BRICS! Launching the LZU/IUC/PLRC Forum on BRICS Law

June 28, 2025

On June 28, 2025, a Forum will be launched to discuss political economy of law issues of interest within the BRICS+ area. Together with it, the IUC will hold its first Alumni & Friends Reunion.

The event will take place in the Salone d'Onore of CRT Foundation in Turin.

This will be the first of a series of annual meetings. The 2026 Forum will be held at Lanzhou University, Gansu, China.

Each BRICS country’s legal system will be surveyed in context in a comparative political economy of law perspective, from different viewpoints:

The recent political evolution of each country, including a presentation of the main political figures or parties determining policy.

The legal system of each country with special focus on the sources of law, and the different institutional players with special focus on the ratio of power among them.

The international-law commitments of each country, including the main organizations - like IMF or WB - in which a country takes part.

The foreign debt or credit of the country, including the composition of its GDP.

At the Forum, Roberto Mangabeira Unger (Harvard), who was Brazilian Minister of Strategic Affairs under the first Lula Government, will receive an Honorary IUC Professorship, addressing the assembly with his Lectio Magistralis on "What's next in the political economy of BRICS+ law".

The Forum is a joint initiative of Lanzhou University, the International University College of Turin, and the Private Law Research Center under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alexeev.