American University Washington College of Law will welcome Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to campus Friday, 12:30 p.m., as part of the XVIIIth International Congress of Comparative Law. Justice Ginsburg's address is titled  "A Decent Respect for the Opinion of (Human-) Kind:  The Value of a Comparative Perspective on Constitutional Adjudication."  Her presentation will include commentary from Miguel Maduro, professor and director of the Global Governance Programme, European University Institute, and a former advocate general in the European Court of Justice. Dean Claudio Grossman will provide introductions. See the full program for the Congress.

American University Washington College of Law, George Washington University Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center are proud to be co-hosting the XVIIIth International Congress of Comparative Law from July 25 to August 1, 2010.  The International Congress of Comparative Law is a meeting held every four years to stimulate and conduct research, writing and intellectual exchange in all fields of law with a significant comparative law dimension.  The event is presented by the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) and the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL), and will host between 450 and 500 participants from around the globe.  MORE