Looking Behind the Scenes: Insights into Today's Practical Relevance of Comparative Law

Looking Behind the Scenes: Insights into Today’s Practical Relevance of Comparative Law

The ICLS team looked behind the scenes and inquired into the multiple fields of law in which comparative law, especially the comparative method applied to administrative law, impact real legal practice, and how it has shaped the lives of lawyers and academics working in this field. The following are the interviews with experts’ insights into these matters.

The interviews have been conducted by Dr. Oswald Jansen, adjunct professor and fellow of the Program on Law and Government at the American University Washington College of Law, and guest senior lecturer Comparative and Global Administrative Law at Tilburg University. Below are links to each of the interviews.

Jean-Bernard AubyProfessor Emeritus, Law School of Sciences Po, Paris

Francesca BignamiLeroy Sorenson Merrifield Research Professor of Law at George Washington University School of Law

Armin Von BogdandyDirector at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Professor for Public Law at the University in Frankfurt/Main

Allan Brewer-CaríasEmeritus Professor at the Central University of Venezuela. Former Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, UK, the Universities of Paris II and Paris X, Columbia School of Law, University of El Rosario

Giacinto Della CananeaProfessor of Administrative Law at Boccone University, Milan.

Carter ParetAttorney at Hourani & Partners, Riyadh, and WCL alum

Thomas Perroud Professor of Public Law, University Paris II – Pantheón Assas

Peter LindsethOlimpiad S. Ioffe Professor of International and Comparative Law and Director, International Programs at University of Connecticut School of Law

Neysun MahboubiRESEARCH SCHOLAR, CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA, AND LECTURER-IN-LAW, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Giulio NessiPolicy Analyst in the Public Sector Integrity Division of the Directorate for Public Governance at the OECD, Paris

Fernanda NicolaProfessor of Law at American University Washington College of Law. Director of the Program on International Organizations, Law and Development

Sacha PrechalJudge at the European Court of Justice. Professor of European Law at Utrecht University

Susan Rose-AckermanHenry R. Luce Professor Emeritus of Jurisprudence, Law School and Department of Political Science and Professorial Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School

Jacques ZillerProfessor of European Union Law at the University of Pavia, Faculty of Political Sciences

Julie Chi-hye SukFlorence Rogatz Visiting Professor of Law and a Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School and Professor of Sociology

Dominique CustosProfessor of Public Law at the University of Caen.