China Law and the IDLO

Via China Law Blog we refer to an international lawyers development course at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO).

China Law Blog's Steve Dickinson will be lecturing in Rome, Italy in English on May 18-19, 2006 "on international contract law, with an emphasis on China". Read here for more.

Given the rising importance of Chinese international trade, this looks like a course of importance for decision-makers and attorneys involved in business with China, if you can make it to Rome in May.

Note: This is not a paid or sponsored ad, but is simply our passing along of information which we consider potentially useful to some of our readers.

Crossposted to LawPundit.

Comparative Law Blog and China Blog

Jacco Bomhoff, a junior research-fellow at Leiden University Faculty of Law in the Netherlands, has a Comparative Law Blog on "comparative law and judicial decision making" which has a large amount of material on international law as well as EU law.

We extend a hat tip here for his reference to the China Law Blog by Dan Harris, Steve Dickinson of Harris & Moure.

Crossposted to LawPundit.

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Training to obtain EU Funding and work with EU Institutions

WelcomeEurope.com offers pay-for-use "training sessions on how to get EU funding and work with European institutions".

(Hat tip to EUObserver.com)

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EU Law and Google Book Search

Paul Ganley of Baker & McKenzie LLP has a 39-page January 13, 2006 article in .pdf form entitled "Google Book Search: Fair Use, Fair Dealing and the Case for Intermediary Copying". See the Abstract at the Social Science Research Network which also has links to download sites for the article.

The article contains an analysis of US, UK and EU law.
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EU Commission Plans to Improve EU Communication with EU citizens

We commented recenty that there was an urgent need to install more modern PR measures to sell the EU to the public.

Lucia Kubosova at the EU Observer reports that "Brussels plans to boost EU press coverage". She writes:

"The European Commission is set to float the idea of an EU press agency and code of conduct for the bloc's institutions and journalists, aimed at boosting communication channels to and from citizens."

A "white paper on communication" will be released by the EU Commision on this subject today.