The Center for International and Comparative Law

The Center for International and Comparative Law presents "Cultivating Attentiveness to Law (in India)" featuring Professor Deepa Das Acevedo, Associate Professor of Law.

Professor Das Acevedo will discuss her background in legal anthropology and her scholarship on secularism, judicial reforms, and democracy in India. Join us Wednesday, September 4, 3:00-4:00 p.m. EST, Emory University School of Law, Gambrell Hall, Hunter Atrium. This is part of the "What We've Been Up To" lecture series hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

Join the Center for International and Comparative Law for "Transatlantic Conversations on Consumer Law Enforcement - Class Actions and More" featuring Dr. Jagna Mucha (Assistant Professor, the Centre for European Institutional Design; Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw, Poland; Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School) and Dr. Magdalena Tulibacka (Assistant Visiting Professor of Practice, Emory Law) on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 from 10 a.m. to - 2 p.m. This is a hybrid event and will be held in Gambrell Hall Room 575 and Zoom.

Tulibacka and Mucha will discuss the latest developments in consumer law enforcement in Europe and in the US:

1. the new EU class actions law (the Representative Actions Directive),
2. other private and public mechanisms for enforcing consumer law in Europe (ADR, ODR, ombudsmen, regulatory bodies).
3. developments in the US class actions,
4. mandatory arbitration in consumer cases,
5. the recent phenomenon of multiple individual arbitrations in the US,
6. other mechanisms used in the US such as regulatory enforcement, ADR, and a new potential mechanism - qui tam actions,
7. costs and funding, including third party litigation funding.

The discussion will focus on highlighting the differences and similarities in how consumer law is enforced on both sides of the Atlantic.

Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Feminism and Legal Theory (FLT) Project on Friday, April 5, 2024.

The celebration includes a diverse group of feminist scholars exploring the reach and impact of the FLT Project generally, as well as on their own academic careers as well as the official dedication of the FLT Archive in the MacMillan Law Library. 

The archive holds 40 years of working papers and other FLT workshop materials exploring issues of social transformation and policy change as they were occurring in the wake of the gender-equality and no divorce revolutions. This unique archive also contains recordings and videos of the discussions and evolving debates around those issues, providing an unparalleled resource for scholars of intellectual history and critical thought.

The Emory Law Center for International and Comparative Law presents the 2024 David J. Bederman Lecture: "The Rise of Counter-terrorism: the Limits of Human Rights in a Post-9/11 World" with Professor Fionnuala D. Ni Aoláin, former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Counter-terrorism and Human Rights University Regents Professor at the University of Minnesota Holder of the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy, and Society, Faculty Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Minnesota Law School, and Professor of Law at the Queen's University of Belfast, School of Law

Thursday, March 28, 2024, at 4 p.m., Tull Auditorium and Live on Zoom. Reception to Follow in Hunter Atrium.

The Center for International and Comparative Law presents "Frozen (Es)scapes and the Antarctic Treaty - Can Melting Ice Bring States Together?" featuring Atieno Mboya Samandari, Professor of Practice.

Antarctic ice is melting at unprecedented rates, and the climate of that continent is changing. This has negative implications for some of the species that live in Antarctica, and for coastal communities around the world that are faced with rising sea levels. Professor Samandari will discuss the Antarctic treaty and how adherence to its motivations can be instructive for state responses to climate change.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024, 4 - 5 p.m., Emory University School of Law, Gambrell Hall, Hunter Atrium.

This is part of the "What We've Been Up to" lectures hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

Issues of International Interest: Media Influence on High-Profile Criminal Cases, Mitigation Measures, and Mens Rea in Argentine and U.S. Criminal Cases featuring Matt Cavedon (Robert Pool Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion), Agustina Mitre (Austral University, Argentina), and Gabriel Perez Barbara (University of Cordoba, Argentina).

Professors Cavedon and Mitre will discuss their recently published international comparative law piece, "Lessons about Media Influence, Mitigation Measures, and Mens Rea from Argentine and U.S. Criminal Cases" (Brooklyn Journal of International Law, 2024) investigating the impact of media attention on high-profile criminal cases in Argentina and the United States, with Professor Perez Barbara providing additional expertise and commentary.

Wednesday, Feb 21, 2024, 2 p.m., Emory University School of Law, Hunter Atrium and Zoom. This is part of the "Issues of International Interest" lecture series

The Center for International and Comparative Law presents "Taxing Nudity: Sex Work and the Constitution" featuring Sasha Volokh (Associate Professor of Law), Randee Waldman (Clinical Professor of Law), and John Acevedo (Visiting Associate Professor of Practice and Faculty Director, LLM/MCL Programs)

In 2015, the Georgia Legislature passed the Safe Harbor/Rachel's Law act, which, among other things, imposed a 1% tax on the gross revenues of adult entertainment establishments, with the money going into a fund to provide services to sexually exploited children. This tax was challenged on first amendment grounds, as an unconstitutional content-discriminatory tax on erotic expression. Over the last few years, the challenge has worked its way through the Georgia courts, from the trial court to the Georgia Supreme Court and back. This event will discuss the issues involved in the litigation, the issues involved in the statute generally, and other questions related to the regulation of sex work.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 3 p.m., Emory University School of Law, Hunter Atrium and Zoom. This is part of the "What We've Been Up to" lectures hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

Event Videos

View the Data Cartels book discussion, with author Sarah Lamdan, Rosa Arriaga of Georgia Tech and Jennifer Romig of Emory Law.

View the 2023 Annual Bederman Lecture: Destroying Democracy by Law featuring Kim Lane Scheppele.

A Vulnerability Approach to the "Right to Healthcare" featuring Emory Law Professors Matthew Lawrence and Ani Satz. Friday, October 20, 2023, 11 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., Emory University School of Law, Hunter Atrium and Zoom. This is part of the "What We've Been Up To" lectures hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

International Law Goes To War In Ukraine: The Past, Present, And Future Of The International Global Order featuring Professor Oona Hathaway (Order of the Coif Distinguished Visitor 2023 & Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law, Yale Law School) will be delivering her lecture in Tull Auditorium on October 26, 2023, at 4-5 p.m., followed by a reception. 

Class Actions in Europe and in the United States – 2023 and Beyond: A Comparative Civil Justice Conference. Convened by: Dr. Magdalena Tulibacka and Professor Richard Freer (Emory University) in conjunction with Professor Stefaan Voet (University of Leuven, Belgium). Emory University School of Law, Gambrell Hall, Room G575 (In-Person and on Zoom), Friday, September 15, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  

Corporate Law as Decolonization featuring Professor Martin Sybblis, Associate Professor of Law with introduction and commentary by Hallie Ludsin, senior fellow at Emory Law's Center for the Study of Law and Religion, CICL affiliated faculty. This is part of the "What We've Been Up To" lectures hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

Dr. Timothy Dodsworth, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of Education (Law), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, visited July 19 - 22, 2023. Dr. Dodsworth is currently working on a book titled 'The Underlying Values of German and English Contract Law,' which considers the values that have shaped judgments leading to cases with differing outcomes. His broad research interests lie in the areas of contract and commercial law (in particular the areas of 'mistake' and pre-contractual liability); Vulnerability Theory in the context of contract/consumer law; comparative European contract law (German and French contract law); and the theory/theories of contract law. 

Chinwe Mary Joe Maduabum ("Mary Joe"), a PhD student in the Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, has been awarded the Turing mobility scholarship to pursue critical doctoral archival work at the Feminist and Legal Collection at MacMillan Law Library, hosted by Professor Martha Fineman. She visited July 25 - August 25, 2023. Mary Joe's research examines Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) with a particular focus on patents under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("TRIPS"), access to medicines, decolonization of IP regimes and health inequalities. As a result, the overall objective of this doctoral research is to contribute new legal perspectives on vaccines inequalities as experienced in the Global South, with particular focus on Nigeria. The ultimate aim is to identify socio-legal tools to determine flexibilities in IP standards of protection in the Global South while being mindful of domestic idiosyncrasies. 

The Honorable Unity Dow has significantly impacted landmark legislation and made notable progress in gender equality, sustainability, LGBTQIA recognition, indigenous rights, and education as a lawyer, professor, human rights activist, writer, and specially elected member of parliament in Botswana. Please join us in welcoming her to Emory Law on Thursday, April 20, 2023 from 2 - 3 p.m. at the Center for International and Comparative Law. Lecture with reception to follow.

What We've Been Up To: Impact Litigation as a Child Welfare System Improvement Strategy featuring Melissa D. Carter, Clinical Professor of Law, Executive Director of the Barton Child Law and Policy Center with an introduction by Professor Sasha Volokh, Associate Professor of Law on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 4 p.m. in Gambrell G575 and via Zoom.

Environmental Justice: Continuing Challenges and New Opportunities by Clifford J Villa, Senior Advisor, Office of Land and Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. in Gambrell 575.

Dip Cons, Biodiversity, and Concrete? Oh My! featuring Margo Bagley, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research with commentary by Dr. Magdalena Tulibacka. Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 4 p.m – 5:15 p.m, Gambrell Hall, Room G575. This is part of the “What We’ve Been Up to” lectures hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

Judging Elections for Judges featuring Joanna Shepherd, Vice Dean, Thomas Simmons Professor of Law with an introduction by Paul Koster, Professor of Practice and Director of LLM/MCL Programs on Tuesday, February 28, 2023 from 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. This is part of the “What We’ve Been Up to” lectures hosted by the Center for International and Comparative Law.

Data Cartels book discussion, with Rosa Arriaga of Georgia Tech and Jennifer Romig as the discussants with Sarah Lamdan on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 4 p.m. It will be sponsored by the Constitution of Everyday Life project within CICL.

The ESG Movement in Corporate Law (part of the "What We've Been Up To" series) featuring George Georgiev on January 25, 2023 from 4 - 5 p.m. in G575

The Annual Bederman Lecture: Destroying Democracy by Law featuring Kim Lane Scheppele from 4 - 6 p.m. on January 11, 2023. View the lecture.  

"Where are the European and American Civil Justice Systems Headed?" (Issues of Interest in International Law) with Magdalena Tulibacka on January 5, 2023 from 4 - 5 p.m. in G-575

Let's Talk About Teaching: A Discussion of Innovative Pedagogy in Legal Education featuring Kamina Pinder, Professor of Practice with an introduction by George B. Shepherd, Professor of Law (part of the "What We've Been Up To" series) from 4 - 5 p.m. on December 5, 2022 

Issues of International Interest: Equity Is a Right (Issues of Interest in International Law) with Hallie Ludsin on November 14 from 2 - 3 p.m. in the Berman Library at the Center for the Study for Law and Religion

Reflections on the American Civil Justice System with Richard Freer and an introduction by Kay Levine (part of the "What We've Been Up To" series) from 3 - 4:15 p.m. on November 9, 2022 

Plagues in the Nation: How Epidemics Shaped America with Polly Price in Hunter Atrium from 4 - 5:30 p.m. on October 26, 2022 

Law's Response to the Threat of Climate Change with Atieno Samandari in Berman Library, Center for the Study of Law and Religion from 2 - 3 p.m. on October 18, 2022 

The Gloss of War with Mary Dudziak: Professor Mary Dudziak gave the inaugural talk for CICL's monthly "What We’ve Been Up To" series, which features faculty discussing why and how they are pursuing their current projects and areas of research, September 28, 2022 

• Strategies for Promoting Human Rights at the Local Level in West Africa: Faith-Based and Community Approaches, with Laura Olson, April 10, 2019

• Implementing Peace in Mali: Insights from the Field, with Professor Roger-Claude Liwanga, March 4, 2019

• National Security Law Career Panel, January 30, 2019

• Investigating American Presidents: Prosecution, Pardon, and the Lessons of History, with Paul Rosenzweig, January 28, 2019

• Election Security in the Digital Age, with Paul Rosenzweig, January 28, 2019

• CICL Practitioner-in-Residence, Paul Rosenzweig, Jan 28-30, 2019

• What’s Next for War: Artificial Intelligence and Other New Challenges for the Law of War, with Brigadier General Patrick Huston, January 23, 2019

• Comparative Perspectives on Juvenile Justice, November 19, 2018 (co-sponsored with the Barton Child Law and Policy Center)

• A Change of Heart: Reconsidering North Korea, with Lt. General (Ret.) In-Bum Chun and Colonel Philip Pastino, November 8, 2018, co-sponsored with National Security and Military Law Society

• 2018 Transatlantic Human Rights Law Symposium, with 7 judges from the European Court of Human Rights, November 1, 2019

• Public International Law Career Panel, Sept 26, 2018