Ever since international economic relations have been established law has been developed to shape them in a satisfactory manner. Conversely, changes in the law have sometimes preceded, and thus fostered, international economic intercourse. The spectacular growth of the international economy over the past decades has called for a more intensive role for the law. This has led to panoply of new legal instruments as well as a resuscitation of the traditional forms. Although there is a substantial amount of legal writings documenting the legal instruments created in different sectors of the economy, efforts to systematize such instruments seem to be largely absent. At the same time the question arises whether the traditional concepts of public and private law jurisdiction are still adequate. The objective of the seminar is twofold. First, we hope to achieve an overview of the legal developments in some selected sectors or areas which display particularly interesting features: international securities and banking, internet, tax, antitrust, maritime and air transport and address the question how the law has coped with globalization. A systematic overview of these developments may enable us to provide input for the second objective, a discussion of the general doctrines of public and private law jurisdiction. To what extent have they been able to accommodate the requirements of a global economy? To what extent have they been adapted and developed for this purpose?

Panelists

• John Barton, Stanford University Law School
  "Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights"
• Boris Kozolchyk, University of Arizona Law School
  "International Contracts"
• Kees van Raad, University of Leiden
  "International Tax Law"
• Andrew Guzman, University of California, Berkeley
  "Securities"
• Piet Jan Slot, University of Leiden/Stanford Law School and European Forum
  "Air and Maritime Transport, Standards, Mutual Acceptance"
• Patrick Wautelet, University of Leuven/Harvard Law School
  "Law on International Private Law/Conflict of Laws"
• Tom Heller, Stanford Law School
  "International Organizations/General Principles"
• Andrew Guzman, University of California, Berkeley
  "General Principles for Choice of Law/Jurisdisction"