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Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, UCLA April 2017

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Annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop April 28-29, 2017 UCLA School of Law Announcement and Call for Papers Organized by Máximo Langer (University of California at Los Angeles), Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law), and Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University) Co-sponsored by the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Illinois College of Law, Princeton University, and the American Society of Comparative Law We invite all interested comparative law scholars to consider submitting a paper to the next annual Comparative Law Work-in-Progress Workshop, which will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29, 2017, at UCLA School of Law.  We will accept up to seven papers for workshop discussion, and we plan to select a mix of both junior and senior scholars. Interested authors should submit papers to Máximo Langer at UCLA School of Law langer@law.ucla.edu   by February 1, 2017.   We will inform authors of our decision by ...

Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World at Tulane, November 4, 2016

Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World: Legal Tradition, Laws and Customs in Luisiana and the Floridas 4 November 2016 – Tulane University School of Law Supported by the Tulane University School of Law and The Portalis Society , the conference brings together historians and legal historians to discuss the laws, customs, and institutions of Spanish Louisiana and the Floridas. The scope is intentionally broad and covers almost anything linked to law and culture (doctrine, personalities, property, politics, extra-legal norms, etc). * Lawyers of Early New Orleans Kenneth Aslakson (History, Union College)   Spanish Law, Encyclopaedias, and the Digest of 1808 John W Cairns (Law, Edinburgh) Through a Glass Darkly: The Minor Judiciary of Feliciana, c1803-1810 Seán Patrick Donlan (Law, South Pacific)  “The Spanish Spirit in This Country”: Newcomers to Louisiana in 1803-1805, and Their Perceptions of the Spanish Regime Eberhard (Lo) Faber (Music, Loyola) A Confusion of Ins...

Louisiana State University Seeks to Recruit a Civil Law Professor

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The Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center seeks to hire tenure-track or tenured faculty members with a starting date in August 2017. Among others, we are looking for a civil law professor, preferably with a comparative law/international law profile, to teach civil law classes in our bi-jural, civil law and common law curriculum. International applicants should contact Prof. Bill Corbett ( bill.corbett@law.lsu.edu ) or Prof. Missy Lonegrass ( missy.lonegrass@law.lsu.edu ) and email them their resume at their earliest convenience, as the Faculty Appointment Committee will start organizing preliminary interviews in September 2016, and call shortlisted candidates for onsite visits in October and November. They may also want to contact Prof. Olivier Moréteau ( olivier.moreteau@law.lsu.edu ) for feedback on the LSU Law Center and its teaching and research activities. Below is the text of the official announcement. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to ...

Asia Pacific Journal of Environmental Law

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Volume 19 (2016) Preview Editorial Tim Stephens and  Ed Couzens Articles Enhancing Chinese law and practice to combat illegal unreported and unregulated fishing and trade Juan He The role of public and private insurance in reducing losses from extreme weather events and disasters Howard Kunreuther and Rosemary Lyster Exploring new research directions for achieving a sustainable future: what can be learned from the biofuel weed risk case study? Elodie Le Gal The relevance of the no-harm principle to climate change law and politics Benoît Mayer Biological diversity conservation laws in South East Asia and Singapore: a regional approach in pursuit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals? Burton Ong, Lye Lin-Heng and Joseph Chun Country Report ‘Walking a tightrope’: India’s challenges in meeting the  2030 Sustainable Development Agenda  with specific reference to climate change Bill Pritchard Book Reviews S Jayakumar, Tommy Koh, Robert Beckman and Hao Duy Phan (e...

The Italian Law Journal

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Another exciting issue of (2016) 2:1 Italian Law Journal! And it includes Francesco Delfini, 'Instances of Civil Law in North American Common Law Tradition: Cause and Consideration in Quebec and  ‪#‎ Louisiana‬  Civil Codes' The complete journal is available at  http://www.theitalianlawjournal.it/editors/

EUtopia: We the people of the European Union...

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Olivier  Moréteau  launched a new blog, EUtopia , to rethink the European Union in a context of crisis:  "A fully independent place to rethink the European Union in the perspective of the people and in view of promoting a healthy debate on its future. The approach is meant to encompass multiple dimensions of European integration: historical, philosophical, spiritual, political, legal, economical, sociological, demographic, linguistic etc. in view of proposing elements for a Constitution of the EU, with a federalist inspiration." Read his draft preamble for a Constitution for the EU .

LA JUSTICE CONSTITUTIONNELLE AU BÉNIN

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LA JUSTICE CONSTITUTIONNELLE AU BÉNIN Logiques politique et sociale Eric Ngango Youmbi Préface de Frédéric Joël Aïvo Études africaines  - Droit DROIT, JUSTICE   AFRIQUE NOIRE   Bénin   Le présent ouvrage, destiné aux enseignants, chercheurs, praticiens du droit, acteurs de la société civile, citoyens, est construit sur l'exploitation de 23 ans de jurisprudence. Il est une contribution déterminante à la connaissance et la vulgarisation des droits africains. L'auteur se positionne en précepteur enflammé de la doctrine de la « déconstruction-reconstruction », qui propose de construire sur les décombres des thèses classiques, un système de droit public bâti sur la lutte contre les immunités du pouvoir et tourné corrélativement vers la protection des droits et libertés individuels.