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David A. Westbrook
Professor of Law
Floyd H. & Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar
State University of New York
In a place of mixed and sometimes
conflicting allegiances, the Alan Watson Foundation works to deepen our
abilities to understand others through their laws. The importance of this work is not only
a matter of the knowledge or even wisdom thereby acquired. The puzzles in comparative law (which
reveal themselves as the mysteries of law itself) form an ideal
conceptual terrain for civilized conversations -- there is always more to
say, and so talks may be continued.
I, and no doubt many others worldwide who care about such
discourses, who care that conversations go forward, applaud the
Foundation for the invitations, for its energy and enthusiasm, and for
being such good scholars, interlocutors, and hosts.
Paul du Plessis
Lecturer in Law
University of Edinburgh
The Alan Watson Foundation is a
fitting tribute to one of the most influential legal scholars of this
generation. A gifted Romanist, legal historian and comparative lawyer,
Alan Watson has shown with his impressive body of scholarship the extent
to which modern law is indebted towards legal history. It is good to see
that his legacy lives on through this centre.
European Network on Law and Society
Prof.
André-Jean Arnaud
President
Congratulations to Prof. Alan
Watson!
Should you want the news from
your Foundation to be sent to the Colleagues affiliated to our European
Network on Law and Society (RED&S), please mail your news to us.
All the best,
Prof. Dr. André-Jean Arnaud,
President
Prof. Jan M. Smits
Chair
of European Private Law
Tilburg
University School of Law
…May I congratulate you
on this wonderful website? It is a well-deserved token of appreciation
for my friend Alan, who is beyond doubt one of our best comparative
lawyers and legal historians…
Best regards,
Jan Smits
University of Ghent School of Law
Legal History Newsletter – June 2007
De Alan Watson Foundation, een
vzw van de Universiteit van Belgrado, meldt dat zij een nieuwe rubriek
“online publications” heeft op haar website, met teksten over
rechtsvergelijking en rechtgeschiedenis. Mensen die dit wensen, kunnen
hier hun artikels op laten plaatsen. Het feit dat een artikel op deze
website verschijnt, verhindert niet dat de artikels nog elders
gepubliceerd kunnen worden.
Marko Petrak
Professor of
Roman Law
University
of Zagreb
…I took a look at the
website. Congratulations, it looks admirably! It is now in my favorites.
I am especially pleased that you managed to gather around such young and
promising people (Ana and Viktor) for this project…
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