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Ass’n for Law, Property and Society - Washington, DC

The Association for Law, Property and Society (ALPS) holds its second annual meeting March 4-5, 2011, at Georgetown Law.

Property related topics will cover a number of subject areas including:

  • Real, Personal, and Intangible Property
  • Cultural Property
  • Intellectual Property
  • Real Estate Transactions and Finance
  • Land Use and Zoning
  • Urban Planning and Development
  • Environmental Law
  • Climate Change
  • Housing
  • Home
  • Green Development
  • Mortgages and Foreclosure
  • Land Titles
  • Indigenous Populations and Sovereignty
  • Human Rights and Property
  • Entrepreneurship and Property
  • Takings and Eminent Domain
  • Property Theory
  • Property History
  • The Economics of Property

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All papers submitted for the conference will be eligible for consideration for publication in a “themed” book to be edited as a part of the series on Law, Property, and Society published by Ashgate Publishing. If there are enough papers to form more than one good edited book, consideration will be given to publishing more than one book. Authors are free to publish papers elsewhere rather than in a proposed conference book. Papers can be works in progress (rather than finished works) for purposes of presenting at the conference.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 28th, 2010 | Law and Economics, Local Government Law, Human Rights Law, Agricultural Law, Legal History, Indian Law, CONFERENCES, Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Property Law | no comments

Animal Law - Portland, OR

Lewis & Clark Law School hosts the 18th Annual Animal Law Conference, Animals in Crisis: Using The Laws We Have, Getting The Laws We Need, Oct. 15-17, 2010. Topics include animals in the wake of the oil spill and other disasters, climate change, and agriculture.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 10th, 2010 | Animal Law, Agricultural Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: Multinational Corporations’ Industrial Liability in Third World

The Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy is currently soliciting submissions for its second issue due to be published in April, 2011. The Yearbook focus this year is on the Industrial Liability Rules for Multi National Corporations in Third World Countries. We welcome submissions from academics, practitioners, policymakers and students from within the legal community and have a strong preference for articles that are not descriptive but prescriptive and argumentatively focused. The submissions will go through a two-staged peer review process and if necessary, will also be edited by the Editorial Board. Please send in your submissions by January 2, 2011 under the categories mentioned below. For general queries relating to your submissions, see the ‘Note to Authors’ below or kindly write to us at: indianyearbook.il [at] gmail.com. Jump to full post

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 6th, 2010 | Comparative Law, Human Rights Law, Tort Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, Environmental Law | no comments

Tribes, Land, and the Environment - Washington, DC

On Feb. 25, 2011, American University Washington College of Law is hosting Tribes, Land, and the Environment in Washington, D.C. Selected papers associated with the conference will be published as chapters in an edited book with the same title to be published by Ashgate Publishing. Abstracts for the call for papers are due Aug. 1, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 19th, 2010 | Indian Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES, Property Law | no comments

Evolution of Property Rights - Cambridge, MA

The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy presents Evolution of Property Rights Related to Land and Natural Resources Sept. 20-21, 2010, in Cambridge, MA (Charles Hotel).

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 19th, 2010 | Animal Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES, Property Law | no comments

Beyond Rationality II - Oxford, MS

The University of Mississippi’s Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) and the London School of EconomicsCentre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CNSS) are pleased to host the second Beyond Rationality Workshop July 7-9, 2010.

The Beyond Rationality Workshop series is a project of the CNSS at the London School of Economics in collaboration with the CISS at the University of Mississippi. The first workshop was held in London on November 21, 2009.

The recent banking crisis and the rise of religious fundamentalism as a political cause have prompted people to reflect on the seeming irrationality of thinking relevant to these events. These examples join a host of other occasions when the thoughts and actions of people seem to be irrational.  Drawing on the notion that “one person’s irrationality is another’s rationality,” this event explores the boundaries of ‘rationality’ from different points of view as illuminated by philosophical or psychological studies such as akrasia, weakness of will, and formal fallacies.

Beyond Rationality II aims to continue the exploration of the meaning of ideas related to rationality in discussions of contemporary  problems such as economic decisions, the recruitment of jihadists, terrorism,  the banking crisis, risk assessment, conflict resolution, and the climate change debate.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 29th, 2010 | National Security Law, Law and Psychology, Law and Society, Law and Economics, Environmental Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, CONFERENCES | no comments

Chemical Toxicity Testing - Washington, DC

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Environmental Law Institute, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and Lewis & Clark Law School’s Center for Animal Law Studies, presents two days on chemical toxicity testing:

The events are free but registration is required.   mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2010 | Comparative Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Environmental Law - South Royalton, VT

Vermont Law School will host the First Annual Fall Colloquium on Environmental Scholarship Oct. 22, 2010. (The call for papers deadline has passed.) mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 27th, 2010 | Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: International Law Topics - India

The Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Writing Competition is being co-organized by the National University of Juridical Sciences, the Society of International Law and Practice (“SILP”), NUJS and the NUJS ILSA Chapter in association with the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy.

Themes:

  • Is India ready for Sovereign Wealth Funds?
  • Exo-politics and the emergence of a New World Order
  • Non state actors, transnational armed groups and the regulation of hostilities in India: Should International Humanitarian Law recognize a hybrid category of armed conflict?
  • Does Climate Change have an impact on National Security? An Indian perspective
  • Can the principles of Insurance Law be applied to the Law of Outer Space?

Eligibility: undergraduate and post graduate law students enrolled in any institution in India.

Deadline: Feb. 10, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2010 | JUNIOR SCHOLARS, National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, Environmental Law | no comments

Environmental Law - Leadership, Land Use, and Local-nomics - Gainesville, FL

The University of Florida Levin College of Law’s Sixteenth Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference, Bringing It All Back Home: Leadership, Land Use, and Local-nomics, is Feb. 25-27, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 21st, 2009 | Public Interest Law, Agricultural Law, Local Government Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Energy and Its Impacts on the International Legal System - London

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 | no comments

Developing Food Law - New Haven

Yale Law School presents Developing Food Law April 16-17, 2010.

Food policy implicates a broad range of pressing humanitarian, public health, and environmental challenges. These challenges include, among many others: ending hunger, promoting rural economic development, protecting the safety of the food supply, reversing the obesity and diabetes epidemics, and averting catastrophic climate change. Addressing any and all of these challenges requires the development of healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems. The aim of Developing Food Law is to help participants bring about patterns of food production that honor the universal right to food, the health and well-being of communities, and the preciousness of natural resources. The conference will bring together leading policymakers, scholars, activists, students, and farmers to discuss strategies for achieving food systems guided by those values.

Developing Food Law will explore two distinct “tracks” for reform through two concurrently-run series of panels. The U.S Track will focus on interconnections among U.S. agricultural policy, public health, and the environment, while considering avenues for pushing food law in healthier and more sustainable directions. The International Track will examine reform strategies, both on local levels and in transnational fora, aimed at ensuring food access in the developing world. The conference keynote, issue lunches, and a concluding conversation will bring these two “tracks” together to reflect on common themes, such as the impact of technological innovation and the importance of a systemic approach to reform.

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 9th, 2009 | Human Rights Law, International Law, Environmental Law, Health Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum - New Haven

The 11th Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum will take place at Yale June 18-19, 2010.  The topics will cover public law and the humanities:

• Administrative Law
• Constitutional Law - historical foundations
• Constitutional Law - theoretical foundations
• Criminal Law and Literature, Critical Legal Studies
• Environmental Law
• Family Law
• Jurisprudence and Philosophy
• Labor Law and Social Welfare Policy
• Law and Humanities (including Law and Gender Studies)
• Public International Law

The deadline for submissions is March 19, 2010. mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 9th, 2009 | Law and Gender, Labor and Employment Law, JUNIOR SCHOLARS, Law and Humanities, Poverty Law, Law and Philosophy, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, Family Law, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Call for Papers: Environmental Law

The Rutgers Law Record (Rutgers School of Law - Newark) seeks submissions for its Environmental Law Issue, Spring 2010. Submissions are due Dec. 15, 2009.

The Law Record seeks to facilitate quick dissemination of the legal community’s initial impressions of ground breaking legal issues with innovative articles and cutting edge viewpoints. To accomplish this goal we publish online symposiums consisting of op-ed length articles written by practitioners, judges, and academics. In addition, we actively promote each addition by publicizing our issues with relevant professional associations. We aim for our authors’ articles to be read by potential clients, peers and colleagues.

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 8th, 2009 | CALLS FOR PAPERS, Environmental Law | no comments

ASIL Annual Meeting: International Law in a Time of Change - Washington, DC

The American Society of International Law’s 104th Annual Meeting, International Law in a Time of Change, will take place March 24-27, 2010, in Washington, DC.

The full program is not available yet, but session topics will include:

* The Road Forward from Copenhagen: Climate Change Policy in the 21st Century
* International Environmental Justice
* The Future of Development
* Coordination and Conflict in International Financial Regulation
* China on the World Stage
* Extraterritoriality: Bagram and Beyond
* Detention and Interrogation Policy in the Obama Administration
* Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Modern Challenges to Use of Force Law
* Advancing Women’s Rights Internationally
* Corruption and Human Rights
* New Thinking on Social and Economic Rights
* Bottom Up Strategies for Survival and Resistance: Examples from Latin America and Elsewhere
* ICSID in the 21st Century
* New Technologies and New Possibilities for Civil Society
* Participation in International Lawmaking Processes: Implications for International Law Judicial Decisionmaking and Transnational Norm Creation

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 23rd, 2009 | Human Rights Law, National Security Law, International Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

2010 Eastern Water Resources Conference - Orlando, FL

The Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources of the American Bar Association will hold the 2010 Eastern Water Resources Conference on May 20-21, 2010 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 23rd, 2009 | Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Public Interest Environmental Law Conference - Eugene, OR

The 28th annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) will be held at the University of Oregon School of Law from February 25-28, 2010.  The priority deadline for panel suggestions is December 18, 2009, and the final deadline is January 22, 2010. jv

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 26th, 2009 | Public Interest Law, Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Empirical Legal Studies - Los Angeles

The Fourth Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies will be held at the USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles Nov. 20-21, 2009. The preliminary program is here.  Paper abstracts are available on SSRN.

Panel topics address a wide range of legal areas and institutions, including:

  • corporate governance (several panels), securities litigation, the financial crisis, tax, bankruptcy, business entities
  • law and politics (several panels), elections, lobbying
  • capital punishment, policing, criminal evidence, prisons
  • law and neuroscience,  behavioral law and economics
  • law schools, the legal profession
  • courts, jurors, victims and witnesses, attitudes and decisionmaking, settlement
  • civil rights, environmental law, property, torts, family law, medical malpractice,  contracts, administrative law, patent, international law

(These are all separate panels. I grouped them into the bullet points to make the list easier to browse.)  mw

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 23rd, 2009 | Empirical Legal Studies, Evidence Law, Law and Economics, Civil Rights Law, Tort Law, Law and Psychology, Civil Procedure, Legal Profession, Courts, Bankruptcy Law, Law and Politics, Securities Law, Administrative Law, Health Law, Criminal Law, Intellectual Property, CONFERENCES, Business Law, Family Law, Legal Education, International Law, Environmental Law, Tax Law, Property Law | no comments

Northeast Florida Environmental Law Summit - Jacksonville, FL

On November 12, 2009, Florida Coastal School of Law and Jacksonville University will co-host the 11th Annual Northeast Florida Environmental Summit titled, “Growing Green: Developing a Sustainable Florida. jv


Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 20th, 2009 | Environmental Law, CONFERENCES | no comments

Oct. 16, 2009 Colloquia/Workshops

Boston College

Fabio Arcila (Touro), The Death Of Suspicion

This paper is not publicly available.

Loyola

David Duff (British Columbia), Carbon Taxation in Theory and Practice

This paper is not publicly available.

Minnesota

Christopher Capozzola (MIT) A Tale of Two Treasons: Adjudicating War Crimes and Collaboration in Manila, 1945

This paper is not publicly available.

Missouri

Robert Gatter, St. Louis University

Queen’s University

Dennis Klimchuk (Western Ontario), The Rule of Private, Common Law

This paper is not publicly available.

UCLA

Dan Kahan (Yale),Culture, Cognition, and Consent: Who Perceives What, and Why, in ‘Acquaintance Rape’ Cases

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on October 16th, 2009 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Environmental Law, Constitutional Law, Tax Law | no comments