Interdisciplinarity… Geoffrey Samuel – Cinema and Law – ten films for the Comparatist? 22 May 201728 Jul 2025 The editor has kindly invited me to make contributions to this excellent BACL site and I must start by thanking not just John Bell, who has of course reported here…
Comparison in Europe… Mary Guy – Comparative law research & PhD 5 May 2017 Lancaster Law School has recently joined the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) and will host the BACL Postgraduate Workshop in 2019. Here, Lancaster’s BACL representative, Dr Mary Guy, writes…
Comparative contracts… Paula Giliker – Penalty clauses in the private law courts of Europe – To enforce or not to enforce (or to modify)? 21 Apr 201724 Jul 2025 Should the courts be able to regulate contractual terms which impose a penalty for breach of contract? This is a question which goes to the heart of the principle of…
Seminar Joint Seminar of the British Association of Comparative Law and the Irish Society of Comparative Law – ‘Comparing UK and Irish law: A special relationship?’ 31 Mar 201714 Jun 2017 BACL/ISCL ‘Comparing UK and Irish law: A special relationship?’ Joint Seminar of the British Association of Comparative Law and the Irish Society of Comparative Law Room L248,…
Current discussions in comparative law… Comparative Law and Interdisciplinarity 19 Mar 201722 May 2017 On March 8th 2017, the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC) hosted a workshop on “Comparative Law and Interdisciplinarity” at the Queen Mary University of London.…
Events and News Call for Applications – Summer School „Desire to have children and genome editing” 13 Mar 201713 Mar 2017 Extended deadline In July 2017, the University of Tübingen in Germany will organize a research retreat for PhD-students and early career researchers. Topic of the research retreat will be ethical,…
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