IACL GENERAL CONGRESS BERLIN 28.09.-02.10.2026

Con­gress Pro­gramme

Photo: S. Klenke

With a diversified programme, the Congress will delve into a vast array of topics, reflecting the dynamic and evolving landscape of comparative law.

It will feature:

  • 29 thematic panels, covering all areas of law
  • Three multi-day, in-depth workshops
  • Presentations of selected contributions from Young Scholars (Call for Papers)
  • Networking and cultural events

With several parallel tracks running throughout the Congress, participants can design a personalised programme by selecting general reports, workshops or any special events of greatest interest.

While the exact programme is currently in drafting and will be announced closer to the event, general reports and workshops are already listed below for you to discover. Please note that all elements mentioned are preliminary and subject to change as the Congress schedule is finalised.

    • Im­i­ta­tion as a tool of le­gal change

      Legal history and legal ethnology
      Professor Manuel Gutan

    • The De­colo­nial Turn in Com­par­a­tive Law

      General legal theory and legal
      Professor Barbara Pasa

    • Teach­ing com­par­a­tive law sub­jects

      Legal education and methodology
      Professor Barbara Pozzo

    • Trusts in non com­mon law coun­tries

      Unification and harmonisation of the law
      Professor Maurizio Lupoi

    • Lib­er­ty ver­sus se­cu­ri­ty

      Global Law
      Associate Professor Mariola Lemonnier

    • Con­trac­tu­al fair­ness the re­birth of an idea

      Civil Law
      Professor Michele Graziadei

    • Ar­ti­fi­cial In­tel­li­gence in Civ­il Pro­ceed­ings

      Civil procedure
      Professor Sławomir Cieślak, Professor Michele Angelo Lupoi, Professor Andrzej Olaś

    • Nat­ur­al ressource restora­tion as a chal­lenge for the glob­al sus­tain­able food

      Agrarian Law
      Professor Monika A. Król

    • In­no­v­a­tive com­ple­ments and sub­sti­tutes for con­tracts

      Commercial Law
      Professor Lucian Bercea

    • The phe­nom­e­non of in­tel­lec­tu­al mo­nop­oly cap­i­tal­ism

      Intellectual property
      Professor Roberto Caso, Professor Barbara Pasa

    • The Fu­ture of Work in the Dig­i­tal Con­text: Fears and Op­por­tu­ni­ties

      Labour law
      Professor Raluca Dimitriu

    • Le­gal as­pects of au­tonomous ships

      Maritime law
      Assistant Professor Barbara Stępień, Assistant Professor, Zuzanna Pepłowska-Dąbrowska

    • Sep­a­ra­tion of pow­er and con­sti­tu­tion­al re­view

      Constitutional law
      Associate Professor Ramona-Delia Popescu, Associate Professor Bogdan Dima

    • Da­ta pro­tec­tion and pri­va­cy in so­cial me­dia

      Human rights
      Associate Professor Elena Lazar

    • For­eign law be­fore courts deal­ing with ad­min­is­tra­tive law mat­ters

      Administrative law
      Professor François Lichère

    • The State as tax­pay­er: eco­nom­ic ac­tiv­i­ty of the State and re­lat­ed tax oblig­a­tions

      Tax law
      Professor Simona Gherghina, Lecturer Marilena Ene

    • Crim­i­nal­iza­tion of rape and means of pro­tec­tion and as­sis­tance to vic­tims

      Penal law
      Professor Jarosław Utrat-Milecki

    • Par­tic­i­pa­tion of non-judges in the ad­min­is­tra­tion of crim­i­nal jus­tice

      Penal procedure
      Professor Maria Rogacka-Rzewnicka, Professor Hanna Kuczyńska

    • The rule of law – an emerg­ing in­ter­na­tion­al cus­tom?

      Public international law
      Associate professor Carmen Achimescu

    • The ap­pli­ca­tion of the lex fori – de­vel­op­ments in prac­tice and foun­da­tions in the­o­ry

      Private international law
      Professor Massimo Benedettelli

    • The As­pi­ra­tion of Self-Suf­fi­cien­cy of In­ter­na­tion­al Con­tracts and the Chal­lenge of Their Uni­form In­ter­pre­ta­tion in the Res­o­lu­tion of Cross-Bor­der Dis­putes

      International commercial law
      Marco Torsello

    • Ar­bi­tra­tion and the In­ter­na­tion­al Com­mer­cial Courts

      International dispute settlement
      Associate Professor Joshua Karton, Assistant Professor Alyssa King, Assistant Professor Laurence Marquis

    • En­er­gy tran­si­tion: reg­u­la­tion of new sources of en­er­gy. The need for com­par­i­son

      Environmental law
      Professor Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro

    • Dig­i­tiz­ing the Law: In­flu­ence and Chal­lenges of Tech­nol­o­gy for Le­gal Ed­u­ca­tion Mod­els

      Computer Law
      Professor Yseult Marique, Assistant Professor Enguerrand Marique

    • Eq­ui­table Ac­cess to Med­i­cines as a Com­po­nent of the Right to Health

      Medical law and bioethics
      Professor S.K. (Katrina) Perehudoff

    • The role of cus­tom­ary law for the use of nat­ur­al re­sources and ac­cess to land (rights of use and tres­pass)

      Customary law
      Professor Walter Doralt

    • Mixed Ju­ris­dic­tions and Mixed Le­gal Sys­tems of the World: Their Cre­ation, Their Evo­lu­tion and Their Val­ue for Com­par­a­tive Law

      Legal Pluralism
      Professor Vernon Valentine Palmer

    • Pri­vate In­ter­na­tion­al Law in In­vest­ment Ar­bi­tra­tion

      Investment Law
      Professor José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez

    • Arts and Law: the Chal­lenge of Con­tem­po­rary Arts to Pri­vate Law

      Arts and the Law
      Professor Gianmaria Ajani

    • Teach­ing Law in a Pro­found­ly Plu­ral­is­tic Word

      Part 1 : Global vs. National Law Education
      Part 2: Teaching Pluralism Affirmatively

    • Le­gal Coun­selling as Transna­tion­al Rule Set­ting

    • Ger­man Law in Con­text