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Welcome to the Institute of European and Comparative Law

About the Institute

IECL

 

The IECL is one of the Research Centres of the Oxford Law Faculty. It was established in 1995 as the Centre for the Advanced Study of European and Comparative Law. Today it is one of the leading research institutions of its kind in the English-speaking world.

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IECL Exchange Programme

The IECL Exchange Programme offers annual opportunities for Faculty postholders and PGRs to visit leading partner institutions across Europe.

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Keep the great environment that the IECL offers. It is a paradise for research and academic life!

  Agustin Parise, Academic Visitor 2024

Undergraduate Programmes related to IECL

BA in Law with Law Studies in Europe

Diploma in Legal Studies

Discussion Groups Linked to the Institute

Six of the Faculty's discussion groups are convened under the Institute's auspices and meet regularly.

Institute of European and Comparative Law Lunchtime Seminar Series

EU Law Discussion Group

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Competition Law and Policy Discussion Group

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Post-Brexit Data Protection Lawsuit at the 2026 Oxford Comparative Moot in German Law

22 May 2026
Johannes Ungerer
Erich Brost Senior Departmental Research Lecturer in German Law, European and International Private Law

Report of the Oxford conference on “Assimilated law – the role and future of retained EU law in the UK”

28 April 2026
Anne Davies
Professor of Law and Public Policy
Johannes Ungerer
Erich Brost Senior Departmental Research Lecturer in German Law, European and International Private Law

Paper on EU/US corporate social responsibility by Professor Luca Enriques wins ECGI prize

15 April 2026
Luca Enriques
IECL Visiting Research Fellow

Upcoming Events

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2026

Conference on Comparative Regional Law

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09:30 - 14:00

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St Hugh's College

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Iyiola Solanke, Ngoc Son Bui

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Jeremias Adams-Prassl

Professor of Law

Dorota Leczykiewicz

Associate Professor of Law

Johannes Ungerer

Erich Brost Senior Departmental Research Lecturer in German Law, European and International Private Law

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