Cape Town Convention Academic Project – 1st Conference
The Cube, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford: 5–6 September 2012
The Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment (the CTC) is one of the world’s most important commercial law treaties, which has secured over 50 ratifications in relatively short period of time. The Convention and its protocols provides for an international interest, registered in a central international registry, in aircraft, railway rolling stock and space assets. The CTC is not only worthy of study in its own right, but raises many issues of more general interest, such as the use of private law conventions in transnational law, and the process by which such conventions are developed and agreed.
This conference is the first annual conference of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, which is described briefly below. The conference will include papers given by leading experts on particular aspects of the CTC, such as its effect on the law and practice on electronic commerce, its effect on the Blue Sky case and on interim relief and insolvency. There will also be discussion of the use of the CTC in the teaching of international and transnational law, as well as discussion of economic assessment of CTC and international commercial law generally. It will be of interest both to academics and to practising lawyers.
The conference will take place in the Faculty of Law, Oxford University on 5th and 6th September. There will be a conference dinner at Harris Manchester College, Oxford on 5th September, at which the speaker will be Professor Sir Roy Goode. Ensuite overnight accommodation will be provided in the Jowett Walk building, Balliol College. Unfortunately, there is no reimbursement of travel expenses.
There is a registration fee of £60. There is a limited number of places, so early registration is recommended.
For further information and details about the conference you can contact Jean-Luc Jucker [jean-luc.jucker@anthro.ox.ac.uk]
The Cape Town Convention Academic Project is a joint undertaking between the University of Oxford Faculty of Law and the University of Washington School of Law. Aspects of the Project are also being undertaken under the auspices of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). The Project’s purpose is to facilitate the study and assessment of the CTC and to advance its aims. The Project will benefit scholars, practising lawyers, and judges and other government officials. The Project’s founding sponsor is the Aviation Working Group. It is comprised of several segments, including the creation of a comprehensive electronic data base, a specialised journal, the creation of teaching materials, and economic assessment. More information on this project
