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Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference: Updated Program

Monday, May 30 8:45—9:15          Registration & Coffee  9:15—9:30           PLENARY—OPENING & WELCOMING ADDRESS ·           William R. Corbett , Interim Dean, Frank L. Maraist Professor of Law  and Wex S. Malone Professor of Law, LSU Law Center ·           Olivier Moréteau , Russell B. Long Chair, LSU Law Center,  President of Juris Diversitas 9:30—10:30        PLENARY—KEYNOTE    ·           The Problematic of Invisibility for Law in a Transnationalized World ,   Vivian Grosswald Curran , University of Pittsburgh (United States) 10:30—11:00     Break 11:00—12:30      PARALLEL SESSIONS I                    I.A          Remixing Legal Traditions ·           Canada’s Legal Traditions: Sources of Unification, Diversification or Inspiration? ,  Rosalie Jukier , McGill University (Canada) ·           Unity and Diversity in Legal History of the Commonwealth Caribbean ,  Asya Ostroukh , Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (Barbados) ·           Rebuilding the Somali

JURIS DIVERSITAS: Juris Diversitas Annual Conference May 30-June 1, ...

JURIS DIVERSITAS: Juris Diversitas Annual Conference May 30-June 1, ... : Annual Conference Registration   Registration Fee w/ Dinner €250.00 EUR   Members Registration Fee w/ Dinner €175.00 EUR   Registration F...

Juris Diversitas Annual Conference May 30-June 1, Baton Rouge

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Annual Conference Registration Registration Fee w/ Dinner €250.00 EUR Members Registration Fee w/ Dinner €175.00 EUR Registration Fee Only €200.00 EUR Members Registration Only €125.00 EUR Links to Conference Hotels ($119 per night plus tax; book by May 8): SpringHill Suites Baton Rouge South Fairfield Inn & Suites Baton Rouge South Complimentary bus service will be provided  morning and evening Closest airport: Baton Rouge (BTR) 2016 Annual Conference:  Unity and/or Diversity Unité ou diversité May 30 to June 1, 2016 Louisiana State University Law Center Baton Rouge, USA Theme :  Comparative legal studies have long been perceived as an  engine pulling legal traditions and systems towards  convergence, harmonization, and unification. Today, legal pluralism  pushes  towards the recognition of human and social diversity.  Does this mean that we have to choose between unity and  diversity,  Jus unum  or  juris diversitas ?  To what extent do pluralistic  societies embrace or reject