University of Macau
Macau Association of Comparative Law
International Conference
11 November 2011
THE NEW FRONTIERS OF COMPARATIVE LAW
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9.30 – 9.50 Welcome Speeches
Prof. Tong Io Cheng, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, University of Macau
Prof. Paulo Canelas de Castro, Associate Professor of European Union Law, University of Macau, Jean Monnet Chair
Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law
9.50Photo group taking
10.00 – 11.15 1st Session: Comparative Law: methodologies and development
Chair:Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law
Prof. Mauro Bussani, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Trieste, Italy: Comparative Law Beyond the Trap of Western Positivism
Prof. Rostam J. Neuwirth, Associate Professor of Law, University of Macau: Law and the Mind: A New Role for Comparative Law?
Prof. Sean Donlan, Professor of Comparative Law and Legal History, University Limerick, Ireland: The Ubiquity of Hybridity: Norms and Laws, Past and Present, and Around the Globe
Discussion/Q&A
11.15 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.45 2nd Session: Comparative Law in the International Legal Framework
Chair:Prof. Mauro Bussani, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Trieste, Italy
Prof. Muruga Perumal Ramaswamy, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Macau: Comparative International Law: Emerging Trends and Methods
Prof. Salvatore Casabona, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Palermo, Italy: “Shaken but not Stirred” Legal Systems: Some Rhapsodic
Considerations on the Category of “Mixed Legal Systems”.
Prof. Wei Dan, Associate Professor of Law, University of Macau: Analytical Comparison as a Challenge for International and Comparative Competition Law
Discussion/Q&A
12.45 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 15.45 3rd Session: Comparative Law in an East Asian Perspective
Chair:Prof. Tong Io Cheng, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, University of Macau
Prof. Ignazio Castellucci, Professor of Chinese Law, University of Trento, Italy, Visiting Professor, University of Macau: Comparative Law in Asia
Prof. Zhang Lihong, Professor of Comparative Law and Roman Law, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China: The Development of Comparative Law in China
Prof. Chao Wang, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Macau: Conservative Political Nature and Subservient Judiciary: An Illiberal Model of Rule of Law in Postwar Japan
Discussion/Q&A
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 4th Session: Comparative Law between Portugal and Macau
Chair:Prof. Rostam J. Neuwirth, Associate Professor of Law, University of Macau
Prof. Dario Moura Vicente, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Lisbon, Portugal: The Common Law of Portuguese-speaking Countries and Territories
Prof. Paula Nunes Correia, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Macau: The Macanese Legal System: a Comparative Law Perspective
Prof. Augusto Teixeira Garcia, Associate Professor of Commercial Law and Associate Dean, University of Macau: The Commercial Code and Comparative Law: aHappy Marriage?
Discussion/Q&A
17.15 – 17.30Conference Closing remarks
Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law