The Charleston Law Review, the flagship law review of the Charleston School of Law, invites submissions for its Supreme Court Preview issue. We welcome an article or essay addressing a case before the Court in its October 2009 Term, or in the alternative, addressing an aspect of the Court itself such as recent voting trends, case load, an analysis of a particular Justice, or any other topic related to the Supreme Court.
Last year, our Supreme Court Preview included a diverse spectrum of works ranging from articles that examined cases argued in the Court’s October 2008 Term to articles that analyzed current voting trends among the Court. For example, in Crime Labs and Prison Guards: A Comment on Melendez-Diaz and Its Potential Impact on Capital Sentencing Proceedings, John Blume and Emily Paavola argued that the Court’s decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts could resolve conflicting authority on what constitutes testimonial hearsay under Crawford v. Washington and could have a dramatic impact on the criminal justice system, particularly capital sentencing proceedings. Alternatively, in The Roberts Court and Criminal Justice at the Dawn of the 2008 Term, Professors Christopher E. Smith, Michael A. McCall, and Madhavi M. McCall introduced empirical decision-making patterns from the initial three terms of the Roberts Court in an attempt to ascertain how the Court would likely determine three Fourth Amendment cases in the Court’s October 2008 Term.
The Supreme Court Preview is published to coincide with the opening of the October Term 2009, and we therefore ask that work be submitted no later than August 1, 2009. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning July 1, 2009. Please direct submissions and any questions about our Supreme Court Preview to Ben Garner, Editor in Chief, via email at bgarner [at] charlestonlaw.edu or via telephone at (434) 941-9831.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 22nd, 2009
| Courts, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Constitutional Law |
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| June 21, 2009 | to | June 26, 2009 |
The Irish Centre for Human Rights (National University of Ireland, Galway) runs annually two Summer Schools; one on the International Criminal Court and one that focuses on the rights of Minorities and Indigenous peoples. Both courses offer five days of intensive lectures delivered by specialists in the fields and a series of social events, providing a fruitful environment for knowledge, debate, stimulation and social interaction.This year the summer schools are being run back-to-back in order to provide participants with the opportunity to attend both summer schools.
Registration deadline is April 30th 2009.
For all information, details and registration, please visit the Summer Schools’ websites:
Minority Rights, Indigenous People and Human Rights Law Summer School, June 15-20 2009 (*check in 14 June, check out 20 June). Questions and Queries: s.megy1 [at] nuigalway.ie
International Criminal Court Summer School, June 21-26 2009 (*check in on 21 June, check out 27 June), Questions and Queries: iccsummercourse [at] hotmail.com
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 16th, 2009
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| June 14, 2009 | to | June 27, 2009 |
The J. Willard Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). Each Institute is organized and chaired by a well-known legal historian and includes visiting senior scholars who lead specialized sessions. While sessions have been held biennially, it is possible the Institute will move to a three year cycle.
For each Hurst Institute, a committee appointed by the ASLH reviewed applications from beginning faculty members, doctoral students with completed or almost completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates, and selected 12 junior scholars from around the world as Institute Fellows. The Fellows came to Madison for two weeks to participate in seminars, meet other legal historians, and discuss their own work.
The Next Hurst Institute: June 14-27, 2009. We are pleased that Barbara Welke, Associate Professor of History and Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota will chair the Hurst Summer Institute again in 2009. Guest scholars will be named at a later date. The two-week program is structured but informal, and features discussions of core readings in legal history and analysis of the work of the participants in the Institute. Applications will be accepted in Fall 2008 when more complete information will be posted.
Update (Sept. 1): Applications will be accepted Dec. 1, 2008 - Jan. 15, 2009.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 20th, 2008
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