Location: Center for Transnational Legal Studies
Date: May 21, 2026
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Transnational Law in Peril:
Responding to Threats to the Rule of Law and Legal Norms

We are pleased to announce the program for the CTLS Global Conference 2026, taking place in London this May. The conference will be followed by a keynote lecture by Professor David Feldman, entitled ‘Sovereignties and Clashing Goods in Transnational Legal Orders’. The lecture will be followed by an alumni reception.

Please let us know if you can join us by registering at the following links:
Register here to attend the CTLS Global Conference 2026.
Register here to attend the keynote lecture with Professor David Feldman.

Program

9:15 a.m. Arrival

9:30 a.m. Welcome

  • Co-directors, Jennifer Hillman (Georgetown Law) and Christian Hofmann (National University of Singapore)

9:45-11:00 a.m. Panel 1: The Rule of Law

  • Roger Boada Queralt (University of Barcelona) “Territorial Representation and Institutional Moderation: Second Chambers in the Logic of Consensus Democracy in Contemporary Europe”
  • Antonios Kouroutakis (IE Law School) “The Mutual Constitution of Rule of Law and Rotation of Power in Democratic Systems”
  • Serena Quattrocolo (University of Torino) “A New Rule of Law for the XXI st century?”
  • Eva Maria Belser (University of Fribourg) “The Decline of Law and What Lawyers Have to Do with It”
  • Moderator: Jennifer Hillman (Georgetown Law)

11:00-11:30 a.m. Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 p.m. Panel 2: International Economic Law and Rule of Law

  • Lorenza Mola (University of Torino) “Rethinking the Very Notion of International Cooperation? Challenges Arising from the Emergence of Private Actors in the Space Sector”
  • Luca Rubini (University of Milan) “The Rise and Fall of MFN: Undermining the Rule of Law in the World Trading System?”
  • Sonsoles Arias Guedón (IE Law School) “Authoritarian Constitutionalism from a Federal Perspective: Do Subnational Authorities Provide Constitutional Constraints on Authoritarianism? A Comparative Study of India, Mexico, and Brazil”
  • Moderator: Christian Hofmann (National University of Singapore)

12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30-2:30 p.m. Panel 3: Human Rights/Harmonization

  • Olivier Baillet (ESADE Law School) “The Direct Judicial Enforceability of the Values of the EU and the Rule of Law: Breaching the Rule of Law in Order to Better Protect It?”
  • Rafael Diniz-Pucci (Universidade de São Paulo) “Environmental Racism and Technology Within the Neo-Authoritarian Wave”
  • Christian Armbrüster (Free University of Berlin) “The Brussels Effect and New Challenges to the Pursuit of Common Goods”
  • Moderator: Hubert Stöckli (University of Fribourg)

2:30-3:00 p.m. Coffee Break

3:00-4:00 p.m.- Panel 4: AI and Technology

  • Madhavi Sunder (Georgetown Law) “About Face: Deepfakes and the Misuse of Copyright”
  • Ernest Lim (National University of Singapore) “Same Words, Different Worlds: The Illusion of Shared Judicial AI Principles”
  • Luh Luh Lan (National University of Singapore) “AI Governance and Corporate Law: A Comparative Analysis of Directors’ Duties and Investor Protection in the EU, South Korea, and Singapore”
  • Moderator: Steve Albrecht (General Counsel, Digital Business Services; HSBC; Chair, AI Review Committee at HSBC)

4:00-4:15 p.m. Closing Remarks

  • Co-directors, Jennifer Hillman (Georgetown Law) and Christian Hofmann (National University of Singapore)

Professor David Feldman

5:30-6:30 p.m. Keynote Event

The Bingham Room, The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn
10 South Square, London WC1R 5EU

Sovereignties and Clashing Goods in Transnational Legal Orders

A lecture by Professor David Feldman (Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, University of Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Law, University of Manchester)

6:30-7:00 p.m. Reception

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