Présentation

Le colloque a pour objet d’analyser les dynamiques contemporaines de diffusion et de recomposition de la tradition juridique de Common Law, en mettant en exergue les mécanismes de circulation normative, de réception et de transposition des règles juridiques au sein d’ordres juridiques nationaux hétérogènes. Il tend, en particulier, à appréhender les mutations des systèmes juridiques résultant de ces interactions, ainsi que les tensions inhérentes entre les processus d’uniformisation normative et le maintien des spécificités propres à chaque ordre juridique.

Le programme prévoit plusieurs sessions thématiques consacrées, notamment, à la globalisation du droit constitutionnel, du droit pénal et du droit de la famille, ainsi qu’aux évolutions du droit des obligations, du droit des affaires et des mécanismes de justice dans une perspective comparée et internationale. 

Programme

Scientific Director: Anthony Chamboredon (Cedag URP1516 – UFR DEG), anthony.chamboredon@u-paris.fr

Thursday 25 June 2026

8:30 am – Greetings and coffee

Opening session and keynote speech: 9:00 – 10:30 am

Endorsement speeches:
Alain Laquièze, Dean of the school of Law, Economics and Management, Paris Cité Université
Me François Molinié, President of the Society of Comparative Legislation

Opening remarks:
Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, General Administrator of the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (Cnam)
Philippe Didier, Professor of Law (Cedag), Paris Cité Université
Pierre Berlioz, Professor of Law (Cedag), Paris Cité Université
Anthony Chamboredon, Director of the Master programs in Comparative Law (Cedag), Paris Cité Université

Keynote Speech: “UAE contract Law, an example of hybridation between Common and Civil Law”
Luc Grynbaum, Professor of Law (IDS) Luxembourg University

Session I – Anglo-American Constitutional law, Criminal law, Family law, globalised: 10:30 – 11:30 am

Moderators: Thierry Rambaud, Professor of Law (CMH), Paris Cité Université, & Scott Veitch Professor of Law, Hong Kong University

“‘Common Law Courts in a Civil-Law System’ Revisited”?
Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

“Globalising Judicial Communication in Common Law Systems: Constitutional Courts, Media, and Public Opinion”
Angioletta Sperti, Professoressa associata in Law, University of Pisa

“English criminal law and globalisation: between dialogues and silences?”
Audrey Guinchard, Professor of Law, Essex University

“The Contractualization of French Family Law: the Anglo-American Law influence?”
Ana Zelcevic-Duhamel, Lecturer in Law (IDS), Paris Cité Université

Q&A: 11:30-12:00 pm

Lunch break: 12:00 – 1:30 pm

Session II – English contracts, torts, property, trusts, restitution globalised: 1:30 – 3:30 pm:

Moderators: Marie Goré, Emeritus Professor of Law, Panthéon-Assas Université Paris, & Maud Minois, Lecturer (Cedag), Paris cité Université

"Caveat emptor in a global marketplace: A French perspective"

Philippe Didier, Professor of Law (Cedag), Paris Cité Université

“Tort vs Delict: why are common lawyers so attached to their “torticles”?
Duncan Fairgrieve, Professor of Law, Paris-Dauphine University, Senior Fellow in Comparative Law, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London

“Can the Common Law conception of Force Majeure become the Global Standard?”
Nada Abouelseoud, Doctor in Law, Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne

“The common law of property and the social function of property: Encounter, adaptation or confrontation?”
Ileana Porras, Senior Lecturer in Law, Miami University

“Charity Law: Points of Departure around the Common Law Word”
John Picton, Lecturer in Law, Manchester University

“Cultures and colonies of the English Trust”
Gary Watt, Professor of Law, Warwick University

“Restitution for Unjust Enrichment: where the Civil law has led, the Common law has eventually followed”.
Eoin O’Dell, Associate Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin

Q&A: 3:30 – 4:00 pm

Session III – Anglo-American Justice and Business Law globalised: 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Moderators: Caroline Kleiner, Professor of Law, Vice Dean, & Gauthier Bordeaux, Senior Lecturer in law, Vice President of Paris Cité Université (Cedag)

“The doctrine of binding precedent”
Mitchel Lasser, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School

“International Dispute Settlement”
Me Alexandra Van der Meulen & Me Gabriel Fusea, Freshfields, Paris

“Globalization of the Common law in International Arbitration”
Olivera Boskovic, Professor of Law (Cedag), Paris Cité Université

“What future for civil law in a common law dominated Corporate world?”
Yasmine Sadek, Deutsche Börse

“La neutralité de la TVA – ‘wherefore art thou’…: UK /EU/French Courts practice in Tax Law”
Stephen Dale, Roosevelt Expertise, Paris

“US Insolvency Law on a Global Stage: Challenges and Opportunities”
Laura Napoli Cordes, Professor of Law, Arizona State university

Q&A: 5:30 – 6:00 pm

Friday 26 June 2026

Greetings and coffee: 8:30 am

Session IV – “And the Common Law in the rest of the world”: 9:00 – 10:00 am

Moderators: Ileana Porras, Senior Lecturer in Law, Miami University & Laure de Saint Pern, Lecturer in Law (Cedag) Paris Cité Université

“The ‘Constitutions of England’ as a means of inventing constitution in the era of the Atlantic Revolutions. The case of the Spanish Monarchy (1809–1810)”
Jean-Baptiste Busaall, Senior Lecturer (IHD), Paris Cité Université

“South Africa: common law, civil law and the Constitution: A new era”
Juanita Pienaar, Professor of Law, Dean of the law school, Stellenbosch University

“An evolving common law: interpretation and legal pluralism in the Canadian First Nations context”
David Gilles, Professor of law, Sherbrooke University

"Comparing Mixed Jurisdictions: Scotland and Hong Kong"
Scott Veitch, Professor of law, Hong Kong University

Q&A: 10:00 – 10:30 am

Closing session and keynote speeches: 10:30 – 12:00 pm

Concluding remarks:
Anthony Chamboredon, Director of the Master programs in Comparative law (Cedag) Paris Cité Université

Keynote speeches:

“The globalisation of the Common Law in the market regulation: a French Judge perspective”
Agnès Maitrepierre, Presiding judge of the Economic and Financial Regulation Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal

“The Globalisation of the Common Law: An Experiment”
Igor Stramignoni, Professor of Law, LSE Law School | London School of Economics and Political Science

Lunch: 12:00 am

This event received support from:
The faculty's Scientific Animations call for projects in Societies & Humanities of Paris Cité Université.
The Law, Economics and Management School of Paris Cité Université.
The Research Center for Business Law and Management, Cedag 515 of Paris Cité Université.