10th Juris Diversitas General Conference

 

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JD General Conference, Athens, 8-10 July 2026: Practical Information / Informations pratiques

Go to the Events page to access the practical information. The conference program will be available within a week. 

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JD General Conference, Athens, 8-10 July 2026: Still Time to Submit

The call for papers for the Law and/against Reality Conference  (Athens, 8-10 July, 2026) remains open until February 20. It is still time to submit! Visit our Events page. 

Undecidabilities and Law - The Law’s Rhizome: Tracing the Swings and Sprawls of Legal Evolution

 

Hot off the press: Undecidabilities and Law - The Law’s Rhizome: Tracing the Swings and Sprawls of Legal Evolution

The 5th issue of Undecidabilities and Law - The Coimbra Journal for Legal Studies is hot off the press, under the theme ‘The Law’s Rhizome: Tracing the Swings and Sprawls of Legal Evolution’.

Read this issue here.

Eason-Weimann Lecture at Tulane Law School

Eason-Weimann Annual Lecture on International and Comparative Law 

Tulane University Law School

Professor John W. Cairns, Edinburgh Law School

The Civil Code of the State of Louisiana: Context & Continuities. 

Thursday, November 20, 2025 • 5 PM

John Giffen Weinmann Hall Wendell Gauthier Appellate Moot Court Room 110 

Reception to follow in Marian Mayer Berkett Multipurpose Room

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Juris Diversitas 10th General Conference, Athens, 8-10 July 2026

 

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

LAW SCHOOL

 

 

10^th General Conference

 

Athens, Greece, 8-10 July 2026

  

Law and/against Reality

 

Theme:

Law is part of reality. It regulates behaviour, resolves disputes, and defines rights and responsibilities. Law can run ahead of reality, to devise and pro-actively implement a new society. Law can be reactive and retrospective, to stabilise developments produced by other societal dynamics. Law may be light or heavy, under- or over-regulating its subject-matter, giving wider or narrower latitude to other formants. Law may also be on-target or off-target, more or less willingly, to command or to nudge.

The apparent obviousness of the relation between the law and its subject-matter may be explored to analyse the many different ways the law grasps reality and interacts with it – sometimes to reach, sometimes to depart from the expected or desired results. But law can lag behind reality by failing to address emerging or burning issues. Either way, law mirrors and moulds reality.

Juris Diversitas calls scholars worldwide to contribute their knowledge on this topic for the Juris Diversitas 2026 International Conference in the beautiful city of Athens, one of the cradles of the world’s legal heritage, where law has been part of politics, religion, culture, art, and societal dynamics since times immemorial.

Submissions:

Panel proposals and interdisciplinary presentations are strongly encouraged, as is the participation of doctoral students and scholars from outside of the discipline of law. While parallel sessions featuring three presentations of twenty-minute each will be standard, more creative arrangements are encouraged.

Proposals should be in English or French. Proposals of circa 250 words (or 1000 words for panel proposals with three or more speakers) should be submitted to Professors Anne Tercinet (tercinet@em-lyon.com) and Gianmatteo Sabatino (gianmatteo.sabatino@unitn.it) by 12 January 2026, with a short biography paragraph listing major or relevant publications. Make this a single Word document with minimal formatting, so that proposal and biography can be copied easily into the conference program.

Registration Fees:

€200 or €125 for Juris Diversitas members who paid their 2026 dues. Special rate for young scholars under the age of thirty and scholars in developing nations: €150 or €75 for Juris Diversitas members who paid their 2026 dues. Note that fees do not cover travel, accommodation, or the conference dinner (€50).

A reduction of €25 will be applied to the fees for registration before 30 April 2026.

Dates & Venue:

8-10 July 2026

School of Law

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Athens, Greece

 

 

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LAW SCHOOL

 

 

10^e Congrès général

 

Athènes, Grèce, 8 au 10 juillet 2026

  

Droit et réalité :

convergence ou divergence ?

 

Thème :

Le droit fait partie de la réalité. Il régit les comportements, règle les litiges et définit les droits et les responsabilités. Le droit peut anticiper la réalité, pour concevoir et mettre en œuvre proactivement une nouvelle société. Le droit peut être réactif et rétrospectif, pour stabiliser les développements produits par d’autres dynamiques sociétales. Le droit peut être léger ou pesant, sous- ou sur-réglementant son objet, donnant une latitude plus ou moins large à d’autres formants. Le droit peut être ciblé ou non, que ce soit voulu ou non, pour commander ou stimuler.

L’évidence apparente de la relation entre le droit et son objet peut être déconstruite pour analyser les façons différentes dont le droit comprend la réalité et interagit avec elle – parfois pour atteindre, parfois pour s’éloigner des résultats attendus ou souhaités. Le droit peut aussi être en retard sur la réalité en ne traitant pas les problèmes émergents ou urgents. Quoi qu'il en soit, le droit reflète et façonne la réalité.

Juris Diversitas appelle les chercheurs et amis du monde entier à apporter leurs connaissances sur ce sujet pour la Conférence internationale Juris Diversitas 2026 dans la belle ville d’Athènes, l’un des berceaux du patrimoine juridique mondial, où depuis des temps immémoriaux le droit fait partie de la politique, de la religion, de la culture, de l’art et de la dynamique sociétale générale.

Communications :

Les propositions de tables rondes et présentations interdisciplinaires sont encouragées, de même que la participation de doctorants et d’universitaires non-juristes. En plus des sessions parallèles avec trois orateurs parlant chacun vingt minutes, les organisateurs invitent à une organisation plus originale.

Les propositions, en anglais ou en français, de 250 mots environ (ou 1.000 pour une table ronde de trois présentateurs ou plus) sont à adresser aux P^r Anne Tercinet (tercinet@em-lyon.com) et P^r Gianmatteo Sabatino (gianmatteo.sabatino@unitn.it) avant le 12 janvier 2026 avec une brève notice biographique indiquant les publications liées au sujet. Merci de composer la proposition et la notice biographique dans un seul document Word, avec le minimum de mise en forme, pour faciliter la composition du programme.

Droits d’inscription :

€200 ou €125 pour les membres de Juris Diversitas à jour de leur cotisation pour 2026. Tarif spécial pour jeune universitaire de moins de 30 ans et pour universitaire venant d’un pays en développement : €150 ou €75 pour les membres de Juris Diversitas à jour de leur cotisation pour 2024. Les droits ne couvrent pas les frais de voyage et de logement, ni le banquet du congrès (€50).

Une réduction de €25 sera appliquée sur les droits en cas d'inscription avant le 30 avril 2026.

Dates & lieu :

8 au 10 juillet 2026

Faculté de droit

Université nationale et capodistrienne d'Athènes

Athènes, Grèce

 

Meet our New Executive Committee

Juris Diversitas is pleased to announce the renewal of its Executive Committee. Olivier Moréteau, President, Ignazio Castellucci, Vice Presidents for Projects, and Lukas Heckendorn-Urscheler, Treasurer, are reelected in their respective positions. Anne Tercinet, Development Officer, is elected Vice President for Events to replace Salvatore Mancuso, who did not seek reelection. Gianmatteo Sabatino is elected General Secretary to replace Christa Rautenbach who did not seek reelection.

The President and Vice Presidents appointed two additional Officers: Anthony Diala, Development Officer for Africa, and Rostam Neuwirth, Development Officer for Asia.

Warm messages of thanks to Christa Rautenbach and Salvatore Mancuso for their tireless and effective activity over the past years. Emmanuel Didier, appointed Officer, helped revive our web presence and will also be missed.

A warm welcome to the new Officers Anthony Diala, Rostam Neuwirth, and Gianmatteo Sabatino, who will help developing Juris Diversitas, and congratulations to Anne Tercinet who moves from an appointed to elected Office.   

Our Executive Committee

• Olivier Moréteau, President: Chaired Professor, Director, Center of Civil Law Studies, Louisiana State University Law Center (USA): moreteau@lsu.edu
• Ignazio Castellucci, Vice President (Projects) and Book Series Editor: Professor, University of Teramo (Italy): ignazio@castellucci.eu
• Anne Tercinet, Vice President (Events), Professor, emlyon business school (Lyon, France): tercinet@em-lyon.com 
• Lukas Heckendorn Urscheler, Treasurer: Vice-Director, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Switzerland): lukas.heckendorn@isdc-dfjp.unil.ch
• Gianmatteo Sabatino, General Secretary: Assistant Professor, University of Trento (Italy): gianmatteo.sabatino@unitn.it
• Anthony Diala, Development Officer for Africa: Professor, Director, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape (South Africa): adiala@uwc.ac.za 
• Rostam Neuwirth, Development Officer for Asia, Distinguished Professor, Head of Department of Global Legal Studies, University of Macau (China): rjn@um.edu.mo  

 

Louisiana Commemorates the Bicentennial of Its Civil Code

 

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Agustin Parise to Give the 44th Tucker Lecture in Civil Law

 

Bicentennial of the 1825 Louisiana Civil Code International Conference

On March 20-21, 2025, the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center will host a two-day international conference to commemorate the 1825 Louisiana Civil Code. This event is organized by the LSU Center of Civil Law Studies (CCLS), led by Director Professor Olivier Moréteau. It is the largest academic event within the statewide commemoration coordinated by the Supreme Court of Louisiana Historical Society. Juris Diversitas is a conference partner.

Over 30 papers will be presented and discussed by leading experts on the Louisiana Civil Code, along with national and international scholars. The conference will illustrate how Louisiana, as the first jurisdiction in the world to codify its private law following the Napoleonic Code, developed a code that is not merely a replica of the French Civil Code. The relevance and content of the 1825 Civil Code, as well as its influence in the United States, the Americas, and other parts of the world, will also be explored. Additionally, the future of codification in mixed jurisdictions and the global context will be debated.

The papers presented will be of interest to the broader legal community and provide opportunities to earn Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. The conference will also appeal to those interested in local and world history, law, languages, and social sciences.

The conference will feature the 44th Tucker Lecture in Civil Law as its keynote address on the evening of the first day. This lecture will be delivered by Professor Agustín Parise, who holds two law doctorates from the Universities of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Maastricht (The Netherlands), where he serves as a law professor.

Presentations will primarily be in English, with some in French, as laws at the time were published in both languages. The Consul General of France in New Orleans will open the event, coinciding with the Journée internationale de la francophonie on March 20.

While the Tucker Lecture is open to the public, conference attendance requires prior registration, which is free for LSU faculty and students. The program and registration forms are available on the CCLS website.

Date & Location: March 20-21, 2025, Lod Cook Alumni Center, LSU, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (free parking available)

For more information, full program, and registration, visit https://law.lsu.edu/ccls/  

Contact: Professor Olivier Moréteau, CCLS Director (moreteau@lsu.edu) and Katie Meek, CCLS Coordinator (katiemeek@lsu.edu).