CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Commission on Legal Pluralism Conference 14-16 December 2015

Call for panel and roundtable proposals

Mumbai Conference 2015

Location: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay

Dates: 14-16 December 2015

In the last decades legal pluralism as a field of research and study has matured across different disciplines and inter-disciplinary areas including law and legal studies, anthropology, sociology, political science, geography, history, and development studies. The concept of legal pluralism has also gained credence in ‘area studies’ domains such as Southeast Asian, Latin American and African studies. Debates on policies, legal and constitutional changes, and development pathways also engage with the notion of legal pluralism in diverse ways, as do social movements and struggles of various kinds.

Taking stock of these developments, the international Commission on Legal Pluralism is organizing its next biennial conference in South Asia.

MEMORIAL GATHERING: For Simon Roberts and Franz von Benda-Beckmann at the LSA Meeting (30 May 2014)

The Commission on Legal Pluralism just circulated a message about a 'memorial gathering' for Simon Roberts and Franz von Benda-Beckmann to 'take place during the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association (LSA) in Minneapolis this year, on Friday, May 30, 6:30-7:30pm, in Hilton Board Room 3.' 

The formal announcement reads:

In Memoriam 

Simon Roberts 

Franz von Benda-Beckmann 

We deeply mourn the loss of two leading legal anthropologists: Simon Roberts, who died on April 30, and Franz von Benda-Beckmann, who died in January 2013. Some LSA members were their friends; many more knew them through their writings. We invite you to join us in sharing memories of Simon and Franz on Friday, May 30, 6:30-7:30pm, in Hilton Board Room 3. 

(For more information contact Rick Abel: abel@law.ucla.edu ....) 

WORKSHOP: Workshop on Malinowski

 The Commission on Legal Pluralism has announced a workshop on “Malinowski’s Concept of Law from the Native’s Point of View.”

Bronislaw Malinowski’s 130th Birth Anniversary International Workshop. Time: 12-13 September, 2014. Place: Cracow (Poland).

Organizers: Department of Sociology of Law, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland) and International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Oñati (Spain). Participants are invited to send for information about participation in and to submit a short (300 word) abstract of the paper by 1 June 2014. For more information:

Workshop Overview

OPPORTUNITY: (Senior) Lecturer in Law, Governance and Development

I just received the following through the Commission on Legal Pluralism:

(SENIOR) LECTURER IN LAW, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT (1,0 fte)
Vacancy number: 13-230

Dear colleagues,

This is to inform you that the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development (VVI) is currently seeking applicants for the position of (Senior) Lecturer in Law, Governance and Development.

The VVI is part of the Leiden Law School, Leiden University. The Institute’s academic domain covers the formation and functioning of legal systems in the developing world and their effectiveness in contributing to good governance and development.

In its research and teaching, VVI uses a socio-legal approach. The institute carries out research projects in Asia (notably Indonesia), Africa and increasingly in the Middle East and the Muslim world at large. VVI staff teaches several thematic and regional courses to Dutch and foreign students. In addition, VVI provides advisory services and training courses to policy makers and practitioners.

COURSE: Deadline Extended - Commission on Legal Pluralism Course on Legal Pluralism

AN INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON LEGAL PLURALISM

1-4 AUGUST, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

[NOTE: The deadline for applications has been extended to 31 May 2013.]

Overview

In August 2013 the Commission on Legal Pluralism will organize a course in Manchester, UK, about theories, knowledge and methodologies of legal pluralism. The purpose of the 3½-day course, which precedes the IUAES 17th World Congress, is to familiarize the participants with the current international debates and insights in socio-legal studies and legal pluralism and to offer them a comparative perspective allowing them to rethink their own research and practical work. At the center of the discussion will be issues pertaining to rights protection, gender, natural resource management and land tenure, and dispute management in the context of globalizing economic, political and legal developments.

Participation is limited to 25 people to allow for maximum discussion. The participants are academics and/or practitioners, e.g. NGO activists or government officials, who deal with issues related to legal pluralism, informal justice systems and social justice in their academic or professional work. As in past courses (held amongst others in Wellington (New Zealand), Accra (Ghana), Williamsburg (USA), Moscow (Russia), Chiang Mai (Thailand), Fredericton (Canada), Jakarta (Indonesia), Zurich (Switzerland), and Cape Town (South Africa)) the teaching team will consist of senior academics of various backgrounds drawn from the Commission on Legal Pluralism and colleagues from the host country, in this case from the United Kingdom. The course will give participants an opportunity to discuss their work with fellow participants and the teaching staff, and directly engage with leading scholars and practitioners in their fields, allowing them to become part of a growing international network.

Topics for the course will include:

 Theoretical and methodological aspects of legal pluralism,

 Legal empowerment, gender and human rights,

 Natural resources management and governance,

 Land tenure and customary law,

 Rights of indigenous communities and economic development,

 Informal justice and policing,

 Access to justice, legal reform and the role of international development agencies.

Selection, Tuition, and Funding

COURSE: Commission on Legal Pluralism Course on Legal Pluralism

AN INTERNATIONAL COURSE ON LEGAL PLURALISM

1-4 AUGUST, 2013

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Overview

In August 2013 the Commission on Legal Pluralism will organize a course in Manchester, UK, about theories, knowledge and methodologies of legal pluralism. The purpose of the 3½-day course, which precedes the IUAES 17th World Congress, is to familiarize the participants with the current international debates and insights in socio-legal studies and legal pluralism and to offer them a comparative perspective allowing them to rethink their own research and practical work. At the center of the discussion will be issues pertaining to rights protection, gender, natural resource management and land tenure, and dispute management in the context of globalizing economic, political and legal developments.

Participation is limited to 25 people to allow for maximum discussion. The participants are academics and/or practitioners, e.g. NGO activists or government officials, who deal with issues related to legal pluralism, informal justice systems and social justice in their academic or professional work. As in past courses (held amongst others in Wellington (New Zealand), Accra (Ghana), Williamsburg (USA), Moscow (Russia), Chiang Mai (Thailand), Fredericton (Canada), Jakarta (Indonesia), Zurich (Switzerland), and Cape Town (South Africa)) the teaching team will consist of senior academics of various backgrounds drawn from the Commission on Legal Pluralism and colleagues from the host country, in this case from the United Kingdom. The course will give participants an opportunity to discuss their work with fellow participants and the teaching staff, and directly engage with leading scholars and practitioners in their fields, allowing them to become part of a growing international network.

Topics for the course will include:

 Theoretical and methodological aspects of legal pluralism,

 Legal empowerment, gender and human rights,

 Natural resources management and governance,

 Land tenure and customary law,

 Rights of indigenous communities and economic development,

 Informal justice and policing,

 Access to justice, legal reform and the role of international development agencies.

Selection, Tuition, and Funding