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Volume 70, Issue 2, June 2022

ASCL News

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    2023 Phanor J. Eder Prize: Call for Paper Prize Submissions

    The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to invite submissions for the Phanor J. Eder LL.B./J.D. Prize in Comparative Law, in connection with its Twelfth Annual Conference. The Annual Conference will be held in conjunction with the ASCL from October 26-28, 2023, at Florida International University, College […]

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    Call for Nominations – 2023 Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law

    The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) invites nominations, including self-nominations, for the annual Richard M. Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law. The YCC created the Buxbaum Prize in the summer of 2014 in honor of Professor Richard M. Buxbaum, the 2014 recipient of the ASCL Lifetime Achievement […]

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  • Book Series discount

    Cambridge University Press and the ASCL are offering a 25% discount on all books published in our book series ASCL Studies in Comparative Law. An email was sent to all members with the discount information. Please also remember that the ASCL remains eager to publish your excellent volumes on Comparative Law topics. If you would […]

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