The University of La Verne College of Law presents What Makes States Successful? Afghanistan and the Future of State Building April 15-17, 2010.
State failure is one of the most challenging public policy problems of our age. Despite the pressures of globalization on the autonomy of states, they remain the most important locations of institutions to promote justice and the welfare of the peoples of the world. States are vital to maintaining peace and security across the globe. We need states to succeed. But they sometimes fail. Why? And how do we turn failed states into successful states? This symposium examines these questions with a four-fold focus. First, the focus is on state failure that is either caused by or is in some way related to armed conflict within a state, either from a civil war or from armed intervention by intervening states, United Nations Security Council action, or otherwise. Second, the focus is on institutional solutions to state failure, with an emphasis on rule of law. Third, the focus is on developing action plans or protocols containing concrete solutions to help failed states become successful states. Fourth, the symposium focuses on Afghanistan. Afghanistan provides a rich source of data and experience on what works and what fails, although Afghanistan remains very much a work in progress. An important symposium aim is to produce policy guidance for future directions in that country. The symposium approach is multi-disciplinary, with the goal of learning from a diversity of views.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 11th, 2010
| Comparative Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The University of Cincinnati College of Law Corporate Law Center presents a symposium, “The Globalization of Securities Regulation: Competition or Coordination?” on March 5, 2010.
After the enactment of Sarbanes-Oxley in 2002, influential voices in the business, political, and academic communities expressed concern that the U.S. markets were losing their competitive advantage. While a number of factors were identified as contributing to this decline, higher U.S. regulatory compliance costs and liability risks were, in particular, singled out. Regulators, in turn, considered proposals that would ease barriers to entry. The 2008 financial meltdown increased awareness of the interconnectedness of markets and the importance of a coordinated approach toward securities regulation. Thus, the Obama administration’s Financial Regulatory Reform calls for raising international regulatory standards and improving international cooperation. As policy makers, regulators and academics consider proposals for regulatory reform, how will these considerations – competition and coordination – play out?
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2010
| Comparative Law, Securities Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The American Historical Association holds its annual meeting in San Diego, Jan. 7-10, 2010.
Legal scholars might be interested in, among others:
- Events of the AHA Working Group for Historical Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage (15 events over the 4 days of the conference)
- An Archeology of Agency in the Civil Law Tradition: Early Modern Spain, France, and Colonial Spanish America
- The Law and Its Uses? A View from South America
- A World of Hurt: Medieval Marriage Practice and Law in a Century of Crisis
- Control, Discipline, and Order in Modern China
- (Dis)Inheriting Slavery: Property, Power, and Belief in the Last Requests of Masters and Slaves
- Recursive Subjects: Sexuality and the “State” in South Asia
- Mutiny Beyond the Line: Sexual Subjugation in the White Supremacist South and the African American Sedition, 1930–51
- Disability in Global Perspective
- Drugs in Chains: The Illicit Commodity in World History
- Fathers of Illegitimate Children in Public Policy and the Courts: Chile, Brazil, and the Anglophone Caribbean from the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twenty First Centuries
- Educational Equality and the Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Schools, Head Start, and the Supreme Court
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 28th, 2009
| Law and Race, Comparative Law, Law and Sexuality, Legal History, Civil Rights Law, Education Law, Family Law, CONFERENCES |
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The International Political Science Association (IPSA) RC 20, political finance and political corruption, invites all members and scholars conducting research on any aspect of political finance and political corruption to submit proposals for individual papers and organized panels for the interim meeting Ljubljana, 16-18 July, 2010.
For purposes of grant submission, as well as planning ahead for tours, etc, we would like to know as soon as possible the names and temporary titles to be presented at the meeting. Even if you do not have as yet any finalized proposal, please be kind enough to notify us by the end of the first week in January (Jan. 8, 2010 ) of your intent to submit one in due course. The date for the final submission will be announced in February.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 23rd, 2009
| Law and Politics, Comparative Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES |
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The British Institute of International and Comparative Law’s Annual Conference 2010 will be Energy and Its Impacts on the International Legal System, June 11, 2010. Sessions include
- Protecting Energy Investments in a Changing Legal Regime
- Energy Security: Territorial Limits and Nuclear Power
- Energy, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
- Energy Production, Transport and Supply: Cross Border Private Law Issues
- Competition Law and Access and Security of Energy
- National and Comparative Law Issues
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 18th, 2009
| Comparative Law, Human Rights Law, National Security Law, Antitrust Law, Environmental Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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Reminder: the early-bird registration deadline for the Commonwealth Regional Law Conference (Ajuna, Nigeria) is Dec. 31, 2009. For more information, see earlier post. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 13th, 2009
| Human Rights Law, Legal Profession, Comparative Law, Commercial Law, CONFERENCES |
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Bocconi University, Tilburg University, and NYU present the 5th International Conference on Financial Regulation and Supervision (”Finlawmetrics”), June 24-25, 2010 in Milan. The topic will be “Central banking, regulation and supervision after the financial crisis.” The conference committee will consider through January 31 papers that shed light on the different causes of change in, and their consequences for, central banking, regulation and supervision. Keynote speakers are to include Arnoud Boot (University of Amsterdam) and Xavier Vives (IESE Business School). ajc
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 13th, 2009
| CALLS FOR PAPERS, Comparative Law, Commercial Law, International Law, Business Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Pace International Law Review will host this year’s symposium entitled “Comparative Constitutional Law: National Security Across the Globe” on November 13, 2009. The conference will discuss legal issues faced by various nations which must balance constitutional and civil rights with national security needs. jv
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 26th, 2009
| Comparative Law, National Security Law, Constitutional Law, CONFERENCES |
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The 2010 Commonwealth Regional Law Conference focusing on comparative law and professional experiences of lawyers in commonwealth countries will be held April 8 - 10 in Abuja, Nigeria. jv
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 26th, 2009
| Legal Profession, Comparative Law, CONFERENCES |
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Lexxion presents its autumn conference on European State Aid Law. The main conference is Nov. 27, 2009, at King`s College London. A workshop is planned on the previous day, Nov. 26, with focus on restructuring of banks and airlines; it will be at the Athenaeum.
Topics:
- The Restructuring of financial Institutions under Art. 87 (3) lit. b EC
- Procedure and judicial Protection in State Aid
- State Aid in special Sectors:
- Broadcasting (new Broadcasting Communication of 2 July 2009)
- Broadband (new Guidelines to be adopted)
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 29th, 2009
| Communications Law, Law and Cyberspace, Comparative Law, Business Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Asian Law Institute’s Seventh Conference will take place May 25-26, 2010, at the the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University, Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur. The conference theme is Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects.
The Call for Papers / Participation offers several opportunities:
- individual papers for panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
- panels — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
- papers for the young scholars workshop — deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.
Selected papers from the subthemes may be considered for publication in special issues of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law and the IIUM Law Journal. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 29th, 2009
| JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Comparative Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES |
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The Global Legal Skills Conference V will take place at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey Feb. 25-27, 2010.
The Global Legal Skills Conference focuses on international legal education and essential skills, including legal writing, legal research, legal reasoning, legal English, translations and advocacy skills. Additional topics include creating appropriate materials and assignments, cross-cultural and intercultural issues, classroom teaching, clinical legal education, academic support, international legal exchanges and related fields.
Most panel presentations will be in English. Spanish language presentations are welcome, encouraged and actively solicited. Where one of the panels is in Spanish, there will be at least one concurrent panel in English.
The organizers seek proposals for individual presentations (15 min.) and panels (60 min.). The submission deadline is Sept. 25, 2009. The proposal form is here.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 21st, 2009
| Comparative Law, Legal Research & Writing, Legal Education, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The International Association of Law Schools just held IALS Conference on Constitutional Law at American University Sept. 11-12, 2009. Working papers are available here, grouped into Comparative Constitutional Law; Religion, State and Constitution; Gender and Constitution; Constitutional Adjudication and Democracy; Distributive Justice; Contemporary Challenges to Executive Power; and Miscellaneous.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 16th, 2009
| Comparative Law, Constitutional Law, CONFERENCES |
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University College Dublin invites postgraduate researchers to submit proposals for an intensive one day interdisciplinary workshop on “Transnational Regulation of Food Safety and Quality – issues of harmonisation, diversity and legitimacy.” The workshop will be held at the School of Law, University College Dublin Dec. 4-5, 2009. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Sept. 18, 2009. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 6th, 2009
| Agricultural Law, Comparative Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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CRN East Asian Law and Society (Law and Society Association) and Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong present the Inaugural East Asian Law and Society Conference, Changing Socio-Legal Landscapes in East Asia: Common Trends and Local Variations. The conference takes place Feb. 5-6, 2010, at the University of Hong Kong.
organized with this vision.
The organizers invite proposals for papers and panels that are related to the conference theme (Changing Socio-Legal Landscapes in East Asia: Common Trends and Local Variations) or fall within any of the following streams on East Asian law and society:
* Legal Education and Training
* Legal and Quasi-legal Professions
* Dispute Resolution and Civil Litigation
* Lay Participation and Other Forms of Democratic Justice
* Gender in Law
* Criminal Justice
* Constitutional Law.
The deadline for proposals and papers is Sept. 30, 2009. All paper or panel proposals must be in English and sent by email to: Professor Hiroshi Fukurai (University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A.), hfukurai [at] ucsc.edu. Submission details here.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 12th, 2009
| Law and Gender, Comparative Law, Courts, Legal Profession, Law and Society, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Legal Education, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES |
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