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End-of-Year Letter by the Secretary-General
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NEW ONLINE IACL DIRECTORY (2021) — UPDATING CAMPAIGN
A new updated directory will be made available online on the Academy's website in the beginning of 2021. Members are requested to return the form below before January 15, 2021 with their updated information to secretariat@aidc-iacl.org. The Secretariat is available to...
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)
ASUNCION – FINAL LIST OF CONGRESS TOPICS
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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...
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
International Labour Organization and Global Social Governance
Tarja Halonen & Ulla Liukkunen (Eds.) Springer, 2020 Summary of the book: "This open access book explores the role of the ILO (International Labour Organization) in building global social governance from multiple and mutually complementary perspectives. It...
Good Administration and the Council of Europe Law, Principles, and Effectiveness
Ulrich Stelkens & Agnė Andrijauskaitė (Editors), OUP, 2020 The summary is reproduced hereafter: "Good Administration and the Council of Europe: Law, Principles, and Effectiveness examines the existence and effectiveness of written and unwritten standards of good...
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2020 IN REPLAY: IACL Pretoria Pre-Conference
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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]
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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
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L’office du juge, dire le droit pour résoudre un conflit — 16 November 2020 (Paris/Live Stream)
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3rd Bernhardt Lecture (MPIH) — Professor Başak Çalı: ” ‘To me, fair friend, you can never be old’: The European Convention on Human Rights at 70″, 23 October 2020
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Call for Papers: Comparative Law in times of emergencies XXVI Biennial Colloquium of the Italian Association of Comparative Law (Deadline : January 7 2021)
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20-23 Octobre 2020 – China Law Week 2020
Description : "The aim of better understanding the nature of Chinese law and legal culture requires considering the larger societal framework where law operates. It is essential to look at law in its culturally-specific historical context, viewing it as a part of a...
La réforme de la Constitution russe – 24 September 2020, Paris – SLC/SOFARUS/Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole
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