The Symposium
This one-day symposium will focus on the laws that support Italy’s most valued and globally exported products. The “Made in Italy” branding depends on a complex legal regime permeating all aspects of development, production, and global export. It also stands behind representations of excellence and quality. Speakers will address a variety of “Made in Italy” products and the formal and informal rules that define, support and – in some cases -- undermine them. The labor relations behind olive oil production, the geographic indicators that signal unique wine flavors and tastes, the property regime that enables certain types of agricultural production, secured lending laws tailored to cheese and prosciutto production, the regulation of grains in the making of quality pasta, and a few others. The symposium at the FIU College of Law is scheduled on February 21, 2020, during the week of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival. The papers presented will be subsequently published in the FIU Law Review in a special symposium edition.
Sponsors
Thank you to our sponsors.
Sponsorship Opportunities and Donations
To sponsor the Made in Italy Symposium, please contact Professor Jorge Esquirol at esquirol@fiu.edu.
For donations to FIU Law Review or the Made in Italy Symposium, please contact Jasmin Grant at jagrant@fiu.edu.
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| Friday, February 21st | ||
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| 8:00 AM |
Atrium, FIU College of Law 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
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| 9:00 AM |
Large Courtroom, FIU College of Law 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Jorge Esquirol, Professor, Florida International University College of Law Antony Page, Dean, Florida International University College of Law |
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| 9:15 AM |
Panel 1: Italian Coffee & Healthy Foods Large Courtroom, FIU College of Law 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM Contract Law in the Agri-Food Chain The Legal Architecture of Coffee Tradition, Authenticity and Provenance in European Food Governance and Beyond |
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| 10:30 AM |
Atrium, FIU College of Law 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
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| 11:00 AM |
Panel 2: Pasta and Tomato Sauce Large Courtroom, FIU College of Law 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM The Magic of Pasta al Dente: The Italian Struggle over Durum Wheat before the European Court of Justice Gangmastering and the Italian “Passata”: The Legal Construction of Cheap Labor Behind the Globalized Italian Tomato Tomaso Ferrando, University of Bristol Law School, UK & University of Antwerp, Belgium Safe and Healthy: How EU Food Law Has Disrupted an Imaginary |
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| 12:30 PM |
Atrium, FIU College of Law 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM |
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| 2:00 PM |
Panel 3: Architecture, Fashion and Design Large Courtroom, FIU College of Law 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM Italian Style: on Law, Architecture and Design “Made in Italy” Fashion Made in Italy: Tradition, Protection and a Look into a Sustainable Future Culturally Identifiable Fashion: what role for GI’s? |
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| 3:45 PM |
Atrium, FIU College of Law 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM |
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| 4:15 PM |
Large Courtroom, FIU College of Law 4:15 PM - 5:30 PM Securing Credit for Made in Italy Products: The Case of Prosciutto, Cheese and Grappa Mozzarella di Bufala: The Legal Construction of an Iconic Cheese Like Oil Floating on Water: EU Law and the “Great Tree Massacre” of Puglia’s Olive Groves |
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| 5:30 PM |
Atrium, FIU College of Law 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM |
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