Remarks by K.D. Kerameus
The International Academy of Comparative Law is very pleased to participate in, and to cosponsor, this Comparative Law Congress. Since its establishment in 1924, the Academy has been dealing with comparative law exclusively and has taken the initiative in, and responsibility of, organizing fifteen quadrennial world congresses. The last one was held in 1998 in Bristol, United Kingdom; the next one will be at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, in the year 2002. We are glad to cooperate with the International Association of Legal Science, whose president, our distinguished colleague and friend Xavier Blanc-Jouvan, is also the treasurer of the Academy. One of the most active sections within the Academy is the Common Law Section, and therefore we rejoice at our collaboration of long standing with the American Society of Comparative Law, which combines, every four years, its annual meeting with our congress. Last but not least, tonight we have the privilege of being at one of the most important centers of comparative law in the world. I would like to cordially thank Dean Edward Sherman and Professor A.N. Yiannopoulos, Director of the Eason-Weinmann Center of Comparative Law, and their able staff for their unrelenting and successful efforts in setting up this major event. On a personal note, I must not omit the pleasant duty of thanking the Tulane University Law School for its cooperation for over twenty years and for the warm hospitality that has been granted to me and my family on several occasions in the past. I am happy and moved to be here again and to meet colleagues and friends whom I first came across so many years ago.
About the Author
K.D. Kerameus. Professor of Law, University of Athens; President, International Academy of Comparative Law.
Citation
75 Tul. L. Rev. 865 (2001)