Paula Giliker elected Chair of the British Association of Comparative Law
17 September 2010
Professor Paula Giliker has been elected Chair of the British Association of Comparative Law (BACL). BACL promotes the study and research of comparative law within the United Kingdom.
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The function of the British Association of Comparative law (formerly the UK National Committee for Comparative Law) is to coordinate and encourage comparative legal research and teaching throughout the UK. Its membership is drawn from many of the UK’s Law Schools.
The BACL regularly hosts or co-hosts workshops for postgraduate students to encourage the use of comparative law in research.
The BACL holds an annual symposium on a comparative law theme, usually at the time of the Society of Legal Scholars annual conference. The 2010 symposium was held on 13 September during the Society of Legal Scholars conference at Southampton University on the topic of Human Rights and Comparative Law.
The BACL is affiliated with the Académie internationale de droit comparé/International Academy of Comparative Law and coordinates UK representation at the international congresses which the Academy hosts every four years. The most recent international congress took place in Washington, USA, in July 2010, hosted by the American University Washington College of Law, the George Washington University Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center.