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Annual General Meeting
Emerging Powers and the
World Trading System
Thursday, October 7, 2021
A Dinner and Lecture Event
with
Professor Gregory Shaffer
Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science and
Director of the Center on Globalization, Law and Society (GLAS)
at the University of California, Irvine School of Law.
We are pleased to announce that our Annual General Meeting will be returning in-person to the beautiful Pacific Club! It is the time that the new trustees are introduced and elected. Also, individual members are recognized for exceptional service this past year. We are also delighted to welcome UC Irvine School of Law’s Chancellor Professor, Professor Gregory Shaffer to discuss his forthcoming book, Emerging Powers and the World Trading System: The Past and Future of International Economic Law.
Professor Gregory Shaffer is Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science and Director of the Center on Globalization, Law and Society (GLAS) at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He is President-Elect of the American Society of International Law, and a member of the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law and the Journal of International Economic Law, among others. He received his JD from Stanford Law School, his BA from Dartmouth College, and practiced law with Coudert Brothers and Bredin Prat in Paris. His publications include nine books and over one hundred articles and book chapters. The books include Emerging Powers and the World Trade System: The Past and Future of International Economic Law (CUP, 2021); Transnational Legal Ordering of Criminal Justice (with Aaronson, 2020); Constitution-Making as a Transnational Legal Order (with Ginsburg and Halliday, 2019); Transnational Legal Orders (with Halliday, 2015); Transnational Legal Ordering and State Change (2013); Dispute Settlement at the WTO: The Developing Country Experience (with Melendez-Ortiz, 2011); When Cooperation Fails: The International Law and Politics of Genetically Modified Foods (with Pollack, 2008); Defending Interests: Public-Private Partnerships in WTO Litigation (2003), and Transatlantic Governance in the Global Economy (with Pollack, 2001).
Date:
Thursday, OCTOBER 7th, 2021
Location:
PACIFIC CLUB
4110 MACARTHUR BLVD, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660
Price:
MEMBERS: $85
PREMIUM MEMBER GUESTS: $85
GENERAL MEMBER GUESTS/ NON-MEMBERS: $95
STUDENTS (WITH A VALID STUDENT I.D.): $75
TABLE OF 10: $850 (MEMBER RATE)
