BOOK: Comparative Law and International Organisations

We're pleased to note the publication of Colin Picker, Lukas Heckendorn Urscheler, and Daria Solenik (eds), Comparative Law and International Organisations: Cooperation, Competition and Connections (2014) by Schulthess.


The book was the fruit of a symposium held at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in 2010, a spin-off of our Juris Diversitas Conference there in 2009 (resulting in Comparative Law and Hybrid Legal Traditions):

As international organizations consist of member states with different legal orders and are generally active in many different legal systems, it seems obvious that comparative law is of relevance. Furthermore, with the growing importance of international organizations, analyzing the interrelationship between the two is therefore of utmost importance....

The symposium brought together academic scholars, including international organization and comparative law experts, and participants from the European Court of Human Rights, European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, Hague Conference on Private International Law, ICC Commission on Arbitration, International Criminal Court, and the UND. 

Recommended. SPD

FINAL REMINDER: Juris Diversitas Conference

FINAL REMINDER

CALL FOR PAPERS

JURIS DIVERSITAS

CONFERENCE

DIFFUSION:

an international, interdisciplinary

conference on comparative law (and more)

3-4 June 2013, Lausanne, Switzerland 

Co-Sponsored with the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law

PROPOSAL DEADLINE: 15 January 2013

While any proposal on comparative law will be considered, the conference's primary theme is diffusion (transplantation, reception, migration, contamination, etc) of both laws and law-like norms, past and present and around the globe. A critical element in the creation of all legal and normative traditions, diffusion takes many forms. It may be overt or covert, voluntary or involuntary, concentrated or diffuse, colonial or neo-colonial, etc. 

Proposals may be case studies or theoretical analyses of diffusion; they may be general (at the level of legal traditions) or specific (trusts, family law, etc.). Participants might analyse, among other topics, entangled legal histories, the diffusion of Western legal models outside of the West, the dominance and rationale for the present diffusion of Anglo-American legal forms, the relevance of legal origins and traditions on contemporary structures, practices, the place of ‘mixed’ and ‘micro’ legal systems, etc. 

Scholars from outside of the discipline of law are strongly encouraged to participate.

Proposals of @250 words (or @1000 words for panel proposals) should be submitted to Seán Patrick Donlan at sean.donlan@ul.ie. Presenters whose proposals are accepted will be expected to meet their own registration fees and travel and accommodation costs.

Conference registration fees: 

• €50: Juris Diversitas Members (Full membership 2012 and 2013)
• €100: Juris Diversitas Members (Full membership 2013) or Members of the AiSDC 
• €200: Non-Members

In addition to the significant conference discounts, members will also receive a free volume from our Book Series.

The optional conference dinner fee is €50.

Members are asked to spread the word about our conference, our blog, and our publications. You might share our posts and, with our Facebook Group, 'like' our posts as well. Finally, you might visit our Facebook Conference Page to tell others that you're attending.