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The annual International Law Colloquium sponsored by St. John's  Center for International and Comparative Law brings leading scholars to campus to present their works to students and faculty. This year, we're pleased to welcome: Dinah Shelton (2/8), George Washington University, If you Break it, do you own it? Legal Consequences of Environmental Harm from Military Activities   Susan Franck (2/22), Washington and Lee University, Inside the Arbitral Mind   Catherine Powell (3/7), Fordham University, How Women Could Transform the World, If Only We Would Let Them: Inclusive Security and Gender Performance   Carlos Vazquez (4/6) , Georgetown Law Center, The 4th Restatement and the Doctrine of Self-Executing Treaties   Ruti Teitel (4/11) , New York Law School , Transitional Justice and the Peace Process in Colombia   Molly Land (4/25) , University of Connecticut, Human Ri

Louisiana—as the lone civil law jurisdiction in the United States—has been instrumental in developing and maintaining one of the major legal traditions in the world, the civil law, in the English language. Indeed, having as its source Roman and Canon law, with Spanish and French influences dating back centuries, the civil law has developed over time to best suit the needs of the citizenry at the relevant time period. The development of this venerated legal tradition in English, particularly in Louisiana, has contributed to its influence and accessibility around the globe. The continued viability of the civil law in Louisiana is possible because of the hard work of scholars throughout the state, and particularly the work of the great legal minds of the LSU Law Center. One such legal scholar is our very own  Alain Levasseur , who has worked diligently to ensure that the civil law is accessible in English in Louisiana and abroad. This accessibility enables legal scholars from around the g