University of Macau

Macau Association of Comparative Law

International Conference

11 November 2011

THE NEW FRONTIERS OF COMPARATIVE LAW

9.30 – 9.50 Welcome Speeches

• Prof. Liu Gaolong, Interim Dean, Faculty of Law of the 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

9.50 Photo 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. 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. Muruga Perumal Ramaswamy, Associate Professor of International Law, University of Macau: Comparative International Law: Emerging Trends and Methods
• 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 Pro
  fessor, 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. Paulo Canelas de Castro, Associate Professor of European Union Law, University of Macau, Jean Monnet Chair

• 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: a Happy Marriage?

Discussion/Q&A

17.15 – 17.30 Conference Closing remarks 

Prof. Salvatore Mancuso, Associate Professor of Comparative Law, University of Macau; President of the Macau Association of Comparative Law