The workshop on « Private International Law as Global Governance » at the Law School of the Paris Institute of Political Science (Sciences Po) will take place on Thursday or Fridays at 12:30, at the Law School.

The speakers for the Spring 2012 will be:

• 20^th January: Mads ANDENAS, “External effects of national ECHR judgments”
• 25^th January (Wednesday, doctoral workshop): Shotaro HAMAMOTO, “L’arbitrage investisseur-État est-il hostile aux intérêts publics?”, room J208 (2d floor)
• 27^th January: Ingo VENZKE, “On words and deeds: How the practice of interpretation develops international norms”, room J210 (2d floor)
• 9^th  February (doctoral workshop): Benoit FRYDMAN, “Approche pragmatique du droit global”, room J208 (2d floor)
• 16^th February: Michael WAIBEL, “Privatizing the adjudication of sovereign defaults”, room J211 (2d floor)
• 20th February (Monday, 18:30): Luis Olavo BAPTISTA, “Un regard critique sur l’OMC”, Maison de l’Amérique latine (217, Boulevard Saint Germain)
• 8^th March: Michael KARAYANNI, “The extraterritorial application of access to justice rights: The case of Palestinian plaintiffs seeking civil justice before Israeli courts”, room J208 (2d floor)
• 23^rd March: Alex MILLS, “Variable geometry and peer governance in private international law”, room J210 (2d floor)
  
• 12^th April (doctoral workshop): Diego P. FERNÁNDEZ ARROYO, “Does global governance require arbitral precedent?”, room Conseil (5th floor)
  
• 13^th April: Michael HELLNER, “Challenges by the universalization of the rules on jurisdiction in EU PIL“, room Conseil (5th floor)
• 4^th May: Jodie KIRSHNER, “Why is the U.S. abdicating the policing of multinational corporations to Europe?: Extraterritorialism, sovereignty, and the Alien Tort Statute“, room H202A, 28 rue des Saints-Pères
• 11^th May, Final Meeting (full day, Program already available),

Venue: Sciences Po Law School, 13 rue de l’Université, 75007 Paris (building J)