Category Archives: Conferences

Juris Diversitas, 5th Annual Conference, Lyon, July 10-12, 2017

This event is announced by Prof. Olivier Moréteau, President of Juris Diversitas. It is co-organized with Université Jean Moulin and will take place in Lyon during the LSU Summer Program. CALL FOR PAPERS    JURIS DIVERSITAS 5th ANNUAL CONFERENCE   … Continue reading

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Louisiana Legal History at Tulane and LSU

On Friday, November 4, 2016, The Portalis Society, The Eason Weinmann Center, and The Tulane Law School organized an international conference in New Orleans on Early Louisiana and Her Spanish World: Legal Tradition, Laws and Customs in Luisiana and the Floridas. Two of … Continue reading

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Journal of Civil Law Studies, Vol. 9 No. 1 is Online

This issue of the Journal of Civil Law Studies features The Constitution as Code, by Prof. Paul R. Baier, with a Postscript by Justice Nicholas Kasirer, of the Court of Appeal of Quebec. Brazil is a guest of honor with … Continue reading

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Juris Diversitas, 4th Annual Conference, Highlights

From Monday, May 30th to Wednesday, June 1st, 2016, over forty jurists from all continents convened in Baton Rouge to attend and present at the Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference, on Unity and/or Diversity. Plenary sessions featured three keynote speakers: Professor Vivian … Continue reading

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Tucker Lecture by Professor Reyes in Video

You may now view the entire 39th Tucker Lecture by Professor Francisco Reyes with introductions by Dean Bill Corbett and Professor Olivier Moréteau in video: click here!  

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Professor Francisco Reyes gives the 39th Tucker Lecture

Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Prof. Francisco Reyes, Superintendent of Companies for the Republic of Colombia and Chairman of the United Nations Commission for International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the period 2015-2016, delivered the 39th Tucker Lecture. His topic was “The … Continue reading

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Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference: Final Program

Unity and/or Diversity An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Comparative Law Unité ou diversité Colloque international et interdisciplinaire de droit comparé Monday, May 30 8:45—9:15          Registration & Coffee                         … Continue reading

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LSU Law to Host the Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference

JURIS DIVERSITAS 4th ANNUAL CONFERENCE  30 May to June 1, 2016 LSU Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Unity and/or Diversity An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Comparative Law Unité ou diversité Colloque international et interdisciplinaire de droit comparé Co-sponsored by Louisiana … Continue reading

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Louisiana Law Review Symposium on the Future of the Civil Law

Louisiana—as the lone civil law jurisdiction in the United States—has been instrumental in developing and maintaining one of the major legal traditions in the world, the civil law, in the English language. Indeed, having as its source Roman and Canon … Continue reading

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LSU Law will Host the Juris Diversitas Annual Conference

Juris Diversitas was founded in 2007 as an international, interdisciplinary community for the study of legal and normative mixtures and movements. Originally composed of comparative law scholars, the group has opened interdisciplinary conversations with anthropologists, geographers, historians, philosophers, economists, linguists, sociologists, both within the … Continue reading

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