In conjunction with the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Comparative Law, the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific and the McGeorge Global Center for Business & Development conducted a workshop on identifying and achieving the objectives of the comparative law curriculum. This workshop created a unique opportunity for professors who teach comparative law to engage in a facilitated discussion probing the place of comparative law in the contemporary curriculum.

This workshop included sessions exploring the core comparative law course today, comparative law in subject and nation-specific contexts and comparative law in cultural and interdisciplinary context. In addition, there were panels dealing with hot topics in comparative law and presenting works-in-progress from young comparative law scholars.

Dates
Oct. 20 to 22, 2011

Schedule
2011
Friday, October 21st
9:00 AM

Education Panel (1) on the Basic Comparative Law Course Today

James Q. Whitman, Yale Law School
Fausto Pocar, University of Milan
Padideh Ala'I, American University Washington College of Law

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Education Panel (2) on Comparative Law in Subject-Specific and Country-Specific Contexts

Richard Buxbaum, University of California Berkeley School of Law
Mathias W. Reimann, University of Michigan Law School
Christopher L. Blakesley, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Education Panel (3) on Comparative Law in Cultural and Interdisciplinar Context

Vivian Grosswald, Univeristy of Pittsburgh School of Law
Raquel Aldana,, University of the Pacific
Colin Picker, The University of New South Wales

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Hot Topics Panel on Revolution and Constitution

Richard Albert, Boston College Law School
Donald Horowitz, Duke Law School

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Welcoming Remarks

Frank Gevertz, University of the Pacific
Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, University of the Pacific

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Young Comparatists Panel on Building Constitutionalism in Post-Authoritarian State

William Partlett, Stanford University Law School
Ozan Varol, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Laurence Claus, University of San Diego School of Law
James Whitman, Yale Law School

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, CA

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM