Monday, May 30
8:45—9:15 Registration & Coffee
9:15—9:30 PLENARY—OPENING & WELCOMING ADDRESS
· William R. Corbett, Interim Dean, Frank L. Maraist Professor of Law
and Wex S. Malone Professor of Law, LSU Law Center
· Olivier Moréteau, Russell B. Long Chair, LSU Law Center,
President of Juris Diversitas
9:30—10:30 PLENARY—KEYNOTE
· The Problematic of Invisibility for Law in a Transnationalized World,
Vivian Grosswald Curran, University of Pittsburgh (United States)
10:30—11:00 Break
11:00—12:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS I
I.A Remixing Legal Traditions
· Canada’s Legal Traditions: Sources of Unification, Diversification or Inspiration?,
Rosalie Jukier, McGill University (Canada)
· Unity and Diversity in Legal History of the Commonwealth Caribbean,
Asya Ostroukh, Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies (Barbados)
· Rebuilding the Somali Legal System: Towards a New Mixed Jurisdictions?,
Salvatore Mancuso, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
I.B Issues in Professional Liability: A Transnational Conversation
· Unity and Diversity in European Product Liability Law,
Ádám Fuglinszky, Eötvös Loránd University (Hungary)
· Professional Liability in Civil Law and in Common Law,
Domitilla Vanni Di San Vincenzo, University of Palermo (Italy)
· Liability of Internet Service Providers for the Invasion of (Data) Privacy
Unity in Terminology, Diversity in Content,
Lukas Heckendorn, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Switzerland)
12:30—14:00 Lunch
14:00—15:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS II
II.A The Struggle for Legal Identity
· An Essay on Ideology and Legal Education in Tiny Jurisdictions: The Example of Jersey,
David Marrani, Institute of Law (Jersey)
· Albanian Civil Code — An Example of Unity and Diversity in the Civil Law Family,
Juliana Latifi, University of Tirana (Albania)
· Commerce, Commonality, and Contract Law: Legal Reform in a Mixed Jurisdiction,
Christopher K. Odinet, Southern University (United States)
II.B L’absence de modèle unique : l’uniformisation en question
· Entre unité et diversité : la construction d’un droit des biens transsystémique,
Yaëll Emerich, Université McGill (Canada)
· Harmoniser la diversité en droit des successions : oui mais avec précaution,
Francesco Paolo Traisci, Università degli studi del Molise (Italy)
15:30—16:00 Break
16:00—17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS III
III.A United in Diversity
· Enantiosis and Comparative Law: The Case of Essentially Oxymoronic Concepts,
Rostam J. Neuwirth, University of Macau (Macau)
· Toxic Legal Thought Patterns: Cognitive Rhetoric Explains the Need for
a Comparative Approach to Rhetoric in Law,
Lucy Jewel, University of Tennessee (United States)
· Dworkin on Legal Unity and Diversity,
Christopher D. Boom, Tulane University (United States)
III.B Societal and Legal Tensions in Africa
· Mapping Traditional Authority Structures in a Post-Apartheid South Africa:
Exploring the Status and Role of Traditional Authorities in
a Decentralised Governance Structure,
Christa Rautenbach, North-West University (South Africa)
· Developments in Child Custody under Customary Law in Nigeria and South Africa,
Kagiso A. Maphalle, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
· Judicial Protection of Women’s Matrimonial Property Rights in Nigeria,
Anthony C. Diala, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
19:30 Conference Dinner
Tuesday, May 31
9:15—10:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS IV
IV.A Competition Worldwide: Legal Strategies and Challenges
· International Fragmentation of Competition Law:
The Actual and Expected Contribution of BRICS Countries,
Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau (Macau)
· Legal Diversity or Unity as a Product of Economic Strategies of Lawmakers
under Regulatory Competition,
Hugues Bouthinon-Dumas & Frédéric Marty, ESSEC Business School (Paris-Singapore)
& GREDEG – CNRS / University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (France)
IV.B Singular Voices in a Pluralistic Universe
· Legal Transfers and National Traditions:
Patterns of Modernization of the Public Administration
in Polish Lands at the Turn of 18th and 19th Century,
Michał Gałędek, University of Gdańsk (Poland)
· Remedies for Trial Delay in Malta and Italy: a Laboratory for European Integration?,
David Edward Zammit & Caroline Savvidis, University of Malta (Malta)
· “United in One Body:” Can ‘Black Lives Matter’ be Rousseau’s ‘Best Friends,’
Fernin F. Eaton, Baton Rouge (United States)
10:30—11:00 Break
11:00—12:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS V
V.A La mondialisation et ses tensions
· La fiducie québécoise : tensions et (r)évolution,
Caroline Le Breton-Prévost, Université McGill (Canada)
· Mondialisation et droit de la concurrence :
vers une bipolarisation autant qu’une harmonisation des règles de droit ?,
Anne M. Tercinet, EM Lyon Business School (France)
· Comment le juriste français projette sa vision du droit dans
le contexte de la mondialisation : une affaire d’influence ?,
Olivier Moréteau, Louisiana State University (United States)
V.B Diverse in Unity?
· Anglophone and Civilian Convergence:
The Question of Public Cultivation and Learning,
Joseph P. Garske, (United States)
· Global Legal Scholarship at Local Level, Bianca Gardella Tedeschi,
University of Eastern Piedmont Amedeo Avogadro (Italy)
· Good Faith, United in Diversity?,
Olivier Beddeleem, EDHEC Business School (France)
12:30—14:30 Lunch
14:30—16:00 PARALLEL SESSION VI
VI.A Fashion Law: Comparing Top Models
· On Fashion: Introductory Remarks,
Susy Inés Bello Knoll, Austral University (Argentina)
· Intellectual Property in Argentina, Latin America and USA,
Pamela Echeverria, Fashion Law Institute (Argentina)
· Intellectual Property in France and the European Union,
Alice Pezard, Conseiller honoraire à la Cour de cassation (France)
16:00—16:30 Break
16:30—17:30 JURIS DIVERSITAS GENERAL MEETING
17:30—18:00 Break
18:00—19:30 TUCKER LECTURE
· The Proposed Organization of American States Model Law
on Simplified Corporations: Perspectives and Challenges,
Francisco Reyes, Chairman of UNCITRAL,
Superintendent of Companies (Colombia)
19:30 Reception
Wednesday, June 1
9:30—11:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS VII
VII.A Beyond Universalism: Giving a Voice to the Unheard
· The Emergence of Alternative Antidiscrimination Frameworks
between Universality and Diversity,
Raphaële Xenidis, European University Institute of Florence (Italy)
· Beyond the Boundaries of Consensus: Comparative Law, Social Theory, and Dissent,
Denis de Castro Halis, University of Macau (Macau)
· Periodic Review of Human Rights: Does One Size Fit All in the Pacific?,
Sue Farran, Northumbria University (United Kingdom)
VII.B Revisiting Human Rights: What Room for Consensus and Dissent
· Participation of Lay Citizens in the Criminal Trial in a Comparative Perspective
The Criminal Jury in France and Belgium,
Claire M. Germain, University of Florida (United States)
· Human Rights in National versus International Criminal Justice:
The Gravity of Crimes as a Legitimate Source of Legal Pluralism?,
Christophe Deprez, University of Liège (Belgium)
11:00—11:30 Break
11:30—12:30 PLENARY—CLOSING PANEL
· Empires as Engines of Mixed Legal Systems,
Vernon V. Palmer, Tulane University (United States)
· Discussion, Robert Sloan, Louisiana State University (United States)
· Conclusion, Olivier Moréteau, President of Juris Diversitas
