ASCL  Sponsor Members

Minutes -- 1999

Annual Meeting of the Society on January 8, 2000
Washington D.C. (Rescheduled from September 18, 1999 due to Hurricane Floyd)

MINUTES
 of the
 Annual Meeting of the Sponsor Members, 1999
 Held on Saturday, January 8, 2000, at 6:30 p.m.
 Caucus Room, Washington Hilton and Towers Hotel
 1919 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington D.C

 The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by President George A. Bermann.

 1.  ROLL CALL.  The following 45 Sponsor Members were present at the meeting and were represented by the individual whose name appears in parentheses:

  1.  American Foreign Law Association (Roger J. Goebel)
  2.  Arizona State University College of Law (Dale Beck Furnish)
  3.  University of Baltimore School of Law (Eric C. Schneider)
  4.  Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (W. Cole Durham, Jr.)
  5.  University of California at Berkeley School of Law (James R. Gordley)
  6.  University of California at Davis School of Law (Friedrich K. Juenger)
  7.  University of California at Los Angeles (Frances Olsen)
  8.  Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT (David J. Gerber)
  9.  University of Colorado School of Law (Hiroshi Motomura)
  10. Columbia University School of Law, Parker School (George A. Bermann)
  11. Cornell Law School (John J. Barceló, III)
  12. University of Denver College of Law (Ved P. Nanda)
  13. Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State University (Louis F. Del Duca)
  14. Emory University School of Law (Johan van der Vyver)
  15. University of Florida College of Law (Michael W. Gordon)
  16. Fordham University School of Law (Roger J. Goebel)
  17. Georgetown University Law Center (James V. Feinerman)
  18. Golden Gate University School of Law (Christian Okeke)
  19. Harvard Law School (Arthur T. von Mehren)
  20. University of Hawaii, Richardson School of Law (Alison Conner)
  21. University of Iowa College of Law (John C. Reitz)
  22. Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (Edith Friedler)
  23. Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans (Keith B. Vetter)
  24. McGill University, Institute of Comparative Law (H. Patrick Glenn)
  25. University of Michigan Law School (Mathias Reimann)
  26. University of Minnesota Law School (Fred L. Morrison)
  27. University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law (William B. Fisch)
  28. University of New Mexico School of Law (Franklin E. Gill)
  29. New York Law School (Paul Dubinsky)
  30. New York University School of Law (Kathie Price)
  31. Ohio State University College of Law (Ellen O'Connel)
  32. University of Oklahoma Law Center (Peter B. Kutner)
  33. University of Pennsylvania Law School (William B. Ewald)
  34. University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Vivian Grosswald Curran)
  35. University of Puerto Rico School of Law (Pedro F. Silva-Ruiz)
  36. St. Louis University School of Law (Alan Weinberger)
  37. Stetson University College of Law (Peter L. Fitzgerald)
  38. University of Texas School of Law (Hans W. Baade)
  39. Tulane University School of Law (A.N. Yiannopoulos)
  40. Vanderbilt University School of Law (Harold G. Maier)
  41. Washington University School of Law (Frances H. Foster)
  42. Wayne State University Law School (Edward M. Wise)
  43. West Virginia University College of Law (Carl M. Selinger)
  44. Western New England College (Peter W. Schroth)
  45. Willamette University College of Law (James A.R. Nafziger).

 The following 13 Sponsor Members were represented by proxy:

  46. Boston College Law School
  47. California Western School of Law
  48. University of Connecticut School of Law
  49. Duke University School of Law
  50. Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law
  51. University of Kansas School of Law
  52. Louisiana State University Law Center
  53. Mississippi College School of Law
  54. Roger Williams University School of Law
  55. St. Mary's University School of Law
  56. Syracuse University College of Law
  57. University of Tulsa College of Law
  58. Yale Law School

 The following 8 individuals were also present at the meeting: Mortimer Sellers (Baltimore), Adrien Wing (Iowa), Ruti Teitel (New York Law School), Ronald Brand (Pittsburgh), Joachim Zekoll (Tulane), Leila Sadat Wexler (Washington Univ.), Richard M. Buxbaum (Berkeley), and Symeon C. Symeonides (Willamette).

 2.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 1998 MEETING OF THE SPONSOR MEMBERS.  The Minutes of the 1997 Meeting of the Sponsor Members of the Society, which was held on Thursday, July 30, 1998, at the University of Bristol School of Law, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ, United Kingdom, had been mailed to the Sponsor Members in advance. Following a motion to that effect, the Minutes were approved.

 3. ELECTION OF NEW SPONSOR MEMBERS.  On behalf of the Executive Committee, Secretary Symeon Symeonides recommended that the following two law schools be elected Sponsor Members of the Society, with the Directors and Editors indicated below:
SPONSOR MEMBER                                  DIRECTOR                   EDITOR
Texas Wesleyan University School of Law      James Paul George         Malinda L. Seymore
West Virginia University College of Law         Carl M. Selinger             Carl M. Selinger

 A vote to that effect was taken and the above schools were elected new Sponsor Members, thus raising to 97 the total number of Sponsor Members. The complete list of Sponsor Members of the Society at the end of the 1999 meeting was as follows:

  1.  Albany Law School, Union University
  2.  American Foreign Law Association
  3.  American University, Washington College of Law
  4.  University of Arizona College of Law
  5.  Arizona State University College of Law
  6.  University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center
  7.  University of Baltimore School of Law
  8.  Boston College Law School
  9.  Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
  10. Brooklyn Law School
  11. University of California at Berkeley School of Law
  12. University of California at Davis School of Law
  13. University of California Hastings College of the Law
  14. University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
  15. California Western School of Law
  16. Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
  17. University of Chicago Law School
  18. Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
  19. Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
  20. University of Colorado School of Law
  21. Columbia University School of Law, Parker School
  22  Law Library of Congress
  23. University of Connecticut School of Law
  24. Cornell Law School
  25. University of Denver College of Law
  26. DePaul University College of Law
  27. University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  28. Dickinson School of Law
  29. Duke University School of Law
  30. Emory University School of Law
  31. University of Florida College of Law
  32. Fordham University School of Law
  33. George Mason University School of Law
  34. Georgetown University Law Center
  35. George Washington University National Law Center
  36. Golden Gate University School of Law
  37. Harvard Law School
  38. University of Hawaii, Richardson School of Law
  39. University of Houston Law Center
  40. University of Illinois College of Law
  41. Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law
  42. Indiana University at Indianapolis School of Law
  43. University of Iowa College of Law
  44. University of Kansas School of Law
  45. University of Kentucky College of Law
  46. Louisiana State University Law Center
  47. Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
  48. Loyola University School of Law, Chicago
  49. Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans
  50. McGeorge School of Law
  51. McGill University, Institute of Comparative Law
  52. University of Maryland School of Law
  53. University of Miami School of Law
  54. University of Michigan Law School
  55. University of Minnesota Law School
  56. Mississippi College School of Law
  57. University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
  58. University of New Mexico School of Law
  59. New York Law School
  60. New York University School of Law
  61. Northwestern University School of Law
  62. Notre Dame Law School
  63. Ohio State University College of Law
  64  University of Oklahoma Law Center
  65. University of Oregon School of Law
  66. University of Pennsylvania Law School
  67. Pepperdine University School of Law
  68. University of Pittsburgh School of Law
  69. University of Puerto Rico School of Law
  70. Roger Williams University School of Law
  71. Rutgers, State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
  72. St. John's University School of Law
  73. St. Mary's University School of Law
  74. St. Louis University School of Law
  75. University of San Diego School of Law
  76. Southern Methodist University School of Law
  77. Stanford University School of Law
  78. Stetson University College of Law
  79. Suffolk University Law School
  80. Syracuse University College of Law
  81. University of Texas School of Law
  82.   Texas Wesleyan Univ. School of Law
  83. Tulane University School of Law
  84. University of Tulsa College of Law
  85. Valparaiso University School of Law
  86. Vanderbilt University School of Law
  87. Villanova University School of Law
  88. University of Virginia School of Law
  89. Washington & Lee University School of Law
  90. University of Washington School of Law
  91. Washington University School of Law
  92. Wayne State University Law School
  93. West Virginia University College of Law
  94. Western New England College
  95. Willamette University College of Law
  96. Yale Law School
  97. Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

 4. ELECTION OF NEW DIRECTORS. Following nominations submitted by the respective Sponsor Members, the following individuals were elected as Directors of the Society, representing the Sponsor Members indicated.

     DIRECTOR                                 SPONSOR MEMBER
1. Patricia Y. Reyhan                         Albany Law School, Union University
2. Roger J. Goebel                             American Foreign Law Association
3. Richard J. Wilson                           American University, Washington College of Law
4. Boris Kozolchyk                            University of Arizona College of Law
5. Dennis S. Karjala                           Arizona State University College of Law
6. Robert B. Leflar                             University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center
7. Erick C. Schneider                         University of Baltimore School of Law
8. Michael Ansaldi                              Boston College Law School
9. Stephen G. Wood                          Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School
10. Arthur R. Pinto                             Brooklyn Law School
11. James R. Gordley                         University of California at Berkeley School of Law
12. Friedrich K. Juenger                     University of California at Davis School of Law
13. Ugo A. Mattei                              University of California Hastings College of the Law
14. Arthur I. Rosett                            University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
15. William Aceves                             California Western School of Law
16. Rett R. Ludwikowski                    Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
17. David P. Currie                            University of Chicago Law School
18. David J. Gerber                            Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT
19. David F. Forte                              Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
20. Courtland H. Peterson                  University of Colorado School of Law
21. Lance M. Liebman                       Columbia University School of Law, Parker School
22 Daniel Hill Zafren                           Law Library of Congress
23. Richard S. Kay                            University of Connecticut School of Law
24. John J. Barceló, III                       Cornell Law School
25. Ved P. Nanda                              University of Denver College of Law
26. Patty Gerstenblith                         DePaul University College of Law
27. Howard B. Abrams                      University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
28. Louis F. Del Duca                        Dickinson School of Law
29. Herbert L. Bernstein                     Duke University School of Law
30. Howard O. Hunter                       Emory University School of Law
31. Michael W. Gordon                     University of Florida College of Law
32. Roger J. Goebel                           Fordham University School of Law
33. Francesco Parisi                           George Mason University School of Law
34. Charles H. Gustafson                    Georgetown University Law Center
35. John A. Spanogle                          George Washington University National Law Center
36. Joel E. Marsh                               Golden Gate University School of Law
37. Arthur T. von Mehren                   Harvard Law School
38. Alison Conner                              University of Hawaii, Richardson School of Law
39. James E. Herget                           University of Houston Law Center
40. Matthew W. Finkin                      University of Illinois College of Law
41. Craig M. Bradley                          Indiana University at Bloomington School of Law
42. Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr.            Indiana University at Indianapolis School of Law
43. John C. Reitz                                University of Iowa College of Law
44. Michael H. Hoeflich                      University of Kansas School of Law
45. Mary J. Davis                               University of Kentucky College of Law
46. Christopher L. Blakesley               Louisiana State University Law Center
47. Edith Friedler                                Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
48. Vincent D. Rougeau                      Loyola University School of Law, Chicago
49. Keith B. Vetter                             Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans
50. Stephen C. McCaffrey                  McGeorge School of Law
51. H. Patrick Glenn                           McGill University, Institute of Comparative Law
52. Edward A. Tomlinson                   University of Maryland School of Law
53. Keith S. Rosenn                            University of Miami School of Law
54. Mathias Reimann                          University of Michigan Law School
55. Fred L. Morrison                        University of Minnesota Law School
56. Phillip L. McIntosh                       Mississippi College School of Law
57. William B. Fisch                           University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
58. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez               University of New Mexico School of Law
59. Lung-Chu Chen                            New York Law School
60. Michael A. Schwind                     New York University School of Law
61. Steven Calabresi                          Northwestern University School of Law
62. Tang Thanh Trai Le                      Notre Dame Law School
63. Timothy S. Jost                            Ohio State University College of Law
64. Peter Krug                                   University of Oklahoma Law Center
65. Rennard Strickland                       University of Oregon School of Law
66. Jacques deLisle                            University of Pennsylvania Law School
67. Antonio Mentoza                          Pepperdine University School of Law
68. Vivian Grosswald Curran              University of Pittsburgh School of Law
69. Pedro F. Silva-Ruiz                      University of Puerto Rico School of Law
70. Louise E. Teitz                              Roger Williams University School of Law
71. Richard Hyland                             Rutgers, State Univ. of New Jersey School of Law, Camden
72. Edward D. Re                              St. John's University School of Law
73. Nora V. Demleitner                      St. Mary's University School of Law
74. Stanislaw Frankowski                   St. Louis University School of Law
75. Joseph J. Darby                           University of San Diego School of Law
76. Peter Winship                              Southern Methodist University School of Law
77. Thomas C. Heller                         Stanford University School of Law
78. Peter L. Fitzgerald                        Stetson University College of Law
79. Jeffery Atik                                  Suffolk University Law School
80. Hilary K. Josephs                         Syracuse University College of Law
81. Hans W. Baade                           University of Texas School of Law
82. James Paul George                       Texas Wesleyan University School of Law
83. A.N. Yiannopoulos                      Tulane University School of Law
84. David S. Clark                             University of Tulsa College of Law
85. Michael S. Straubel                      Valparaiso University School of Law
86. Harold G. Maier                           Vanderbilt University School of Law
87. John F. Murphy                            Villanova University School of Law
88. Paul B. Stephan, III                      University of Virginia School of Law
89. Clifford Larsen                             Washington & Lee University School of Law
90. Daniel H. Foote                            University of Washington School of Law
91. Frances H. Foster                         Washington University School of Law
92. Edward M. Wise                          Wayne State University Law School
93. Carl M. Selinger                           West Virginia University College of Law
94. Peter W. Schroth                         Western New England College
95. James A.R. Nafziger                     Willamette University College of Law
96. Ruth Wedgewood                         Yale Law School
97. Michel Rosenfeld                          Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

 5. REPORT BY LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE. On behalf of the Long-Range Planning Committee (Clark, Foster, Gerber, Gordon, Josephs, Reimann, Reitz, and Zekoll), Chairman John C. Reitz presented a Report on Membership and Program, dated June 17, 1999, which had been mailed to the Members in advance. A copy of this Report is attached to these Minutes. This Report was a further distillation of a similar report of the then Committee Chairman George A. Bermann dated April 6, 1998, which had been mailed to the Members before the 1998 meeting in Bristol. The Bristol meeting discussed the Bermann Report and instructed the Long-Range Planning Committee to prepare amendments to the Society's Bylaws for implementing the Report's recommendations. These amendments were mailed to the Members in advance of the 1999 meeting and are detailed below.

 6. AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS. On behalf of the Long-Range Planning Committee and the Executive Committee, John C. Reitz proposed the amendment to the Society's Bylaws that are reproduced below. Proposed deletions are indicated in red. Proposed additions are indicated in blue.

  MOTION 1: To add Section 1.4A to the Bylaws of the Society so as to authorize the establishment of an Executive Editorial Board for the American Journal of Comparative Law and to accordingly amend Section 1.9 of same as indicated below.

   Section 1.4A. Executive Editorial Board. For the purpose of organizing a small group of persons especially committed to helping the Editor-in-Chief to publish the Journal, the President of the Society, in consultation with the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, and with the advice and consent of the Editor-in-Chief, shall appoint an Executive Editorial Board consisting of five to eight persons drawn from the ranks of the Board of Editors, the Board of Directors, or the other delegates nominated by a Sponsor Member. The Editor-in-Chief and the members of the Executive Editorial Board will work together to determine how they can best assist the Editor-in-Chief. Members of the Executive Editorial Board shall serve two-year terms, but any member may be reappointed by the same procedure by which initial appointments are made, provided the person agrees to serve another term. There is no limit on the number of times a person may be reappointed.
   Section 1.9.  Each Sponsor Member, and Sustaining Member, and Associate Member of the Society, and each member of the Board of Editors and of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to one copy of each issue of the Journal as it appears, without charge, provided that persons who are both editors and directors shall receive only one copy. Members of the Executive Editorial Board who do not otherwise receive a copy of the Journal under the previous sentence, because they are non-editor, non-director delegates shall receive a copy of each issue during their term of service.

 The motion was discussed and then voted upon by written ballot. A total of 58 votes were cast in favor of the motion, of which 44 were cast by Sponsor Members represented at the meeting and 13 were cast by special proxy. No vote was cast against the motion. The amendment was adopted.

  MOTION 2: To amend Section 2.2 of the Society's Bylaws so as to confer upon Sponsor Members the right to nominate additional delegates to the Society, as indicated below.

   Section 2.2.  Any school or institute devoted to comparative, foreign, or international law, any member school in the Association of American Law Schools, any law school duly approved by the American Bar Association, any bar association, or other school, institute, association, corporation, deemed by the Board of Directors to be qualified, may be elected a Sponsor Member. Sponsor Members shall each pay $700.00 annually as dues, or such other amount as the Board of Directors may at any annual meeting set as dues for the following calendar year, such sum to be applied towards the maintenance of the American Journal of Comparative Law, the cost of such other publications as may be authorized by the Society, the cost of the annual meetings of the Society, and such other expenses of the Society as the Board of Directors may from time to time approve. Each Sponsor Member shall have the right to nominate one person to serve on the Board of Directors, one person to serve on the Board of Editors, and as many additional delegates as it wishes. Sponsor Member dues shall be increased by $50.00 for each additional delegate named. Only the director and editor will be entitled to cast that Sponsor Member’s vote on their respective boards. A Sponsor Member may designate the same person to represent the Member on the Board of Directors and the Board of Editors, but Sponsor Member law schools are encouraged to designate all interested faculty to serve in some capacity, as editor, director, or delegate.

 The motion was discussed and then voted upon by written ballot. A total of 56 votes were cast in favor of the motion, of which 43 were cast by Sponsor Members represented at the meeting and 13 were cast by special proxy. One vote was cast against the motion. The amendment was adopted.

  MOTION 3: To amend Section 2.9 of the Society's Bylaws so as to provide for associate members of the Society, as indicated below.

   Section 2.9 Associate Members. Persons other than those nominated by a Sponsor Member as an editor, director, or delegate may apply to the Board of Directors to be elected as Associate Members of the Society. Associate Members shall not be members of either the Board of Editors or the Board of Directors and shall have no vote in either of those bodies but shall have the right to attend and participate in all meetings by those two bodies.  Nor may Associate Members be elected as officers of the Board of Directors or as members of the Executive Committee (without prejudice to their serving as members of any other committee of the Society). Associate Members shall receive a subscription to the Journal and shall pay annual dues of $90.00, or such other amount as the Board of Directors may at any annual meeting set as dues for the following calendar year.

 The motion was discussed and then voted upon by written ballot. A total of 56 votes were cast in favor of the motion, of which 43 were cast by Sponsor Members represented at the meeting and 13 were cast by special proxy. Two votes were cast against the motion. The amendment was adopted.

  MOTION 4: To approve all other proposed deletions and additions which are indicated by red and blue, respectively, in the provisions of the Bylaws reproduced below.

   Section 2.3.  Any individual, law firm, corporation or association may be elected a Sustaining Member upon the payment of a minimum of $500.00 annually, or such other amount as the Board of Directors may at any annual meeting set for the following year, as dues. Law schools not applying for election as Sponsor Members may be elected Sustaining Members on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine. Any Sustaining Member may designate the use of his or its annual dues to reduce pro tanto the annual dues of the Sponsor Member.
   Section 2.8.  Honorary Members. Individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the comparative study of law and the understanding of foreign legal systems, or who have made outstanding contributions in service to the American Society of Comparative law, may be elected honorary members of the Society, upon nomination by the Membership Committee, with the approval of the Executive Committee, by a majority vote of the Society's Board of Directors. In the absence of exceptional circumstances, no new honorary member shall be elected after 1999. Honorary members will be given a plaque or other appropriate memorial of their election. They will be invited at no expense to the Society to attend and participate in meetings of the Society.
   Section 3.3.  At any meeting of the members of the Society any member (in the case of Sponsor Members, through their appointed director, editor or other delegates) shall be entitled to take part in the discussion, but action shall be taken only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Sponsor Members then in good standing represented at the meeting by their duly designated representativesdelegates or by proxy. or, when such delegates unanimously agree thereto, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present. Delegates Representatives of  ing one third of the Sponsor Members shall constitute a quorum at any such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in writing by a Sponsor Member, it will be presumed that a person nominated by a Sponsor Member to serving as the member of the Board of Directors as the nominee of a Sponsor Member is also authorized to serve as that Sponsor Member's representative delegate.
   Section 6.1.  The entire Board of Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the members of the Society, such directors to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual meeting and until their successors shall have been elected and shall qualify. At least four-fifths of the Directors shall be elected from the nominees of the Sponsor Members; provided, however, that no Sponsor Member may nominate more than one Director. The Board of Directors may elect additional Directors, including additional individuals from the faculties of Sponsor Members.
   Section 6.2.  The officers of the Society shall be elected by the Board of Directors exclusively from the membership of the Board of Directors, or of the Board of Editors of the Journal, or other delegates of Sponsor Members, except that the Honorary President need not be a member of either Board or a delegate of a Sponsor Member. Officers shall be elected, at the annual meetings of the Board, as follows, and shall serve until the election and qualification of their successors:
    (1) The Honorary President shall be elected for a two-year term with no succession in office;
    (2) The President shall be elected for a two-year term, and may succeed once in the same office;
    (3) The Vice President shall be elected for a two-year term, and may succeed once in the same office;
    (4) The Secretary shall be elected for a two-year term, and may succeed three times in the same office; and
    (5) The Treasurer shall be elected for a two-year term, and may succeed three times in the same office.
    (6) The Parliamentarian shall be elected for a two year term and may succeed indefinitely to two-year terms of office. However, in any year when a new President takes office, the President may nominate a Parliamentarian, who shall take office and replace his or her predecessor upon his or her election.
   Section 7.1.  The President shall appoint such committees, other than the Executive Committee and the Executive Editorial Board, from members of the Board of Directors, or the Board of Editors, the other delegates designated by Sponsor Members, Associate Members of the Society, or otherwise, as he shall deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the affairs of the Society, and such committees shall have such duties and authority as shall be vested in them by the President. All such committees shall report to the President and the Board of Directors.

 The motion was discussed and amended slightly to include the "exceptional circumstances" language in section 2.8 regarding election of honorary members. The motion was voted upon by written ballot. A total of 56 votes were cast in favor of the motion, of which 43 were cast by Sponsor Members represented at the meeting and 13 were cast by special proxy. One vote was cast against the motion. The amendments were adopted.

 7.  ADJOURNMENT. There being no further business, the Meeting of the Sponsor Members was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.

1/15/00 Transcribed and respectfully submitted:
 Symeon C. Symeonides
 Secretary
 American Society of Comparative Law, Inc.


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