American Society of Comparative Law

American Society of Comparative Law
Formation1951
TypeLegal Society
Headquartersrotating
Location
  • United States
Websiteascl.org

The American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL), formerly the American Association for the Comparative Study of Law, is a learned society dedicated to the study of comparative law, foreign law, and private international law.[1] It was founded in 1951, and was admitted to American Council of Learned Societies in 1995.[2] The ASCL is incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.[citation needed]

The ASCL publishes the American Journal of Comparative Law on a quarterly basis. It was established at the University of Michigan Law School[3] in 1952, where ASCL Vice President and first Editor-in-Chief Hessel E. Yntema was a professor. Yntema served as Editor-in-Chief until his death in 1966. The journal moved from Michigan to the University of California, Berkeley, in 1971,[4] but returned in 2003.

  1. ^ "Welcome to the American Journal of Comparative Law". The American Journal of Comparative Law. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  2. ^ "American Society of Comparative Law". American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  3. ^ "American Society of Comparative Law". American Council of Learned Societies. Retrieved 2013-11-25.
  4. ^ "Welcome to the American Journal of Comparative Law". The American Journal of Comparative Law. Retrieved 2013-11-25.[permanent dead link]