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Edinburgh Law School joins IACL as new corporate member!
The Executive Committee of the International Academy of Comparative Law has approved the application for corporate membership of the Edinburgh Law School. Page of the Edinburgh Law School
IACL SG Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo has been appointed as Correspondent of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) by decision of UNIDROIT’s Governing Council.
2022 General Congress – Opening of Early Bird Registration
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Asunción 2022 ! First promotional video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZzO971MP1Q
Culture and Law – Looking back on our Mexico Thematic Conference held on 21-22 April 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpQnDlSBxtI&t=1s The Academy co-organized with the Centro Mexicano de Derecho Uniforme a two-day conference on "Culture and Law" in Mexico City on April 21-22, 2022. The conference was made possible by the invaluable efforts and...
The Academy shares with immense sadness the news of the passing of Professor Rodolfo Sacco
Professor Sacco received the Academy’s honours in a ceremony organised in 2017 in honour of great comparatists. https://youtu.be/-jeUvJqo-a0
From Rio to Asunción! Regional Meeting in Rio on 14-15 March 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUvFc4ZkiFI
Ulrich Drobnig (1928 – 2022)
On March 2nd, 2022 Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Ulrich Drobnig, M.C.J. (NYU) passed away. He was one of the leading legal comparatists of the decades since the Second World War. As Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Private International Law, his name...
The Academy shares with sadness the news of the passing of Mireille Delmas-Marty
Mireille Delmas-Marty, one of the greatest comparatists, internationalists and criminal lawyers, passed away at the age of 80. The first (and only) woman to become a chair of comparative and international law at the Collège de France, Delmas-Marty was a known force...
End-of-Year Letter by the Secretary-General
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CANADA PRIZE – FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
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LIST OF ELECTED ASSOCIATE AND TITULAR MEMBERS (2021 ELECTION)
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Trends in Comparative Law and Economics
Nuno Garoupa, Anthem Press, 2022. Description: "The book fills a gap since there is no quick reference in comparative law and economics at the moment. The book can be seen as a short introduction to comparative law and economics, a helpful guide to additional reading...
The Private Side of Transforming our World – UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law (Open Access)
Ralf Michaels, Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans van Loon (Ed.), Intersentia, 2021. Open Access
Conscientious Objection — Dissent and Democracy in a Common Law Context
Kerry O'Halloran, Springer, 2022. This book traces, assesses and compares the history of conscientious objection – in the cultural context of six common law nations – from refusal of military service and a range of similar moral dilemmas, to objecting to abortion, to...
Comparative Securities Law — Perspectives from Kuwait, the UK and US
Abdullah Alshebli, Routledge, 2022 Providing a clear introduction to securities laws and how they are applied in different countries, this book compares the enaction and enforcement of securities laws in Kuwait, the UK and the USA. It explores the philosophy behind...
Short-termism im Aktien- und Kapitalmarktrecht: Ideengeschichte, Rechtsvergleichung, Rechtsökonomie
Eckart Bueren, Mohr Siebeck, 1. Auflage, 2022 Die Aktiengesellschaft soll private Ersparnisse in dauerhaft gebundenes, unternehmerisches Anlagekapital transformieren. Zugleich erlaubt die Börsennotierung eine beliebig kurzfristige Anlage in unternehmenstragende...
Podcast – Rechtsvergleichung im Völkerrecht (Comparative Law for Public International Law)
A new episode of Café Comparatum is available. This episode features a discussion of Dr. Till Markus' book "Rechtsvergleichung im Völkerrecht" (Mohr Siebeck, 2021). Links to Café Comparatum
HOMAGE TO RODOLFO SACCO
The members of the Academy were deeply touched by the news of the passing of Professor Rodolfo Sacco. The family of comparatists loses one of its most eminent members; the Secretariat pondered at length on the best way to honor the memory of Rodolfo Sacco. It is...
Convergence and Divergence of Private Law in Asia
Edited by Gary Low, Cambridge University Press, 2022 There have been an increasing need for greater integration of many Asian economies, either within the confines of ASEAN or on a more geo-economically strategic scale including major Asian jurisdictions like...
Proportionality and Facts in Constitutional Adjudication
Anne Carter, Hart Publishing, 2022 This book considers the relationship between proportionality and facts in constitutional adjudication. Analysing where facts arise within each of the three stages of the structured proportionality test – suitability, necessity, and...
Café Comparatum Podcast — ”Comparaison et modernisation du droit à l’aube du XXIe siècle”
Présentation de l'ouvrage : C. Lima Marques et G. Cerqueira (dirs. publ.), Comparaison et modernisation du droit à l'aube du XXIe siècle : Les 250 ans de la Loi portugaise de la Raison saine et la fonction modernisatrice du droit comparé, collection droit comparé...
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Podcast Episode on US Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson with Prof. Wanda Mastor
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Call for Papers — 5th Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists (Malta – June 2023)
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METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM IN EUROPEAN LAW First Max Planck Law Conference for Young European Scholars 14 – 15 July 2022
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ASUNCION2022 — First workshop revealed!
The Academy and CEDEP are pleased to reveal the content of a first workshop which will be organized in Asunción by Mauro Bussani, Sabino Cassese and Marta Infantino on the topic of comparative legal metrics and more particularly the quantification of performance as a...
ASUNCION2022 — First Call for Paper for the ASADIP Days
The Academy and CEDEP are pleased to share a first call for paper for an activity organised by the American Society of Private International Law during its annual meeting (Jornadas ASADIP) and which will be held during the Congress. Call
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Transnational Online Legal Education Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, 21 June 2022 [Online]
Speakers: Professor Luke Nottage (also co-chair, University of Sydney Law School; Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong)Professor Mirela Zupan (University of Ozijek, Croatia)Dr Lida Pitsillidou (University of Central Lancaster, Cyprus)Ms Nyasha...
2022 General Congress – Opening of Early Bird Registration
Link to the Congress Website
Asunción 2022 ! First promotional video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZzO971MP1Q
SICL – La solidarité familiale — regards croisés de droit comparé et de droit international privé entre Europe et pays du Maghreb – 2 and 3 June 2022
