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 MAURO BUSSANI 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 California, Hastings, USA University of Turin, Italy 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 .