LATEST NEWS UPDATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS


SARFaL Annual General Meeting 2010
Barcelona, Friday January 15th 2010 is the date and venue of the Annual General Meeting for SARFaL in 2010.  SARFaL member Prof. Dra. Cristina Gonzalez Beilfuss will be our host at the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Law, Avda. Diagonal, 684 Barcelona (map to the Faculty)

Agenda meeting
Information letter

Contactperson: Mrs. Mirjam Sombroek.
 

  
  
 
SARFaL Annual General Meeting 2009
Prague, Monday June 8th 2009 is the date and venue of the Annual General Meeting for SARFaL in 2009.  SARFaL member Michael Tomasek will be our host at the Charles University, Faculty of Law in Prague. The Law Faculty building is located between the river Vltava – Dvorak’s embankment (“Dvorakovo nabrezi”) and the very historical centre of Prague – the Oldtown Square (“Staromestske namesti”),
Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Právnická fakulta
nám. Curieových 7
116 40 Praha 1
The main topic of the AGM 2009 will be "EU financement of legal research", SARFaL would welcome speakers and experts in this field.  If you would like to play an active role in the AGM in relation to "EU financement of legal research", please contact Michael Tomasek tomasekm@prf.cuni.cz
The United Nations and Global Values, 11-12 December 2008, Leiden The Netherlands
Announcing the forthcoming international conference on The United Nations and Global Values, 11-12 December 2008. Preparations are in full swing. Many speakers have confirmed, including Thomas Franck, Thomas Weiss (Responsibility to Protect, New York), the Netherlands Ambassador to the UN Frank Majoor and others from the world of ethics and political science.   
   
The website you  should refer to regarding the conference is: http://www.law.leiden.edu/organisation/publiclaw/publicinternationallaw/global-values-conference.jsp.
For more information and for registration,  please email:
 
Otto Spijkers
o.spijkers@law.leidenuniv.nl 


Please feel free to circulate the information regarding the conference to any interested parties in your University.  We very much hope that it is possible for you to attend the conference and look forward to seeing you in Leiden.
Solving the financial crisis in an Honours Class?
From March till June 2009 the Honours Class: Comparative and International Insolvency Law will be held at University of Leiden Law School. Keeping the current financial crisis in sight it is evident that the subject is influencing businesses, banks and private individuals all over the world. Starting with a preparatory seminar in March 2009, the Honour Class will be continued with ten seminars of three hours, dealing with three themes. The first theme relates to the question: which court in the world has jurisdiction to open insolvency proceedings? The treatment is very practical, based on such cases as Parmalat / Eurofood, MG Rover Car Company, Eurotunnel and the Cayman registered hedge funds of Bear Stearns. Which law is applicable to these insolvency proceedings? That is the second topic to be addressed: rules relating to the position of secured or unsecured creditors or the termination of employment contracts will be dealt with. The third theme concerns the way insolvency office holders and courts in different states communicate and cooperate to solve complex cross-border reorganisations. Here again, many practical examples will be addressed. The faculty consists of several renowned law professors and practitioners in the field of international insolvency law from the USA, Canada, England and Germany.
The target group is advanced bachelor students, preferably those who have participated in the elective course Insolventierecht (Insolvency Law, taught in Dutch) and who are highly motivated to explore the most topical issues of insolvency law in a globalising world. Also non-Dutch students living outside the Netherlands will be invited to apply.
The most ideal honour class would be composed of 8 to 12 students. For those who are interested: the application deadline is 19 December 2008. To apply, one requires to write a letter explaining interest and motivation to participate, as well as a short resume and preferably a recommendation. Selected students will be invited for an interview. For those interested professor Wessels will chair an open information hour on Thursday 4 December at 17.00 hours, class room to be advised.
Professor Bob WesselsPost/Mail
Postbus / PO Box 1199
3300 BD Dordrecht
The Netherlands
M   ++  31 (0)6 295 77 403
T   ++  31 (0) 78 639 00 28
F   ++  31 (0) 78 639 00 31
E   bwessels@bobwessels.nl
http://www.bobwessels.nl