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2000 Annual Meeting

CENTENNIAL WORLD CONGRESS
ON COMPARATIVE LAW
November 1-4, 2000

COMPARATIVE LAW
100 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST WORLD CONGRESS

Organized by
The International Association of Legal Science
and The
Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, Tulane University

Co-Sponsored by
the International Academy of Comparative Law
and the
American Society of Comparative Law

Academic Program Committee:
Professor Walter A. Stoffel, Scientific Director, International Association of Legal Science, University of Fribourg, (Switzerland); Dean Symeon C. Symeonides, Secretary, American Society of Comparative Law, Willamette University, Salem, (Oregon); Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos, Chair, Eason Weinmann Center, Tulane University, (New Orleans).

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2000

Registration: 5:00-6:00 p.m.

Opening Session

Welcome/Greetings: 6:00-6:20 p.m.
Chief Justice Pascal Calogero, Louisiana Supreme Court
Dean Edward Sherman, Tulane University Law School
Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos, Chair, Eason-Weinmann Center

Addresses: 6:20-7:15 p.m.
Xavier Blanc-Jouvan, President, International Association of Legal Science
Konstantinos Kerameus, President, International Academy of Comparative Law
George A. Bermann, President, American Society of Comparative Law

Reception: Tulane Law School
7:15-8:30 p.m

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2000

First Session:
Comparative Law 100 Years After the First World Congress
9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Chair: Friedrich K. Juenger, University of California-Davis
General Report: Rodolfo Sacco, University of Torino (Italy); Christian von Bar, University of Osnabrück (Germany)
Comments: David S. Clark, University of Tulsa; Willibald Posch, University of Graz, (Austria): Tony Weir, Trinity College, Cambridge (Great Britain)

The areas of success: the international sales of goods, negotiable instruments.
Harmonization made by non-governmental bodies (uniform terms for documentary credits, standards of "best practice", codes of conduct).
The areas of difficulties: family law, religious laws.
Regional harmonization: European Principles of Contract Law, UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts; torts; Private International Law.
Purpose and aims of comparative law: harmonization instead of unification, analysis instead of comparison, living law as opposed to the law in the books.
The importance of English as the language of communication.

9:15-10:45 a.m. Session commences
10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00-12:30 p.m. Session continued

Lunch
12:00-2:00 p.m

Second Session: Comparative Law and Law-Making
2:00-5:00 p.m.

Chair: A. N. Yiannopoulos, Eason Weinmann Center, Tulane University
General Report: Ole Lando, School of Economics & Business Administration, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Comments: Pierre Legrand, University of Lille (France); Peter Schlechtriem, University of Freiburg (Germany); Kazuaki Sono,Tezukayama University, Nara-City (Japan)

The use of comparative law by legislators.
Recourse to the ius commune.
The use of comparative law by international courts.
The use of comparative law by national courts.
Competition of legal systems and circulation of models.
The experience of mixed jurisdictions.

2:00-3:15 p.m. Session commences
3:15-3:30 p.m. Coffee break
3:30-5:00 p.m. Session continued

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2000

Third Session: Comparative Law and Legal Practice
9:15-12:00 noon

Chair: George A. Bermann, Columbia University Law School, New York
General Report: H. Patrick Glenn, McGill University, Montreal (Canada)
Comments: Judd Epstein, Monash University, Melbourne (Australia); Sergio Le Pera, University of Buenos-Aires (Argentina); Arthur T. von Mehren, Harvard University

International standards of jurisdiction.
International principles of due process.
The emergence of international commercial arbitration.
Transnational professional standards developed by law firms.
Ethical standards of legal practice.

9:15-10:45 a.m. Session commences
10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00-12:00 noon Session continued

Lunch
12:00-1:30 p.m.

Fourth Session: Comparative Law and Legal Education
1:30-4:30 p.m.

Chair: Konstantinos Kerameus, University of Athens (Greece)
General Report: James R. Gordley, University of California-Berkeley
Comments: Koichiro Fujikura, Tezukayama University, Nara-City (Japan); Ugo Mattei, University of California-Hastings/University of Torino (Italy); Mathias Reimann, University of Michigan

Teaching programs and curriculum reforms.
Exchanges of scholars.
Exchanges of students.
Joint degree programs.
Inter-System Education.

1:30-2:45 p.m.       Session commences
3:00-3:30 p.m.       Coffee break
3:30-4:30 p.m.       Session continued

Annual Meeting: American Society of Comparative Law
4:30-6:30 p.m.

Reception, Loyola University Law School
7:00-9:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2000

Fifth Session: Comparative Law and New Subjects
9:15 a.m.-12:00 noon

Chair: Antonio Gambaro, University of Milano I (Italy)
General Report: Thomas Fleiner, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Comments: David J. Gerber, Chicago-Kent IIT; Etienne Picard, University of Paris I-Sorbonne (France); John C. Reitz, University of Iowa

Comparative constitutional law.
Comparative administrative law.
Comparative law and economic globalization.
New Issues.
New Analytical Tools.

9:15-10:45 a.m. Session commences
10:45-11:00 a.m. Coffee break
11:00-12:00 noon Session continued

Lunch
12:00-2:00 p.m

Closing Session: Round Table and General Discussion
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Direction: Walter A. Stoffel, I.A.L.S., University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and Symeon C. Symeonides, A.S.C.L., Willamette
Panelists: Chairpersons of the working sessions

2:00-3:15 p.m. Session commences
3:15-3:30 p.m. Coffee break
3:30-4:30 p.m. Session continued

Closing Remarks
4:30-5:00 p.m.

Xavier Blanc-Jouvan, President I.A.L.S.

Banquet: Windsor Court Hotel
7:30-10:00 p.m.

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