6th Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy (LRPP 2017)

We invite you/your research students to submit a paper to the 6th Annual International Conference on Law, Regulations and Public Policy (LRPP 2017) which will be held on 5^th - 6^th June 2017 in Singapore.

The co-Program Chairs are Dr. Suresh V Nadagoudar, Bangalore University, India and Prof. K.C. Sunny,  University of Kerala, India and the Editor-In-Chief is Prof. Tony Carty, The University of Hong Kong.

The extended full paper submission deadline is on 10^th February 2017. Hope that provides adequate time for you to complete the paper submission. If you need more time, please let us know and we will consider on a case by case basis for an extended deadline.

LRPP 2017 Highlights:

!P         Workshop on !§The Climate Future of Law. How will Climate Change Affect the Future Development of the Cognate Areas of Law, Specifically the Law of Property, Contract and Tort!‥  by Prof. Paul Babie, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

!P         Keynote Addresses

!P         Prof. Paul Babie, Personal Chair of Law in the Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide, Australia- The Climate Future of Property Law

!P         Prof. Gabriel Moens, Professor of Law, Curtin Law School, Australia - Improving Public Health through Behavioural Rules: A Legitimate Legislative Project of a Nany State or a Nudge State?

!P         Asst. Prof. Kevin Kwok-yin Cheng, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Why Do Criminal Trials Crack? An Empirical Investigation of Late Guilty Pleas in Hong Kong

!P         Assoc. Prof. Charles Qu, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong

!P         LRPP 2017 Conference Proceedings: Print ISSN: 2251-3809, E-Periodical ISSN: 2251-3817 will be published and submitted to several indexing partners.

!P         Journal of Law and Social Sciences: All authors who present their papers at the conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their research paper for the GSTF Journal of Law and Social Sciences (JLSS) - Print ISSN: 2251-2853, E-periodical: 2251-2861. All submitted papers will go through blind review process for acceptance. All accepted papers (after the review process) will be included in the JLSS.

!P         Best Paper Awards and Best Student Paper Awards will be conferred at the conference (in order to qualify for the award, the paper must be presented at the conference).

!P         LRPP 2017 will also constitute a Special Panel Session.

!P         Panel Proposals are invited for submission. A minimum of three papers centering on a specific topic will be accepted for submission under Panel Category.

For more information, please visit the LRPP 2017 website: http://law-conference.org/. Would appreciate if you could disseminate this information to your colleagues/students who might be interested to participate in this year's LRPP conference.

Should you require any assistance or clarification, please do not hesitate to contact us at   secretariat@law-conference.org.

Ana Martina Tubilleja

Program Manager

Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF)

10 Anson Road, International Plaza,
#13-12, Singapore- 079903

Phone: +65 6236 1544| Fax: +65 6327 0162

Job Offer: Visiting Lecturership at the University of Tuscia

JOB OFFER – VISITING LECTURER 

During the Spring Semester of this academic year (2016-2017), the DISTU Department of the University of Tuscia, in its effort to promote the internationalisation of the legal studies, will offer a course on “Civil Law and Common Law Systems: Convergences and Divergences” as part of its Programme in Law. 

The course – open to the attendance of undergraduate and doctoral students – will consist of 6 lectures, each one lasting 3 hours, to be held in English, preferably in three consecutive weeks, in the period March-April 2017.

The DISTU Department seeks to appoint a foreign (non-Italian) visiting scholar, who will be responsible for the delivery of the course, as well as for the evaluation of the short essays that students will elaborate during the course in order to obtain the certificate and the 10 credits provided for the course. No more than 20 students will attend the course. 

The Department has allocated up to a maximum of € 3,000.00 (remuneration, travel and living expenses included). The gross sum of € 250.00 will be paid for each day’s seminar, which is to be considered as exclusive of all taxes and duties applicable to the University and/or the recipient. 

Travel and living expenses will also be reimbursed up to a maximum of € 1,500.00. 

Requisites 

The candidate should: 

1. Not be of Italian nationality;

2. Be in possession of a level of competency of the English language of at least C1;

3. Hold a Masters degree or equivalent or a Research Doctorate or PhD;

4. Have academic, professional and teaching experience in the field of the Human Rights. 

The application (written in English) should be sent to the Director of the DISTU Department, Professor Giulio Vesperini (email to sangiovanni@unitus.it, and copy to mario.savino@unitus.it) by 25 January 2017. It should include a detailed academic-professional curriculum (written in English) and a list of the candidate’s academic publications. The DISTU Department will give communication of the results of the selection process by 10 February 2017.