Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference: Updated Program

Monday, May 30

8:45—9:15          Registration & Coffee 

9:15—9:30           PLENARY—OPENING & WELCOMING ADDRESS

·         William R. Corbett, Interim Dean, Frank L. Maraist Professor of Law 

and Wex S. Malone Professor of Law, LSU Law Center

·         Olivier Moréteau, Russell B. Long Chair, LSU Law Center, 

President of Juris Diversitas

9:30—10:30        PLENARY—KEYNOTE  

·         The Problematic of Invisibility for Law in a Transnationalized World, 

Vivian Grosswald Curran, University of Pittsburgh (United States)

10:30—11:00     Break

11:00—12:30      PARALLEL SESSIONS I

                  

I.A          Remixing Legal Traditions

·         Canada’s Legal Traditions: Sources of Unification, Diversification or Inspiration?, 

Rosalie Jukier, McGill University (Canada)

·         Unity and Diversity in Legal History of the Commonwealth Caribbean, 

Asya Ostroukh, Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (Barbados)

·         Rebuilding the Somali Legal System: Towards a New Mixed Jurisdictions?, 

Salvatore Mancuso, University of Cape Town (South Africa)

I.B           Issues in Professional Liability: A Transnational Conversation

·         Unity and Diversity in European Product Liability Law, 

Ádám Fuglinszky, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary)

·         Professional Liability in Civil Law and in Common Law, 

Domitilla Vanni Di San Vincenzo, University of Palermo (Italy)

·         Liability of Internet Service Providers for the Invasion of (Data) Privacy

Unity in Terminology, Diversity in Content, 

Lukas Heckendorn, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Switzerland)

12:30—14:00     Lunch

14:00—15:30      PARALLEL SESSIONS II

II.A         The Struggle for Legal Identity

·         An Essay on Ideology and Legal Education in Tiny Jurisdictions: The Example of Jersey, 

David Marrani, Institute of Law (Jersey)

·         Albanian Civil Code — An Example of Unity and Diversity in the Civil Law Family, 

Juliana Latifi, University of Tirana (Albania)

·         Commerce, Commonality, and Contract Law: Legal Reform in a Mixed Jurisdiction, 

Christopher K. Odinet, Southern University (United States)

II.B         L’absence de modèle unique : l’uniformisation en question

·         Entre unité et diversité : la construction d’un droit des biens transsystémique, 

Yaëll Emerich, Université McGill (Canada)

·         Harmoniser la diversité en droit des successions : oui mais avec précaution, 

Francesco Paolo Traisci, Università degli studi del Molise (Italy)

15:30—16:00      Break 

16:00—17:30      PARALLEL SESSIONS III

III.A        United in Diversity

·         Enantiosis and Comparative Law: The Case of Essentially Oxymoronic Concepts, 

Rostam J. Neuwirth, University of Macau (Macau)

·         Toxic Legal Thought Patterns: Cognitive Rhetoric Explains the Need for 

a Comparative Approach to Rhetoric in Law, 

Lucy Jewel, University of Tennessee (United States)

·         Dworkin on Legal Unity and Diversity, 

Christopher D. Boom, Tulane University (United States)

III.B        Societal and Legal Tensions in Africa

·         Mapping Traditional Authority Structures in a Post-Apartheid South Africa: 

Exploring the Status and Role of Traditional Authorities in 

a Decentralised Governance Structure, 

Christa Rautenbach, North-West University (South Africa)

·         Developments in Child Custody under Customary Law in Nigeria and South Africa, 

Kagiso A. Maphalle, University of Cape Town (South Africa)

·         Judicial Protection of Women’s Matrimonial Property Rights in Nigeria, 

Anthony C. Diala, University of Cape Town (South Africa)

19:30                     Conference Dinner

Tuesday, May 31

9:15—10:30        PARALLEL SESSIONS IV

IV.A        Competition Worldwide: Legal Strategies and Challenges

·         International Fragmentation of Competition Law: 

The Actual and Expected Contribution of BRICS Countries, 

Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau (Macau)

·         Legal Diversity or Unity as a Product of Economic Strategies of Lawmakers 

under Regulatory Competition, 

Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas & Frédéric Marty, ESSEC Business School (Paris-Singapore) 

& GREDEG – CNRS / University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France)

IV.B        Singular Voices in a Pluralistic Universe

·         Legal Transfers and National Traditions: 

Patterns of Modernization of the Public Administration 

in Polish Lands at the Turn of 18th and 19th Century, 

Michał Gałędek, University of Gdańsk (Poland)

·         Remedies for Trial Delay in Malta and Italy: a Laboratory for European Integration?, 

David Edward Zammit & Caroline Savvidis, University of Malta (Malta)

·         “United in One Body:” Can ‘Black Lives Matter’ be Rousseau’s ‘Best Friends,’ 

Fernin F. Eaton, Baton Rouge (United States)

10:30—11:00      Break 

11:00—12:30     PARALLEL SESSIONS V

V.A         La mondialisation et ses tensions

·         La fiducie québécoise : tensions et (r)évolution, 

Caroline Le Breton-Prévost, Université McGill (Canada)

·         Mondialisation et droit de la concurrence : 

vers une bipolarisation autant qu’une harmonisation des règles de droit ?, 

Anne M. Tercinet, EM Lyon Business School (France)

·         Comment le juriste français projette sa vision du droit dans 

le contexte de la mondialisation : une affaire d’influence ?, 

Olivier Moréteau, Louisiana State University (United States)

V.B         Diverse in Unity?

·         Anglophone and Civilian Convergence: 

The Question of Public Cultivation and Learning, 

Joseph P. Garske, (United States)

·         Global Legal Scholarship at Local Level, Bianca Gardella Tedeschi, 

University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro (Italy)

·         Good Faith, United in Diversity?, 

Olivier Beddeleem, EDHEC Business School (France)

12:30—14:30     Lunch

14:30—16:00      PARALLEL SESSION VI

VI.A       Fashion Law: Comparing Top Models

·         On Fashion: Introductory Remarks, 

Susy Inés Bello Knoll, Austral University (Argentina)

·         Intellectual Property in Argentina, Latin America and USA, 

Pamela Echeverria, Fashion Law Institute (Argentina)

·         Intellectual Property in France and the European Union, 

Alice Pezard, Conseiller honoraire à la Cour de cassation (France)

16:00—16:30     Break

16:30—17:30     JURIS DIVERSITAS GENERAL MEETING

17:30—18:00      Break

18:00—19:30      TUCKER LECTURE

·         The Proposed Organization of American States Model Law 

on Simplified Corporations: Perspectives and Challenges, 

Francisco Reyes, Chairman of UNCITRAL, 

Superintendent of Companies (Colombia)

19:30                     Reception

Wednesday, June 1

9:30—11:00        PARALLEL SESSIONS VII

VII.A      Beyond Universalism: Giving a Voice to the Unheard

·         The Emergence of Alternative Antidiscrimination Frameworks 

between Universality and Diversity, 

Raphaële Xenidis, European University Institute of Florence (Italy)

·         Beyond the Boundaries of Consensus: Comparative Law, Social Theory, and Dissent, 

Denis de Castro Halis, University of Macau (Macau)

·         Periodic Review of Human Rights: Does One Size Fit All in the Pacific?, 

Sue Farran, Northumbria University (United Kingdom)

VII.B      Revisiting Human Rights: What Room for Consensus and Dissent

·         Participation of Lay Citizens in the Criminal Trial in a Comparative Perspective

The Criminal Jury in France and Belgium, 

Claire M. Germain, University of Florida (United States)

·         Human Rights in National versus International Criminal Justice: 

The Gravity of Crimes as a Legitimate Source of Legal Pluralism?, 

Christophe Deprez, University of Liège (Belgium)

11:00—11:30      Break

11:30—12:30     PLENARY—CLOSING PANEL

·         Empires as Engines of Mixed Legal Systems, 

Vernon V. Palmer, Tulane University (United States)

·         Discussion, Robert Sloan, Louisiana State University (United States)

·         Conclusion, Olivier Moréteau, President of Juris Diversitas