 28 EC AND THE MALTESE SCENARIO DR E BUTTIGIEG (SUPERVISOR) 7. BORG AMANDA ** USE AND ABUSE OF RIGHTS IN THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP 8. BORG KEITH ANTHONY A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF FAMILY DR R FARRUGIA (SUPERVISOR) 9. BORG MARIA CLARA THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF REGIONAL MARINE POLICIES PROFESSOR D ATTARD (SUPERVISOR) 10. BRINCAT CAROLINE THE IMPACT OF PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ON THE RIGHT OF OWNERSHIP DR CLAIRE STAFRACE ZAMMIT (SA)

3 11. BUHAGIAR ROBERTA CONFESSIONS UNDER MALTESE CRIMINAL LAW AND RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES DR S FILLETTI (SUPERVISOR) DR CH SOLER (SA) 12. BUHAGIAR TREVOR (REPEATER) ** LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE PUBLIC SECTOR DR KEVIN AQUILINA (SUPERVIS0R) 13. BUTTIGIEG GABRIELLE THE LACK OF DNA LEGISLATION WITHIN THE MALTESE LEGAL SYSTEM A FOCUS ON PATERNITY TESTING MR JUSTICE J R PACE (SA) 14. CAMILLERI DEMARCO ANGELICA A UN FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY DR P CASSAR TORREGIANI (SUPERVISOR) 15. CAMILLERI XUEREB KEVIN THE NOTION OF CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROFESSIONALS DR S CAMILLERI (SUPERVISOR) DR R FRENDO (SA)

4 16. CARUANA ANNALISA COMMUNITY OF ACQUESTS THE STORY OF A HOME GROWN SYSTEM 17. CASSAR MALCOLM ** CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE AN ANALYTICAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDY DR S CAMILLERI (SUPERVISOR) 18. CEFAI CLARISSA A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE MALTESE COMPANY AND TRUST DR STEPHEN ATTARD (SUPERVISOR) 19. CORDINA MAURIZIO THE CONSERVATION OF LIVING RESOURCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN PROFESSOR D ATTARD (SUPERVISOR) 20. CRIMINALE RITA TURNING POINTS IN BURIAL LEGISLATION UNDER BRITISH RULE AND FUTURE REFORMS

5 21. CUSCHIERI WILLIAM LEGAL DISTANCES IN THE CONTEXT OF PRAEDIAL EASEMENTS 22. CUTAJAR KEVIN AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISABILITY CONCEPT AS TAKEN FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE DR T AZZOPARDI (SUPERVISOR) DR D CLARK (SA) 23. CUTAJAR NOEL ** CUSTODY, ARREST AND POLICE BAIL: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH DR T AZZOPARDI (SUPERVISOR) 24. DEBONO JOHANN THE INFLUENCE OF EU LEGISLATION ON THE MALTESE GOVERNMENTAL OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM ANY CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE EU CITIZEN MR JUSTICE T MALLIA (SUPERVISOR) 25. DEGIORGIO TREVOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF A HUNG PARLIAMENT THE HON DR T BORG (SUPERVISOR) DR R MANGION (SA)

6 26. ELLUL ANDREW BIOMETRICS AND MASS SURVEILLANCE WITHIN THE EUROPEAN UNION. A BREACH OF CHARTERED CIVIL LIBERTIES? DR THERESE CACHIA (SUPERVISOR) 27. FALZON SCERRI CHRISTIAN A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE FORMS OF WILLS AS CONTEMPLATED IN MALTESE LAW DR P DEBONO (SUPERVISOR) 28. FARRUGIA DIANE THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AT THE EU LEVEL DR E BUTTIGIEG (SUPERVISOR) 29. FAVA CHANTELLE MARIE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN GENETIC TESTING: WHERE DOES MALTA STAND? DR B ELLUL (SUPERVISOR) REV DR EMMANUEL AGIUS (SA) 30. FELICE PAUL THE TRADING OF ANTIQUES, FINE ART AND COLLECTIBLES THE MALTESE PERSPECTIVE

7 31. GALEA ABIGAIL THE CHILD S BEST INTEREST IN SELECTING THE PERFECT CANDIDATE TO ADOPT OR FOSTER DR R FARRUGIA (SUPERVISOR) 32. GALEA ALEXIANNE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, A GROUND FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE MALTESE SCENARIO PROFESSOR P G XUEREB (SUPERVISOR) 33. GALEA GEORGE k/a JURGEN THE EU AS A GLOBAL ACTOR: POLICY MAKING AND REPRESENTATION IN THE AREA OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS PROFESSOR D ATTARD (SUPERVISOR) 34. GALEA PRISCILLA THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES ACT ON THE RESERVED PORTION PROVISIONS IN THE CIVIL CODE DR JEAN-PHILIPPE CHETCUTI CAUCHI (SA) 35. GALEA SABRINA THE LAW OF AGENCY DR M DEMARCO (SUPERVISOR)

8 36. GATT ALISON THE LEGITIMACY OF DECISION MAKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION PROFESSOR P G XUEREB (SUPERVISOR) 37. GATT ALLAN THE RIGHTS OF HOT PURSUIT AND VISIT: A MALTESE ANALYSIS PROFESSOR D ATTARD (SUPERVISOR) DR P CASSAR TORREGIANI (SA) 38. GAUCI JOHN LUDOVIC THE NATURE OF PLEAS IN MALTESE CIVIL PROCEDURE A JURISPRUDENTIAL ANALYSIS 39. GAUCI LARRY JOHN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF SHIPS DR TONIO FENECH (SUPERVISOR) 40. GONZI PAUL ONLINE GAMING AND INTERMEDIARIES: THE POSITION OF MALTESE LEGISLATION IN LIGHT OF RECENT EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS DR AUSTIN BENCINI (SUPERVISOR)

9 41. GRECH MARISA THE MALTESE LANGUAGE IN MALTESE LEGISLATION: 1921 TO DATE 42. GRECH SANDRA CONSUMERS RIGHTS IN THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY DR D FABRI (SUPERVISOR) 43. GRIMA JASON AN ANALYSIS OF THE VARIOUS MODES OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DR P CASSAR TORREGIANI (SUPERVISOR) 44. GRIMA MICHELLE THE SHIP CHARTERER UNDER MALTESE LAW DR ANN FENECH (SUPERVISOR) 45. GRIXTI ISABELLA THE CONCEPT OF UNFAIRNESS IN COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS UNDER EC CONSUMER LAW DR E BUTTIGIEG (SUPERVISOR)

10 46. HILI ANTHONY RE-ASSESSING THE DOCTRINE OF ARBITRABILITY IN INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION DR MAX GANADO (SUPERVISOR) DR ANTOINE CREMONA (SA) 47. HYZLER KURT THE PRINCIPLE OF PARI PASSU IN CORPORATE INSOLVENCY DR R CAMILLERI (SUPERVISOR) PROFESSOR A MUSCAT (SA) 48. JELEZNIAK POLINA DEVELOPMENT OF INCOTERMS IN INTERNATIONAL SALE OF GOODS DR M DE MARCO(SUPERVISOR) 49. MANICOLO SIMON REGULATING BROADCASTING IN A DIGITAL AGE DR K AQUILINA (SUPERVISOR) DR PAUL MICALLEF (SA) 50. MERCIECA AMANDA LISA AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT INTERNATIONAL LEGISLATION PROTECTING THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SUSTAINABLE FISHING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA DR SIMONE BORG (SUPERVISOR) DR P CASSAR TORREGIANI (SA)

11 NO NAME THESIS TITLE PROPOSED SUPERVISORS AND/SPECIALIST 51. MICALLEF ALEXANDER AN ANALYSIS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROFESSOR P G XUEREB (SUPERVISOR) 52. MICALLEF FRANCESCA MARITIME LEGISLATION IN MALTA FROM THE ENACTMENT OF THE COMMERICAL CODE TO THE PRESENT DAY 53. MICALLEF VINCENT JURISDICTION IN THE MALTESE CRIMINAL CODE ITS GESTATION, BIRTH AND DEVELOPMENT 54. MIFSUD JOE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW PROF GUIDO DE MARCO (SA) 55. MIFSUD RACHEL THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ON MALTESE COMPANY LAW DR KRIS BORG (SUPERVISOR)

12 56. MIFSUD BONNICI KEN MEMBERSHIP OF THE EUROSYSTEM LEGISLATION REQUIRED, CHANGES NECESSARY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MALTESE LAW PROFESSOR P G XUEREB (SUPERVISOR) 57. PISANI BENCINI BERTA A THEORETICAL APPRAISAL OF THE CONCEPT OF ABUSE OF RIGHTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO PHILOSOPHICAL DEBATES ON THE GENUINE NATURE OF A RIGHT DR D ZAMMIT (SUPERVISOR) 58. PULIS LORRAINE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AS A LEGAL TECHNIQUE IN CONSUMER PROTECTION DR D FABRI (SUPERVISOR) DR E BUTTIGIEG (SA) 59. REFALO ENZO JOSEPH FISCAL LIABILITY FOLLOWING TRANSFERS AND TRANSMISSION OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOT MARIO FELICE (SUPERVISOR) 60. RIZZO JEANINE AN ANALYSIS OF THE LAW RELATING TO THE FILM INDUSTRY DR RICHARD CAMILLERI (SUPERVISOR) DR ANN FENECH (SA)

13 61. SAID MARIELLA A HISTORICAL-LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE TREATEMENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN MALTESE LEGISLATION 62. SAMMUT MICHELA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE RIGHTS RELATING TO THE SURVIVING SPOUSE UNDER THE LAW OF SUCCESSION DR PAUL DEBONO (SUPERVISOR) 63. SAYDON HENRY (REPEATER) THE DISCRIMINATORY CONCEPT OF NATIONALITY AND DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUND OF NATIONALITY DR E BUTTIGIEG (SUPERVISOR) 64. SCHEMBRI ABIGAIL A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE PUBLIC REGISTRY IN MALTA AND GOZO FROM 1641 TO DATE 65. SCHEMBRI ALEXANDER ** PUNISHMENT, AS THE PRIMARY SANCTION IN CRIMINAL LAW, IS A MEANS TO AN END CHIEF JUSTICE V DEGAETANO (SUPERVISOR)

14 66. SCIBERRAS ALEXANDER REFORMING THE PRINCIPLE OF JURIDICAL INTEREST: A NECESSARY DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE CIVIL ACTION MR JUSTICE J R MICALLEF (SA) 67. SCIBERRAS GABRIELLE EU DIRECTIVES ON COMPANY DIRECT TAXATION: AN ANALYSIS OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PARENT-SUBSIDIARY DIRECTIVE, THE MERGERS DIRECTIVE AND THE INTEREST AND ROYALTIES DIRECTIVE, AND THEIR IMPACT ON MALTESE TAX LAW 68. SPITERI LOUISELLE LAW DRAFTING: THE MALTESE TRADITION WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE HARMONISATION OF EU LAWS INTO THE MALTESE LEGAL SYSTEM DR NEVILLE GATT (SUPERVISOR) DR JUANITA BEZZINA (SPECIALIST ASST) PROFESSOR I REFALO (SUPERVISOR) DR VANNI BRUNO (SA) 69. SPITERI MARIO THE MALTESE NATIONAL DAY, STANDARD AND FLAG IN MALTESE LEGISLATION 1849 ONWARDS PROFESSOR I REFALO (SA) 70. SPITERI TANIA THE HISTORY BEHIND ARTICLES 1 TO 6 IN CHAPTER 1 OF THE MALTA CONSTITUTION OF PROFESSOR I REFALO (SA)

15 71. SPITERI BAILEY INGRID THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS IN THE FIELD OF COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY DR E BUTTIGIEG (SUPERVISOR) DR D FABRI (SA) 72. STELLINI MICHAEL THE MORAL RIGHTS OF THE CREATOR IN THE CONTEXT OF COPYRIGHT LAW DR R CAMILLERI (SUPERVISOR) 73. SULTANA JOSETTE THE EFFECTS THAT COUNCIL REGULATION(EC) NO 2201/2003 CONCERNING JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENTS OF JUDGEMENTS IN MATRIMONIAL MATTERS AND IN MATTERS OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY WILL HAVE ON OUR LEGAL SYSTEM 74. TRAPANI GALEA FERIOL NICHOLAS. TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND THE DOCTRINE OF STRICT LIABILITY CO-HABIT? DR R FARRUGIA (SUPERVISOR) PROFESSOR G DEMARCO (SUPERVISOR) 75. VELLA ALEXANDRA THE EUROPEAN COMPANY: ANALYSIS, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTS THEREOF PROFESSOR P G XUEREB (SUPERVISOR) DR M TANTI DOUGALL (SA)

16 76. VELLA CHARLENE THE NOTARY PUBLIC IN MALTA FROM THE VILHENA CODE OF 1723 TO ORDINANCE V OF VELLA DONALD THE INTRODUCTION OF TRUSTS IN THE MALTESE CIVIL CODE: ITS EFFECTS AND IMPLICATIONS PROFESSOR I REFALO (SUPERVISOR) DR S ATTARD (SA) 78. VELLA GEOFFREY THE LANGUAGE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PROFESSIONS IN MALTESE LAW PROFESSOR JOSEPH CHIRCOP (SA) - Arts 79. VELLA NICOLE IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND ASYLUM SEEKERS ACCESS TO EFFECTIVE PROTECTION DR RUTH FARRUGIA (SUPERVISOR) 80. XUEREB NICOLAI AN ANALYSIS OF THE FISCAL TREATMENT OF TRUSTS IN MALTESE, ENGLISH AND US LAW DR MAX GANADO (SUPERVISOR)

17 81. XUEREB ROSETTE THE ROLE OF TRUSTS IN THE MATRIMONIAL REGIMES A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS DR MAX GANADO (SA) 82. ZAHRA DAVID THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE PARLIAMENTARY SUPREMACY DOCTRINE. A COMPARATIVE STUDY PROFESSOR I REFALO (SUPERVISOR) 83. ZAMMIT ANTONIA THE LEGAL EFFECT OF THE EU CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AS PART OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION PROFESSOR I REFALO (SUPERVISOR) 84. ZAMMIT CLARE SEXUAL EQUALITY IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONVENTION OF THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN AND DOMESTIC LEGISLATION DR R FARRUGIA (SUPERVISOR) DR JANET MIFSUD (SA) CLINICAL PHARMACOL. 85. ZAMMIT CHRISTIAN J THE LAWS OF EXPROPRIATION IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT

18 86. ZAMMIT CLAUDIO A MALTESE SUBSTANTIVE INSURANCE LAW: SHOULD WE GO OUR WAY? DR CARMEL CASCUN (SUPERVISOR) 87. ZAMMIT SILVANA THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION ACT (CHAPTER 460) DR A SCEBERRAS TRIGONA (SUPERVISOR) 88. ZAMMIT APAP AARON THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY VERSUS THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION DR R MANGION (SA) 89. ZRINZO ALEXIA JOY PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW RULES REGULATING THE EFFECTS OF MARRIAGE DR A SCEBERRAS TRIGONA (SUPERVISOR)