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Le droit talmudique saisi par le droit comparé

Le droit talmudique saisi par le droit comparé Colloque Université de Lorraine, Nancy, 22 et 23 novembre 2017 Accès à l'appel à communication

La comparaison juridique et l’Afrique: Regards italiens

Conférence-débat du Master 2 Droits africains Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne La comparaison juridique et l’Afrique. Regards italiens     Avec Rodolfo Sacco Professeur émérite, Université de Turin « Le caractère du droit africain » Salvatore Mancuso Professeur de droit comparé, Université de Cape Town « L’Afrique et le droit comparé » Antonio Gambaro Professore ordinario di Diritto Civile I, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza Università degli Studi di Milano « La méthode de la comparaison juridique »     Mardi 16 mai 2017, de 10 h à 12 h Amphithéâtre Descartes en Sorbonne 17 rue de la Sorbonne 75005 Paris Inscription gratuite obligatoire à  master2droitsafricains@univ-paris1.fr 

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law

Announcement and Call for Panels Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law Comparative Law, Faith and Religion: The Role of Faith in Law October 26-28, 2017 American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C. The American Society of Comparative Law and American University College of Law invite all interested scholars to consider submitting a panel proposal for the upcoming Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law that will be held between Thursday, October 26, and Saturday, October 28, 2017, at American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.  entitled Comparative law, Faith and Religion:  The Role of Faith in Law . This conference was in large part inspired by the work of the late Patrick Glenn on legal traditions.  Professor Glenn bravely undertook to “compare the world” with his emphasis on legal “traditions” and by extending the scope of comparative law beyond what most comparative scholars are comfortable with....

International Workshop in Trento: UNIFORM CIVIL CODE IN INDIA

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THE DEBATE ON THE UNIFORM CIVIL CODE IN INDIA: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CONSTITUTIONAL SECULARISM IN INDIA AND PERSONAL LAWS REGIMES IN ASIA International Workshop 27 - 28 April 2017 The preamble to India’s 1950 Constitution declares it to be a secular state. Yet, religions play a highly visible role in the Indian public sphere. Furthermore, in spite of the constitutional mandate (“The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”, art. 44), a regime of personal laws - based on religious or customary ground - is actually applied, mostly in matters of family law and group status. The political process is presently re-considering the adoption of a uniform civil code, and the question whether such a solution - long waited for - is more consistent with the principle of constitutional secularism and more respectful to religious pluralism needs to be critically addressed, in a context - like the Indian one - where the balance between cons...

Christian Legal Society National Conference

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The scholar’s symposium of this year's national CLS conference (Washington, DC, October 21-22) is built around the book   Law and the Bible: Justice, Mercy, and Legal Institutions  (InterVarsity Press), which I edited with David Van Drunen.   I and several other authors (Randy Beck, Tremper Longman, Bill Brewbaker, and David Smolin) will speak on three separate panels about our chapters (Genesis, OT Law, OT history, Jesus, and NT letters).  The details are below this message.  Here is the link to the scholars' portion of the conference:  http://clsnet.org/2016/scholars

Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, UCLA April 2017

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Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop April 28-29, 2017 UCLA School of Law Announcement and Call for Papers Organized by Máximo Langer (University of California at Los Angeles), Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law), and Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) Co-sponsored by the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Illinois College of Law, Princeton University, and the American Society of Comparative Law We invite all interested comparative law scholars to consider submitting a paper to the next annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, which will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, 2017, at UCLA School of Law.  We will accept up to seven papers for workshop discussion, and we plan to select a mix of both junior and senior scholars. Interested authors should submit papers to Máximo Langer at UCLA School of Law langer@law.ucla.edu   by February 1, 2017.   We will inform authors of our decision by ...

Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World at Tulane, November 4, 2016

Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World: Legal Tradition, Laws and Customs in Luisiana and the Floridas 4 November 2016 – Tulane University School of Law Supported by the Tulane University School of Law and The Portalis Society , the conference brings together historians and legal historians to discuss the laws, customs, and institutions of Spanish Louisiana and the Floridas. The scope is intentionally broad and covers almost anything linked to law and culture (doctrine, personalities, property, politics, extra-legal norms, etc). * Lawyers of Early New Orleans Kenneth Aslakson (History, Union College)   Spanish Law, Encyclopaedias, and the Digest of 1808 John W Cairns (Law, Edinburgh) Through a Glass Darkly: The Minor Judiciary of Feliciana, c1803-1810 Seán Patrick Donlan (Law, South Pacific)  “The Spanish Spirit in This Country”: Newcomers to Louisiana in 1803-1805, and Their Perceptions of the Spanish Regime Eberhard (Lo) Faber (Music, Loyola) A Confusion of Ins...

Interpreting Law - The Role of Judges in Contemporary Democracies

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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 ?...