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ITALIAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS OF COMPARATIVE LAW 2003

Italian-American Congress of Comparative Law
29-31 May 2003
FACULTY OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF MILAN

ORDINARY LANGUAGE AND LEGAL LANGUAGE IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAW

Speakers Reception: Thursday, May 29, 6:00 p.m., Jolly Hotel President

There will be three working sessions, beginning on May 30 (Friday morning and Friday afternoon) and ending with the Saturday morning session. The Friday sessions will be held in Sala Napoleonica, via Santo Antonio 10. The Saturday session will be held in Sala di Rappresentanza, via Festa del Perdono 7. Both venues belong to the Milan University Faculty of Law. Four papers will be presented at each session.

United States speakers:
George Fletcher (Columbia Law School): The Language of Criminal Law
David Gerber (Chicago-Kent Law School): Authority Heuristics: Language and Trans-System Knowledge
Claire Hill (Visiting, Georgetown Law School): To What Extent Are Contracting Parties' Relationships Shaped by Extralegal Forces? A Comparison between the United States and Germany
Annelise Riles (Cornell Law School): Topic to be announced
Larry Solan (Brooklyn Law School): Plain and Ordinary Meaning in American Courts
James Boyd White (Michigan Law School): Translation as a Way of Understanding Legal Language

Italian speakers:
Rodolfo Sacco (University of Turin): Topic to be announced
Antonio Gambaro (University of Milan): Topic to be announced
Roberto Pardolesi (LUISS University--Rome & President, Associazione italiana di diritto comparato): Topic to be announced
Pier Giuseppe Monateri (University of Turin & Graduate School in Public Administration--Rome): Topic to be announced
Michele Graziadei (University of Eastern Piedmont): Topic to be announced
Silvia Ferreri (University of Turin): Topic to be announced
Commentator: Maria Donata Panforti (University of Modena & Reggio Emilia & Secretary, Associazione italiana di diritto comparato)

The Congress is co-sponsored by the Associazione italiana di diritto comparato, the American Society of Comparative Law, and Milan University Faculty of Law.

Interested members of the Italian Association and the American Society of Comparative Law are welcome to attend. The following two hotels are offering special rates:

Jolly Hotel President
Largo Augusto, 10
20122 Milan
ITALY
Phone: (011) 39 02 77461
Fax: (011) 39 02 783449
E-mail: milano_president@jollyhotels.it
Web: http://www.jollyhotels.it/eng/ALBERGHI_scheda_master.asp?Obj=1230
Single room: € 159,00= per night (incl. breakfast and tax)
Twin room (single or double occupancy): € 185,00= per night (incl. breakfast and tax)

Brunelleschi Hotel Milano
Via Baracchini, 12
20123 Milan
ITALY
Phone: (011) 39 0288431
Fax: (011) 39 02804924
E-mail: booking.brunelleschi@milanhotel.it
Web: http://www.milanhotel.it
Single room: € 180,00= per night (incl. breakfast and tax)
Twin room (single occupancy): € 195,00= per night (incl. breakfast and tax)
Twin room (double occupancy): € 225,00= per night (incl. breakfast and tax)

When making the reservation, participants should mention: "University of Milan: Italian-American Congress of Comparative Law" and ask for a confirmation of the applicable rates.

The Congress papers will be published in a book by the publisher Giuffre and be sponsored by Milan law faculty.