THE COMMON CORE OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW

16th General Meeting Torino, June 25-26, 2010 Centro Congressi Torino Incontra Via Nino Costa, 8

UGO MATTEI and GENERAL EDITORS

RUDOLF B. SCHLESINGER LATE HONORARY EDITOR

RODOLFO SACCO HONORARY EDITOR

FRIDAY – JUNE 25, 2010

10.00 a.m. Registration

10:30 a.m. Plenary session EUROPE AND THE RULE OF LAW

Chair: UGO MATTEI University of , Hastings, USA University of ,

Speakers: BRIAN TAMANAHA St. John’s University, USA

MARISA MELI University of Catania, Italy

STEFANO RODOTA’ International University College, Turin Italy

1:30 p.m. Lunch

2:30 p.m. Small Groups’ Working Sessions

CONTRACT Chair: JAMES GORDLEY Tulane University Law School, New Orleans, LA, USA

TORT Chair: FRANZ WERRO University of Fribourg, Switzerland Georgetown University, Washington D.C., USA

PROPERTY Chair: ANTONIO GAMBARO University of Milan, Italy

8.30 p.m. Gala Dinner

SATURDAY – JUNE 26, 2010

9.00 a.m. Small Groups’ Working Sessions on demand (please write to the secretariat by May 28, 2010) at IUC Piazza Paleocapa, 2 Torino.

11.30 a.m. Plenary Session EUROPE AND THE RULE OF LAW

Chair: MAURO BUSSANI University of Trieste, Italy

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Speaker: ANTOINE GARAPON Secrétaire général Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, Paris, France

GENERAL DISCUSSION

CONCLUDING REMARKS

1.30 p.m. Lunch

All relevant information concerning the participation to the meeting is available in the general information section on the web site: www.iuctorino.it

ON GOING RESEARCH PROJECT

BOUNDARIES TO INFORMATION PROPERTY Editors: DERYCK BEYLEVELD, United Kingdom CHRISTINE GODT, Germany LUCIE GUIBAULT, The Netherlands GEERTRUI VAN OVERWALLE, Belgium

SECURITY RIGHTS IN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY Editors: CORNELIUS VAN DER MERWE, South Africa GARY WATT, United Kingdom FRANCESCA FIORENTINI, Italy

PERSONAL INJURY COMPENSATION Editors: STATHIS BANAKAS, United Kingdom ALASTAIR MULLIS, United Kingdom

TIME-LIMITED INTERESTES IN LAND Editors: CORNELIUS VAN DER MERWE, South Africa ALAIN VERBEKE, Belgium RAFFAELE CATERINA, Italy

TRANSFER OF IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY Editors: ELIZABETH COOKE, United Kingdom LUZ MARTINEZ, Spain

DUTIES OF CARE AND DUTIES OF CASH IN FAMILY LAW Editor: ANTONELLO MIRANDA, Italy

REMEDIES IN CONTRACT LAW Editors: PAULA GILIKER, United Kingdom BEATE GSELL, Germany THOMAS RUEFNER, Germany

PRODUCT LIABILITY Editors: MONIKA JOZON, Romania JOSEPH PAGE, USA

THE PROTECTION OF IMMOVABLE PROPERTY Editors: SONIA MARTIN SANTISTEBAN, Spain PETER SPARKS United Kingdom

IMMATERIAL DAMAGE IN EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW Editor: VERNON VALENTINE PALMER, USA

PUBLISHED BOOKS

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, 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

FORTHCOMING VOLUMES AND COMPLETED PROJECTS

Hans Christoph Grigoleit and Ewoud Hondius (eds.), Unexpected Circumstances in European Contract Law, Cambridge University Press, 2010

The Meeting is funded by  The International University College of Turin  European Commission – Research Project: Joint Network on European Private Law – contract number : 513351 – CIT 3/ Research Topic: Citizens-2002-5.1.3 Towards a European Contract Law (U. Mattei, editor)  Consiglio Nazionale del Notariato

Thanks to:  Dipartimento di Economia “S. Cognetti de Martiis” Università di Torino  Facoltà di Giurisprudenza – Università di Torino  Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato e Agricoltura Torino  Associazione R.B. Schlesinger per lo studio del Diritto Europeo (Trento)  Centro Studi di Diritto Comparato (Trieste)  ISAIDAT – Istituto subalpino per l’analisi e l’insegnamento del diritto delle attività transnazionali (Torino)  International Association of Legal Science. UNESCO

ORGANIZINIG SECRETARIAT

For financial aid/reimbursement For general information International University College of Turin NRG Eventi Emanuela Amsler [email protected] [email protected] tel. +39 0114407007 tel. +39 0118128541 fax. +39 0115633683 fax. +390118396455 Monday-Friday 9.00 a.m.-1.00 p.m. Monday-Friday 9.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.

Please note that the registration must be sent before May 15, 2010