Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, Justice on the Supreme Court of Israel, delivers the Annual Bernstein Lecture in Comparative Law titled "Battles of Reproductive Technologies: Comparative Tales." The lecture addresses landmark cases on controversies in the area of IVF law, using examples and models from several jurisdictions, thus exploring the potential contribution of comparative analysis to this area of law.

Professor Donald L. Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science Emeritus at Duke University, delivers the Annual Bernstein Lecture in Comparative Law titled "Federalism for Severely Divided Societies: Possibilities and Pathologies." The lecture was co-sponsored by Duke's Center for International & Comparative Law.

Professor Nicola Lacey, of All Souls College at Oxford University, presents the 2013 Annual Bernstein Lecture titled "Comparative Criminal Justice: An Institutional Approach."

September 8, 2011 - South African Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron speaks on Constitutionalism, Rights, and International Law: The Glenister Decision. (Annual Bernstein Lecture 2011)

Legal scholar and author, Bernhard Schlink, will present the Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International and Comparative Law. Professor Schlink is both a respected legal scholar and the acclaimed author of a number of popular works of fiction, including the novel The Reader. His lecture will focus on proportionality in German and American constitutional law.

Recorded on April 05, 2011.

Full title: Proportionality in Constitutional Law: Why Everywhere but Here?.

Series: Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law 10th.

The lecture addresses three claims: governance through law is a universal and global activity and therefore its application cannot be confined to a specific jurisdiction; institutional activities of legislating and deciding cases are part of a conversation that extends beyond jurisdictional boundaries; and arguments based on foreign experience have only a limited persuasive status in national legal reasoning and therefore require discussion at a general rather than specific level.

Recorded on February 23, 2010.

William Twining, the Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus, University College of London, and a regular visiting professor at the University of Miami Law School, presents the annual Bernstein Lecture titled "Normative and Legal Pluralism: A Global Perspective." Introductions by Dean Levi and Ralf Michaels. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law.

Recorded on April 07, 2009.

Series: Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law 7th.

Recorded on November 13, 2007.

Full title: Desperately Seeking Subsidiarity: Danish Private Law in Scandinavian, European & Global Context.

Series: Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law 6th.

Appearing: Paul Haagen, introductions ; Joseph Lookofsky (Copenhagen University), speaker.

Professor Zhu Suli, dean of Peking University School of Law, discusses political parties and the judicial system in China for the fifth annual Herbert L. Bernstein Lecture in International and Comparative Law

Recorded on November 02, 2006.

Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law.

Appearing: Jonathan Ocko, introductions ; Zhu Suli, speaker.

Richard M. Buxbaum, Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at the School of Law at University of California, Berkeley presents "Comparative Law as a Bridge Between the Nation State and the Global Economy" for the fourth annual Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture. Buxbaum is an expert in the fields of corporation law and comparative and international economic law, and since 1987 has been editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Comparative Law.

Recorded on September 28, 2004.

Full title: Constitutions for the 21st Century: Emerging Patterns--The European Union, Iraq, Afghanistan.

Series: Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law 3rd.

Appearing: Katharine T. Bartlett, welcome ; Donald Horowitz (Duke Law School), introductions ; Chibli Mallat (Universite Saint-Joseph), speaker.

Remarks on developments in private international law, the study of comparative law, and European law, relate to the process of harmonization and European integration.

Recorded on September 16, 2003.

Full title: The Challenges of Europeanization in the Realm of Private Law: A Plea for a New Legal Discipline.

Series: Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law 2nd.

Appearing: Dean Katharine Bartlett, introductions ; Dr. Christian Joerges (European University Institute, Law Faculty, Florence, Italy), speaker.

Recorded on September 10, 2002.

Full title: Civil Justice Systems in Europe & the United States the Inaugural Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture.

Series: Herbert L. Bernstein Memorial Lecture in International & Comparative Law 1st.

Appearing: Speaker: Professor Dr. Hein D. Kötz, Dean, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg, Germany.

Justice Baer of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany discusses "Adjudicating Inequalities: Some Observations from the Bench," sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law.