Covid-19 - comparative perspectives… Between Comparison and Commensuration, by David Nelken 25 Feb 202211 Apr 2022 News of the global advance of the Covid -19 epidemic, as of the varying fortunes of international and national responses to it, confronts many of us daily (see e.g. here).…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives… Rethinking the Role of Law and Legal Institutions in Times of Crisis, by Emilie Ghio 10 Dec 20216 Dec 2021 1. The research group 1.1 The IRC Team At the end of 2020, academics and industry professionals came together to form a research group looking at the way in which…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives Coronavirus and the Law in Europe, by Pablo Salvador Coderch, Ignacio Garcia-Perrote Martinez, and Tomas Gabriel Garcia-Mico 3 Dec 202127 Oct 2021 By October 2021, the Coronavirus disease has caused more than 200 million infections and more than 5 million deaths all over the world. The reaction of the scientific community, world…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives… Civil Courts Coping with Covid-19, by Bart Krans and Anna Nylund 11 Jun 202111 Jun 2021 Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in civil courts - experiences in 23 countries Reports from 23 countries across the globe The unforeseen Covid-19 pandemic has propelled unprecedented transformations in civil…
Comparative constitutional law… Freedom of religion during the pandemic: France and Belgium in search of consistency, by Romain Mertens 5 Feb 202119 Feb 2021 Since the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak in 2020, States have adopted stringent measures to curb the virus’s propagation. These measures include limitations of freedom of religion. On request of Governments, churches,…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives… Serial Health Risks and Civil Liability: A Comparative Study of French and English Law, by Emmanuelle Lemaire 20 Nov 202016 Nov 2020 Abstract Serial health risks are increasing in occurrence and have the capacity to affect large numbers of people living in different countries. Thalidomide, contaminated blood, Diethylstilboestrol (DES), asbestos and Bovine…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives Facing the Covid-19 in France: the renewal of the state of emergency, by Estelle Chambas 6 Nov 202013 Nov 2020 The Covid-19 crisis put national legal orders under stress by its new dimension as a pandemic. If some countries had already faced similar health crises in their recent history, this…
Comparative contracts… Performing Contracts in COVID-19 Times in England and in France: Different Responses, Same Result?, by Catherine Pedamon and Radosveta Vassileva 6 Nov 202030 Oct 2020 Global leaders have compared the economic turmoil caused by the COVID-19 health emergency to the reverberations of World War II (WWII). French President Emmanuel Macron even publicly declared, from the…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives Covid-19 in comparative perspectives – call for blog pieces – 15 September 2020 20 Jul 2020 The current Covid-19 pandemic is bringing into sharp focus two key questions at the core of comparative law research: first, globalisation and how increasing and intense are our political, social,…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives Civil Justice and Covid-19 16 Jul 20208 Jul 2020 The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the civil justice system across the globe. Fifteen countries contribute to provide interesting reading now contained in a report. The coronavirus pandemic has…
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