ABOUT THE BACL (formerly the UKNCCL)

The function of the British Association of Comparative law (formerly the UK National Committee for Comparative Law) is to coordinate and encourage comparative legal research and teaching throughout the UK. Its membership is drawn from many of the UK’s Law Schools.

PLEASE REFER TO ITS OWN WIKI PAGES FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF COMPARATIVE LAW.

The BACL regularly hosts or co-hosts workshops for postgraduate students to encourage the use of comparative law in research. 

The BACL holds an annual symposium on a comparative law theme, usually at the time of the Society of Legal Scholars annual conference. The 2010 symposium will be held on 13 September during the Society of Legal Scholars conference at Southampton University. The subject will be Human Rights and Comparative Law (see provisional programme).

The BACL is affiliated with the Académie internationale de droit comparé/International Academy of Comparative Law and coordinates UK representation at the international congresses which the Academy hosts every four years. The most recent international congress took place in Washington, USA, in July 2010, hosted by the American University Washington College of Law, the George Washington University Law School, and Georgetown University Law Center. Texts of the UK contributions are available on these webpages.

For a collection of the reports submitted by UK reporters at the 2006 International Congress in Utrecht, see the Electronic Journal of Comparative Law, Vol 10(3) for 2006.