And they are looking for papers to be delivered at the conference..
Here’s the info:
Inaugural East Asian Law and Society Conference Changing Socio-Legal Landscapes in East Asia: Common Trends and Local Variations
Dates: 5-6 February 2010
Venue: The University of Hong Kong
Organizers: CRN East Asian Law and Society (Law and Society Association) and Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong
Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Johannes Chan (Dean, Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Professor Zhenmin Wang (Dean, School of Law, Tsinghua University, China), and Professor Malcolm Feeley (former President of the Law and Society Association).
Call for Papers
We invite proposals for papers and panels that are related to the conference theme or fall within any of the following streams on East Asian law and society:
? Legal Education and Training
? Legal and Quasi-legal Professions
? Dispute Resolution and Civil Litigation
? Lay Participation and Other Forms of Democratic Justice
? Gender in Law
? Criminal Justice
? Constitutional Law.
Any papers or panels related to the conference theme (Changing Socio-Legal Landscapes in East Asia: Common Trends and Local Variations) are welcome, whether or not falling under any of the above-listed streams.
Timeline
Closing date for proposal submission: 30 September 2009 (U.S. Californian time) Notification of acceptance: By 31 October 2009
Proposal Submission
All paper or panel proposals must be in English and sent by email to: Professor Hiroshi Fukurai (University of California, Santa Cruz, U.S.A.)
Email: hfukurai(at)ucsc.edu not later than 30 September 2009 (US California time) with the following details:
A. Paper Proposal
1. Title of the paper;
2. An abstract of not more than 300 words*
3. Presenter?s details:
a. Full name;
b. Title (Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms/Mrs/Miss);
c. Affiliation;
d. Email address; and
e. Postal address.
B. Panel Proposal
1. Title of the panel;
2. A brief description of the panel in not more than 300 words;
3. Title of each paper (each panel must have three to four papers and the presenters in the panel must be from more than one jurisdiction/country);
4. Abstract of each paper (in not more than 300 words each)*;
5. Each presenter?s details:
a. Full name;
b. Title (Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms/Mrs/Miss);
c. Affiliation;
d. Email address; and
e. Postal address.
* All presenters will be requested to submit before the Conference a more detailed abstract of not less than four pages (while full papers will also be welcome).
ABOUT CRN
CRN East Asian Law and Society was formed within the Law and Society Association to provide a forum for promoting research on East Asian law and society and disseminating its findings to a wider community of socio-legal scholarship. Both Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia are covered under this CRN. It welcomes scholars researching on East Asia, and others wishing to enrich their research and theories with findings from the region. CRN East Asian Law and Society has a vision to grow into an institutional base for the holding of regional LSA meetings on a regular basis.
HK$1,000 (approximately US$130)
Full-time students: HK$500 (approximately US$65)
Country B/C?: waived
Academic staff of Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong: waived
For further details of the Conference, please visit the website of CRN East Asian Law and Society at: http://www.cc.aoyama.ac.jp/~crn33.
Enquiry Dr Kay-Wah Chan (Macquarie University, Australia) Email: kay.chan(at)mq.edu.au
