Faculty PhD student Soterios Loizou has been awarded the prestigious Colin B. Picker Prize for the most meritorious paper submitted by a graduate student at the recent American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) Young Comparativists Committee (YCC) Fifth Annual Global Conference.
His paper entitled 'Deconstructing Second Parallel Legal Regimes: The Peculiar Case of Applying Foreign Law' forms an integral part of his doctoral research. The paper focuses on conflict-of-laws, international sales law, and comparative law issues, and examines the interplay between second parallel legal regimes and the national rules on the legal treatment of foreign law.
More than 90 students and young academics from all the continents of the world, other than Antarctica, presented their research at this year’s conference. The award was announced on the first day of the conference.
Reacting to the award, Soterios said:
"I would like to stress that nothing would have been achieved without the continuous guidance and mentoring by my doctoral research supervisor, Professor Richard G. Fentiman, and the invaluable support from Hughes Hall".
The ASCL is one of the most prestigious societies for the legal research of Comparative Law. The YCC is the Youth branch of the Society for students and young scholars, who work in the fields of Comparative Law.