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AALS Midyear: Torts, Environment, Disaster, Technology, IP, Bio Law – Berkeley, CA

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:30:25 +0000

AALS offers two workshops at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley:

Workshop on Torts, Environment and Disaster, June 8-10, 2012.
Workshop on When Technology Disrupts Law: How Do IP, Internet and Bio Law Adapt?, June 10-12, 2012.

Water, Environment, and Health – Waterloo, ON

uwlegalscholarship — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 21:43:32 +0000

The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), are pleased to announce the twenty-second ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies (SWIOS 22). For 2012, the Summer Workshop engages with the subject of “Water, Environment and Health: Addressing Knowledge, Capacity and Governance Challenges.” It will take place July 6-14, 2012, at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario. Applications are being accepted. References are due March 26, 2012. mw

Call for Papers – Urban Agriculture – Cleveland, OH

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:56 +0000

Cleveland-Marshall College of Law seeks proposals for presentations at Urban Agriculture: It’s Not an Oxymoron, Policies for Cultivating City Land and Increasing Access to Local Food, a symposium on law and policy issues connected to urban agriculture, land use, and the local food movement. The symposium will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on April 20, 2012. C|M|LAW invites academics, practitioners, policymakers, and others to submit presentations or scholarly papers on related topics.

A proposal for your paper or presentation, of no more than three pages, should be sent to Jaime Bouvier at Jaime.Bouvier[at]law.csuohio.edu by March 1, 2012.

Please direct inquiries to Heidi Gorovitz Robertson at Heidi.Robertson[at]law.csuohio.edu.

For more information about the symposium, please visit C|M|Law’s website: https://www.law.csuohio.edu/newsevents/events/2012042014001398

Asian Pastoral Commons Adapting to Change – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:43:13 +0000

The Environment and Development Association, Centre for Economic Studies of Mongolian Academy of Science, National University of Mongolia (MAS), and State University of Agriculture will host the Asian Regional Meeting of the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC), Asian Pastoral Commons Adapting to Change, June 11-14, 2012, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, at the State Agricultural University. mw

Global Food Law and Policy – Lake Como, Italy

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:33:06 +0000

Lexxion, publisher of the European Food and Feed Law Review (EFFL) as well as the European Journal of Risk Regulation (EJRR), organises the 4th Summer Academy on Global Food Law & Policy July 23-27, 2012, Lake Como, Italy. mw

Obesity Epidemic, Food Labeling – Orange, CA

uwlegalscholarship — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:59:57 +0000

Nexus Journal of Law and Policy (Chapman University School of Law) presents Food Fight! The Legal Debate Over the Obesity Epidemic, Food Labeling, and the Government’s Involvement in What You Eat Nov. 4, 2011. Abstracts are due July 22, 2011.

Examples of the types of topics that we encourage authors and panelists to submit include, but are not limited to:

Federal & State Regulation of Ingredients used by Restaurants

Federal & State Regulation of Disclosures in Restaurant Advertisements

Federal & State Regulation of Calorie Content on Chain Restaurant Menus

The Cost to Restaurant Owners of Compliance with Federal & State Regulations

The Economics of Food Regulation as it Affects the Healthcare Industry

The Economics of Food Regulation as it Affects the Consumer Prices of Food

The Role of Parents in Educating their Children on Healthy Eating Habits

The Role of Schools in Educating Children on Healthy Eating Habits

The Ability of Federal & State Governments to Regulate Meals in Schools

Food and Feed Law, Innovations – Berlin, Germany

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:37:38 +0000

Lexxion presents the 5th International European Food and Feed Law Conference: Regulation of Innovations, Oct. 6-7, 2011. mw

Global Food Law & Policy – Lake Como, Italy

uwlegalscholarship — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:35:38 +0000

Lexxion—the publisher of the European Food and Feed Law Review (EFFL) as well as of the European Journal of Risk Regulation (EJRR)—presents the 3rd Summer Academy on Global Food Law & Policy July 25-29, 2011. Location: Villa La Collina/Accademia Konrad Adenauer, Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy. mw

Call for Papers: Land Ownership and Tenure, Developing Countries

uwlegalscholarship — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:10:42 +0000

Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts seeks submissions for an issue (Spring 2012) on “Land Ownership and Tenure.” The submission deadline is Sept. 15, 2011.

UN-Habitat, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, concluded that more than one billion people live without any security of tenure in informal settlements in developing countries. While most developed countries have records that cover most of their territories, very few countries in the Global South have such records. This discrepancy underscores the unjust politics of landownership and land distribution that contributed to an inequitable world politics of social progress and human development.
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Submission of cover art that relates to the theme is welcome. mw

Call for Papers: Regulation of Nanotechnologies

uwlegalscholarship — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:45:07 +0000

The European Journal of Law and Technology (EJLT) will publish a special issue on The Regulation of Nanotechnologies. Abstracts are due by March 31, 2011.

The objective of this special issue will be to discuss the impact of nanotechnologies on consumer behaviour, policy and law which relate to European issues as well as within the international context. The papers may pertain to a range of nano-applications such as in foods and feed, medical products, chemicals and other consumer products. Contributions that cover various aspects of risk in nanotechnologies as well as policy and regulatory instruments are particularly welcome.The editors of this special issue welcome contributions reflecting different perspectives, methodological approaches, international and cross-cultural contexts.