Monthly Archives: October 2016

Friday 18th November – (Foreign) Law as Self-Fashioning, by Pierre Legrand

Friday 18th November – (Foreign) Law as Self-Fashioning, by Pierre Legrand

FRIDAY 18th November 2016, Professor Pierre Legrand (Sciences Po Ecole de Droit) The argument is that no account of (foreign) law — no matter how purportedly descriptive — …

 

October 19th – Coercion and Autonomy in Transnational Private Law, by Robert Wai

October 19th – Coercion and Autonomy in Transnational Private Law, by Robert Wai

WEDNESDAY 19th October 2016, Prof. Robert Wai (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University) The turn to transnational law admirably directs analysis of contemporary society towards a realistic sense of …

 

October 14th – The Turn Toward Unilateralism in American Choice of Law, by Hannah Buxbaum

October 14th – The Turn Toward Unilateralism in American Choice of Law, by Hannah Buxbaum

FRIDAY 14th October 2016, Prof. Hannah Buxbaum (Maurer School of Law, Indiana University) In 2000, the European Community filed a lawsuit against RJR Nabisco (RJR) in U.S. federal …

 

October 7th – Rethinking Comparative Law: Mapping Law’s Transformations, by Leone Niglia

October 7th – Rethinking Comparative Law: Mapping Law’s Transformations, by Leone Niglia

FRIDAY 7th October 2016, Prof. Leone Niglia (University CIII of Madrid) This seminar contributes to comparative scholarly analyses of ‘legal transplants’ and ‘legal change’. Drawing on a combination …