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The Common Core of European Private Law Conference 21st Annual General Meeting “Property & Inequality in the 21st Century”

Gothenburg, Sweden June 12th and 13th, 2015 School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

Ugo Mattei and Rudolf B. Schlesinger Rodolfo Sacco General Editors Late Honorary Editor Honorary Editor Friday June 12th, 2015

Venue: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

09:30 Large Group Sessions

Contract Chair: Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, University of Groningen Law Faculty

Tort Chair: Marta Infantino, University of Trieste Law Faculty

Property Chair: Anna Di Robilant, Boston University School of Law

11:30 Small Group Working Sessions & Lunch

13:30 Registration

14:00 Host Greetings: Filippo Valguarnera & Sara Stendahl, University of Gothenburg

Plenary Session: Evaluating Existing Legal Institutions for the Reduction of Inequality Chair: Mauro Bussani, University of Trieste & University of Macao

Panelists Paul O’Connell, SOAS, University of London John Linarelli, Durham University Law School David Bollier, Cofounder of Commons Strategies Group

18:00 Cocktail Saturday June 13th, 2015

Venue: School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

9:30 Plenary Session: Reducing Inequality through Predistribution vs. Redistribution

Chair: Ugo Mattei, University of , Hastings College of the Law & University of

Panelists Roberto Merrill, University of Minho Anna Di Robilant, Boston University School of Law Talha Syed, University of California Berkeley, Boalt Law School

12:30 Lunch

14:00 Salutations: Per Cramér, Dean of the School of Business, Economics and Law

14:15 Reports of the Committee Chairs & The Future of the Common Core

15:00 Continuation of Small Group Working Sessions on Future Projects Ongoing Research Projects

Boundaries To Information Property Deryck Beyleveld, United Kingdom Christine Godt, Germany Lucie Guibault, The Netherlands Geertrui Van Overwalle, Belgium Security Rights In Immovable Property Francesca Fiorentini, Remedies In Contract Law Paula Giliker, United Kingdom Beate Gsell, Germany Thomas Ruefner, Germany Product Liability Monika Jozon, Romania Joseph Page, Usa Marcus Pilgerstorfer, United Kingdom The Protection Of Immovable Property Sonia Martin Santisteban, Spain Peter Sparkes, United Kingdom Access To Commons Filippo Valguarnera, Sweden Ugo Mattei, Italy Saki Bailey, Usa Causation In European Tort Law Marta Infantino, Italy Eleni Zervogianni, Greece Immoral Contracts In Europe Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, Italy Chantal Mak, The Netherlands Zeeshan Mansoor, The Netherlands Interpretation Of Commercial Contracts In Europe Jaap Baaij, The Netherlands Laura Macgregor, United Kingdom David Cabrelli, United Kingdom Published Volumes:

Mauro Bussani and Ugo Mattei (EDS) Making European Law. Essays on the Common Core Project, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche, Università degli Studi di Trento Ugo Mattei and Andrea Pradi (EDS) Rudolf B. Schlesinger Memories, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche, Università degli Studi di Trento Reinhard Zimmermann and Simon Whittaker (EDS) Good Faith in European Contract Law, Cambridge University Press James Gordley (ED) The Enforceability of Promises in European Contract Law, Cambridge University Press Mauro Bussani and Ugo Mattei (EDS) The Common Core of European Private Law, Kluwer Law International Mauro Bussani and Vernon V. PalmeR (EDS) Pure Economic Loss in Europe, Cambridge University Press Franz Werro and Vernon V. Palmer (EDS) The Boundaries of Strict Liability in European Tort Law, Stämpfli-Carolina Academic Press Eva-Maria Kieninger (ED) Security Rights in Movable Property in European Private Law, Cambridge University Press Ruth Sefton-Green (ED) Mistake, Fraud and Duties to Inform in European Contract Law, Cambridge University Press Michele Graziadei, Ugo Mattei and Lionel D. Smith (EDS) Commercial Trusts in European Private Law, Cambridge University Press Barbara Pozzo (ED) Property on Environment. Old and New Remedies to Protect Natural Resources in the European Context, Stämpfli-Carolina Academic Press Mauro Bussani and Ugo Mattei (EDS) Opening up European Private Law, Stämpfli-Carolina Academic Press Thomas Mollers and Andreas Heinemann (EDS), The Enforcement of Competition Law, Cambridge University Press Monika Hinteregger (ED), Environmental Liability and Ecological Damage in European Law Cambridge University Press John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink (EDS), Pre-contractual Liability in European Private Law Cambridge University Press Gert Brueggemeier, Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi and Patrick O’callaghan (EDS), Personality Rights in European Tort Law, Cambridge University Press Hans Christoph Grigoleit and Ewoud Hondius (EDS), Unexpected Circumstances in European Contract Law, Cambridge University Press Cornelius Van Der Merwe and Alain-Laurent Verbeke (EDS), Time Limited Interests in Land, Cambridge University Press Cornelius Van Der Merwe (ED) European Condominium Law, Cambridge University Press

Forthcoming

VERNON VALENTINE PALMER (ED) The Recovery of Non-pecuniary Loss in European Contract Law, Cambridge University Press