Professor Bird Speaks at Top Global Legal Research Center
UConn Today – Business law professor Robert Bird gave two lectures last month at the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany.
The Institute is a top global center for foundational comparative legal research and is renowned for its academic rigor and expert policy advising.
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