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.
