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The ICC and the State - Nottingham

November 9, 2007

The Human Rights Law Centre and Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham announce a multi-disciplinary conference: The International Criminal Court and the State, Nov. 9, 2007, Nottingham.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

The ICC and the State - Nottingham, UK

The Human Rights Law Centre and Methods and Data Institute at the University of Nottingham announce a multi-disciplinary conference: The International Criminal Court and the State, Nov. 9, 2007, Nottingham.

The conference will bring together experts from the fields of law, politics and international relations as well as practitioners from the Court, civil society, states and the International Criminal Court Legal Tools Partners.

Thanks: Empirical Legal Studies.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | International Law, Criminal Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

History of Double Taxation - Rust, Austria

July 3, 2008toJuly 5, 2008

The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration has issued a call for papers in connection with its conference on The History of Double Tax Conventions to be held July 3-5, 2008, in Rust, Austria. Researchers interested in wriiting a report about their countries may apply to participate (with a subsidy); applications are due Dec. 15, 2007.

Thanks: Paul Caron, Tax Prof Blog.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: History of Double Taxation - Rust, Austria

December 15, 2007

The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration has issued a call for papers in connection with its conference on The History of Double Tax Conventions to be held July 3-5, 2008, in Rust, Austria. Researchers interested in wriiting a report about their countries may apply to participate (with a subsidy); applications are due Dec. 15, 2007.

Thanks: Paul Caron, Tax Prof Blog.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

History of Double Taxation - Rust, Austria

The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration has issued a call for papers in connection with its conference on The History of Double Tax Conventions to be held July 3-5, 2008, in Rust, Austria. Researchers interested in wriiting a report about their countries may apply to participate (with a subsidy); applications are due Dec. 15, 2007.

Thanks: Paul Caron, http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | Comparative Law, Legal History, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Tax Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Consumer Rights Litigation - Washington, DC

November 8, 2007toNovember 11, 2007

The National Consumer Law Center presents its 16th Annual Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, Nov. 8-11, 2007, Washington, DC.

In addition to the main conference, there will be day-long “intensives” on particular topics:

  • Class Action Symposium;
  • Doing Well While Doing Good;
  • Stopping Foreclosures: Loan Workouts, Servicing Claims, and Bankruptcy Strategies;
  • Fighting Predatory Mortgage Lending through Litigation: An Introduction to the Evolving Marketplace and Legal Theories;
  • Attacking Debt Collectors’ Suits, Repossessions, and Arbitrations.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Consumer Rights Litigation - Washington, DC

The National Consumer Law Center presents its 16th Annual Consumer Rights Litigation Conference, Nov. 8-11, 2007, Washington, DC.

In addition to the main conference, there will be day-long “intensives” on particular topics:

  • Class Action Symposium;
  • Doing Well While Doing Good;
  • Stopping Foreclosures: Loan Workouts, Servicing Claims, and Bankruptcy Strategies;
  • Fighting Predatory Mortgage Lending through Litigation: An Introduction to the Evolving Marketplace and Legal Theories;
  • Attacking Debt Collectors’ Suits, Repossessions, and Arbitrations.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, CONFERENCES, Property Law | no comments

Call for Papers Deadline: Administrative Law - Red Lion

December 15, 2007

The Administrative Law Review (American University Washington College of Law) has announced its 2008 symposium, Does Red Lion Still Roar? Exploring Public Interest Regulation of Media in Commemoration of the Fortieth Anniversary of Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 15, 2007. The symposium will be held in April.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Administrative Law - Red Lion - Washington, DC

The Administrative Law Review (American University Washington College of Law) has announced its 2008 symposium, Does Red Lion Still Roar? Exploring Public Interest Regulation of Media in Commemoration of the Fortieth Anniversary of Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC. The call for papers deadline is Dec. 15, 2007. The symposium will be held in April.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | Administrative Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES | no comments

Reputation Economies in Cyberspace - New Haven

December 8, 2007

The Information Society Project (Yale Law School) presents Symposium on Reputation Economies in Cyberspace, Dec. 8, 2007.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | EVENTS | no comments

Reputation Economies in Cyberspace - New Haven

The Information Society Project (Yale Law School) presents Symposium on Reputation Economies in Cyberspace, Dec. 8, 2007.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | Law and Cyberspace, Law and Economics, Commercial Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

November 5, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

Chicago Law and Philosophy

Scott Anderson (Chicago Law)

Columbia Law and Economics

Daniel E. Ho (Stanford Law), Congressional Agency Control: The Impact of Statutory Partisan Requirements on Regulation

Duke International and Comparative Law

Honorable Diane Wood (7th Circuit Fed. Ct. of Appeals), The Role of International Law in Federal Courts

Hofstra

Zachary Kramer (Arkansas Law), Heterosexuality and Title VII

Michigan International Law

Joanne Mariner (Human Rights Watch), The CIA’s Detention, Interrogation and Rendition Program

Missouri

Jennifer Brown (Quinnipiac Law), Peacemaking in the Culture War Between Gay Rights and Religious Liberty

Queen’s Law

Christina Rodriguez (NYU Law), Immigration and Inevitability

Seton Hall

Bernard Freamon (Seton Hall Law), Ancient Slavery and Modern Trafficking: Connections and Disconnections

Temple

Anthony E. Varona (American Law), Retheorizing the Internet

Texas Human Rights

Vasuki Nesiah (International Center for Transitional Justice), Delimiting Accountability: Writing History out of Justice

Toledo

Justice Jack Jacobs (Delaware Supreme Court), The Responsibilities of Directors in the New Millennium

UC Berkeley Law, Businss and the Economy

Dana Welch (Welch ADR), Ethics and the Business Lawyer

UCLA Faculty Mondays

Gary Blasi (UCLA Law), The Assault on Skid Row: Low Roads and High Roads to Reducing Chronic Homelessness

Vanderbilt

Eric Talley (UC Berkeley)

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | Law and Sexuality, National Security Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Government Law, Immigration Law, Law and Race, Law and Religion, International Law, Business Law, Administrative Law, Legal History, Law and Economics, Uncategorized | no comments

November 7, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

November 7, 2007

Chicago-Kent

Randall W. Roth (Hawaii Law), The Lawyer as Whistleblower: Lessons from the Bishop Estate Controversy

Chicago-Kent Legal History

Nathan Oman (William & Mary Law), Preaching in the Courthouse and Judging in the Temple

Connecticut

Bethany Berger (UConn Law), Red: Uses of American Indian Race

Duke International and Comparative Law

Jean-Marie Henckaerts (Legal Advisor to the International Red Cross), The IRC Report on International Humanitarian Law and Its Critics

Emory

Jonathan Klick (Florida State Law), Cheap Donuts and Expensive Broccoli: The Effect of Relative Prices on Obesity

NYU Legal History

Sophia Lee (NYU Law, Samuel I. Golieb Fellow), “Race, Sex and Rulemaking, 1964-1977: Revising Equal Protection History, Recovering Administrative Constitutionalism” and “Almost Revolutionary: Administrative Constitutionalism, Labor Politics, and Workplace Civil Rights, 1935-1978″

Oregon Environmental and Natural Resources Law

Steven Kevan (Oregon Physics) and Greg Bothun (Oregon Physics), Physicists on Renewable Energy

Vanderbilt

Robert Ahdieh (Emory Law)

Washington

Steve Calandrillo (Washington Law), Time Well Spent: An Economic Analysis of Daylight Saving Time Legislation

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on November 5th, 2007 | Law and Religion, Legal Ethics, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Law and Science, EVENTS, Labor and Employment Law, Law and Economics, Environmental Law, International Law, Indian Law, Legal History, Uncategorized | no comments

November 5, 2007 Colloquia/Workshops

November 5, 2007

Chicago Law and Philosophy

Scott Anderson (Chicago Law)

Columbia Law and Economics

Daniel E. Ho (Stanford Law), Congressional Agency Control: The Impact of Statutory Partisan Requirements on Regulation

Duke International and Comparative Law

Honorable Diane Wood (7th Circuit Fed. Ct. of Appeals), The Role of International Law in Federal Courts

Hofstra

Zachary Kramer (Arkansas Law), Heterosexuality and Title VII

Michigan International Law

Joanne Mariner (Human Rights Watch), The CIA’s Detention, Interrogation and Rendition Program

Missouri

Jennifer Brown (Quinnipiac Law), Peacemaking in the Culture War Between Gay Rights and Religious Liberty

Queen’s Law

Christina Rodriguez (NYU Law), Immigration and Inevitability

Seton Hall

Bernard Freamon (Seton Hall Law), Ancient Slavery and Modern Trafficking: Connections and Disconnections

Temple

Anthony E. Varona (American Law), Retheorizing the Internet

Texas Human Rights

Vasuki Nesiah (International Center for Transitional Justice), Delimiting Accountability: Writing History out of Justice

Toledo

Justice Jack Jacobs (Delaware Supreme Court), The Responsibilities of Directors in the New Millennium

UC Berkeley Law, Businss and the Economy

Dana Welch (Welch ADR), Ethics and the Business Lawyer

UCLA Faculty Mondays

Gary Blasi (UCLA Law), The Assault on Skid Row: Low Roads and High Roads to Reducing Chronic Homelessness

Vanderbilt

Eric Talley (UC Berkeley)

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on November 4th, 2007 | Law and Sexuality, National Security Law, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Government Law, Immigration Law, EVENTS, Law and Race, Law and Religion, International Law, Business Law, Legal History, Law and Economics, Legal Ethics, Uncategorized | no comments