The American Society of Comparative Law

The nation’s premier learned society devoted to the comparative study of legal systems and traditions.

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Volume 72, Issue 1, Spring 2024

ASCL News

  • Call for Proposals 2025

    Paris Congress at 125: Comparative Law’s Entanglement with Power from Paris to Today October 16-18, 2025 McGill Faculty of Law, Montreal, Canada The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to invite submissions for papers to be presented at the 2025 ASCL Annual Meeting, to be held at the McGill Faculty of Law, Montreal,…

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    6th YCC Workshop on Comparative Business and Financial Law: Call for Papers

    The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to invite submissions for its Sixth Workshop on Comparative Business and Financial Law, which will be held on May 9-10, 2025, at the National Taiwan University College of Law in Taipei, Taiwan. The workshop aims to highlight, develop, and promote…

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  • Work-in-Progress Annual Comparative Law Workshop

    May 1-3, 2025 Announcement and Call for Papers Co-Organized and Co-Hosted by Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law) Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) Jacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Law School), and And co-sponsored by The American Society of Comparative Law Hosting institution this year:  University of Illinois College of Law We invite all…

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