LECTURE/GENERAL ASSEMBLY: Palmer at la Société de législation comparée - July, 2014
The General Assembly of la Société de législation comparée/the Society of Comparative Legislation will be held on 10 July 2014 at Salle des conseils; 12, place du Panthéon; 75005 Paris.
Professor Vernon Palmer (Thomas Pickles Professor of Law, Tulane University) will address the Society at 17:45 about 'Le dommage moral : l'éveil français au 19ème siècle'.
Call for Papers: The Scholar, Teacher, Judge, and Jurist in a Mixed Jurisdiction
The World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists is pleased to announce a Fourth Worldwide Congress to be held at McGill University Faculty on Law from June 24 (open evening reception and lecture) through June 26, 2015. The theme of the Congress will be "The Scholar, Teacher, Judge and Jurist in a Mixed Jurisdiction."
Judicial Creativity and Equity in Mixed Jurisdictions - May 2013
The Protection Project at the John Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), in co-operation with the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists (WSMJJ) and the Tulane's Eason Weinmann Center for Comparative Law, organized an international conference on Filling the Gaps: The Study of Judicial Creativity and Equity in Mixed Jurisdictions and Beyond in Catania, Italy on May 27-28, 2013. The event was hosted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Catania. Speakers explored the sources, methods and approaches used by courts in mixed jurisdictions when faced with a lacuna in the law.
Program
Mixed Legal Systems, East and West - May 2012
The Protection Project at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), in co-operation with the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists and the Eason-Weinmann Center for Comparative Law at Tulane Law School, organized an international conference on Mixed Legal Systems, East and West: Newest Trends and Developments. The event took place in Malta on May 14/15, 2012. The conference focused on the intersections and interplay between Western and Eastern legal systems, including the study of those countries where common and civil law interact and/or co-exist with Islamic law.
Program
Third World Congress on Mixed Jurisdictions - June 2011
The Center and Hebrew University co-sponsored the Third World Congress of Mixed Jurisdictions in Jerusalem from June 20-23, 2011. The event brought together academics, judges and practitioners from around the world to discuss a broad selection of topics under the general theme Legal Methodology and Legal Innovation in the Mixed Jurisdictions.
Conference Program and Information
International Colloquium
The Bicentennial of the Louisiana Civil Code 1808-2008
The Challenge of Recodification Worldwide
New Orleans, 19-22 November 2008
Table of Contents - Tulane Law Review
83 Tul. L. Rev. vii
Program Brochure
Louisiana/Scotland Comparative Law Studies - Part II
New Orleans, 3/4 April 2008
Louisiana/Scotland Comparative Law Studies - Part I
Edinburgh, 27 June 2007
Second World Congress on Mixed Jurisdictions
Edinburgh, 27-30 June, 2007
Table of Contents - Tulane Law Review
78 Tul. L. Rev. iii
May 2008 EJCL Editorial by Vernon Palmer
2003
Civil Law in Louisiana
Teaching Civil Law in Louisiana, in Other Mixed Jurisdictions, and in Europe
New Orleans, 31 October 2003
Introspective Conference on Louisiana Civil Law
2002
First World Congress on Mixed Jurisdictions
Salience and Unity in the Mixed Jurisdiction Experience
Traits, Patterns, Culture, Commonalties
New Orleans, 6-9 November 2002
Overview by Vernon Palmer
78 Tul. L. Rev. 3
WSMJJ Newsletter Article
Photos
2000
Centennial World Congress on Comparative Law
New Orleans, 1-4 November 2000
Opening Remarks by Xavier Blanc-Jouvan
75 Tul. L. Rev. 859
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Mixed Legal Systems: Patterns of Development
Edinburgh, 8/9 December 2000
Editorial by Elspeth Reid
1995
The Romanist Tradition in Louisiana: Legislation, Jurisprudence and Doctrine
Colloquium in New Orleans, 22 September 1995
Overview by Symeon Symeonides
56 La. L. Rev. 249
1994
The Harmonization of International Norms and Processes
Implications of UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts
Colloquium in New Orleans, 4/5 February 1994
Article by Alan Farnsworth
3 Tul J. Int'l & Comp. L. 47
1992
European Integration: Beyond 1992
Colloquium in Helsinki, Finland, June 1992
Overview by Lloyd Bonfield
1 Tul. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 1
1988
The Internationalization of Law and Legal Practice - Forum Shopping, Domestic and International
Colloquium in New Orleans, February, 1988
Overview by Thomas Carbonneau
63 Tul. L. Rev. 439
1986
An Examination of the Unity and Diversity within the Socialist Leal System
Colloquium in New Orleans, 24/25 October 1986
Overview by Christopher Osakwe
61 Tul. L. Rev. 1257
1985
Reflections on the Civil Law Tradition in Louisiana: Agenda for the Twenty-First Century
Colloquium in New Orleans, 8/9 November, 1985
Overview by Christopher Osakwe
60 Tul. L. Rev. 1105
1984
Comparative Perspectives on Constitutional Law - Problems and Perspectives
Colloquium in New Orleans 16/17 November 1984
Overview by Christopher Osakwe
59 Tul. L. Rev. 875
1983
A Comparative Re-Examination of Labor Law
Colloquium in New Orleans, 11/12 November 1983
Overview by Christopher Osakwe
58 Tul. L. Rev. 1291
1982
Rethinking Tort Law
Colloquium in New Orleans, 5/6 November 1982
