American Society of Comparative Law

American Society of Comparative Law
Logo of the American Society of Comparative Law
Formation 1951
Type Legal Society
Headquarters rotating
Location
  • United States
President
 Vivian Curran (since 2016)[1]
Key people
 Richard S. Kay, Vice President
Website ascl.org

The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL), formerly the American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, is a learned society dedicated to the study of comparative law, foreign law, and private international law.[2] It was founded in 1951, and was admitted to American Council of Learned Societies in 1995.[3] The ASCL is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.

The ASCL publishes the American Journal of Comparative Law on a quarterly basis. It was established at the University of Michigan Law School[4] in 1952, where ASCL Vice President and first Editor-in-Chief Hessel E. Yntema was a professor. Yntema served as Editor-in-Chief until his death in 1966. The journal moved from Michigan to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971,[5] but returned in 2003. It is now being co-hosted by the Institute of Comparative Law (McGill University) and the Georgetown University Law Center.[6] The Institute of Comparative Law’s Director, Helge Dedek, and Georgetown University Law Center’s Franz Werro, currently serve as Co-Editor-in-Chiefs.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ASCL. "American Society of Comparative Law: Officers". Bol.bna.com. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
  2. ↑ "Welcome to the American Journal of Comparative Law". The American Journal of Comparative Law. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  3. ↑ "American Society of Comparative Law". American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  4. ↑ "American Society of Comparative Law". American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the American Journal of Comparative Law". The American Journal of Comparative Law. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  6. ↑ "Institute of Comparative Law". Retrieved 2015-06-17.
  7. ↑ "Georgetown University Law Center". Retrieved 2015-06-17.


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