Center for International & Comparative Law

Events Archive

  • Lives in the Law: Rita Hauser
    Dean David Levi interviews noted international lawyer, philanthropist

  • Scholarship Roundtable: "The Law and Politics of International Cooperation"
    This interdisciplinary scholarship roundtable will offer an intimate forum for a small group of legal scholars and political scientists to present their works in progress and to receive detailed commentary and feedback from their colleagues. The event will be centered around eight working papers that will be distributed in advance to participants.
    Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6-7, 2009

  • Public Lecture: Fabrizio Cafaggi
    Professor of Comparative Law, European University Institute
    Topic: "Private Regulation in European Private Law"
    Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009
    12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3037
    » Read Cafaggi's paper (pdf)

  • News ImageInternational Week Keynote Address: William Taft IV
    Former Legal Adviser to the United States Secretary of State
    Of Counsel, Fried Frank, Washington D.C.
    Topic: "Promises to Keep: The Conduct of American Foreign Policy and International Agreements"
    Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
    12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3037

  • News ImagePublic Lecture: Phoebe Kornfeld '90
    General Counsel of Intercell AG
    (co-sponsored with Duke Global Health Institute)
    Topic: "Contagion Without Borders and the Role of International and Comparative Law: The Example of 21st Century Influenza Pandemics"
    Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
    12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3037

  • Co-sponsored Conference: Prosecution at the International Criminal Court: A Moot and Information Session with Office of the Prosecutor Staff
    Features an interactive analysis of a hypothetical case before the International Criminal Court, and informal discussions with Bärbel Carl, Associate Trial Lawyer, Prosecutions Division, ICC Office of the Prosecutor, and Antônia Pereira DeSousa, Associate Cooperation Officer in the ICC’s Jurisdiction, Complementarity & Cooperation Division.
    Friday, Sept. 11, 2009

  • News ImageThe Honorable Yvonne Mokgoro, Justice of the South African Constitutional Court
    Monday, April 20, 2009
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Open to all.
    Justice Mokgoro, who is the first black woman to serve on the South African Constitutional Court, will present and participate in a discussion of the Khosa Judgment, which can be downloaded here.

  • News ImageProfessor William Twining to Give the 7th Annual Bernstein Lecture
    Tuesday, April 7, 2009
    12:15 -1:15 pm • Room 3041
    Normative and Legal Pluralism: A Global Perspective

    William Twining is Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus, University College of London and a regular Visiting Professor at the University of Miami Law School.
    Lunch served. Reception to follow lecture.

  • News ImageGeneral Jurisprudence: A Symposium in Honor of William Twining
    Monday, April 6, 2009
    3:00 - 6:00 pm • Room 4044
    (may change, please check again)
    Open to all. Attendance is free but registration is required. Please contact Neylân Gürel

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop - Jennifer Hill
    University of Sydney, Australia;
    Visiting Vanderbilt University School of Law, Spring 2009
    Selective Regulation: Lessons from the News Corp. Waivers
    Monday, April 13, 2009
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Open to all. To RSVP or to get a copy of the paper, contact Neylân Gürel

  • News ImageNoah Weisbord, "Outlawing War: Competing Human Rights Perspectives"
    Wednesday, March 25, 2009
    12:00 - 1:15 pm • John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240

    Lunch provided • Free and open to the public
    Sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center and the Duke Law Center for International & Comparative Law
    Directions and parking information available at FHI website

  • April 16-17, 2009: National Security Under a New Administration
    Conference featuring Congressman David Price; Dr. Hussein Hassouna, Ambassador, League of Arab States; and former Assistant Secretary for Policy in the Department of Homeland Security, Stewart A. Baker. » Event Details

  • News ImageGlobal law Workshop - Leonard Rotman
    University of Windsor Faculty of Law, CANADA
    The End of History of Corporate Law or History Repeating? A Comparative Analysis
    Monday, March 16, 2009
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    To RSVP or to get a copy of the paper, contact Neylân Gürel

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop - Christine Windbichler
    Humboldt University Berlin, GERMANY
    The Information Regime in Corporate Governance
    Monday, March 30, 2009
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

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  • News ImageMarch 26-27, 2009: Looking Deeper: What Darfur Tells Us About Genocide, International Criminal Law and the Future of a Country
    Conference exploring aspects of the Darfur crisis that have often gone unexamined.
     
     
     
     
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  • News ImageMr. Chung Dong-young, Presidential Candidate of the Korean United New Democratic Party
    The "Fourth Wave" of Change on the Korean Peninsula and the Role of the Gaeseong Industrial Park
    Friday, March 20, 2009
    12:30-1:30 pm • Room 4055

    Open to all.
    Lunch will be served. RSVP to gurel@law.duke.edu

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop - Richard Buxbaum
    University of California, Berkeley Law School
    Will There Be a European Delaware? Comparative Constitutional Law and Corporate Mobility
    Monday, March 23, 2009
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    OPEN TO ALL. RSVP

  • News ImageDoing Business in Latin America--A Symposium
    with keynote by Carlos Menem, former president of Argentina
    Presented by Latin American Business Law Association and Latin American Student Association
    Registration is free but required.
    Wednesday, February 11, 2009:
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
    • Duke Univ. Fuqua School of Business
    Friday, February 13, 2009:
    1:00 - 5:30 pm
    • Duke Univ. School of Law
    Room 3037

  • News ImageHaider Ala Hamoudi, "The Death of Islamic Law"
    University of Pittsburgh School of Law
    Monday, March 2, 2009
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Cosponsored with Duke Islamic Studies Center
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  • News ImagePeter Emerson of The de Borda Institute will present "A Consensual Polity"
    Thursday, February 19, 2009
    1:00 - 2:30 pm • Room 4045
    Lunch provided. RSVP required.


    Peter Emerson is the director of The de Borda Institute, a Northern Ireland-based NGO that aims to promote the use of inclusive voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice. Emerson is a prominent proponent of the Borda electoral system, a preferential system he has advocated for societies such as Bosnia.

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop - Peter Gourevitch
    Monitoring the Monitors: Evaluating Performance of NGOs' Measurement of Ethical Standards, Transnational and Domestic
    Wednesday, February 25, 2009
    12:00 - 1:15 pm • Room 4055

    Lunch provided. RSVP Neylân Gürel
    NGOs seeking to do good need at times to prove their virtue: their good intentions may not suffice to assure donors or buyers. More

  • News Image"Local Property, Global Justice: Law and Resources in the Era of Climate Change," the annual symposium of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
    Friday, January 30, 2009
    Room 3037, Duke University School of Law
    Contact: rachel.muchmore@law.duke.edu

  • News ImageMonday, Jan. 26, 2009 • Global Law Workshop
    Bernard S. Black
    University of Texas at Austin
    School of Law
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
    Professor Black will present a paper entitled How Corporate Governance Affects Firm Value: Evidence on Channels from Korea, which he co-authored with Woochan Kim, Hasung Jang, and Kyung-Suh Park. More information.
    All are welcome. You can request a copy of the paper from

  • News ImageA Special Session of the Global Law Workshop: John Dugard, visiting professor at Duke Law
    Monday, December 1, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
     
    OPEN TO ALL

    A reception will follow.
    Professor John Dugard will present a talk entitled "The Legal Status of Advisory Opinions"

  • News ImageA special session of the Global Law Workshop: Youngjin Jung, visiting professor at Duke Law
    Monday, November 17, 2008
    4:30 — 6:00 pm • Room 4042
    OPEN TO ALL


    Professor Jung will present his paper, "Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties: Cartel Enforcement's Global Reach" that he co-authored with Julian M. Joshua and Peter D. Camesasca.

  • News ImageWhere NAFTA Stands: A Reassessment from the United States, Canada, and Mexico
    Tuesday, November 18, 2008
    12:15 — 1:15 pm • Room 3037
    Lunch served


    Nearly 15 years after it came into effect politicians, scholars, labor leaders, and human rights advocates are divided on the overall impact of NAFTA. The panelists, Alejandro Posadas, Debra Steger, and Gary Hufbauer will discuss how the agreement impacted each of the countries. Moderated by Fritz Mayer of the Terry Sanford Institute.

  • News Image"We Are Not in Safety": Human Rights Law and Advocacy since the 1990s
    Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
    6:30 pm • John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240

    The Graduate Student Human Rights Working Group to host a discussion on human rights law and advocacy of the past two decades. Join Professors Catherine Admay, Allen Buchanan, George Christie, John Dugard, Robin Kirk, and Michael Tigar for a close look at the uncertain position of human rights today. RSVP to Dan Smith

  • The Variety of Electoral Systems: A Conversation for Election Day
    Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008
    12:15 pm • Star Commons

    Professor Donald Horowitz, the James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science, will discuss the variety of electoral systems used around the world. He will be joined by Professor Ernest Young, moderator, and Professors Ralf Michaels and Guy Uriel-Charles, commenters.

  • News ImageMichael Scharf, "High Crimes, High Drama: An Insider's Account of the Saddam Hussein Trial"
    Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008
    12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3041
    Lunch served


    Michael Scharf is professor and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

    Having publicly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Michael Scharf was surprised to be invited to help train the judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel of the Iraqi High Tribunal who would try Saddam Hussein.

  • News ImageThe International Impact of U.S. Presidential Election: A Panel Discussion with Professors John Dugard, Donald Horowitz, Ebrahim Moosa, and Christiane Lemke
    Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008
    12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3041
    Lunch served.

    Visiting Professor John Dugard will discuss how the outcome of the presidential election could impact international law while Professor Donald Horowitz will discuss the impact on relations in Asia. Professor Ebrahim Moosa will discuss the impact on relations with the Islamic world and Professor Christiane Lemke, visiting at UNC-Chapel Hill, the likely response from Europe.

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop - Ehud Guttel
    Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Duke Law visiting professor Ehud Guttel will present in a special edition of the Global Law Workshop his paper "Uncertainty Revisited: Legal Prediction and Legal Postdiction," forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review.

  • News ImageProfessor Ebrahim Moosa, "What Is Islamic Law?"
    Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
    12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3037

    Sponsored by SOLIMENA (Student Organization for Legal Issues in the Middle East and North Africa) and the DBA.

  • International Week 2008
    Oct. 27-31, 2008: A week designed to showcase the many cultures of the Law School community and to consider emerging issues relating to international law. » Event Details

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop
    Professor Amy Cohen
    Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
    Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Professor Cohen to present a paper entitled "Nepal and Involvement of NGOs in Local Development and Finance."

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop
    Professor Dania Thomas
    Keele University School of Law- Staffordshire
    Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Professor Thomas to present a paper entitled "Re-assessing ‘sanctity’, reconfiguring ownership: conceptualizing an emergent framework of responsibility in sovereign debt."

  • News ImageFederal Court vs. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay: A Trial Lawyer's Perspective
    Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008
    12:15-1:20 p.m. • Room 3037
    Lunch served. Bring your own drink.

    Tom Durkin and Ed MacMahon, seasoned trial lawyers, will speak about the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, describe how they differ from federal court proceedings, and examine the issues raised when dealing with classified evidence in such proceedings.
    Cosponsored by CICL and Guantanamo Defense Clinic.

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop
    Professor Anna Gelpern
    Rutgers School of Law
    Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Professor Gelpern to present a paper entitled "The Global Mortgage Finance Crisis."

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop
    Professor Christine Windbichler
    Humboldt University Berlin School of Law
    Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Professor Windbichler to present a paper entitled "How Assuring are Auditors? The Financial Reporting Process in an International Environment."

  • News ImageProfessor James Nickel, "Human Rights: Challenging the Indivisibility Doctrine"
    Arizona State University School of Law
    Thursday, Oct. 23
    12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3041
    Lunch served

    Nickel to give a talk based on his paper, Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations between Rights.

  • News ImageProfessor Laura Dickinson
    Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law
    Arizona State University
    Monday, Oct. 6
    12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3041

    Dickinson to speak about her book, Outsourcing War and Peace.

  • News ImageRobert Archer, "The Development of Human Rights: A Reflection on Recent Trends and a Discussion of Emerging Issues"
    Executive Director, International Council on Human Rights Policy
    Geneva, Switzerland
    Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
    12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3041
    Lunch served

    Archer, the executive director of the International Council on Human Rights Policy, will be the keynote speaker for Duke Law International Week.

  • News ImageThe Devilish Difficulty of Defending a Detainee
    Major Frakt
    Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008

    12:15 p.m. • Room 3041

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop commences with
    Professor W. Mark C. Weidemaier
    UNC Law School
    Monday, September 8, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

    Professor Weidemaier will present his paper Disputing Boilerplate on arbitration clauses in international debt contracts.

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop
    Professor Gregory Shaffer
    University of Minnesota Law School
    Monday, Sept. 15, 2008
    4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
    Professor Shaffer will present a paper on international trade and finance.

  • International Human Rights Law Society Kick-Off Meeting
    Monday, September 8, 2008
    12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3037
    Lunch will be served.

    Come and learn about the IHRLS and the upcoming events for this academic year. Also on the agenda: a discussion about the election of the new executive board. New and current members welcome.
    Contact Clair Kwon with any questions.

  • News ImageA discussion of the Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush
    Professors of international law, including Madeline Morris, Curtis Bradley, and Scott Silliman, will discuss this landmark decision.

    Tuesday, June 17, 2008
    3:00 pm • Room 4042
    Refreshments will be served.

  • News ImageLegal Risks and Business Opportunities in Latin America
    A SYMPOSIUM, organized by the Latin American Business Law Association
    Friday, April 4, 2008
    12:30 - 8:00 pm • Room 3037
    Coffee and refreshments served




  • News ImageThe Future of E.U.–U.S. Relations
    Tuesday, April 8, 2008
    12:15 – 1:15 PM • Room 3037 • Lunch served
    Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union's Delegation to the United States


    Angelos Pangratis will speak on the economic and political issues at the cutting edge of the E.U.–U.S. relationship. He will cover areas of converging interests as well as issues on which the E.U. and the U.S. still remain divided.

  • News Image Suing Doctors in Japan: Structure, Culture, and the Rise of Malpractice Litigation
    Friday, March 21, 2008 • Global Law Workshop
    3:00 - 4:30 • Room 4042
    Prof. Eric A. Feldman

  • News ImageKosovo's Independence: The Politics, Legality, and Philosophy of Secession
    Monday, March 24, 2008
    12:15 – 1:15 PM • Room 3037 • Lunch served
    Prof. Tibor Várady and Prof. Allen Buchanan


    Two leading scholars will present their views on the recent Kosovar assertion of independence.

  • News ImageGlobal Law Workshop: The Case of South Africa
    February 15, 3 - 4:30 pm, Room 4042
    "Can Constitutional Property Clauses Be Transformative? The Role of Background Traditions & Culture--The Case of South Africa"

  • News ImageReforms in European Competition Law
    Monday, February 11, 2008
    11:05 AM - 12:00 PM - Room 4047

    Jürgen Basedow visits Prof. Barak Richman's Antitrust class

  • Public and Private Law in the Global Adjudication System
    Feb. 15, 2008: DJCIL and the Center for International and Comparative Law host symposium focusing on the importance and impact of international arbitration as a venue for dispute settlement. » Event Details

  • Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation?
    Jan. 28, 2008: Conference bringing together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from the United States and Europe to discuss the future of data privacy. » Event Details

  • The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States?
    Feb. 9, 2008: International conference co-sponsored by Duke Law's Center for International & Comparative Law and the Tulane Law Review. » Event Details

  • News Image Nov 16 - Prof. Lawrence Rosen of Princeton Anthropology & Columbia Law to give Global Law Workshop talk
    Time: 3 - 4:30 PM - Room 4045
    Defending Culture: The Cultural Defense Plea & the Law's Concept of Culture

  • News ImageNov 12 - Jack Goldsmith, Former Assistant US Attorney General to speak on his new book
    Time: 12:15 - 1:15 PM - Room 3041 - Lunch Served - Book Signing
    Prof. Goldsmith will be interviewed by Prof. Chris Schroeder and sign copies of his new book, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law.

  • News ImageNov 7 - Jean-Marie Henckaerts of ICRC to speak on international humanitarian law
    Time: 12:10 until 1:10 PM - Room 4047 - Lunch Served
    Legal Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross and co-author of Customary International Humanitarian Law to discuss the ICRC report and its critics. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law.

  • Professor Antony Anghie will give a Global Law Workshop talk - Oct 26
    Prof. Anghie of University of Utah Law School will give a talk entitled The League of Nations Mandate System, Imperialism, and International Law

  • The Global Adjudication System
    Judge Charles N. Brower discusses the growth of a global adjudication system through codified and uncodified systems.
    March 21, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Transatlantic Approaches to International Law and Institutions: A European Perspective
    April 2, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Free Trade Agreements and the Reshaping of Global Pharmaceutical Supply: Implications for Development and Access
    April 12, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • Legal Developments in Japan within the Past Ten Years
    March 9, 12:15 p.m. » Event Details

  • The Program in Public Law and The Center for International and Comparative Law Presents: The Military Commissions Act of 2006
    Feb 12, 2007 12:15pm (3041) » Event Details