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2021 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative LawInternationalizing Comparative LawOctober 21–23, 2021University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WisconsinThe American Society of Comparative Law, the leading organization in the United States promoting the comparative study of law, and the University of Wisconsin Law School invite all interested scholars, practitioners and… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: March 16, 2021 - 3:34 pm
The Videos from the 2020 Annual Meeting of the ASCL and of the Younger Comparativists Committee…
The Videos from the 2020 Annual Meeting of the ASCL and of the Younger Comparativists Committee are available on the Society’s YouTube Channel. Watch the fascinating conversations between legal scholars working on the relationships between comparative law and legal history and on many other significant topics:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzmBcniZ5gzAvztjozKrnig/videosThe Videos from the 2020… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: February 24, 2021 - 8:59 pm
ASCL Studies in Comparative Law
The ASCL is delighted to announce that the Studies in Comparative Law Series it is holding with Cambridge University Press keeps expanding. Here is where you can see recent additions to the series: https://www.cambridge.org/au/academic/subjects/law/series/ascl-studies-comparative-lawASCL Studies in Comparative Law was originally published in ASCL on Medium, where people are continuing the… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: November 22, 2020 - 10:23 pm
Call for Papers — 2021 Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop
Call for Papers — 2021 Comparative Law Work-in-Progress WorkshopAnnual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress WorkshopMarch 11–13, 2021University of Illinois College of LawAnnouncement and Call for PapersCo-Organized and Co-Hosted byKim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University)Jacques deLisle (University of Pennsylvania Law School), andJacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law)The American Society of Comparative LawHosting institution this year: Princeton UniversityCo-sponsored by Princeton… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: October 30, 2020 - 8:27 pm
2020 Annual Meeting of the Society Comes to an End
The 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law held online on October 15 and October 16, 2020, was a big success. The meeting had 26 panels with over 100 speakers from more than 20 countries. About 400 people from all six continents registered. We want to thank… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: October 25, 2020 - 2:33 pm
The Role of Comparative Law in the Social Sciences
On Saturday, September 12, the American Society of Comparative Law will hold its online conference on The Uses of Comparative Law in the Social Sciences. A group of distinguished social scientists will present papers explaining how comparative law figures in their research. Commentary will be provided by comparative law scholars… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: August 24, 2020 - 4:13 pm
Registration open for 2020 Online Annual Meeting, October 15–16
Registration is now open for the Annual Meeting of the American Society Comparative Law on Thursday and Friday, October 15 and 16, 2020. The meeting will be held on the Zoom platform. Almost 100 comparative law scholars will speak at the meeting, the main topic of which will be Comparative… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: August 21, 2020 - 3:14 pm
Annual Meeting to Move Online
The Society’s Executive Committee, following the recommendation of our Annual Program Committee, has decided that the 2020 annual meeting, which was to have been held at Boston University October 15–17, will now take place online, October 15–16, on the Zoom meeting platform. Please mark your agendas. This decision was made… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: May 28, 2020 - 4:23 pm
ASCL Annual Meeting Set for Oct. 15–17 in Boston
SAVE THE DATE. ASCL Vice President and Annual Program Committee Chair, Maximo Langer, has announced that the ASCL 2020 Annual Meeting will be hosted at Boston University School of Law, Thursday, Oct. 15, to Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. The theme of the 2020 Meeting will be “Comparative Legal History”. As… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: February 5, 2020 - 5:24 pm
Role of Comparative Law in Social Sciences — September 12, 2020
The Role of Comparative Law in the Social Sciences — Online, September 12, 2020….Update July 7 2020 ….On Saturday, September 12, 2020, the American Society of Comparative Law will hold a conference on the role of comparative law in the social sciences. Nine distinguished social scientists will present papers explaining how comparative law figures… Read more »
Source: ASCL - Medium | Published: January 16, 2020 - 10:23 pm

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JOINT AIDC/YCC YOUNG SCHOLARS CONFERENCE UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA JUNE 5-6, 2020 “NEW TOPICS AND METHODS IN COMPARATIVE LAW RESEARCH”

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Italian Association of Comparative Law (AIDC)

and

the Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL)

are pleased to invite submissions for the

Trans-Atlantic Young Scholars Conference to be held on June 5-6, 2020

at the University of Perugia

This call solicits essays in the field of the general theme of the conference from young scholars (PhD students, post-docs, adjunct professors, lecturers), provided that they have not held a tenure-track academic position before June 1, 2010 (i.e., for more than 10 years as of June 1, 2020).

A 300 word abstract, in Italian or in English, should be submitted by

December 10^th , 2019

as attachment to

aidc.perugia2020@gmail.com and to ycc.perugia2020@gmail.com

Abstracts must be in Word or RTF format, and should contain:

author(s)
affiliation
email address
title of abstract
body of abstract
up to 10 keywords

In the email, the author should certify that she/he qualifies as a younger scholar.

The title of the file should be written as follows: Family Name_ First Name.doc. The Organising Committee shall acknowledge receipt and respond to all paper proposals submitted. Papers will be selected following rigorous peer review process by an Academic Committee composed by representatives from the Italian Society of Comparative Law and the YCC of the American Society of Comparative Law. Scholars whose papers have been accepted will need to register in advance at the conference.

The University of Perugia, foundedin 1308, is located in the heart of Italy, in the Umbria region and is one of the top academic institutions in Italy, always striving to maintain its reputation for excellence and to keep up with the ever-changing reality of the modern world.

Further logistical information will be provided with the provisional programme of the conference.

The previous editions of the AIDC’s Young Comparative Scholars Conference were held in Macerata (2008), Catania/Enna (2010), Aosta (2012), Rome (2014), Campobasso (2016) and Bergamo (2018).

Please address any inquiries to the above indicated e-mails.

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March 17, 2021

Law & Privacy International Conference

21st April 2021 Online congress via BBC ASCL Members interested in participating are welcome to send a title and a short abstract to the following email address: mlkubica@uloyola.es as soon as possible, but no later than 1st of April. Abstracts out of deadline will be considered if the […]

March 14, 2021

YCC Symposium

A symposium with contributions by Younger Scholars in Comparative Law has been published thanks to the initiative of the Younger Comparativists Committee of the ASCL in the Milan Law Review. The symposium contains contributions by the members to the latest Annual Meeting of the YCC. […]

March 1, 2021

Asian Law Works-In-Progress Session

AALS Section on East Asian Law and Society ASIL Asia-Pacific Interest Group ASCL Asia Committee The Section on East Asian Law and Society of the American Association of Law Schools, the Asia-Pacific Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, and the Asia Committee […]

February 24, 2021

Constitution World – A new network on Constitutionalism around the World

ConstitutionWorld is a new a database of scholars around the world interested in constitutions and constitutionalism from all perspectives, including but not limited to comparative, doctrinal, empirical, historical, philosophical, and theoretical. Scholars of all levels of seniority are invited to join ConstitutionWorld, including current students, senior scholars, and everyone […]

January 28, 2021