Time: 3:00 - 6:30pm Venue: Room 313, Law Building, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
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Hosted by the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context (CLSGC).
Dr Maks Del Mar, Queen Mary University of London
3pm Welcome, Dr Maks Del Mar
3pm-3.20pm: Professor Fernanda Pirie, University of Oxford, ‘Comparison in the Anthropology and History of Law’
3.20pm-3.30pm: Comment by Dr Jen Hendry, University of Leeds
3.30pm – 3.50pm: Professor Geoffrey Samuel, University of Kent, 'Comparative Law and its Methodology'
3.50pm-4pm: Comment by Dr Jacco Bomhoff, London School of Economics
4pm-4.30pm: Discussion
4.30pm-4.40pm: Break
4.40pm – 5pm: Professor Matthias Siems, Durham University, ‘Varieties of Legal Systems: Towards a New Global Taxonomy’
5pm – 5.10pm: Comment by Professor William Twining, University College London
5.10pm – 5.30pm: Professor Eric Heinze, Queen Mary University of London, ‘The Literary Model in Comparative Law: Shakespeare, Corneille, Racine’
5.30pm – 5.40pm: Comment by Dr Leone Niglia, University of Exeter
5.40pm – 5.50pm: Overall comment by Professor Mark van Hoecke, Ghent University
5.50pm – 6.30pm: Discussion
For directions to the venue, please refer to the map.
To register please email m.delmar@qmul.ac.uk. Pre-circulated papers will be sent prior to the event.
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