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October 7, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

October 7, 2010

Florida State

E. Lea Johnston (UF Levin College of Law)

Fordham

Kimani Paul-Emile (Fordham)

George Washington

Julie Cromer Young (Thomas Jefferson Law) presents “Death Plus Seventy: Copyright in Memoriam.”

This paper is publicly available.

University of Illinois

Ted Sichelman (San Diego Law)

Iowa

Tun-Jen Chiang (George Mason Law)

Loyola

I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law) presents “Well, What About the Children?: Best Interests Reasoning, the New Eugenics, and the Regulation of Reproduction.”

This paper is  publicly available.

Jennifer E. Rothman (Loyola Law) presents “The Alienability of the Right of Publicity.”

This paper is  not publicly available.

Penn State

Penn State Law hosts its “7th Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities, and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions,” which will be held at the New York Bar.

Santa Clara Social Justice

Beth Van Schaack (Santa Clara Law) presents “A Feminist Review of the Crime of Aggression.”

This paper is  not publicly available.

Toronto Feminism and Law

Philomila Tsoukala (Georgetown Law) presents “Marrying Family Law to the Nation.” This presentation is co-sponsored by the Toronto Globalization, Law and Justice Workshops.

This paper is  publicly available.

Washington University in St. Louis

Henry Smith (Harvard Law) presents “An Economic Analysis of Law Versus Equity.”

This paper is  not publicly available.

Yale Economics and Organization

Bert Huang (Columbia Law)

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October 7, 2010 Colloquia/Workshops

Florida State

E. Lea Johnston (UF Levin College of Law)

Fordham

Kimani Paul-Emile (Fordham)

George Washington

Julie Cromer Young (Thomas Jefferson Law) presents “Death Plus Seventy: Copyright in Memoriam.”

This paper is publicly available.

University of Illinois

Ted Sichelman (San Diego Law)

Iowa

Tun-Jen Chiang (George Mason Law)

Loyola

I. Glenn Cohen (Harvard Law) presents “Well, What About the Children?: Best Interests Reasoning, the New Eugenics, and the Regulation of Reproduction.”

This paper is  publicly available.

Jennifer E. Rothman (Loyola Law) presents “The Alienability of the Right of Publicity.”

This paper is  not publicly available.

Penn State

Penn State Law hosts its “7th Annual Institute on Corporate, Securities, and Related Aspects of Mergers and Acquisitions,” which will be held at the New York Bar.

Santa Clara Social Justice

Beth Van Schaack (Santa Clara Law) presents “A Feminist Review of the Crime of Aggression.”

This paper is  not publicly available.

Toronto Feminism and Law

Philomila Tsoukala (Georgetown Law) presents “Marrying Family Law to the Nation.” This presentation is co-sponsored by the Toronto Globalization, Law and Justice Workshops.

This paper is  publicly available.

Washington University in St. Louis

Henry Smith (Harvard Law) presents “An Economic Analysis of Law Versus Equity.”

This paper is  not publicly available.

Yale Economics and Organization

Bert Huang (Columbia Law)

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Application Deadline: Law & Society Post-Doc Fellowship – Madison, WI

January 7, 2011

Law and Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Wisconsin
One-year fellowship for early-career scholars who work in the “law and society” tradition and who will be competing for university-level teaching jobs in the U.S. market.
Application period ends each year in January. For 2011-12 academic year, apply by Jan. 7, 2011.

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Application deadline: Hurst Summer Inst. in Legal History – Madison, WI

January 15, 2011

Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History at Wisconsin
Next biennial session will take place in June 12-25, 2011; apply by Jan. 15, 2011.

Synopsis: The Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is a biennial event sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). A committee appointed by the ASLH reviews applications from early-career faculty members, doctoral students with completed or nearly completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates demonstrating interest in an academic career with a focus on legal history, and selects 12 promising scholars as Institute Fellows. The Fellows come to Madison for two weeks in June to participate in daily seminars, meet other legal historians, and analyze and discuss each other’s work. Each biennial Institute is organized and chaired by senior legal historians and includes visiting scholars who lead specialized sessions.

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Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History at Wisconsin – Madison, WI

June 12, 2011toJune 25, 2011

Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History at Wisconsin
Next biennial session will take place in June 12-25, 2011; apply by Jan. 15, 2011.

Synopsis: The Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is a biennial event sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). A committee appointed by the ASLH reviews applications from early-career faculty members, doctoral students with completed or nearly completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates demonstrating interest in an academic career with a focus on legal history, and selects 12 promising scholars as Institute Fellows. The Fellows come to Madison for two weeks in June to participate in daily seminars, meet other legal historians, and analyze and discuss each other’s work. Each biennial Institute is organized and chaired by senior legal historians and includes visiting scholars who lead specialized sessions.

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Fellowships in Legal History (June institute), Law and Society (2011-12) – Madison, WI

The University of Wisconsin Law School announces two fellowship opportunities:

Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History at Wisconsin
Next biennial session will take place in June 12-25, 2011; apply by Jan. 15, 2011.

Synopsis: The Hurst Summer Institute in Legal History is a biennial event sponsored by the Institute for Legal Studies at the University of Wisconsin Law School in conjunction with the American Society for Legal History (ASLH). A committee appointed by the ASLH reviews applications from early-career faculty members, doctoral students with completed or nearly completed dissertations, and recent J.D. graduates demonstrating interest in an academic career with a focus on legal history, and selects 12 promising scholars as Institute Fellows. The Fellows come to Madison for two weeks in June to participate in daily seminars, meet other legal historians, and analyze and discuss each other’s work. Each biennial Institute is organized and chaired by senior legal historians and includes visiting scholars who lead specialized sessions.

Law and Society Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Wisconsin
One-year fellowship for early-career scholars who work in the “law and society” tradition and who will be competing for university-level teaching jobs in the U.S. market.
Application period ends each year in January. For 2011-12 academic year, apply by Jan. 7, 2011.

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Call for Papers Deadline: Law in a Sustainable Asia – Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

January 7, 2011

The 8th ASLI (Asian Law Institute) Conference, Law in a Sustainable Asia, will be hosted by the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University (Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) May 26-27, 2011.

Within the broad conference theme of “Law in a Sustainable Asia”, five of the parallel sessions will focus on selected sub-themes: (1) general perspectives on sustainability (studying aspects such as sustainable development, environmental justice, green development, or conservation ethics); (2) the economic dimension of sustainability (exploring, among other issues, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, economic opportunity or transnational commons); (3) the environmental dimension of sustainability (examining pollution control, climate change, food security, natural resource management, bio-diversity etc); (4) the participatory dimension of sustainability (looking at community partnership, civil society participation, stakeholder participation, community participation and the like); (5) the social dimension of sustainability (examining issues such as peace, security and social justice, livable cities, cultural heritage and diversity, law and development, social capital or planning and land use).

The organizers invite proposals for papers, panels, and poster sessions. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Jan. 7, 2011.

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Law in a Sustainable Asia – Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

May 26, 2011toMay 27, 2011

The 8th ASLI (Asian Law Institute) Conference, Law in a Sustainable Asia, will be hosted by the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University (Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) May 26-27, 2011.

Within the broad conference theme of “Law in a Sustainable Asia”, five of the parallel sessions will focus on selected sub-themes: (1) general perspectives on sustainability (studying aspects such as sustainable development, environmental justice, green development, or conservation ethics); (2) the economic dimension of sustainability (exploring, among other issues, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, economic opportunity or transnational commons); (3) the environmental dimension of sustainability (examining pollution control, climate change, food security, natural resource management, bio-diversity etc); (4) the participatory dimension of sustainability (looking at community partnership, civil society participation, stakeholder participation, community participation and the like); (5) the social dimension of sustainability (examining issues such as peace, security and social justice, livable cities, cultural heritage and diversity, law and development, social capital or planning and land use).

The organizers invite proposals for papers, panels, and poster sessions. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Jan. 7, 2011.

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Law in a Sustainable Asia – Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

The 8th ASLI (Asian Law Institute) Conference, Law in a Sustainable Asia, will be hosted by the Faculty of Law, Kyushu University (Kyushu, Fukuoka, Japan) May 26-27, 2011.

Within the broad conference theme of “Law in a Sustainable Asia”, five of the parallel sessions will focus on selected sub-themes: (1) general perspectives on sustainability (studying aspects such as sustainable development, environmental justice, green development, or conservation ethics); (2) the economic dimension of sustainability (exploring, among other issues, corporate social responsibility, corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, economic opportunity or transnational commons); (3) the environmental dimension of sustainability (examining pollution control, climate change, food security, natural resource management, bio-diversity etc); (4) the participatory dimension of sustainability (looking at community partnership, civil society participation, stakeholder participation, community participation and the like); (5) the social dimension of sustainability (examining issues such as peace, security and social justice, livable cities, cultural heritage and diversity, law and development, social capital or planning and land use).

The organizers invite proposals for papers, panels, and poster sessions. The deadline for submitting abstracts is Jan. 7, 2011.

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Intergenerational Equity and Intellectual Property – Madison, WI

November 12, 2010toNovember 13, 2010

The 2010 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, Intergenerational Equity and Intellectual Property, will take place Nov. 12-13, 2010.

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Intergenerational Equity and Intellectual Property – Madison, WI

The 2010 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium, Intergenerational Equity and Intellectual Property, will take place Nov. 12-13, 2010.

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South Asia Legal Studies – Madison, WI

October 14, 2010
2:00 pmto6:00 pm

The 39th Annual Conference on South Asia (Madison, WI, Oct. 14-17, 2010) includes the Fourth Annual South Asia Legal Studies Pre-Conference, hosted by the University of Wisconsin‘s Global Legal Studies Center, Oct. 14, 2010, 2-6 pm (plus dinner).

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South Asia Legal Studies – Madison, WI

The 39th Annual Conference on South Asia (Madison, WI, Oct. 14-17, 2010) includes the Fourth Annual South Asia Legal Studies Pre-Conference, hosted by the University of Wisconsin‘s Global Legal Studies Center, Oct. 14, 2010, 2-6 pm (plus dinner).

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Call for Papers Deadline: States, Development and Global Governance – Madison, WI

January 15, 2011

The Research Collaborative on Remaking the Developmental State, UW Madison (Gay Seidman, John Ohnersorge, Aseema Sinha, and David Trubek) is organizing a two-day conference on States, Development and Global Governance to be held May 6-7, 2011. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan. 15, 2011. Jump to full post

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States, Development and Global Governance – Madison

October 7, 2010
7:00 pm
May 6, 2011toMay 7, 2011

The Research Collaborative on Remaking the Developmental State, UW Madison (Gay Seidman, John Ohnersorge, Aseema Sinha, and David Trubek) is organizing a two-day conference on States, Development and Global Governance to be held May 6-7, 2011. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan. 15, 2011. Jump to full post

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States, Development, and Global Governance – Madison, WI

The Research Collaborative on Remaking the Developmental State, UW Madison (Gay Seidman, John Ohnersorge, Aseema Sinha, and David Trubek) is organizing a two-day conference on States, Development and Global Governance to be held May 6-7, 2011. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Jan. 15, 2011. Jump to full post

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