CALL FOR PAPERS: CONGRESS OF THE WORLD SOCIETY OF MIXED JURISDICTION JURISTS

The World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists has issued a Call for Papers for its Third International Congress (20-23 June 2011, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)). The theme of the Congress is Methodology and Innovation in Mixed Legal Systems.

Mixed legal systems, both the classical ‘mixed jurisdictions’ combining common law and civilian law and more exotic hybrids, are increasingly important touchstones for comparative law. The Third Congress of the World Society of Mixed Jurisdiction Jurists focuses on legal methodology and innovation in mixed systems in the twenty‐first century: investigating past experiences, exploring present practices, and predicting future possibilities.

Proposals for papers on any of a number of topics are welcome. They may be submitted by jurists from any jurisdiction, and by members and non-members of the Society alike. Proposals should be submitted to the Secretary-General of the Society, Prof. Celia Fassberg (mscelia@mscc.huji.ac.il), by 1 May 2010. They should not exceed 500 words and should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae of one page only. The Planning Committee will make its selection by 1 August 2010. The time allocated for delivery of papers will be no longer than 20 minutes. Papers delivered at the conference will be considered for publication in the conference proceedings. The Society regrets that it cannot guarantee publication of all papers delivered and cannot cover travel expenses of participants in the congress.

THE REGISTER

Juris Diversitas has created and will maintain a Register of individuals interested in our theme. We invite individuals to visit the Register and submit the relevant information to sean.donlan@ul.ie for inclusion.

Ordering hybridity

Over the past few months, I (belatedly) noted the publication of the following books on the Comparative Law Blog:

• G Dargo, Jefferson’s Louisiana: politics and the clash of legal traditions (2009)
• M Delmas-Marty, Ordering pluralism: a conceptual framework for understanding the transnational legal world (2009)
• M Forsyth, A bird that flies with two wings: kastom and state justice systems in Vanuatu (2009)
• A Halpin and V Roeben (eds), Theorising the global legal order (2009)
• TG Kirsch and B Turner (eds), Permutations of order: religion and law as contested sovereignties (2009)
• E Melissaris, Ubiquitous law: legal theory and the space for legal pluralism (2009)
• V Palmer and Elspeth Christie Reid (eds), Mixed jurisdictions compared: private law in Louisiana and Scotland (2009)
• R Schlesinger, U Mattei, T Ruskola, and A Gidi (eds), Rudolph Schlesinger's comparative law ((7th edn) 2009) 
• W Twining, General jurisprudence: understanding law from a global perspective (2009).
• F von Benda-Beckmann and K von Benda-Beckmann (eds), Spatializing law: an anthropological geography of law in society (2009)
• F von Benda-Beckmann, K von Benda-Beckmann, and J Eckert (eds), Rules of law and laws of ruling: on the govenance of law (2009)

All of these may be of interest to those following this blog.

Any thoughts? What'd I miss?