Sep 26 2008
annual meeting of the american society of comparative law
I should have posted this one earlier, like some other interesting conferences/symposiums that are happening around here. Anyways, the ACSL is having their annual meeting from 10/2/08 – 10/4/08 at my alma mater, UC Hastings College of the Law. (198 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94102 USA) The title of this year’s meeting is “The West and the Rest in Comparative Law”.
This conference aims at unveiling the “master narrative” of the Western Legal Tradition as reflected in the comparative study of law. In particular, we will explore how we perceive ourselves in relation to “the other”, i.e. what once was known as the radically different legal cultures. Very often our description of the other is deeply revealing of our own “self portraits”, something that we need to better understand. To be sure, in order to properly compare, we should get rid of as many stereotypes as possible both about our own Western identity and about that of the rest. Only by doing so may we avoid comparing actual legal entities with imaginary ones.
The program is here. It looks interesting enough from a theoretical perspective, so those who are into comparative law might want to attend this one.
More information can be found here. And registration is here.
