The Whitney R. Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies at the School of Law is hosting a Latin American Law Workshop April 20-21 in Room 404 of Anheuser-Busch Hall.
Introductions by John O. Haley, the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law and director of the Harris Institute, begin at 9 a.m. each day. Sessions by experts from around the country include:
April 20
• 9:15 a.m. “An American Comparativist’s Experience with an Argentine on Death Row in Texas”
• 10:45 a.m. “Commercial Law Reform in Central America and the Shift to the Left: Can Free Market Commercial Laws Become Populist Socio-economic Doctrine?”
• 2 p.m. “Incorporating Globalization and Hemispheric Trade Agreements Into Teaching Latin American Law” and “Is There a Common Core of Latin American Private Law?”
• 3:30 p.m. “Recent Development on Class Actions in Latin America — The Model Class Action Code for Iberoamerica” and “Close Encounters of a Legal Kind: Toward an Integrated Knowledge of Law?”
April 21
• 9:15 a.m. “How Do Codes Travel? Norm Diffusion and the Wave of Criminal Procedure Reforms in Latin America” and “Human Rights Convergence in Latin America”
• 10:45 a.m. “Privatizing Private Law as a Countermeasure to Latin America’s Costly Dalliances With Socialism, or Does the So-called Pink Tide Rolling Across Latin America Have a Mellow Tint?”
• 2 p.m. “Conversation on New Directions or Old Patterns? Legal and Political Changes in Latin America, from Chavez to Calderon”
• 3:30 p.m. “Conversation on Teaching Latin American Law — Themes, Approaches, Materials”
The workshop is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. For more information, visit law.wustl.edu/higls and click on Special Events.