The Roundtable will attend the Asian, European, and Latin American principles of contract law from a comparative law perspective. Scholars from each of the three continents will share their insights on the status, merits, and potential of the existing contract law principles.
Location: Boardroom (B1.019), Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
For more information and registration, please contact Dr. Agustín Parise (agustin.parise@maastrichtuniversity.nl).
Programme
9:00 Opening Remarks, Jan Smits (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
First Session: Latin America
Moderator: William Bull (Maastricht University)
9:05 Agustín Parise (Maastricht University)
Third-generation Civil Codes: Interaction of New Codes and Harmonizing Principles in Latin America
9:25 Discussion
9:45 Rodrigo Momberg (University of Oxford, UK)
The Principles of Latin American Contract Law: Looking for Identity
10:05 Discussion
10:25 Iñigo de la Maza (Universidad Diego Portales, Chile)
The Concept of Contract in the Principles of Latin American Contract Law
10:45 Discussion
11:05 Coffee Break
Second Session: Asia and Europe
Moderators: Liuhu Luo and Jiangqiu Ge (Maastricht University)
11:30 Shiyuan Han (Tsinghua University, China)
The Principles of Asian Contract Law: What has been done and What’s going on
11:50 Discussion
12:10 Jan Smits
Principles of Contract Law: Beyond Common Ground
12:30 Discussion
12:50 General Discussion, moderated by Janwillem Oosterhuis (Maastricht University)
13:10 Closing Remarks, Agustín Parise