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Transformative Private Law

  1. Marija Bartl, ‘The Idea of Transformative Private Law’ (2 March 2020)
  2. Martijn Hesselink, ‘The idea of transformative private law: some critical observations’ (2 March 2020)
  3. Chantal Mak, ‘Reflections on Transformative Private Law’ (31 March 2020)
  4. Jacobien W Rutgers, ‘Transformative Law in a Digital World from a Contract Law Perspective’ (23 April 2020)
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The DSM Directive 3 years on: The Polish challenge to Article 17 and the national transposition maze: Stockholm University, 2 June 2022

Three years after its adoption, the discussion of and around the Directive on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market 2019/790 (‘DSM Directive’) is anything but exhausted. The fate of one its key provisions – Article 17 – is still unknown … (more)

Law, Rationality and Practical Reason: UK-IVR 2022 Annual Conference, 10-11 June 2022

The conference centres on the intersections of law, rationality and practical reason, from ancient and/or contemporary perspectives. We aim to create a platform for the exchange of ideas and the creation of synergies for new ways of thinking about law, practical reason and rationality … (more, registration)

The Power and Limits of Private Law – Allard Law and Green College, University of British Columbia, 23-24 June 2022

The University of British Columbia Peter A Allard School of Law will host the third Canadian Law of Obligations conference on campus at UBC’s Green College. The intent is that this will be an in-person conference, so long as public health regulations permit … (more, call for abstracts)

Pandemics – Liability and Insurance: 19th Joint Seminar of the European Association of Law and Economics and The Geneva Association Vienna, 23-24 June 2022

Submissions are invited for papers dealing with any aspect of the liability implications of pandemics for the (re)insurance industry. Papers might address, inter alia, the following issues: … (more)

JPIL-SMU Conference on Conflicts of Jurisdiction: online, 23-24 June 2022

The theme of the conference is Conflicts of Jurisdiction. The conference will provide an important forum for the exchange of views on a subject of considerable practical importance and topicality. The conference is also designed to assist with the ongoing work of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) on Jurisdiction … (more)

Annual Conference on the Intersection of Corporate Law and Technology: online, 27 June 2022

Papers will explore a wide range of key issues that arise out of the interaction of Corporate law with technology. During the first day of the conference, the focus will be upon a wide array of issues arising from the use of emerging technologies, considering ethical and political aspects, including competition and intellectual property law-related concerns … (more)

IVR World Congress: Bucharest, 3-8 July 2022

Justice is a central aspiration of human beings. It is the distinguishing human virtue as Plato observed. Justice is searched for in individual relations and forms at the same time a guiding principle for the political and legal order of human societies. Justice is intrinsically related to equality … (more)

Global Meeting on Law and Society: Lisbon, 13-16 July 2022

This will be the 7th Global conference, which is held approximately every 5 years. #GlobalLawSociety2022 will also feature hybrid components for those who cannot make the trip to Portugal … (more)

Society of Legal Scholars, 113th Annual Conference: King’s College London, 6-9 September 2022

In September 2022 we look forward to welcoming delegates to King’s College London for the 113th annual conference of the Society of Legal Scholars. This year’s conference theme is ‘The links and connections to legal development’ … (more)

The HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention – Bonn University, 9-10 September 2022

As there are reasonable expectations for the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention to enter into force by the end of 2022 or early 2023, we are confident – especially with a view to the latest Proposal of the European Commission – that we will experience an even more focused and rewarding discussion of our topic … (more)

Book Launch: ‘Landmark Cases in Privacy Law’: Zoom, 14 September 2022

This new addition to Hart’s acclaimed Landmark Cases series is a diverse and engaging edited collection bringing together eminent commentators from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, to analyse cases of enduring significance to privacy law … (more)

2nd Zagreb International Conference on the Law of Obligations: University of Zagreb, 28-30 September 2022

The conference welcomes paper proposals from scholars and practitioners in the field of the law of obligations. Proposals have to be related to one of the topics of the conference. Timely submitted proposals will be considered by the Scientific Committee … (more, call for papers)

‘Lawtomation Day 2022’: Madrid, 30 September 2022

This day, we will host at the IE Tower in Madrid, a multidisciplinary conference aimed at exploring the relationship between law and automation, as well as the impact of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) on constitutional values, human rights, workplace practices and legal remedies … (more, call for papers)

Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, and Alternative Payments: Regulating the ‘Wild West’: IALS, London, 13-14 October 2022

2021 was a busy year for cryptocurrency. China banned Bitcoin, whereas El Salvador declared Bitcoin to be legal tender. The UK started exploring the possibility of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), while Nigeria went a step further and introduced its own CBDC, the eNaira … (more, call for papers)

‘Law and Art in the 19th Century: Power in Images’: Verona, 19-21 October 2022

Sometimes faithful reproductions of the legal values produced at the time, sometimes exaltation, transfiguration or denunciation of certain aspects of the legal system. Art, like law, is a human factor that is sometimes able to assert itself from below, from the society that produces it; at other times it comes from above … (more, call for papers)

Conflict of Laws in Trusts and Estates: Tulane University School of Law, 21 October 2022

Tulane University School of Law and The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel’s Legal Education Committee are organizing the 9th academic symposium financially supported by The ACTEC Foundation … (more, call for papers)

The Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform: Online event, 21 October 2022

Special themes in 2022 are: (1) Standards and values in international commercial litigation; (2) Business organisations as a nexus of contract from a digital perspective; (3) general theory of merchant law; (4) Issues in international commercial arbitration including investment treaty arbitration, mediation and reconciliation … (more, call for papers)

‘Rethinking copyright flexibilities’: University of Cyprus, in Nicosia, 31 October – 1 November 2022

The aim of the conference is to critically discuss the state of the art and evolution of copyright flexibilities in Europe, particularly in light of the most recent interventions of the EU legislators and landmark decisions of the Court of Justice of the EU … (more, call for papers)

Rights in Rem in the European Union: Rovira i Virgili University, Catalonia, 10-11 November 2022

This seminar seeks, on the one hand, to define the concept of rights in rem in the framework of European Private international law and of Comparative law, and, on the other hand, to identify the problematic aspects arising from the characterisation of such a concept … (more)

Innovation in the History of Law: Ius Commune Workshop, Maastricht, 24-25 November 2022

The workshops on ‘Comparative Legal History – Ius Commune in the Making’ aim to reveal and understand the nature and effects of various legal formants in the development of law … (more, call for papers)

German Conference for Young Scholars in Private International Law 2023: Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, 22-23 February 2023

The theme of the conference will be: ‘Deference to the foreign – empty phrase or guiding principle of private international law?’ As part of any legal system, rules of private international law are determined by the principles of the respective national jurisdiction, but they also open up the national system to foreign rules … (more, call for papers)

Fraud and Risk in Commercial Law: National University of Singapore, 16-17 June 2023

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the Second Conference of the Commercial Law series co-organised by UCL, City University of Hong Kong, Notre Dame Law School and NUS EW Barker Centre for Law and Business. The focus will be on topics exploring the problems with fraud and risk in commercial law … (more, call for papers)

Obligations X: ‘Private Law and the State’: Banff, 11-14 July 2023

The theme for Obligations X is Private Law and the State. This theme will allow participants to explore numerous questions concerning the relationship between private law obligations and the state as a public institution … (more)

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