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Annual Conference: Program and Details to come soon!

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JURIS DIVERSITAS 5 th  ANNUAL CONFERENCE July 10-12, 2017 Lyon, France In partnership with EM Lyon & Université Jean Moulin Law & Food La cuisine juridique Timing: The conference starts Monday morning, July 10, at 9:00 am, and ends Wednesday, July 12, at 12:30. Venue:  Monday, July 10: EM Lyon, Ecully Campus  (transportation will be organized from central Lyon) Tuesday and Wednesday, July 11-12: Université Jean Moulin, 15 Quai Claude Bernard, Lyon . Plan to arrive in Lyon on Sunday. Why not spend the weekend in this magnificent city ? We are working at the planning and coordinating hospitality. More information to come soon. Thank you for your patience. 

Twenty-First-Century Immigration to North America at MQUP

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New Release from MQUP  Twenty-First-Century Immigration to North America Newcomers in Turbulent Times Edited by Victoria Esses and Donald E. Abelson “A valuable book for scholars, students, policy makers, and practitioners, Twenty-First-Century Immigration to North America not only demonstrates the complexity of immigration, but also provides readers with a unique analytical lens, rich insights, and specific directions for future research.” -  Miu Chung Yan, University of British Columbia $34.95 (Paperback) Book details Overview A revealing assessment of the policies, practices, and impact of immigration to Canada and the United States. Human migration has reached an unprecedented level, and the numbers are expected to continue growing into the foreseeable future. Host societies and migrants face challenges in ensuring that the benefits of migration accrue to both parties, and that economic and socio-cultural costs are minimized. An in

The UK after Brexit: Legal Policies and Challenges

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The UK after Brexit Legal and Policy Challenges Michael Dougan (ed.) June 2017 | ISBN 978-1-78068-471-0 | approx. 300 pp. | paperback 29 GB pounds | 31 euros | 37 US dollars     The UK after Brexit is the result of a cooperation between a group of leading academics from top institutions in the UK and beyond. It offers students, practitioners and scholars an authoritative, informative and thought-provoking series of analyses of some of the key challenges facing the UK legal system in and through the process of ‘de-Europeanisation’ – that is, in and through ‘Brexit’. It provides discursive exploration of key issues and themes for reflection and debate within multiple areas of law, broadly divided into three main areas of interest: - constitutional concerns such as the relationship between Parliament and the Executive, the relevance of devolution, and the impact on the courts; - substantive topics including employment law, environmental law, financial services, intellectual property, and
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This book provides a comparative study of contract law, examining the interaction of common law and civil law approaches to contract law. Drawing extensively upon English, French and European law, the book explores how the law of contract of Jersey, Channel Islands, has been influenced by both civil law and common law sources. It is argued that this jurisdiction is a striking example of comparative law in action, given that Jersey contract law is made up of a blend of common law and civil law approaches. Jersey law is premised upon a subjective approach to contracts, in which civil law concepts such as cause (rather than consideration) and  vices de consentement  are the foundational aspects, but is nonetheless highly influenced by the common law in areas such as remedies (damages, termination, etc). The book analyses a series of key issues from a comparative and European perspective, including the principles underlying contract law (comparing and contrasting civil and common law appro

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law

Announcement and Call for Panels Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law Comparative Law, Faith and Religion: The Role of Faith in Law October 26-28, 2017 American University Washington College of Law Washington D.C. The American Society of Comparative Law and American University College of Law invite all interested scholars to consider submitting a panel proposal for the upcoming Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law that will be held between Thursday, October 26, and Saturday, October 28, 2017, at American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.  entitled Comparative law, Faith and Religion:  The Role of Faith in Law . This conference was in large part inspired by the work of the late Patrick Glenn on legal traditions.  Professor Glenn bravely undertook to “compare the world” with his emphasis on legal “traditions” and by extending the scope of comparative law beyond what most comparative scholars are comfortable with.  Glenn looked

International Workshop in Trento: UNIFORM CIVIL CODE IN INDIA

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THE DEBATE ON THE UNIFORM CIVIL CODE IN INDIA: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON CONSTITUTIONAL SECULARISM IN INDIA AND PERSONAL LAWS REGIMES IN ASIA International Workshop 27 - 28 April 2017 The preamble to India’s 1950 Constitution declares it to be a secular state. Yet, religions play a highly visible role in the Indian public sphere. Furthermore, in spite of the constitutional mandate (“The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India”, art. 44), a regime of personal laws - based on religious or customary ground - is actually applied, mostly in matters of family law and group status. The political process is presently re-considering the adoption of a uniform civil code, and the question whether such a solution - long waited for - is more consistent with the principle of constitutional secularism and more respectful to religious pluralism needs to be critically addressed, in a context - like the Indian one - where the balance between cons

Annual Conference on Law and Food

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Though we already have a most exciting program,  late submissions are still accepted until the end of April! JURIS DIVERSITAS 5 th  ANNUAL CONFERENCE July 10-12, 2017 Lyon, France In partnership with EM Lyon & Université Jean Moulin Law & Food La cuisine juridique