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Programme of the 2021 Pretoria Thematic Congress (October 6-8)
ASUNCION – FINAL LIST OF CONGRESS TOPICS
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8 October 2020 – Pretoria PreConference [Online]
The Academy is organising an online activity which will take place on October 8, 2020. The programme is reproduced below. Information about registration will be available soon on this page.
Ius Comparatum Vol. 2 – Call for Papers “Comparative Family Law” – Deadline: 1st May 2020
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Selection of Topics for the Asunción General Congress 2022
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End of Year Letter of the Secretary-General
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Comparing Comparisons Conference Report
Letter from the Secretary-General (14 October 2019)
Comparative Public International Law: Challenging the Oxymoron, Geneva, 10-11 October 2019
On 10-11 October 2019, the International Academy of Comparative Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva organised a conference entitled "Comparative Public International Law: Challenging the Oxymoron".
Launch of Ius Comparatum in Paris on October 8th
On October 8th in Paris, the Academy launched the new publication "Ius Comparatum" (Springer) at Sciences Po Law School. The topic of the first volume is "The Use of Comparative Law Methodology in International Arbitration". The Keynote was delivered by Prof. Emmanuel...
Liberation of Professor Kamto
2019 elections of new members – Results
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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...
Company Laws of the EU—A Handbook
Editor(s): Andrea Vicari, Alexander Schall, Hart, 2020The summary of the book is reproduced hereafter: "This book aims to fill a gap in the process of confrontation between the disciplines, case laws and literature of the central EU member states. In particular it...
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...
Intangible Cultural Heritage Under National and International Law — Going Beyond the 2003 UNESCO Convention
Edited by Marie Cornu, Institute for Political Social Sciences, French National Centre for Scientific Research; ENS Paris-Saclay and University Paris Nanterre, France, Anita Vaivade, Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia, Lily Martinet, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg...
American Law – A Comparative Primer
Gerrit De Geest, Charles F. Nagel Professor of International and Comparative Law, Washington University School of Law, US 2020. The summary is reproduced hereafter: "This concise primer offers an introduction to U.S. law from a comparative perspective, explaining not...
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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
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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Programme of the 2021 Pretoria Thematic Congress (October 6-8)
BACL Virtual Discussion – Why Religious Freedom Matters for Democracy? France-Britain compared, 10 September 2020
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The Role of Comparative Law in the Social Sciences — Online, ASCL – September 12, 2020
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Comparative law and economics of regulatory responses to COVID19 – Call for Applications
Click here to access the website to apply Update: the organisers have share the following document identifying the list of jurisdictions and questions for which they are still missing rapporteursDownload