British Association of Comparative Law The British Association of Comparative law (formerly the UK National Committee for Comparative Law) seeks to coordinate and encourage comparative legal research and teaching throughout the UK We provide a forum of sustained reflection and conversation on all comparative law matters Annual Seminars Newsletters Continue reading BACL publications…
BACL Newsletter 2023-24 - British Association of Comparative Law In this newsletter, we take stock of BACL achievements in 2024, and we thank BACL reps for giving time, energy and brain power to develop and support BACL activities Blog publications cover an increasingly broad range of topics and jurisdictions; the PG Workshop continues to attract excellent doctoral students and early career researchers; and…
BACL Newsletter 2024-25 – British Association of Comparative Law BACL’s Annual Seminar took place on 3 September 2024, on the occasion of the Society of Legal Scholars’ Conference at Bristol University It was dedicated to ‘ Vulnerable consumers and the law: comparative perspectives’
Comparative law teaching in the UK—where are we in 2025? BACL’s 75th Anniversary Workshop took place at King’s College, Cambridge, on 7-8 July 2025 It was an inspiring celebration of the continuing relevance of comparative law in UK legal education We are deeply grateful to the 30 legal academics and research students who contributed their insight and enthusiasm The workshop featured 19 speakers including Early Career Researchers, who
BACL postgraduate workshop 20 21 may 2025 – Call for papers Please include “ [your name] – BACL postgraduate workshop abstract” as the subject line for the email The deadline for submissions has been extended to Monday 30 March 2025, and selection outcomes will be notified as soon as possible afterwards
CALL FOR BLOG PIECES FOR BACL’S NEW ‘JUDICIAL CREATIVITY AND RECENT . . . The British Association of Comparative Law (BACL) is pleased to announce a call for blog pieces for its new ‘Judicial Creativity and Recent Reforms of the Law of Obligations’ series In recent decades, many jurisdictions have carried out substantive reforms of their laws of obligations In Europe, for example, the Netherlands overhauled its civil code…
Annual seminars - British Association of Comparative Law The BACL holds an annual symposium on a comparative law theme, usually at the time of the Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2025 seminar (Leeds University) on Comparative Criminal Law
BACL Newsletter 2022-23 - British Association of Comparative Law BACL committee is calling for any colleague who may have memories about activities (meetings, Annual Seminar, PG workshop), publications and or membership of BACL since its inception (under its current name or its former one – the UK National Committee for Comparative Law)
Access to Justice in an age of digitisation – what can we learn from a . . . BACL’s 75th Anniversary Workshop took place at King’s College, Cambridge, on 7-8 July 2025 It was an inspiring celebration of the continuing relevance of comparative law in UK legal education We are deeply grateful to the 30 legal academics and research students who contributed their insight and enthusiasm The workshop featured 19 speakers including Early Career Researchers, who
BACL publications – British Association of Comparative Law BACL publications Reading Lists and Legal Traditions: Mapping How Legal Scholars Think Across Jurisdictions A striking feature of legal education lies in the way it comes to feel natural to us We easily forget that our training is rooted in a particular time and…