Research and Education Activities
Comparative Law and Politics Seminars/Forums
The International Center for Comparative Law and Politics has been holding the Comparative Law and Politics Forum since FY 1991 and the Comparative Law and Politics Seminar since 1994 as a venue for visiting professors, short-term invitees, faculty members affiliated with the graduate school, and visiting researchers to present their research results. We have held more than 200 seminars and about 130 forums as a place for more informal discussions than seminars. (Not open to the public)
List of Upcoming Events
| 294th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar,"Corporate Accountability 2025: Anticorruption and Business and Human Rights in the US, Europe, and Japan" | |
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| Reporter | Chavi Nana, Professor, University of Michigan Law School |
| Topic | Corporate Accountability 2025: Anticorruption and Business and Human Rights in the US, Europe, and Japan |
| Date and time | Thursday 3 July 2025, 13:00 p.m. - 14:30 p.m. |
| 293rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar,"Effect of social norms on political behavior" | |
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| Reporter | Anselm Hager,Professor,Humboldt University of Berlin |
| Topic | Effect of social norms on political behavior |
| Date and time | Thursday 31 July 2025, 13:30 p.m.- 15:00 p.m. |
| 292nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar,"Prediction and Precedent" | |
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| Reporter | Bert Huang, Professor, Columbia Law School |
| Topic | Prediction and Precedent |
| Date and time | Tuesday 13 May 2025, 13:00 p.m.- 14:30 p.m. |
List of Previous Events
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291st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar,"Rethinking Inclusion: Ideal Minorities, Inclusion Clusters, and Identity Capitals in the Legal Profession" Reporter Swethaa Ballakrishnen, Professor, University of California, Irvine - School of Law Topic Rethinking Inclusion: Ideal Minorities, Inclusion Clusters, and Identity Capitals in the Legal Profession Date and time Thursday, 1st May 2025, 15:30 - 17:00 290th Comparative Law and Politic Seminar,"Democratic recession and the role of Supreme Courts" Reporter Justice Luis Roberto Barroso, Chief Justice of Brazil (President of the Brazilian Supreme Court) Topic Democratic recession and the role of Supreme Courts Date and time Tuesday 15 April 2025, 12:15 p.m.- 13:15 p.m. 289th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar "Le langage non-sexiste est-il obligatoire ? : réflexions à partir des études de genre et du droit international." Reporter Benjamin Moron-Puech, Professor at the University Lyon 2 Topic Le langage non-sexiste est-il obligatoire ? : réflexions à partir des études de genre et du droit international. Date and time Friday, 18th April 2025, 17:00 - 18:30 Show moreEnd