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ASUNCION2022 — Call for National Special Rapporteurs!
For the first time, a page is set up by the Secretariat to help General Rapporteurs who are looking for National Special Rapporteurs for the jurisdictions for which no rapporteur has been appointed by a National Committee. Should you have any questions please...
End-of-Year Letter by the Secretary-General
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa_mltPix-k Download the letter Access the page for the directory update
ONLINE DIRECTORY — 2021 UPDATING CAMPAIGN
An updated directory with specific information about all members will be made available online on the Academy's website for the 2022 Asunción General Congress. Members are requested to return the form below with their updated information to secretariat@aidc-iacl.org....
The Academy warmly congratules former IACL Vice-President Jorge A. Sánchez Cordero for his election as President of the UNIDROIT General Assembly for the period 2020-2021.
Remembering Professor Michele Taruffo (1943-2020)
The Academy is saddened to hear about the loss of Professor Michele Taruffo, one of the greatest authorities of procedural law in Italy and in the world. Professor Michele Taruffo was professor at the Università degli Studi di Pavia since 1965.
Café Comparatum Episode 2 with Prof. Alejandro Garro – The CISG and Comparative Law
A new episode of the Café Comparatum podcast series is now available. This episode features a discussion between the IACL-SG Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, the IACL-DSG Dr. Alexandre Senegacnik and Professor Alejandro Garro (Columbia Law School) on the UN Convention...
LAUNCH OF THE NEW OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION IUS COMPARATUM: THE USE OF COMPARATIVE LAW METHODOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
The Academy has just launched a new open-access publication IUS COMPARATUM. The Volume 1 is out and can be downloaded on the website of the Academy. Click here to access Volume 1 — IUS COMPARATUM
ASUNCIÓN2022 – The Secretary-General communicates the list of General Rapporteurs and Topics to the National Committees
The list of topics and General Rapporteurs for the next General Congress which will take place in 2022 in Asunción is now available. The Secretary-General of the Academy has communicated the list to the National Committees in order to launch the Designation Process of...
Podcast Café Comparatum 1 with Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen — Book discussion — “Les 3 Cours régionales des droits de l’homme in context”
The International Academy of Comparative Law is happy to launch its Café Comparatum Podcast series.The Podcast 1 is available in French and has been recorded in Paris in October 2020. It features a 25 minute discussion between IACL Deputy Secretary-General Alexandre...
Podcast Café Comparatum 1 with Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen — Book discussion — “Les 3 Cours régionales des droits de l’homme in context”
The International Academy of Comparative Law is happy to launch its Café Comparatum Podcast series. The Podcast 1 is available in French and has been recorded in Paris in October 2020. It features a 25 minute discussion between IACL Deputy Secretary-General Alexandre...
Online Meeting of the Executive Committee and Secretariat
On 17 September 2020, the Executive Committee and the Secretariat met online to discuss the functioning of the Academy and prepare the upcoming activities and publications. The next meeting will take place in the Spring 2021.
Programme of the 2021 Pretoria Thematic Congress (October 6-8)
DOCTRINALSTUDIES
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Disciplining Judges: Contemporary Challenges and Controversies
Edited by Richard Devlin, FRSC, Professor and Acting Dean and Sheila Wildeman, Associate Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Edward Elgar 2021 Presentation: Globally, countries are faced with a complex act of statecraft: how...
Porosités du droit — Law’s porosities
Edited by Viviane Grosswald Curran SLC, 2020, 978-2-36517-101-4 Comment penser un monde juridique transnational sinon comme composé de droits poreux ? Nous avons recueilli les réflexions de juristes qui sont professeurs, avocats et chercheurs de nombre de pays. Ils...
La connaissance du droit étranger. À la recherche d’instruments de coopération adaptés Nouveauté Études de droit international privé comparé. Colloque du 28 novembre 2019
More information Gustavo Cerqueira & Nicolas Nord - Société de législation comparée Collection : Colloques ISBN : 978-2-36517-105-2 Le droit étranger occupe une place croissante dans la pratique, pour le juge bien entendu, mais également pour d'autres professions...
Europäisches Zivilprozessrecht — B. Hess
Burkhard Hess, Series: Ius Communitatis De Gruyter | 2021 This book explores the European law of civil procedure from a systematic and dogmatic perspective by comprehensively assessing and providing a detailed explanation of all the instruments adopted in this area of...
Comparative Dispute Resolution — EE Research Handbooks in Comparative Law
Edited by Maria Federica Moscati, Michael Palmer and Marian Roberts, Edward Elgar, 2020 Comparative Dispute Resolution offers an original, wide-ranging, and invaluable corpus of chapters on dispute resolution. Enriched by a broad, comparative vision and a focus on the...
General Reports of the XXth General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law
Springer This book explores convergences of legal doctrine despite jurisdictional, cultural and political barriers, as well as divergences due to such barriers, examining topics that are of vital importance to contemporary legal scholars. Written by leading experts...
Use of the UNIDROIT Principles to Interpret and Supplement Domestic Contract Law
Garro, Alejandro M, Moreno Rodriguez, Jose Antonio (Eds.), Springer 2020 Summary: "This book discusses how UNIDROIT principles are viewed and interpreted in different countries, presenting various perspectives and practical lessons learned. It also offers a detailed...
Café Comparatum Episode 2 with Prof. Alejandro Garro – The CISG and Comparative Law
A new episode of the Café Comparatum podcast series is now available. This episode features a discussion between the IACL-SG Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, the IACL-DSG Dr. Alexandre Senegacnik and Professor Alejandro Garro (Columbia Law School) on the UN Convention...
BACL CALL FOR BLOG POSTS – The regulation of fake news and its enforcement
The British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) invites submissions for its blog on the theme “The regulation of fake news and its enforcement” Call for Blog Posts
LAUNCH OF THE NEW OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION IUS COMPARATUM: THE USE OF COMPARATIVE LAW METHODOLOGY IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION
The Academy has just launched a new open-access publication IUS COMPARATUM. The Volume 1 is out and can be downloaded on the website of the Academy. Click here to access Volume 1 — IUS COMPARATUM
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ANJeL/JSAA “Japanese Law in Context” Podcast Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdrlAxDOkYI&list=PLO4EFZ7-JT3a-gXuIV3Xp4qy7_X7qPJrs More information on ANJeL Report on the Series
BACL Webinars on Comparative Torts: Liability for Emerging Technologies and Comparative Torts: Liability for Ecological Harm on 29th and 30th March 2021.
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Les conflits du travail au Sénégal, SLC, 2/3/21
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Ernst-Rabel-Vorlesung 2021 – Katharina Pistor: “Rechtsvergleichung zwischen Transaktionskosten und politischer Ökonomie am Beispiel der Kapitalgesellschaft”, 17/05/21
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2020 IN REPLAY: IACL Pretoria Pre-Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHcWOlQdjCQ
An overlapping maze: A comparative law view on how multinationals cope with laws, hard and soft, impacting human rights – IBA, 10 December (Online)
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![L’avenir du droit international des investissements et la Suisse — Institut suisse de droit comparé, 13 November 2020 [Online]](https://aidc-iacl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Dientes-Leon-640x480-400x250.jpg)
L’avenir du droit international des investissements et la Suisse — Institut suisse de droit comparé, 13 November 2020 [Online]
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![International Biennial Conference Timişoara – 13th Edition, 6 – 7 November 2020 [online]](https://aidc-iacl.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Capture-d’écran-2020-02-21-à-13.05.52-400x250.png)
International Biennial Conference Timişoara – 13th Edition, 6 – 7 November 2020 [online]
![Droit souple et co-régulation dans le contexte du COVID-19, 6 November 2020 [Online] Institut Suisse de droit comparé, Association Henri Capitant et le Centre d’étude, de technique et d’évaluation législatives de l’Université de Genève](https://aidc-iacl.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Luces-640x480-400x250.jpg)
Droit souple et co-régulation dans le contexte du COVID-19, 6 November 2020 [Online] Institut Suisse de droit comparé, Association Henri Capitant et le Centre d’étude, de technique et d’évaluation législatives de l’Université de Genève
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L’office du juge, dire le droit pour résoudre un conflit — 16 November 2020 (Paris/Live Stream)
The conference will be live streamed. More information