AN INCLUSIVE COMPARISON

between ‘legal intersections’ and social changes

Day seminar
Sala Rossa,Villa Ruspoli
Tuesday 6-12-2022 Piazza dell’Indipendenza, 9
Morning Roundtable 9.30-13.00 Firenze

Afternoon Workshop 15:00-18:00 Roundtable - 9.30-13.30

Workshop – 15.00 – 18:30

An inclusive comparison between ‘legal in’ and social

changes

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Morning Roundtable: Which Law for Which Justice?

Erasmus and Italian Students enrolled in the course of Private Comparative Law - held at the
School of Law of the University of Florence (UNIFI) - are invited to take part in the final debate
devoted to topics analysed by the participants in the comparative roundtable. Their papers will
focus on various issues, all belonging to the legal fields (i.e., contract and tort law) examined
during classes.
The detailed programme is written out in full at pag. 3 and can be downloaded directly from the
official website of the Department of Legal Studies (DSG) at the following
link:_______________________
The event is sponsored by the DSG and REDCompara:

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Afternoon Workshop

Session 1 - Private and Public International Law: Intersections with Private Law
and Civil Justice

Session 2 - The Scope of Personal Freedom in Contemporary Times: Private

Choices and Constitutional Values
Students enrolled in the Private law and Comparative law curriculum of the PhD School are
invited to participate in the debate with Italian and foreign experts whose papers will deal with
various topics while adopting a comparative standpoint. The detailed programme is written out
in full at pag. 4 and can be downloaded directly from the official website of the DSG at the
following link:_______________________The event is sponsored by the Innocenti Institute and
funded by the Teaching Exchange Erasmus+ Programme.

Scientific Secretary and Information: https://www.unifi.it/cercachi-per-4312.html

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Morning Roundtable - Which Law for Which Justice?

9:30 Welcome - Lucia Re, Associate Professor, Delegate for international relations of the
Department of Legal Sciences, University of Florence
9:40 Chair – Elena Urso, Associate Professor, University of Florence
9:50 Papers delivered in presence
Alfonso De Julios Campuzano, Full Professor, University of Sevilla
Fernando Rister De Sousa Lima, Full Professor, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Carmen Azcarraga Monzonís, Associate Professor, University of Valencia
Elena Falletti, LIUCC, Aggragate Professor, Castellanza
Galileo Guidi, Medical Doctor, Pistoia
11.40éOnline Participants’ Speeches – Part 1
Danuta Mendelson, Emeritus Professor, Deakin University, Melbourne
Jose Miola, Full Professor, University of Leeds
Tracey Elliott, Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester
Sonia Morano-Foadi, Full Professor, Oxford Brooks
Fabiana Ciccarella, PhD Student, Oxford Brooks
Matthew Dyson, Full Professor, Oxford University
12:30 Break
12:35 Online Participants’ Speeches – Part 2
Susana Ruiz Tarrias, Associate Professor, Granada
Renata Vieira Maia, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Isabel Martínez Salvador, Post-Doc Research Fellow, Almería
Pablo Quinzá Redondo, Post-Doc Research Fellow, Valencia
Jané Manso Lache, PhD Student, Camerino-Valencia
13:15 Debate

Participation in the debate is free. Students’ questions and observations are welcome.

Scientific Secretary and Information: https://www.unifi.it/cercachi-per-4312.html

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Afternoon Workshop
15:00 Welcome - Maria Paola Monaco, Associate Professor, University of Florence –
Delegate of the Rector for Inclusion and Diversity
15:15 Afternoon Session Chair - Raffaella Pregliasco, ‘Innocenti Institute’, Florence –
Researcher, Responsible for International Activities, Strategic and European Projects
15:30 – Session 1 Private and Public International Law: Intersections with Private Law
and Civil Justice
Carlos Esplugues Mota, Full Professor, University of Valencia – ADR in Cross-border Civil
Disputes
Nicolò Trocker, Full Professor, University of Florence – The US Supreme Court and
Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy: A Page of American Litigation Culture
Carmen Azcarraga Monzonis, Associate Professor, University of Valencia – Practical
Problems in Facing Trans-border Disputes: The Importance of Education and Training of
Mediators
17:15 – Session 2 The Scope of Personal Freedom in Contemporary Times: Private
Choices and Constitutional Values
Giancarlo Rolla, Full Professor, University of Genoa– Rights Protection between Judicial
Solutions and Legislative Choices: The Contraposition between Originalist and Evolutive
Interpretation of the US Constitution in Light of the US Supreme Court’s Recent Trends
Sibilla Buletsa, Full Professor, Head of the Department of Private Law and Civil Procedure,
Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine – Comparing Trends in Surrogate Motherhood
Regulation: A Glance at the Experience in Eastern European Countries
Chiara Sartoris, Post-Doc Research Fellow, University of Florence - Pre-nuptial
Agreements from a Comparative Perspective
Luca Giacomelli, Researcher, ‘Innocenti Institute’, Personal Identity and Equality Rights:
New Challenges
18:00 Conclusion and Coordination of the Final Debate - Elena Urso, Associate Professor,
University of Florence, Societal Changes vis-à-vis the Judiciary and the Legislator:
Reflections on the ‘Family Name’

Participation in the debate is free. PhD students’ questions and observations are welcome.

Scientific Secretary and Information: https://www.unifi.it/cercachi-per-4312.html