The Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School, The Interdisciplinary Association of Comparative and Private International Law, Vienna, and FOWI – Research Institute for Central and Eastern European Business Law at the Vienna University of Economics and Business announce their first annual IGLP Austrian Workshop “Law as a Regulatory Device”, 15 to 21 August 2010 at Schloss Seggau, Austria.

The IGLP Austrian Workshop is modelled on the annual IGLP Workshop, the first of which took place at Harvard Law School in June 2010. It is an intensive six day residential program designed for doctoral and post-doctoral scholars. The IGLP Austrian Workshop 2010 focuses on one general theme: the discussion of law as a regulatory device. This topic will be discussed in the context of debates on the current economic and social crisis. In the tradition of IGLP (and the European Law Research Centre) research, the IGLP Austrian Workshop aims at promoting alternative approaches and innovative ideas about global law, economic policy and social justice. It aims to bring together scholars from different areas of expertise such as law, economics and finance. (more…)

You are cordially invited to a lecture by Prof. Dr. Suren Avakian taking place at the July 2, 2010 at 11:00 at the Juridicum – Dachgeschoss. Suren Avakian will present his thoughts on the current state of the constitution of the Russian Federation and on reforms of Russian constitutional law.

In particular, he will focus on political parties, developments in electoral law, protection of spheres of interest of people, access to information and the state of federalism and the system of state organs.