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International, Interdisciplinarty Conference on Comparative Law
3 & 4 June 2013 Lausanne, Switzerland

ProgrammeMonday, June 3, 20138:30-9:30 Registration, Coffee Welcoming Address9:30-10:30 Plenary – Keynote Chair: Seán Patrick DonlanFour Circles of Diffusion Infusing into the Legal System of TurkeyEsin Örücü, University of Glasgow (Scotland)10:30-11:00 Break11:00-12:15 Parallel Sessions I I.A History, Semiotics, and Normative Translation· Raw Law: Ancient and Modern Matter, Bronwyn Lay, European Graduate School, Saas Fee
(Switzerland)· Diffusion of Legal Codes: A Semiotic View, Mariano Croce, Centre for Law and Cosmopolitan Values, Antwerp (Belgium)· The Significance of Normative Translation in the Diffusion of Law, Ko Hasegawa, University of Hokkaido (Japan)I.B Diffusion and Contamination in Family Law · Diffusion and the Family Law Revolution, Harry Willekens, Hildesheim and Hannover (Germany), · Diffuse Diffusion: The Example of Family Land in the Caribbean basin, Jane Glenn, McGill University (Canada)· The Contamination of Islamic law in UK: the Case of the “Special Guardianship”, Rita Duca, Palermo (Italy),I.C Domestication of Western Legal Ideas in the Near and Middle East · From the Civilizing Mission to the Domestication of Western Ideas and Laws: The Ottoman Mixed Commercial Courts in the Late Nineteenth Century, Zülâl Muslu, Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte (Germany)· Lost in Translation: Codes, Judges and International Lawyers in Nineteenth-Century Egypt, Luigi Nuzzo, University of Salento (Italy)· The Diffusion of Western Legal Concepts in the Kuwaiti Legal System: An Examination of Selected Concepts from an Historical and Contemporary Perspective, Myra EJB Williamson, Kuwait International Law School (Kuwait)12:15-14:00 Lunch14:00-15:15 Parallel Sessions IIII. A Institutional, Doctrinal, and Judicial Vehicles of Legal Diffusion · The Society for Comparative Legislation - A Vehicle for Legal Diffusion, David Schorr, Tel Aviv University (Israel)· Anglo-American Law in 20th Century Italy: Mario Sarfatti’s Contribution to Comparative Law, Annamaria Monti, University of Bocconi (Italy), · The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council: Common Law and its Localisation in the Commonwealth, Pamela Martino, University of Bari (Italy) II.B Public Policy and Internal Diffusion of Norms · Public Policy as a Gate-keeper between Human Rights Law and Private Law in Italy, Pasquale Laghi, Treviso (Italy) · Public Policy and the Interface between National and Local Governance in Italy, Flavio Ponte, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano (Italy)· The Role of Public Policy in a Mixed Jurisdiction: the Maltese Experience, David E. Zammit, University of Malta (Malta)II.C Colonial and Postcolonial Legacy · Migration Policies and Legal Transplant in the Mediterranean Area: Control Strategies between Colonialism and Post-Colonialism, Eliana Augusti, University of Salento (Italy)· The Diffusion of Legal Culture in the Colonial and Post-Colonial Context: Two Israeli Stories Nir Kedar, University of Bar-Ilan (Israel)· Many Islands one Nation: Many Nations one Island, Sue Farran, Northumbria University (England) 15:15-15:45 Break15:45-17:00 Parallel Sessions IIIIII.A Challenging Legal Traditions and Families· Germany’s Plural Legal Culture, Russell A. Miller, Washington & Lee University (US)· Piecemeal Legal Origins, Alessandro Romano, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome (Italy)· Diffusion: On the Role of Translation in Circulating Legal Patterns, Sieglinde E. Pommer, Harvard University (USA) and Max-Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Germany)III.B Western Influences in the Asia Pacific Region· The Influence of American Law in the Asia Pacific Region, Alma Pekmezovic, La Trobe University (Australia)· Diffusion of Competition Law in Asia: Mutual Influence Among Peripheral Countries, Knut Fournier, University of Paris Nanterre (France) & University of Leiden (the Netherlands)· Freedom of Speech and Doctrine of Personal Privacy: a Comparative Law Analysis Originating from a South Korean Case, Giovanni Tamburrini, Solbridge International School of Business (Korea)III.C Circulation of Institution and Standards in Criminal Justice· Adapting to the West? European Legal Traditions in Early Modern Russian Criminal Law, Marianna Muravyeva, University of Helsinki (Finland)· The Reception of the French Model of the Institution of the Prosecutor on the Lands of the Duchy of Warsaw, Damian Jagusz, University of Gda?sk (Poland)· Diffusion of International Prisons Standards: The Case of The People’s Republic of China, Elisa Nesossi, The Australian National University (Australia)17:00-17:30 Break17:30-18:30 Juris Diversitas General Meeting18:30-19:30 Drinks20:00 Conference DinnerTuesday, June 4, 20139:00-9:30 Coffee9:30-10:45 Parallel Sessions IV