Conferences

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, invite the submission of papers for an international conference on Filling the Gaps: The Study of Judicial Creativity and Equity in Mixed Jurisdictions and Beyond scheduled take place in Catania, Italy on May 27-28, 2013. The event is hosted by the Department of Political Science at the University of Catania. The conference explores the sources, methods and approaches used by courts in mixed jurisdictions when faced with a lacuna in the law.

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Past Conferences:

2012

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.

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2011

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.

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2008

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
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2007

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 

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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