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SAVE THE DATE – October 8 2019 – The Use of Comparative Law Methodology in International Arbitration

SAVE THE DATE!8 OCT 2019 - ParisAFTERNOON The International Academy of Comparative Law will be launching its new publication "IUS COMPARATUM" on October 8th 2019 in Paris. The topic of the first volume is: THE USE OF COMPARATIVE LAW METHODOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL...

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Please click on the following link to access the voting website: the password to access the website will be communicated per email to all members on June 1st 2019. Instructions are available in French and English. Elections 2019

2019 elections of new members – Results

Arrest of Prof. Maurice Kamto – Press Release 30/01/19

Selection of National Rapporteurs for the Pretoria Congress

Letters from the Secretary-General to the National Committees and Members - 10 May 2019 [pdf-embedder...

COMPARATIVE

CASE LAW

French Court finds the French State has committed a fault because of insufficient measures taken in terms of air quality

Jun 25, 2019

On 25th June 2019, the court of Montreuil found that "the [French] State has committed a fault because of insufficient measures taken in terms of air quality to remedy the overrun, between 2012 and 2016, in the region Ile -de-France, of the treshold values for the...

Ecuador: Constitutional Court approves same-sex marriage

Jun 14, 2019

On June 13th 2019, Ecuador's Constitutional Court approved same-sex marriage ( 5-to-4 ruling). Ecuador joins a handful of Latin American nations — Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia and Uruguay — that have legalized same-sex marriage in the recent years. More...

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LEGISLATIVE

REFORM

Taiwan passes same-sex marriage legislation

May 17, 2019

On 17 May 2019, the Taiwanese Parliament has approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision making the island the first place in Asia to pass same-sex marriage legislation More information can be found via this link : CNN Le Monde

Brunei: de facto moratorium on announced executions for people convicted of adultery and gay sex

May 6, 2019

After the widespread international protest following the new punishments codified last month in Brunei under a harsh interpretation of Islamic law, i.e. executions by stoning for people convicted of adultery and gay sex, the sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah...

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DOCTRINAL

STUDIES

Constitutions in Times of Financial Crisis

Jun 25, 2019

Tom Ginsburg, Mark D. Rosen and Georg VanbergCUP, 2019 ISBN: 9781108492294 "Many constitutions include provisions intended to limit the discretion of governments in economic policy. In times of financial crises, such provisions often come under pressure as a...

Das europäische Konzerninsolvenzrecht nach der reformierten EuInsVO, Thomas Himmer

Jun 12, 2019

Das europäische Konzerninsolvenzrecht nach der reformierten EuInsVO, Thomas Himmer, Mohr Siebeck, 2019, ISBN 978-3-16-157587-7The summary is reproduced hereafter: "In der ursprünglichen Fassung der EuInsVO setzte der europäische Gesetzgeber in puncto Konzerninsolvenz...

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ACADEMIC

EVENTS

Scholarship 2019-2020 – International Faculty of Comparative Law

Jul 17, 2019

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SAVE THE DATE – October 8 2019 – The Use of Comparative Law Methodology in International Arbitration

Jul 12, 2019

SAVE THE DATE!8 OCT 2019 - ParisAFTERNOON The International Academy of Comparative Law will be launching its new publication "IUS COMPARATUM" on October 8th 2019 in Paris. The topic of the first volume is: THE USE OF COMPARATIVE LAW METHODOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL...