CONFERENCE: Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA)

Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA)

EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

In collaboration with Universidad de Santiago de Compostela – GI-Derecho Privado Europeo

Invitation to a Conference

Santiago de Compostela,

07 and 08 June 2013

Friday, 07 June 2013

9.00 Welcome and Introduction

Prof. Javier Lete / Prof. Stefan Grundmann/Prof. Fernando Goméz

9.30–11.15

I. Setting the Framework

Chair: Prof. Hugh Collins

1. Property Structures Underlying Contracts

Prof. Vincent Forray, Montreal

2. Contract Law and Proprietary Remedies

Prof. Sjef van Erp, Maastricht

11.15 Coffee Break

11.45–13.30

3. Contract Law, Liability Rules, and Property Rules

Prof. Nuno Manuel Pinto Oliveira, Minho

4. Contract Law and Protection of IP

Prof. Richard Epstein, New York

13.30 Lunch

14.45–16.30

II. Contracts and Transaction Costs

Chair: Prof. Fernando Goméz

1. Information Disclosure as Transaction Cost

Prof. Guido Ferrarini, Genova

2. Property Transactions and Certainty of Title Transfer

Prof. Peter Limmer, Würzburg

16.30 Tea Break

17.00–18.45

3. Doing Business Project and European Contract Law

Prof. Fabrizio Cafaggi, Florence

4. Common Goods and the Role of Contract

Prof. Andrea Nervi, Sassari

18.45 Secola General Assembly

20.30 Conference Dinner

Saturday, 08 June 2013

9.00–10.45

III. Contracts as Marketable Property

Chair: Prof. Jacobien Rutgers

1. Securitization of Contracts

Prof. Francisco Garcimartin, Madrid

2. Collateralization of Contracts

Prof. Eva-Maria Kieninger, Würzburg

10.45 Coffee Break

11.15–13.00

IV. The Interaction between Contract Law and Property

Chair: Prof. Pietro Sirena

1. A Comparative Law Approach

Prof. Paulo Mota Pinto, Coimbra

2. Contract and Self-help Remedies: The Case of Set-Off in International Contracts

Prof. Marta Requejo, Luxembourg

13.00 V. Conclusions

Prof. Fernando Goméz / Prof. Javier Lete/Prof. Stefan Grundmann

Conference bureau

Dr. Marta Otero-Crespo

Phone: 0034 881 814647

Fax: 0034 881 814615

marta.otero.crespo@usc.es

Conference location

Salón de actos

Facultad de Derecho

Campus Vida s/n

15782 Santiago de Compostela