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From Rio to Asunción! Regional Meeting in Rio on 14-15 March 2022
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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)
ONLINE DIRECTORY — 2022 UPDATING CAMPAIGN
Members are requested to return the form below with their updated information to secretariat@aidc-iacl.org. The Secretariat is available to answer any questions regarding the update. The form can be filled out electronically or by hand (and submitted in scanned...
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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...
Constitutional Foundings in Northeast Asia
Kevin YL Tan and Michael Ng, 2022, Hart Publishing This new book in the Constitutionalism in Asia series considers the idea of origins, and of change and continuity in terms of 'constitution-making', which is an on-going process in the Northeast Asian states. The book...
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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
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
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Asunción 2022 ! First promotional video
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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
SICL – Family status, Identities and Private International Law A Critical Assessment in the Light of Fundamental Rights, 5 & 12 May 2022 Video conference
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...
EL DERECHO COMPARADO Y LOS FUNDAMENTOS NACIONALES DEL DERECHO DE LA UE – ONLINE (20-22 APRIL 2022)
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From Rio to Asunción! Regional Meeting in Rio on 14-15 March 2022
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Research Seminar on Parental Child Abduction in International and Islamic Law – 11 March 2022 (Online)
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