Dear Colleagues

We are writing to invite you to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Transnational Law Interest Group, hosted by the Centre for Human Rights, the International Development Law Unit and the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa in the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria. The aim of the interest group is to bring together experts from government, the private sector, law firms, civil society and academia to discuss topical issues pertaining to transnational law.

Transnational law is to be understood in a broad sense, embracing public international law, private international law, international economic law and also comparative law.

The inaugural meeting will take place on 5 October 2010 between 12:00 to 15:00. The meeting will be in the Moot Court of the Faculty of Law of the University of Pretoria, preceded by a light lunch in the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (situated next to the Faculty of Law).

The speaker on this occasion is Prof Barbara Holden-Smith, Vice Dean and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School. She will present a lecture entitled: ‘The African-American Influence on the Jurisprudence of the United Nations Supreme Court’. (A formal invitation is included as attachment).

It is our hope that also colleagues whose direct interests lies in other areas of transnational law will attend. Subsequent to the lecture by Prof Holden-Smith there will be time for exploring the various topical issues that should be discussed within the Transnational Law Interest Group in the months to come.

Please RSVP before 1 October 2010 to confirm your attendance to Juanita Larkin ([email protected]).

For questions pertaining to the activities of the Transnational Law Interest Group, you may contact Daniel Bradlow ([email protected]), Erika de Wet ([email protected]) or ([email protected]).

Sincerely

Daniel Bradlow (for the International Development Law Unit)
Erika de Wet (for the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa)
Frans Viljoen (for the Centre for Human Rights)