CONFERENCE: Legal Tradition in a Diverse World

The Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law proudly presents:

Legal Tradition in a Diverse World

18 - 19 May 2013

The 2013 conference will explore how legal tradition influences lawyers and the law, in both international and domestic contexts. Law does not develop in a vacuum; it is shaped by the intellectual, cultural and linguistic backgrounds of those who create and administer it. In a world where legal systems increasingly interact, the enduring power of legal tradition necessitates a constant recalibration of theoretical and practical tools to deal with diversity. 

Highlights of the conference include:

• Keynote address by Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf of the International Court of Justice;
• Keynote debate ‘Anglo-American and Continental Traditions in Advocacy at International Courts and Tribunals’ between Professor Alain Pellet (Paris Ouest, Nanterre-La Défense) and Professor James Crawford (Cambridge), moderated by Professor Catherine Redgwell (UCL);
• Guest lecture ‘The State as a Legal Tradition’ by Professor H. Patrick Glenn (McGill), recipient of the Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law and President of the American Society of Comparative Law;
• More than 50 presentations in over a dozen panels;
• Conference dinner at Newnham College, Cambridge.

The 2013 CJICL Conference is made possible with the kind support of:

Whewell Trust, Cambridge
Brill
Hart Publishing
Oxford University Press
Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge
Springer
Cambridge University Press