Transformative Private Law

Marija Bartl, ‘The Idea of Transformative Private Law’ (2 March 2020)
Martijn Hesselink, ‘The idea of transformative private law: some critical observations’ (2 March 2020)
Chantal Mak, ‘Reflections on Transformative Private Law’ (31 March 2020)
Jacobien W Rutgers, ‘Transformative Law in a Digital World from a Contract Law Perspective’ (23 April 2020)

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Conferences and Seminars

Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference: Durham University, 31 August-3 September 2021

Our previous conference was moved entirely online. While we look forward to being together for a mostly residential event, we also welcome the greater accessibility for some colleagues that participating online-only allows … (more)

Regulation of abusive informal debt collection practices – could the Scandinavian model serve as a model for EU regulation? University of Copenhagen, 3 September 2021

The conference and publication output will expand legal knowledge concerning all the above by addressing the systemic differences between EU Member States, sharing experiences and identifying answers to common challenges posed by abusive IDCPs … (more)

Private Law and Emerging Technology: Remote Workshops, 3 10 and 17 September 2021

We are excited to invite legal scholars to participate in a virtual Workshop on Private Law and Emerging Technology. This Workshop will be a forum for in-depth engagement with works in-progress at the intersection of private law, technology policy, and the societal changes engendered by widespread adoption of new technologies … (more, call for papers)

Contract Law in Common Law Countries: Conference 2: The substance of the agreement: Zoom, 7-8 September 2021

Each paper presented is discussed by a panel consisting of its author(s) and a renowned subject expert. Full Programme details available here … (more)

Social and Scientific Uncertainties in Environmental Law: Online, 8-10 September 2021

Environmental law aims to provide regulatory mechanisms to protect the environment, and this requires sufficient knowledge of the environmental effects of human activities, the functioning, services and carrying capacities of ecosystems, and the technical and societal options available to mitigate adverse effects and develop energy, food, urban and mobility systems towards environmental sustainability … (more, call for abstracts)

Consumer Protection in Transition: Digital Transformation and Better Enforcement: Opatija, Croatia, 23-25 September 2021

This year’s conference is organized in a hybrid model, which enables registered participants to join us online and onsite, in accordance with COVID-19 protective epidemiological measurements. Participation is free of charge. The 7th Petar Šarčević international scientific conference is dedicated to consumer protection … (more)

6th Annual Conference on The Future of the Commercial Contract: London Centre for Commercial and Financial Law, 15 October 2021

This international academic conference continues the successful series of annual conferences on different aspects of commercial contract law. The conference is organised in co-operation with the University of Exeter and the University of Westminster … (more)

New Technologies in Courts: Advantages and Limits: Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 22 October 2021

The main topic of the conference is constituted by the legal-science implications of novel information technology and communications (IT&C) solutions applied to the challenges faced by courts and legal professionals alike in the modern context of administering justice … (more, call for papers)

Ius Commune Workshop on Empirical Contract Law: 5 November 2021

The use of empirical methods to study contracts has been pioneered by Stewart Macaulay who conducted interviews with business owners to learn about their reliance on contract law in governing commercial relationships. Since then, the use of empirical methods in contract law has expanded … (more, call for papers)

Postgraduate Law Conference of the Centre for Private International Law: University of Aberdeen, 17 November 2021

The Conference will include panels on Private International Law aspects of International Family Law, International Commercial Law and ADR as well as European Union Law and will be complete with the unrivalled expertise of the Members and Associate Members of the CPIL and external scholars … (more)

Great Debates in the History of Law: Ius Commune Conference: Maastricht, 25-26 November 2021

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. Indeed, forces of legal formants are too often lost or hidden beneath a superficies of commonalities … (more, call for papers)

Contract Law in Common Law Countries: Conference 3: Disputes arising out of the agreement: Zoom, 7-8 December 2021

Each paper presented is discussed by a panel consisting of its author(s) and a renowned subject expert. Full Programme details available here … (more)

Modern Studies in Property Law 2022: St John’s College, University of Oxford, 29-31 March 2022

MSPL is a world-leading forum for scholars with research and/or teaching interests in property law, attracting an international body of delegates. The conference series has its origins in the biennial conference first held by the University of Reading in 1996 … (more, call for papers)

Corporate Responsibility and Liability in relation to Climate Change: Utrecht Centre for Accountability and Liability Law, 19-20 May 2022

In this conference we aim to 1) address developments in specific areas of the law within the context of corporate responsibility and liability related to climate change, 2) analyse the possibilities and boundaries of these corporate responsibilities and liabilities and 3) explore potential further developments in the relevant areas of law … (more, call for papers)

Conference on Empirical Legal studies (CELSE): University of Oslo, 9-10 June 2022

The planned CELS-Europe 2022 conference will be held at the University of Oslo. A new call for papers will be announced in June 2021. The papers submitted for CELS-Europe 2020 can be considered afresh but new papers must be submitted if the current paper is published … (more)

Obligations X: ‘Private Law and the State’: Banff, 12-15 July 2022

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, call for papers)

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