CFP: Doctoral Students—Culture & the Law—Lucerne, Switzerland

The UNILU (University of Lucerne / Universität Luzern) Chair of Comparative Law hosts the Network of Transnational Doctoral Research, “dedicated to the provision of adequate structures and platforms for the mentoring and exchange of views among early?career scholars. It aims to enhance the knowledge and exposure to the academic world of young researchers, with emphasis on the encouragement of innovative and independent research.” Interested doctoral candidates may submit papers for the 2014 Programme on Culture and the Law. The deadline is June 15, 2014.

Potential topics may include but are not limited to:
• Globalisation, Culture & Law
• Minorities and Diversities in Culture
• Parallel Legal Systems and Ethnocultural Justice
• Reconstructing Multiculturalism in Policy and Planning
• Intercultural and Intracultural Diversification in law
• Comparative and/or empirical practices of multiculturalism in legal systems
• New directions in the construction of the role of law/culture in culture/law

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