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- CICL Lecture with Phoebe Kornfeld
November 3, 2009 - Phoebe Kornfeld '90, general counsel for Intercell AG, a vaccine company in Vienna, Austria, will present an open lecture on vaccines and influenza pandemics entitled, "Contagion Without Borders and the Role of International and Comparative Law: The Example of 21st Century Influenza Pandemics." Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL). Lunch is first come, first served. Co-sponsored by the Duke Global Health Institute.
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- Promises to Keep: The Conduct of American Foreign Policy and International Agreements
October 26, 2009 - William H. Taft IV, former legal adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State and currently of counsel at Fried Frank, in Washington, D.C. presented an open lecture entitled, "Promises to Keep: The Conduct of American Foreign Policy and International Agreements" on conducting foreign policy in a globalized world. Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law (CICL). - February, 2009
- Monitoring the Monitors: Evaluating Performance of NGOs' Measurement of Ethical Standards, Transnational and Domestic
February 25, 2009 - Peter Gourevitch, professor of political science at University of California, San Diego, and the founding dean of the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, presents "Monitoring the Monitors: Evaluating Performance of NGOs' Measurement of Ethical Standards, Transnational and Domestic." Good intentions may not suffice to assure donors or buyers of NGOs seeking to do good. Until recently NGOs got something of a "free pass," but increasingly they are expected to show the transparency and accountability they demand of others. Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law. - November, 2008
- Where NAFTA Stands: A Reassessment from the United States, Canada, and Mexico
November 18, 2008 - Nearly 15 years after it came into effect, politicians, scholars, labor leaders, and human rights advocates are divided on the overall impact of NAFTA. Panelists Alejandro Posadas, Debra Steger, and Gary Hufbauer discuss how the agreement impacted each of their countries. Moderated by Fritz Mayer of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law. - October, 2008
- The International Impact of U.S. Presidential Election: A Panel Discussion with John Dugard, Donald Horowitz, Ebrahim Moosa, and Christiane Lemke
October 29, 2008 - Visiting Professor John Dugard discusses how the outcome of the presidential election could impact international law; Professor Donald Horowitz discusses the its impact on relations in Asia; Professor Ebrahim Moosa discusses its impact on relations with the Islamic world; and Professor Christiane Lemke, Leibniz Universitat Hannover, visiting at UNC-Chapel Hill, discusses the likely response from Europe. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law. - Robert Archer, Executive Director, International Council on Human Rights Policy
October 27, 2008 - Robert Archer begins Duke Law International Week activities with a talk on international human rights policy, looking at the developments and trends in human rights in the last fifteen years. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law. - James Nickel, ASU Professor and CICL Guest Speaker
October 23, 2008 - Professor James W. Nickel of Arizona State University examines perspectives in human rights as he presents a lecture based on his paper, "Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations between Rights." - Outsourcing of the U.S. Military
October 6, 2008 - Professor Laura Dickinson discusses issues of accountability for personnel contracted by the U.S. military. Dickinson is a professor of law at University of Connecticut, and has been studying the use of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law. - June, 2008
- A discussion of the Supreme Court decision: Boumediene v. Bush
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June 17, 2008 - Duke Law Professors Madeline Morris, Scott Silliman, and Curtis Bradley discuss the landmark June 2008 decision in Boumediene v. Bush, which holds that Guantanamo Bay detainees have a constitutional right to file for habeas corpus in U.S. federal court. Professors Morris, Silliman and Bradley consider the next steps for the foreign detainees, who were held for years at the prison camp in Cuba and will now have the right to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without charges. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law. - April, 2008
- The Future of EU-US Relations - Angelos Pangratis
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April 8, 2008 - Mr. Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU's Delegation to the US, speaks on the economic and political issues at the cutting edge of the EU-US relationship. He covers areas of converging interests as issues on which the EU and the US still remain divided. Sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Law. - March, 2008
- Kosovo's Independence: The Politics, Legality, and Philosophy of Secession
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March 24, 2008 - Professor Tibor Varady, professor at Emory University Law School, and Professor Allen Buchanan, James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Policy Studies at Duke University, offer their views on Kosovo's recent declaration of independence from Serbia. - February, 2008
- Symposium: Public and Private Law in the Global Adjudication System - part 1
February 15, 2008 - This annual symposium focuses on the emerging importance and impact of international arbitration as a venue for dispute settlement, and brings experts together to discuss recent developments in public and private law in the global adjudication system of the twenty-first century.
Panel 1: Customary Norms in Public and Private International Adjudicatory Systems
Panelists examine the role of international custom in transnational arbitration. Moderated by Deborah A. DeMott. Panelists: Patrick Kelly and Jan Dalhuisen. - Symposium: Public and Private Law in the Global Adjudication System - part 2
February 15, 2008 - Panel 2: Arbitration v. Courts – Mechanism and Choice of Forum
Experts consider the evolving relationship between arbitral and national adjudication. Moderated by Donald L. Horowitz. Panelists: Thomas E. Carbonneau, Charles H. Brower, II, and Christopher A. Whytock. - Symposium: Public and Private Law in the Global Adjudication System - part 3
February 15, 2008 - Panel 3: Private Arbitral Decisions and International Court Judgments
Experts address the role(s) of courts in international arbitration vis-à-vis international adjudication. Moderated by Madeline Morris. Panelists: Ernest A. Young, Duke University Law School; Mark L. Movsesian, St. John's University School of Law; and Melissa A. Waters, Washington and Lee University School of Law. - Public and Private Law in the Global Adjudication System - part 4
February 15, 2008 - Panel 4: Private vs. Public International Law – Acceptance and Enforcement
Experts look at the development of the public-private distinction in the enforcement of international and foreign law. Moderated by Francesca Bignami. Panelists include William S. Dodge, UC Hastings College of Law; Ronald A. Brand, University of Pittsburgh School of Law; and Karen Knop, University of Toronto Faculty of Law. - The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States? - part 1
February 9, 2008 - Welcome
Dean David F. Levi, Professor Ralf Michaels, and Haller Jackson of the Tulane Law Review deliver the opening remarks for the one-day conference that brought leading scholars from the U.S. and Europe together to discuss today's issues in choice of law.
Panel 1: Contract and Tort Law
Moderated by Paul Haagen, Duke University. Panelists include Jan von Hein, Universität Trier; Symeon Symeonides, Willamette College of Law; Dennis Solomon, Universität Tübingen; and Patrick Borchers, Creighton University School of Law. - The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States? - part 2
February 9, 2008 - Panel 2: Corporate Law
Moderated by James D. Cox, Duke University. Panelists: Larry Cata Backer, Tulane University Law School; Jens Dammann, University of Texas School of Law; and Onnig Dombalagian, Tulane University Law School. - The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States? - part 3
February 9, 2008 - Panel 3: Family Law
Moderated by Kathryn Bradley, Duke University. Panelists include Marta Pertegas, Universiteit Antwerpen; Katharina Boele-Woelki, Universiteit Utrecht; and Linda Silberman, New York University School of Law. - The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States? - part 4
February 9, 2008 - Panel 4: Methods and Approaches
Panelists: Richard Fentiman, University of Cambridge Faculty of Law; Ralf Michaels, Duke University School of Law; and William A. Reppy Jr., Duke University School of Law. - The New European Choice-of-Law Revolution: Lessons for the United States? - part 5
February 9, 2008 - Panel 5: Internal and External Conflicts, Federalism, and Market Regulation
Panelists: Jurgen Basedow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; Mathias W. Reimann, University of Michigan Law School; Erin O'Hara, Vanderbilt University Law School; and Larry Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law. - January, 2008
- Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? - part 1
January 28, 2008 - Sponsored by the Duke University Center for European Studies and Duke Law Center for International and Comparative Law, this day-long conference brings together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the United States to discuss the future of data privacy in light of the new realities of our times.
Welcome and Opening Remarks by Francesca Bignami and Gilbert Merkx
Panel 1: The Past and Present of Data Privacy
Moderated by Leonardo Cervera Navas. Panelists: Howard Beales, Peter Hustinx, and Stefano Rodota.
- Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? - part 2
January 28, 2008 - Sponsored by the Duke University Center for European Studies and Duke Law Center for International and Comparative Law, this day-long conference brings together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the United States to discuss the future of data privacy in light of the new realities of our times.
Panel 2: Consumer Privacy Through Notice and Consent
Moderated by Sarah Ludington. Panelists: Annie Anton, Giovanni Buttarelli, Fred Cate, Kathryn Ratte, and Peter Swire.
- Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? - part 3
January 28, 2008 - Sponsored by the Duke University Center for European Studies and Duke Law Center for International and Comparative Law, this day-long conference brings together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the United States to discuss the future of data privacy in light of the new realities of our times.
Panel 3: Privacy and National Security
Moderated by Frank Schmiedel. Panelists: Florence Audubert, Francesca Bignami, Anne Klinefelter, John Kropf, and Thomas Zerdick.
- Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? - part 4
January 28, 2008 - Sponsored by the Duke University Center for European Studies and Duke Law Center for International and Comparative Law, this day-long conference brings together leading legal scholars, privacy professionals, and government officials from Europe and the United States to discuss the future of data privacy in light of the new realities of our times.
Panel 4: Global Data Flows and National Privacy Standards
Moderated by Richard Purcell. Panelists: Joe Alhadeff, Damon Greer, David Hoffman, Jane Horvath, Campbell Tucker.
- November, 2007
- The International Committee of the Red Cross Report on International Humanitarian Law and Its Critics
November 7, 2007 - Jean-Marie Henckaerts is currently a Legal Adviser in the Legal Division of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and head of the ICRC's project on customary international humanitarian law. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law. - The Role of International Law in Federal Courts
November 5, 2007 - The Honorable Diane P. Wood, Federal Court of Appeals Judge, 7th Circuit, will be speaking on the subject of the role of international law in the U.S. federal courts. - Southeast Europe - A Region Regains Stability and Future
November 1, 2007 - Erhard Busek is Dr. hc. of the Universities for Krakow, Bratislava, Brasov and Czernowitz, Liberec and Webster University Vienna, Visiting Professor at Duke University, NC, USA and at the University of Agriculture in Vienna. Dr. Busek has delivered many lectures on domestic and foreign topics and has participated in many conferences in Austria and abroad. - October, 2007
- Why Unify Transnational Commercial Law?
October 29, 2007 - Speakers:
Herbert Kronke is Secretary-General of UNIDROIT (International Institute for the Unification of Private Law), Rome, and Professor for Private Law, Commercial Law and Private International Law, University of Heidelberg, Germany. He received his academic education at the universities of Mainz (Germany), Edinburgh (Scotland), and Hamburg (Germany). He has taught at several universities all over the world and has lectured at the Hague Academy of International Law. Professor Kronke is author of more than 100 books and articles in the fields of the law of contracts, commercial law, company law and capital markets law, conflict of laws, international civil procedure and arbitration. He is a member of the Working Group on International Commercial Practices of the National Committee of the ICC, the ICC Commission on Arbitration, and of several other arbitration institutions.
Harold Burman is the Executive Director of the Secretary of State's Advisor y Committee on Private International Law, and senior attorney at the Office of Legal Adviser, Department of State. His work concentrates on the international unification of private law, and he has headed United States delegations to the United Nations, the Organization of American States, UNIDROIT and other bodies on economic and commercial law negotiations, including bank guarantees and letters of credit, law applicable to contracts, cross-border insolvency, and secured interest financing. His work involves coordination with legal interests in countries from all major systems. He has a JD from the University of Chicago and has done post-graduate work in comparative law. - April, 2007
- Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 9
April 13, 2007 - 2007 LENS ConferenceThis conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Panel 6: Military Commissions
Panelists include: Scott Silliman, John Altenburg, Jr., Dwight Sullivan, Morris Davis, and Richard Rosen
- Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 8
April 13, 2007 - 2007 LENS ConferenceThis conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Luncheon Speaker: Dennis C. Blair, Admiral USN (Ret.)
- Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 7
April 13, 2007 - 2007 LENS Conference
This conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Panel 5: Detaining Terrorists: Habeas Corpus Concerns
Panelists include: Curtis Bradley, John Harrison, Deborah Pearlstein, Neil Siegel, and Neil Kinkopf - Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 6
April 13, 2007 - 2007 LENS Conference
This conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Panel 4: Interrogating Terrorists: Probing the Limits
Panelists include: Robert Chesney, Marty Lederman, Robert Fein, Laura Dickinson, and James Candelmo - Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 5
April 12, 2007 - 2007 LENS Conference
This conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Keynote Speaker: The Honorable Benjamin A. Powell - Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 4
April 12, 2007 - 2007 LENS ConferenceThis conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Panel 3: Domestic Spying
Panelists include: Neil Kinkopf, Christopher Schroeder, Mary DeRosa, William Banks, and Michael Lewis
- Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 3
April 12, 2007 - 2007 LENS Conference
This conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Luncheon Speaker: HRH Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein - Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 2
April 12, 2007 - 2007 LENS ConferenceThis conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Panel 2: Options for the US Strategy and Policy in the Middle East
Panelists include: Bruce Kuniholm, Stephen Grummon, Rand Beers, and Peter Feaver
- Confronting Terrorism Here and Abroad: Which Way Forward? - part 1
April 12, 2007 - 2007 LENS ConferenceThis conference examines a number of specific issues with regard to finding the right way forward in confronting terrorism in the United States and abroad.
Opening Comments by Scott L. Silliman
Panel 1: Understanding Islam: Religious and Cultural Differences
Panelists include: Bruce Lawrence, miriam cooke, Abdeslam E.M. Maghraoui, Engseng Ho, and Charles Kurzman
- Free Trade Agreements and the Reshaping of Global Pharmaceutical Supply: Implications for Development and Access
April 12, 2007 - Prof. Frederick Abbott, Edward Ball Eminent Scholar and Professor of International Law at Florida State University, discusses the global and local consequences of trade agreements and intellectual property rights on health care. - Comparative Constitutional Issues and the Crafting of New Constitutions in Burma and LIberia
April 9, 2007 - Professor Susan Williams of Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington discusses her work on constitution building. - March, 2007
- The Global Adjudication System
March 21, 2007 - Judge Charles N. Brower discusses the growth of a global adjudication system through codified and uncodified systems. - February, 2007
- Images of Law and Justice in East and West: Comparative Legal Symbolics
February 15, 2007 - Professor Chongko Choi is Director of the Center for Korean Law at Seoul National Univeristy and president of the Korean Society of Legal History. He discusses the variety and meaning of symbols in Eastern and Western cultures. - Happiness and the Law
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February 14, 2007 - Professor Bruno Frey, Chair of Economic Policy and Non-Market Economics, University of Zurich, and Director of the Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, discusses how law and institutions affect expressed happiness in different countries. - January, 2007
- Regulating Transnational Activity in a World of Nation States: The Case of Banking
January 25, 2007 - Professor Daniel Tarullo of the Georgetown University Law Center discusses the current environment in international banking and the application of international economic regulation and international law. - November, 2006
- Transatlantic Approaches to International Law and Institutions
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November 15, 2006 - John B. Bellinger is the principal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of State, the Foreign Service, and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad. He is also the principal adviser on legal matters relating to the conduct of foreign relations to other agencies and, through the Secretary of State, to the President and the National Security Council. Prior to joining the State Department, Mr. Bellinger served as Senior Associate Counsel to the President, Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, Counsel for National Security Matters in the Department of Justice, Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and other public policy positions. - October, 2006
- International Programs and The Law: Investigating the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program
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October 27, 2006 - A discussion of the investigations into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program with Mr. Paul Volcker, Mr. Mark Califano (JD'88), and Professor Jeffrey Meyer, of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) that investigated the Program?s flaws and the urgent need for reform in the U.N. Mr. Volcker, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, chaired the IIC; Professor Meyer is the former Senior Counsel to the IIC; and, Mr. Califano served as Chief Legal Counsel to the IIC and supervised major aspects of the investigation.
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