BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260804T210007EDT-2130pLZPrH@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260805T010007Z DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Comparative Law welcomes Franz Werro (Fribourg /Georgetown) who will examine questions of foreign Law in American Courts \nProfessor Dr. Franz Werro shares his life between the Faculté de droit o f the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and Georgetown Law\, in Washing ton\, DC. He teaches and researches in different fields of private law\, i ncluding the law of obligations\, European private law and comparative law . He was a visiting professor at the Cornell Law School (Ithaca\, NY) and at a number of European Law schools\, including the Universita degli Studi di Trieste (Italy)\, the Scuola Superiore Santa Anna in Pisa (Italy)\, th e University of Pau (France)\, the University of Bordeaux (France)\, the I nternational University College of Torino (Italy)\, and the Bucerius Law S chool in Hamburg (Germany).\nIn addition\, Professor Werro acts as an arbi trator and as a consultant in Swiss and in international commercial disput es. He is on the board of a number of Swiss and European law journals and is involved in different projects of continuing legal education in Switzer land. He has recently published the second edition of his treatise on tort law\, a number of essays on the impact of EU law on national private law\ , a monograph on European tort law\, as well as articles on comparative an d transnational legal studies. Professor Werro taught as a visiting profes sor at the Georgetown University Law Center in the fall semesters of 1999 and 2000. He has been a permanent member of the faculty at Georgetown Law since 2001. In 2009 - 2010\, Professor Werro was a co-director for Georget own Law’s Center for Transnational Legal Studies\, in London. DTSTART:20130911T163000Z DTEND:20130911T180000Z LOCATION:Room 202 (NCDH)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1 W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Posner on French Law: Foreign Law in US Courts and the Role of Expe rt Witnesses URL:/channels/event/posner-french-law-foreign-law-us-c ourts-and-role-expert-witnesses-229855 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR