The International Jurist Organization will hold its 25th Anniversary Silver Jubilee Conference Aug. 18-19, 2012, in New Delhi. The theme is Law and Power: Reflections on the Last 25 Years. There will also be a workshop, Justice in Emerging Countries: BRICS in Comparative Perspective. The deadline for abstracts is March 31, 2012.
Law and power intersect at national and international levels, in a wide variety of forms. The IJO 2012 Annual Meeting will investigate some of the different ways in which these two forces have met each other at the national level in India, and at the global level through international organizations and international relations. The 2012 Meeting thus will examine subjects including the administration of justice and the role(s) of the judiciary, Bar and legal education at national level; and at the global level, the developing roles of the ICJ, as well as permanent (ICC) and ad hoc (ICTY, ITCR, ECCC, Sierra Leone) criminal tribunals and other institutions either within or around the United Nations system. In all cases, the central concern of analysis is the extent to which rule of law successfully has taken precedence over the exercise of power and pragmatic self-interest.The The IJO Secretariat will be pleased to receive proposal for papers on topics that fall within the themes of the Meeting and Worksbop, though IJO members also may propose special workshop panels. Please send copy of 150 words abstract & 500 word proposal and/or panel proposals to: Subbash Chandra Birla, Chairman, Board of Governors, 67, Lawyers Chambers, Supreme Court of India Compound, Tilak Marg, New Delhi-110001, Tel:-91-11-2338 7522, Email: sbirla@vsnl.com. Submission via e-mail is preferred. The deadline for receipt of papers and panel proposals to the Secretariat is Saturday. 31 March 2012
Note: Persons giving papers in the workshops should be IJO members at the time of the Annual Meeting; and tbat due to space considerations, when evaluating all proposals, priority will be given to submissions from IJO members. Finding suitable papers the organization may include selected papers in a publication of book to be released on 25″‘ Anniversary Silver Jubilee event of IJO, 2012 at New Delhi.
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