Seton Hall University School of Law hosts the Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Sept. 9-12, 2010. The conference theme is Our Country, Our World in a “Post-Racial” Era.
It will feature panels on the “war on terror,” urban revitalization, criminal law, health care, education, immigration, human trafficking, voting rights, international and comparative law, judicial nominations, environmental justice, and corporate responsibility, among others. It will also include a Junior Faculty and Development Workshop. A media plenary session will explore the meaning of a “post-racial” society and its relevance to legal scholarship and teaching.
Calls for papers or proposals:
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on February 9th, 2010
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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
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The Campbell Law Review’s spring 2010 issue will be dedicated to torture, enhanced interrogation, and related national security matters.
We are looking for full-length articles, essays, book reviews, and other scholarly works. Citations should conform to The Bluebook, a Uniform System of Citation (18th ed. 2005). We encourage electronic submissions, which should be emailed to culawreview [at] email.campbell.edu. Manuscripts should be in Microsoft Word format, and preferably include your curriculum vitae as well as a short article abstract. Our intended publication date is May 10, 2010. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis, and should be submitted no later than March 10, 2010. Questions may be directed to the Editor in Chief at culawreview [at] email.campbell.edu or 919-865-5860.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on January 11th, 2010
| National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Criminal Law |
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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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The School of Law, University of Reading, UK, and the Post Graduate Departments of Law, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University in Chennai, India, are collaborating on a three-year project (the 123 Project) examining the 2007 Agreement for Cooperation Between the USA and India Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy.
The organizers are soliciting paper proposals for Workshop Two, which will take place in Chennai, India, March 23-24, 2010. (Workshop One took place in Reading in September 2009.) Abstracts are due Dec. 4, 2009. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 24th, 2009
| National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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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 |
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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 American University Law Review is currently accepting papers for its Spring 2010 Symposium Issue, Troubled Waters: Combating Modern Piracy with the Rule of Law.
For centuries the threat of piracy in international and territorial waters has prompted the development of laws to address piracy’s economic and human cost. The results can be seen everywhere from Congress’ Article I power to define and punish piracy to broader international efforts such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Despite these efforts, there have been hundreds of attacks off the Horn of Africa and throughout the South Pacific in this year alone. Are existing laws the most effective response available? Do the economic and social costs of piracy warrant stronger legal initiatives? The Law Review’s Symposium will provide a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss these and other issues. Papers should focus on a particular legal issue, including:
- International Treaties
- Related Legal History
- Jurisdiction Governing Detention and Prosecution
- Continuing Development of Maritime and Admiralty Law
- Eliminating the Economic Incentives for Piracy
- Best Practices of the Shipping Industry
- The Cost of Naval Responses
- Insurance & Risk
Please submit articles or abstracts for consideration to Michael Distefano at lawrev-symposium-editor [at] wcl.american.edu. Authors interested in publishing should contact the Law Review by October 1, 2009. Reasonable progress is expected throughout the winter months with final articles due by March 1, 2010.
Full articles as well as shorter essays (25 to 35 pages) are welcome. Papers should be in Microsoft Word format, 12-point font. Please include an Author biography or Curriculum Vitae. Articles should be properly supported and contain full Bluebook citations (18th ed.).
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 26th, 2009
| Insurance Law, National Security Law, Legal History, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law |
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Calls for papers from AALS sections for the January 2010 meeting are listed here. Most of the deadlines have passed, but there are a few still open. Here they are, arranged in order by deadline:
- Sept. 11, 2009 (today) - Section on Non-Profit and Philanthropy Law, Fri., Jan. 8, 2010, 8:30-10:45 a.m.: Rebuilding New Orleans, Transforming America: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in New Orleans and National Recovery
- Sept. 18, 2009 - Section on National Security Law, Section on International Human Rights and Section on International Law, Sunday, January 10, 2010. 9:00-10:45 am: Cross-Currents in International Law, Human Rights Law and National Security Law
- Sept. 25, 2009 - Section on National Security Law, Fri., Jan. 8, 2010, 10:30am-12:15pm: Barbarians at the Gate (or Within?): New Developments in the Detention and Prosecution of Terrorist Suspects
- Sept. 25, 2009 - Section on International Human Rights, Sat., Jan. 9, 2010, 8:30-10:15 a.m.: New Voices in Human Rights
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 11th, 2009
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Pace International Law Review will hold a symposium, Comparative Constitutional Law: National Security Across the Globe, on November 13th, 2009. The editors invite proposals for articles, essays and book reviews from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and professionals for contributions to be considered for presentation at the symposium and subsequent publication on the newly developed and comprehensive International Law Website.
Authors are encouraged to submit clear, concise, and accessible proposals for articles, essays and book reviews that will interest lawmakers, attorneys, and students. The proposals should address issues pertinent to the interrelationship between national security concerns and constitutional law of a particular nation or nations. Article proposals that provide a comparative analysis of issues and concerns faced by various nations are preferred. The proposals should be as thorough as possible and may include suggestions for other panelists who are experts in the proposed topic.
Book review proposals should also include (a) the title and publication date of the book proposed for review; (b) a description of the importance of the book to the general topic; and (c) any other information relevant to the book or proposed review (e.g., the reviewer’s expertise or any relationship with the author).
Please submit proposals of no more than 500 words to pilr@law.pace.edu by July 30, 2009. All proposals should include the intended author’s name, title, institutional affiliation and contact information. Authors are also welcome, but not required, to submit a CV. The editors expect to make offers to the selected guest speakers in August, 2009. Please note that all proposals will be considered for publication even if Pace International Law Review finds that the proposal is not suitable or pertinent to this year’s symposium. Complete manuscripts for work that will not be presented at the Symposium will be due by August 31, 2009.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 23rd, 2009
| Comparative Law, National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Constitutional Law, CONFERENCES |
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Hamas, the Gaza War, and Accountability under International Law:
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and the Global Law Forum at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, supported by the Legacy Heritage Fund Ltd., will hold a special conference on 18 June 2009 to critically examine international humanitarian law and laws of terrorism and genocide, and their applicability to Hamas and its supporters. The conference aims to produce practical proposals on how to establish legal accountability for Hamas and other non-state actors that systematically violate international law.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 12th, 2009
| Human Rights Law, National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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CALL FOR PUBLICATION: Jihad in the 21st Century
Book edited by Ahmed Al-Dawoody (University of Birmingham/Al-Azhar University) & Anicée Van Engeland (Law Faculty, McGill University).
We would like to edit a book on the issue of the contemporary theories and practices of the Islamic tradition of jihad. The purpose is to gather a group of expertise from both the Muslim and Western Worlds who will approach this issue from various disciplines Approaches to jihad should be innovative.
The aim is to discuss the issue of jihad and its relevance to the contemporary issues of: war – both domestic and international – peace, international law, international criminal law, international humanitarian law norms, domestic and international forms of terrorism. These discussions intend to explain the Islamic position on (1) the different form of the use of force in the post United Nations era by both state and non-state actors; (2) domestic and international acts of terrorism; and the international community position.
Contributions can be made in any field (law, politics, social sciences, humanities and others) on the following non-exhaustive list:
o History of Jihad
o Jihad in the Quran
o Jihad in the Modern World
o Jihad and International Law (self-defense for example)
o Jihad and Universal Human Rights
o Islam and law of armed conflicts
o Ethics
o The Politics of Jihad
o Fundamentalism
o Terrorism
Any other topic not included in this list is welcome.
Please send an abstract (maximum 500 words) with title of the proposed chapter, affiliation and contact information as well as a resume/CV by July 1, 2009, to
Anicée Van Engeland anicee.vanengeland [at] mcgill.ca
&
Ahmed Mohsen Al-Dawoody: adawoody [at] hotmail.com
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 12th, 2009
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Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2009, for the Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize.
The Chicago-Kent College of Law/Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize was established in spring 2007 by alumnus Roy C. Palmer ’62 and his wife, Susan M. Palmer, to honor a work of scholarship exploring the tension between civil liberties and national security in contemporary American society.
The $10,000 prize is designed to encourage and reward public debate among scholars on current issues affecting the rights of individuals and the responsibilities of governments throughout the world.
The article or book must be in draft form or have been published within the six months prior to the July 1 deadline. As a condition of accepting the award, the winner will present his or her work at Chicago-Kent. All reasonable expenses will be paid.
Please submit entries to Ms. Tasha Kincade, assistant to Dean Harold J. Krent, at tkincade@kentlaw.edu.
Roy Palmer, a lawyer and real estate developer, is a 1962 honors graduate of Chicago-Kent and a member of its board of overseers. He and his wife, Susan, active in numerous civic, social and philanthropic organizations, are the recipients of the 1997 Outstanding Individual Philanthropist Award of the National Society of Fundraising Executives.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 19th, 2009
| National Security Law, Civil Rights Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS |
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Call for Articles, Essays, and Book Reviews: National Security and Constitutional Law
Proposals due May 15, 2009
The editors of Pace Law Review invite proposals from scholars, researchers, practitioners, and professionals for contributions to a special issue on the relationship between national security and constitutional law to be published in Winter 2010.
Pace Law School is dedicated to advancing a greater understanding among scholars and the legal community concerning the role of constitutional law in national security concerns. This law review issue will promote an ongoing discourse on the balance between constitutional rights and effective national security.
Please submit proposals of no more than 500 words by attachment to plr@law.pace.edu by May 15, 2009. All proposals should include the intended author’s name, title, institutional affiliation, contact information, and should concern issues related to the relationship between national security and constitutional law. Book review proposals should also include (a) the title and publication date of the book proposed for review; (b) a description of the importance of the book to the general topic; and (c) any other information relevant to the book or proposed review (e.g., the reviewer’s expertise or any relationship with the author). Authors are also welcome, but not required, to submit a CV. We expect to make publication offers by June 1. We encourage clear, concise, and accessible writing that will be of use to lawmakers, attorneys, and students.
Completed manuscripts of book reviews and essays will be due July 15, 2009. Completed manuscripts of scholarly articles will be due August 1, 2009.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on April 15th, 2009
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Human Rights and the Military; A duty to protect? is an international conference organised by the Armed Forces Law Association of New Zealand in conjunction with the School of Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 28 – 30 August 2009. The call for papers deadline is March 27, 2009. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on March 8th, 2009
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The 2nd annual National Security Law Junior Faculty Workshop will take place in Austin on March 12 and 13, 2009. It is hosted by The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law (University of Texas).
This event is unique in that it combines discussion of works-in-progress with training in the law of war provided by instructors from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the US Army JAG School. The deadline for submitting a paper or abstract for consideration is January 15th. The full details, including a link to the event announcement, are posted here. Note that you do not have to submit a paper, let alone have your paper selected, in order to attend the event. Questions should be submitted to Bobby Chesney at rchesney [at] law.utexas.edu.
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 14th, 2008
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