October 22, 2020
The everyday governance of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) operates through democratically elected committees. To learn more about a committee, please contact its respective lead officer or chairperson.
Executive Committee
Maximo Langer (President)
Hannah Buxbaum (Vice-President)
Ronald Scalise (Treasurer)
Virginia Harper Ho (Secretary)
Jacqueline Ross (2021)
Timothy Webster (2021)
Margaret Woo (2022)
Jacques de Lisle (2022)
Helge Dedek (Editor-in-Chief)
Franz Werro (Editor-in-Chief)
Sally Richardson (Parliamentarian)
Boris Mamlyuk (Information Officer)
Antonia Barragia (YCC)
Richard Kay (Honorary President)
The standing committees below are listed in alphabetical order.
AJCL Joint Audit Committee
Helge Dedek
Ron Scalise
Afra Afsharipour
Franz Werro
Annual Program Committee
Afra Afsharipour
Padideh Ala’i
Francesca Bignami (chair)
Nuno Garoupa
Máximo Langer (ex officio)
Fernanda Nicola
Julia Qin
Asian Law Committee
Gary F. Bell (chair)
Jacques deLisle
Clark Lombardi
Curtis Milhaupt
Teemu Ruskola
Tim Webster
By-Laws Committee
Frank Gevurtz (chair)
Virginia Harper Ho
Máximo Langer (ex officio)
Sally Richardson
Comparative Law and Social Science Committee
Richard Albert
Erin Delaney
Nora Eppinger
David Gerber
Tom Ginsburg
Francesco Parisi (Chair)
Finance Committee
Rachel Anderson
Afra Afsharipour (Chair)
Martin Gelter
Ron Krotoszynski
Máximo Langer (ex officio)
Ron Scalise (ex officio)
Peter Schroth
Nominating Committee
Richard Albert
Richard Kay (chair)
James Nafziger
Sally Richardson
Timothy Webster
Plurilinguism Committee
Vivian Curran (chair)
Jorge Esquirol
Stacie Strong
Ioanna Tourkochoriti
Marketa Trimble
Prizes Committee
Jorge Esquirol
Julia Qin (chair)
Victoria Sahani
Margaret Woo
Website Advisory Committee
Richard Albert
Shawn Boyne
Josh Karton
Boris Mamlyuk (ex officio)
Fernanda Nicol
Yaniv Roznai
Ioanna Tourkochoriti (chair)
Younger Comparativists Committee
Antonia Barragia (Co-Chair)
Claudia Haupt
Vera Korzun (Co-Chair)
Sara Ross
Valentina Scotti