The Workshop on "Macao at the Crossroads of Different Legal Systems", being part of the 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, will take place from 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on July 13th and from 9:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on July 14th, in the Macao Cultural Center, located at Avenida Xian Xing Hai, NAPE. It is jointly organized by the Institute of European Studies of Macau and by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau. Under the motto "Macao at the Crossroads of Different Legal Systems", this workshop aims at providing a platform that brings together different leading comparative law scholars, experts and legal professionals from the region to share their professional legal knowledge on this important contemporary legal theme. This event will focus on the following topics: I) Differences and Similarities: the Civil and Common Legal Systems in a Comparative Perspective; II) Overcoming the Dichotomy I: Hybrid Legal Systems; III) Overcoming the Dichotomy II: Europeanisation of Public and Private Law; IV) Economic Analysis of Law. The workshop will feature three round table exchange sessions / discussions as well as experts coming from Macau, Italy, USA, Japan and Portugal. This initiative will be conducted in English and has about 30 participants enrolled. The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, which incorporates this workshop, has as its main objective the "Consolidation of the Macao Legal System" and will take place until December 2012. The execution of this Programme is organised by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau, with the participation of several other MSAR's entities and public departments, namely, the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Economic Services, the Financial Services Bureau and the Institute of European Studies of Macao.
