11 May 2023

Drawing Legal Pictures: The Worldview and its Implication for the Purpose and Method of Comparative Law

Every discipline perceives and constructs the world in its own way: it conceptualizes and structures an aspect or a fragment of (perceived) reality and develops a research program and method(s) that are apt to develop this construction process having in mind a specific vision or mission. One can call such disciplinary perception and construction a “special world picture” of a discipline. Depending on different modes of scientific rationality, this world picture can be seen as the object, subject, or aim of a scientific discipline. In any case, even if not explicitly stated, this construction is a core question of a discipline. In law, various (sub)disciplines such as legal philosophy, legal theory and comparative law have developed different (albeit often mutually influenced) interpretations of the world. One could even argue that there has been competition between the (sub)disciplines for the right or the possibility to define a world picture generally valid for discourse about law.

This symposium intends to create an awareness of the fundamental experience and potential that comparative law possesses when constructing the legal; that is, when conceptualizing the “legal”. Relying on its rich experience, comparative law is well positioned to take into account current developments in the field when (re-)defining its world picture, in order to conceptualize perceptions of law in a truly global perspective. The symposium invites its participants to discuss the dialectics of the Individual/unit (national and/or other legal systems), the Particular/common and the (in)existence of the General/global in the legal world as the material basis of a comparative law world picture.

09 May 2023

Early Comparative Law: A Treasure Map

By Prof. Oleksiy Kresin, University of Lausanne / Koretsky Institute of State and Law, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Tuesday 9 May 2023, 12am (CEST) : Lausanne & Zoom

23 Mar 2023

Freeports

Recent years have seen growing attention on the impacts of tax havens. However, far less attention has been given to freeports, despite some similarities. This may in part be because of the difficulty in defining the term “Freeport”. The term is generally used to refer to deregulated space, but such spaces can be of various kinds and used for various interests. Comparing how the terms are used is in itself interesting - the UK government has announced its ambition for the country to be a world leader in freeports but defines the facilities differently to its European peers. Other aspects of freeports are also worthy of more study. In light of the growth of freeports and other kinds of 'libertarian architecture', Mr. O’Farrell will both examine the definition and uses of freeports and explain his research in considering the local effects and urban design implications of these facilities. His current examination of Geneva’s freeports form a background to his reflections.

16 Feb 2023

Collective dismissals: Can the law cope?

02 Feb 2023

Le nouveau droit prélèvement en droit français des successions internationales - Un texte à l'avenir incertain

Inscription pour la vidéoconférence: marie-laure.lauria@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch

29 Nov 2022

Journée de formation doctorale

17 Nov 2022

The Comparative Method in the Science of Law

Book Presentation : The Comparative Method in the Science of Law
Lev Rebet (1912-1957)

By the editors and translators William E. Butler & Oleksiy V. Kresin 

08 Nov 2022

Investment Agreements of the 21st Century: USMCA and Beyond

Looking specifically at the North American Free Trade Agreement’s Chapter 11 and the Canada-Mexico-United States (USMCA/CUSMA/T-MEC) Chapter 14, this series of panels aims to evaluate what might be in store for the next generation of international investment agreements with a particular focus on the durability of treaty structures. At the base of our inquiry is the question of whether made-for-the-moment treaties can provide long-lasting protections for investors, hosts, and local communities and what structural elements can either support the long-term suitability of the treaty or what structural elements need to be added on to ensure that the treaty provisions can become long-lasting.

The four workshops compare the North American treaties and investigates their State Parties’ approaches to the negotiations, hopes for the final instruments, and experiences with the texts. Our speakers are leading legal practitioners, scholars, and representatives of international institutions – each with deep knowledge of the international investment environment. The presentations will illustrate the history of Canada-Mexico-United States political and economic relations and point out the treaties' international reverberations. The panel discussions will then take up the lessons we can draw from the regional level as we look toward the future of the international investment regime.

Each workshop will be available for viewing free of charge. The first and final workshops will also be open for in-person attendance. Registration is required.

23 Aug 2022

L'influence de l'histoire juridique de l'Irak sur l'évolution du droit en Irak et dans la région du Kurdistan

11 Jul 2022

Five Republics One Tradition. A History of Chilean Constitutionalism

Presentation of the book "Five Republics One Tradition. A History of Chilean Constitutionalism" (Cambridge University Press, October 2021) by its author, Prof. Pablo Ruiz-Tagle, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile

Followed by a conversation about the Chilean process of drafting a new Constitution, currently underway and feature remarks by:
PD. Dr. Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer, ISDC Vice-Director;
Prof. Vincent Martenet, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration;
Joaquín Polit, assistant professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Chile.

02 Jun 2022

La solidarité familiale

Le Consortium euro-méditerranéen droit et famille

LA SOLIDARITÉ FAMILIALE:
REGARDS CROISÉS DE DROIT COMPARÉ ET DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL PRIVÉ ENTRE EUROPE ET PAYS DU MAGHREB

12 May 2022

Family Status, Identities and Private International Law

25 Nov 2021

Constitutional rights and the role of constitutional courts during Covid-19: Central and Eastern European perspectives

Conférence en ligne co-organisée par l'ISDC et l'AiSDC

10 Nov 2021

Symposium on Salient Issues in International Arbitration

Does a Transnational Legal Order Exist in International Arbitration? 

The Symposium is organized by the Center on International Commercial Arbitration at American University Washington College of Law under the direction of Professor Horacio A. Grigera Naón, and the Institut Suisse de Droit Comparé, represented by Professors Krista Nadakavukaren Schefer and Rodrigo Polanco Lazo. The Symposium is co-sponsored by the following institutions: UNIDROIT (Rome), Hague Conference on Private International Law (The Hague), Bucerius Law School (Hamburg), Escuela Libre de México (México), and Tsinghua University School of Law (Beijing). The Symposium is also supported by Transnational Dispute Management (TDM) as media partner.

28 Oct 2021

Comparative Law: What to Teach, How, and to Whom?

Conférence en ligne co organisée par l'AiSDC et l'ISDC

25 Oct 2021

Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. iur. Arkadiusz Wudarski

Rechtliche und gesellschaftliche Dilemmas um die Vaterschaft aus rechtsvergleichender Perspektive

11 Oct 2021

ISDC-FL-EUR Conference on Adult Protection

AUTONOMY AND PROTECTION OF ADULTS?
STRIKING THE RIGHT BALANCE

25 Jun 2021

Swiss - UK relations after Brexit

New online conference of the AiSDC

Registration: marie-laure.lauria@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch

07 May 2021

New Developments of Private International Law in East Asia

04 Feb 2021

Droit international dit privé et droit international dit public : plaidoyer pour une théorie unitaire, et humanisée, du droit international

Cette conférence est organisée par l'Association des Alumnis et des Amis de l'Institut suisse de droit comparé.

Inscription: marie-laure.lauria@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch