AALS Torts and Compensation Section’s “Foreign Tort Law: Beyond Europe”

Ellen Bublick (Arizona) has announced the Torts and Compensation Section’s panel presentation for the 2009 AALS Annual Meeting in San Diego.  The panel will be held on Friday, January 9th at 10:30 a.m.  A list of presenters is here.  A description of the program:

Injury is a universal problem. In recent years, U.S. Tort law scholars have learned much about European Tort law. This panel, which includes Tort scholars from Canada, Ghana, Israel, Japan, Singapore, and the United States, explores foreign Tort law outside Europe. Papers, which will be published in the ARIZONA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW, address situations in which tort law not only reflects shared cultural norms but also plays an important role in mediating cultural tensions. Several papers also focus on the importance of redressing dignitary and emotional harms in foreign jurisdictions.

–CJR