The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is Innovation and Sustainability: Comparative Law for a Better World.

While it has long been supported that innovation is fundamental for economic development, it has become more evident than ever that economic development needs to be sustainable to avoid violating human rights and depleting natural resources. We hope scholars from different backgrounds but passionate about using the law for a better world will discuss this important theme at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society. In particular, focusing the 2024 Annual Meeting on this topic will allow scholars to compare the experience of different jurisdictions and legal areas, which can directly contribute to advancing debates and initiatives related to innovation and sustainability nationally and internationally. Because of the broad interpretation of the theme, we expect that scholars from multiple backgrounds, interests, and scholarly focuses would be excited to be part of this critical conversation.

Hotel Information

The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is Comparative Comparative Law.

Comparative law is an effective tool of political struggle – a source of authority for some positions as well as a basis of resistance for others – although not always perceived this way. Its particularities across the domains where it is practiced transcend differences of method. They involve different images of comparative law itself, specific distributive stakes, and particular understandings often reproducing hierarchies between the Global North and the Global South, Western and Asian values, modernity and tradition.  As such, an apt description of comparative law’s many varieties may be best captured by the reference to comparative comparative law. That is, varieties of legal comparatives in different arenas – and not simply a unified transnational field – better signifies its multiple valences and uses in different political economies. This conference is dedicated to exploring those multiple forms of comparative law that appear as neutral techniques across various sites of contestation.

Program

View the digital program here.

Hotel Information

Hotel Name	Phone Number	Address	Price
Courtyard by Marriott Miami at Dolphin Mall	(305) 994-9343	11275 NW 12th St, Miami, FL 33172	$189 for 1 king bed or 2 double queens
Comfort Suites Miami – Kendall	(305) 220-3901	3901 SW 117th Ave, Miami, FL 33175	N/A – average price: $160 for 1 King or 2 Queen beds
Nuvo Suites Hotel	(786) 472-9095	1750 NW 107th Ave, Miami, FL 33172	N/A – average price: $160 for 1 King bed
DoubleTree By Hilton Miami Doral	(305) 639-9555	10250 NW 19th St, Doral, FL 33172	N/A – average price: $194 for 1 King or 2 Queen beds
Hotel Colonnade Coral Gables, Autograph Collection	(305) 441-2600	180 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134	$219 for Aragon King, $239 for Ponce De Leon King
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables	(305) 441-1234	50 Alhambra Plaza, Coral Gables, FL 33134	N/A – average price: $332 for 1 King bed

Questions?

Global Please send an email to: ASCLannualmeeting@law.ucla.edu

The Congress will be of particular interest for anyone with a particular interest for Comparative Law and who is specifically interested in gaining comparative insights on the most contemporary legal issues and challenges. The General Congress is organised every four year in a different region of the globe and gathers the most renowned legal experts in over 36 disciplines of law.

Interested in attending?

University of Wisconsin Law School and the Global Legal Studies Center are pleased to host the Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) Conference alongside the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) annual conference.

Please note that due to the increasing numbers of the Delta variant, the ASCL executive board decided to hold the conference virtually.

YCC Board

Professor Antonia Baraggia, University of Milan Law School
Professor Vera Korzun, University of Akron School of Law
Dr. Valentina Rita Scotti, Koç University School of Law, Turkey
Professor Sara Ross, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law, Canada
Professor Claudia Haupt, School of Law, Northeastern University

Coordinator from UW Law School

Professor Joshua Braver

Conference Details

Schedule

Younger Comparativists Committee Conference will take place on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

The main ASCL conference will start on Thursday morning October 21st, and end on Friday afternoon.

Internationalizing Comparative Law 

UW Law School and the Global Legal Studies Center are pleased to host the 2021 Annual Conference of the American Society of Comparative Law and the ASCL Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) Conference.

This year’s theme is “Internationalizing Comparative Law.”

Conference Details

Please note that due to the increasing numbers of the Delta variant, the ASCL executive board decided to hold the conference virtually.

Schedule

Conference events will be on Thursday, October 21st and Friday, October 22nd:

• The main conference will start on Thursday morning  and end on Friday evening.
• Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) Conference will take place on Saturday, October 23rd.

Planning Committee

Conference planning committee (UW Law School):

• Professor Jason Yackee
• Professor Alexandra Huneeus 
• Dr. Sumudu Atapattu

Plenary

We are pleased to announce the plenary session comprising renowned scholars in the field. It will be chaired by Professor Jason Yackee and Professor Alexandra Huneeus will be the commentator.

Plenary comprises of:

• Professor Richard Albert, University of Texas at Austin
• Professor Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia
• Professor Elizabeth Trujillo, University of Houston Law Center
• Professor Curt Bradley, Duke Law School

Program

View the PDF Program here.

Registration

Register for the American Society of Comparative Law conference

Deadline for registration is October 10, 2021.

Registration Fees

Because the conference will be held virtually now, no registration fee will be charged. However, you need to register in order to receive the link to join the event.

Sponsors

Global Legal Studies Center, UW Law School, American Society of Comparative Law, and East Asian Legal Studies Center

Questions?

Global Please send an email to: ASCLannualmeeting@law.ucla.edu or gls@law.wisc.edu