ISDC - Colloque 'Legal Engineering and Comparative Law'

Legal Engineering and Comparative Law – Ingénierie juridique et droit comparé – Legal Engineering und Rechtsvergleichung
Colloque du 25e anniversaire de L'Institut suisse de droit comparé (ISDC)
Lausanne - Suisse

(vendredi 29 août 2008)

PROGRAMA:

8:30 h: Registration
9:00 h: Welcoming address: Dr. Eleanor Cashin Ritaine, Director (ISDC)
9:10 h: Session 1:

· Chair: Prof. Romano Prodi, Former Prime Minister of Italy, Former President of the European Commission
· Speakers: Dr. Eleanor Cashin Ritaine, Director (ISDC). Legal Engineering and Comparative Law, or How to Combine Fundamental and Applied Research in Comparative Law
Prof. Geoffrey Samuel (Kent University, United Kingdom). Linking Form, Structure and Content in Comparative Law
Prof. Hans Schulte–Nolke (Osnabrück University, Germany). Principles/Definitions/Model Rules The Draft Common Frame of Reference (DCFR)
· Discussion

10:30 h: Coffee Break
11:00 h: Session 2:

· Chair: Prof. Andrea Bonomi, Lausanne University
· Speakers: Prof. Jan M. Smits (Tilburg University, The Netherlands). Competition between Legal Systems
Prof. Michael Bogdan (Lund University, Sweden). Cooperation between Legal Systems: the Nordic Model
Prof. Annelise Riles (Cornell University, USA). Legal Cultures: a Systemic Limit for Legal Transplants?
· Discussion

12:20 h: Lunch Break
13:50 h: Session 3:

· Chair: Prof. Franz Werro, Fribourg University (Switzerland), Georgetown University (Washington, USA)
· Speakers: Dr. Yehuda Adar (ONO Academic College, Israel). Legal Engineering in Israeli law: Codification and Unification of the Law of Remedies
Prof. Ko Hasegawa (Hokkaido University, Japan). Between Rights and Kenri: An Aspect of the Translation of Legal Concepts from West to East
Me Dominique Brown–Berset, Avocat, (Genève). Legal Engineering in International Contracts and Arbitration
· Discussion

15:10 h: Coffee Break
15:40 h: Session 4:

· Chair: Prof. Pierre Widmer, former Director (ISDC)
· Speakers: Prof. Sjef van Erp (Maastricht University, The Netherlands). Mechanics of Comparative Law: Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Systems in Property Law
Prof. Mark van Hoecke (Ghent University, Belgium and Tilburg University, The Netherlands). Europeanisation, Harmonisation and Legal Doctrine
Prof. Robert Leckey (McGill University, Canada). Translation and/or Interpretation of Legal Concepts in Comparative Law
· Discussion

17:00 h: Close of the Conference

Scientific organization: Dr Eleanor Cashin Ritaine, Directrice de l'ISDC, Dr Elodie Arnaud, Juriste Responsable de la communication de l’ISDC.
Informations: Martine Do (martine.do@isdc_ dfjp.unil.ch). Tel. +41(0)21 692 4911 - Fax +41(0)21 692 4949 - www.isdc.ch.

Nota: Para más información consultar el programa detallado del evento o la página web del Institut suisse de droit comparé (ISDC).