NOTICE: The New Frontiers of Comparative Law

I'm pleased to note the following conference, which includes several of our members: University of Macau Macau Association of Comparative Law International Conference 11 November 2011 THE NEW FRONTIERS OF COMPARATIVE LAW *** 9.30 – 9.50 Welcome Speeches Prof. Liu Gaolong, Interim Dean, Faculty of Law of the University of Macau Prof. Paulo Canelas de Castro, Associate Professor of European Union Law, University of Macau, Jean Monnet Chair Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law 9.50 Photo group taking 10.00 – 11.15 1st Session: Comparative Law: methodologies and development Chair: Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law Prof. Mauro Bussani, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Trieste, Italy: Comparative Law Beyond the Trap of Western Positivism Prof. Rostam J. Neuwirth, Associate Professor of Law, University of Macau: Law and the Mind: A New Role for Comparative Law? Prof. Sean Donlan, Professor of Comparative Law and Legal History, University Limerick, Ireland: The Ubiquity of Hybridity: Norms and Laws, Past and Present, and Around the Globe Discussion/Q&A 11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break 11.30 – 12.45 2nd Session: Comparative Law in the International Legal Framework Chair: Prof. Mauro Bussani, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Trieste, Italy Prof. Salvatore Casabona, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Palermo, Italy: "Shaken but not Stirred" Legal Systems: Some Rhapsodic Considerations on the Category of "Mixed Legal Systems" Prof. Muruga Perumal Ramaswamy, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Macau: Comparative International Law: Emerging Trends and Methods Prof. Wei Dan, Associate Professor of Law, University of Macau: Analytical Comparison as a Challenge for International and Comparative Competition Law Discussion/Q&A 12.45 – 14.30 Lunch 14.30 – 15.45 3rd Session: Comparative Law in an East Asian Perspective Chair: Prof. Tong Io Cheng, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, University of Macau Prof. Ignazio Castellucci, Professor of Chinese Law, University of Trento, Italy, Visiting Professor, University of Macau: Comparative Law in Asia Prof. Zhang Lihong, Professor of Comparative Law and Roman Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China: The Development of Comparative Law in China Prof. Chao Wang, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Macau: Conservative Political Nature and Subservient Judiciary: An Illiberal Model of Rule of Law in Postwar Japan Discussion/Q&A 15.45 – 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 – 17.15 4th Session: Comparative Law between Portugal and Macau Chair: Prof. Paulo Canelas de Castro, Associate Professor of European Union Law, University of Macau, Jean Monnet Chair Prof. Dario Moura Vicente, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal: The Common Law of Portuguese-speaking Countries and Territories Prof. Paula Nunes Correia, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Macau: The Macanese Legal System: a Comparative Law Perspective Prof. Augusto Teixeira Garcia, Associate Professor of Commercial Law and Associate Dean, University of Macau: The Commercial Code and Comparative Law: a Happy Marriage? Discussion/Q&A 17.15 – 17.30 Conference Closing remarks Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law

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