Eu centers proposal submission guidelines

March 2014 – Conference 2:
Comparing European Union and North-American Approaches

to International Law and Human Rights
The objective of the conference is to bring experts from Europe and the US to discuss the differences and convergences in the approaches to human rights and international legal issues in the legal and political institutions of the EU and the US. The conference will pair scholars from both sides of the Atlantic and discuss their different perspectives on similar themes. It will be tied to a workshop seminar taught at the law school, though the talks will be open to the public.
Proposed Topics and 10 Speakers (to be narrowed down when the conference is to take place, based on the availability of the scholar and paired commentators from Europe and the US):
EU Participants:

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  Women’s Rights in the EU: Christine Chinkin (London School of Economics)
  
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  European Harmonization of Private Law: Horatia Muir Watt (University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne)
  
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  The EU as an International Actor in the Fight against Terrorism: Martin Scheinin (European University Institute, Italy)
  
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  The Rights of Migrant Workers in the EU: Gregor Noll (Lund University, Sweden)
  
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  The EU and Refugees: Patricia Tuitt (Birkbeck School of Law, University of London)
  

US Participants:

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  Judging in the EU and US: Mitchel Lasser (Cornell Law School)
  
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  Governance and Legitimacy in the EU: Joseph Weiler (New York University School of Law)
  
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  The Limits of Integration in European Governance: David Kennedy (Harvard Law School)
  
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  European Family Law: Philomila Tsoukala (Georgetown University)
  
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  European Contract Law in Comparative Perspective: Daniela Caruso (Boston University School of Law)