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November 8th Colloquia/Workshops

Stanford Law

       Closing the Tax Gap Symposium

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on November 8th, 2008 | COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Tax Law | no comments

November 8th Colloquia/Workshops

Stanford Law

       Closing the Tax Gap Symposium

Posted by pittlegalscholarship on November 7th, 2008 | EVENTS, COLLOQUIA/ WORKSHOPS, Tax Law | no comments

Respecting Expecting: The 30th Anniversary of the PDA - New Haven, CT

The Yale Journal of Law and Feminism at the Yale Law School presents a symposium celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, and the twentieth anniversary of the Journal, on Friday, November 7-Saturday, November 8, 2008.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 9th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Closing the Tax Gap - Stanford, CA

The Stanford Law & Policy Review hosts a symposium on Closing the Tax Gap, Nov. 8, 2008.  (The deadline for the call for papers has already passed.)

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Feminism and Legal Theory - Atlanta, GA

Emory Law School’s Feminism and Legal Theory Project presents Transcending the Boundaries of Law: Feminism and Legal Theory’s 25th anniversary conference November 6-8, 2008.

It is hard to believe that the FLT project begins its 25th year in 2008! To celebrate we are planning a major interdisciplinary conference on November 6-8, 2008 involving world renowned feminist scholars who presented papers at FLT events early in their careers, as well as their former students and many others who have made a significant impact to feminist theory throughout the first quarter century of the project. We have also secured Routledge as the publisher for an anthology of the papers from the conference entitled Transcending the Boundaries of Law. Routledge published the first ever anthology on feminist theory, At the Boundaries of Law, which was edited by Martha [Fineman].

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 20th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

From the Utopianism of Human Rights to the Primacy of the Political - Lancaster, UK

Lancaster University Law School presents From the Utopianism of Human Rights to the Primacy of the Political Nov. 7-8, 2008. The call for papers deadline is Sept. 30, 2008.

Everywhere it seems that human rights are being overwhelmed by political expediency and brute power. Indeed, the efficacy of human rights, and the ability of the human rights movement and human rights law to deliver over the long-term, is being challenged. While some commentators argue that human rights are merely the pliant weapons of first world nations and neo-liberalism, others point up the ways that a noble cause is easily perverted by lofty aspiration.What is, and should be, the relationship between human rights and politics? Does international and humanitarian activism have any practical and political credibility in the twenty-first century?

This conference will bring together academics, judges, practitioners, policy makers and activists from a wide range of fields and disciplines, offering a rare opportunity to confront and reflect upon one of the most relevant and challenging concerns of our age.

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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 25th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments

Pregnancy Discrimination Act - New Haven

In November, the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA), along with the 20th anniversary of the Journal, with a symposium [Nov. 7-8, 2008] that brings together the women and men who have been involved in every critical phase of the decades-long campaign for sex equality in the workplace. The event will bring together distinguished advocates and scholars from across the country to share their insights into the PDA and the future of workplace equality with students and faculty at the Yale Law School. Judge Marsha Berzon will be our Keynote speaker, and Sue Ross and Wendy Williams will be among the participants.

The symposium is being planned in coordination with Professors Wiliam Eskridge, Judith Resnik. The Journal of Law and Feminism will publish an issue devoted to the PDA and our twentieth anniversary, including pieces written by conference participants and by members of the Journal.

Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 8th, 2008 | EVENTS | no comments