The Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia, the European Group of Research into Norms, Guyancourt, France, the Department of Criminology, Leicester University, the United Kingdom, the College of Justice and Safety, Eastern Kentucky University, the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, Transcrime - The Joint Research Centre on Transnational Crime of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan and the University of Trento, Italy and ACUNS - The Academic Council on the United Nations Systems are pleased to announce the Ninth Biennial International Conference Criminal Justice and Security in Central and Eastern Europe, Contemporary Criminal Justice Practice and Research to be held at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor Ljubljana, Slovenia, Sept. 19-21, 2012.
The call for papers deadline is May 15, 2012. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on December 15th, 2011
| Comparative Law, National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Criminal Law, CONFERENCES |
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The University of Texas School of Law’s William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law will be hosting a one-day conference on February 3, 2012 entitled Barriers and Innovations in Civil Rights Litigation Since 9/11: Practical and Theoretical Perspectives. This conference is designed to bring together leading civil rights litigators, advocates, and scholars to explore the confluence of two notable trends in civil rights litigation: expanded use of civil rights damages remedies across substantive arenas including criminal justice, immigration, and national security; and constriction of the availability of such remedies via immunities, and secrecy doctrines. For more details and to register visit the conference website.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 28th, 2011
| Immigration Law, National Security Law, Civil Rights Law, CONFERENCES |
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The International Journal of Transitional Justice (IJTJ) invites submissions for its 2012 special issue, Transitional Justice and the Everyday: Micro-Perspectives of Justice and Social Repair, guest edited by Pilar Riaño Alcalá (Associate Professor, School of Social Work and Liu Institute for Global Studies, University of British Columbia) and Erin Baines (Assistant Professor, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia). The submissions deadline is April 1, 2012. Jump to full post
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on November 9th, 2011
| Law and Psychology, Law and Humanities, Human Rights Law, National Security Law, Law and Society, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Criminal Law |
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The Institute for International Law and Justice (NYU Law), the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies (Notre Dame), and the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice (NYU Law) present International Symposium on Restorative Justice, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding Nov. 11-12, 2011, at NYU Law. The event is free, but an RSVP is required because space is limited. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 5th, 2011
| Human Rights Law, National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The National Security Issue of the William Mitchell Law Review is seeking articles or essays on any topic related to national security law and/or policy. In addition, they are inviting contributors to respond to five questions in short essay format (between 2,000 and 4,000 words, with no specific footnote requirement):
· Ten years after 9/11, what is the most significant legacy left by the terrorist attacks? Are we safer?
· What impact will the “Arab Spring” have on American national security?
· What lessons can be learned from the Obama Administration’s handling of the Ahmed Warsame case?
· Of all the threats to national security, which type is the US least prepared to handle? Where is the US most vulnerable to attack?
· What factors will help determine whether al Qaeda has been defeated?
For more questions, contact katherine.zerwas[at]wmitchell.edu. Submissions are due December 1.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on October 4th, 2011
| National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS |
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The Northern Kentucky Law Review (Salmon P. Chase College of Law Northern Kentucky University) presents The Legal Heritage of the Civil War Oct. 22, 2011, 9 am - 12:45 pm. Topics:
- Salmon P. Chase and the Legal Basis for the U.S. Monetary System
- Civil War Legislation and the Growth of Federal Power: The Land Grant College Act (The Morill Act), The Homestead Act (origin of the Department of Agriculture), and the Pacific Railway Act (to fund the trans-continental railway)
- Military Trials of Terrorists: From Lincoln Conspirators to the Guantanamo Inmates
- The Civil War Origin of the Rules of War: Francis Lieber and Lincoln’s General Orders No. 100
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 18th, 2011
| Legal History, National Security Law, Commercial Law, International Law, Constitutional Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Hague Academic Coalition presents Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency: Rethinking Human Security and Ethics in the Spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) Nov. 9-10, 2011. Cosponsors are the Embassy of Sweden in the Hague, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies, the International Institute of Social Studies, and the Hague Institute for Global Justice. The call for papers deadline has passed. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 18th, 2011
| National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Hague Academic Coalition presents Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency: Rethinking Human Security and Ethics in the Spirit of Dag Hammarskjöld (1905-1961) Nov. 9-10, 2011. Cosponsors are the Embassy of Sweden in the Hague, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, the Grotius Center for International Legal Studies, the International Institute of Social Studies, and the Hague Institute for Global Justice. The call for papers deadline has passed. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 18th, 2011
| National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Journal of International Women’s Studies presents Gender and Political Transformation in Societies at War, June 4-5, 2012, at Bridgewater State University. Submissions are due Jan. 1, 2012. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 15th, 2011
| National Security Law, Law and Politics, Law and Gender, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Global Crisis Leadership Forum at Indiana University Law School-Indianapolis will host its Second Biennial Counter-Terrorism Simulation and Workshop Oct. 27-28, 2011.
During the two day event, approximately 50 students from the law school and IU’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs will participate in a four hour simulation broadcast simultaneously on the web. . . . The simulation will be followed by a panel discussions that will examine the legality of NATO’s intervention in Libya as well as the challenges that local governments face in responding to terror attacks.
For more information contact Associate Professor Shawn Boyne, smboyne@iupui.edu. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on September 15th, 2011
| Local Government Law, National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Slade Gorton International Policy Center of the National Bureau of Asian Research will hold its inaugural 9/11 Conference: Security Solutions for the Next 10 Years at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle, Washington on Sep. 9, 2011. The gathering will bring together top leaders from policy, academe, and industry to assess today’s most pressing terrorism threats and to discuss solutions for a more secure world.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 31st, 2011
| National Security Law, CONFERENCES |
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Florida Coastal Law Review is seeking articles for its 2011 Spring Symposium journal entitled: A Decade of Transformation: The Continuing Impact of 9/11 on National Security and Civil Liberty in America. The deadline is Oct. 1, 2011 for completed articles only (no abstracts please). All correspondence can be sent to lawreview@fcsl.edu.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 30th, 2011
| National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Constitutional Law |
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New York Law School presents Civil Liberties 10 Years After 9/11 on Sept. 9, 2011. The event is hosted by the Justice Action Center at New York Law School and the New York Law School Law Review.
Lawyers and the Law in New York City: Ten Years After 9/11, a reception and panel discussion, takes place the evening before the reception, Sept. 8, 2011, 6-8 pm. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on August 14th, 2011
| Courts, National Security Law, Constitutional Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Northern Kentucky Law Review and Salmon P. Chase College of Law seek submissions for the Law & Informatics Symposium on March 1-2, 2012. The Law Review Symposium will take place March 2nd. It will be preceded by a day-long CLE program March 1 regarding practical solutions to current problems facing attorneys and clients.
The Symposium is an opportunity for academics, practitioners, consultants, and students to exchange ideas and explore emerging issues in informatics law, disruptive innovation and the increasingly interconnected information environment. Interdisciplinary presentations are encouraged. Authors and presenters are invited to submit proposals on a variety of topics, spanning privacy, Internet regulation, business and entrepreneurship, security, and creative media industries. See the full call for papers here.
Abstracts are due Sept. 15, 2011. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on July 1st, 2011
| National Security Law, Law and Cyberspace, CALLS FOR PAPERS, Business Law, Intellectual Property, CONFERENCES |
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The AALS Section on Federal Courts announces a call for papers in conjunction with the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools (Jan. 4–8, 2012, Washington, D.C.). The topic of the section program at the 2012 Annual Meeting (Sat., Jan. 7, 1:30–3:15 p.m.) is “War, Terrorism, and the Federal Courts Ten Years After 9/11.” One paper will be selected from the call, and will be published in Volume 61 of the American University Law Review. The deadline for submission of papers is Aug. 29, 2011. Contact: Prof. Steve Vladek, American University Washington College of Law, (svladeck [at] wcl.american.edu). The full call for papers is on PrawfsBlawg. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 17th, 2011
| Courts, Civil Procedure, National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, CONFERENCES |
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Video of International Law and the Changing Face of War (June 20-22, 2010) is available on the U.S. Naval War College’s website. The event was hosted by the International Law Department, Center for Naval Warfare Studies and co-sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, the International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, Italy, and the Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict, American Society of International Law, with support from the Naval War College Foundation and Israel Yearbook on Human Rights.
Papers will soon be published in the International Law Studies (Blue Book) Series, which is available in PDF 1979-date.
The proceedings of this year’s conference—Non-international Armed Conflict in the 21st Century (June 21-23, 2011)—will also be recorded and posted on the website. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 16th, 2011
| Law and Cyberspace, National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Center for International Law Studies (CILS) (Lembaga Pengkajian Hukum Internasional (LPHI)) of the Faculty of Law Universitas Indonesia, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law Universitas Gadjah Mada, is holding the 2nd CILS Conference in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 21-22, 2011.
The conference theme this year is “the ASEAN’s Role in Sustainable Development.” Within this broad conference theme, there are four parallel sessions which will focus on the following sub-themes: (1) Security Cooperation; (2) Economic Cooperation; (3) Socio-Cultural Cooperation (4) General Topic.
The full call for papers is available on the CILS website. Selected papers from the subthemes may be considered for publication in special issues of the Indonesian Journal of International Law (IJIL). Abstracts (for both papers and panel proposals) are due by Aug. 1, 2011.
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Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 16th, 2011
| National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) (”a global network for scholars of Internet governance”) presents the GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium in cooperation with Research ICT Africa. The event will take place Sept. 26, 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya (one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in the same city).
Organizers encourage submissions on the following topics:
- The first 5 years of the IGF: Taking stock and the way forward
- Developing countries perspectives on internet governance
- New approaches to theorizing internet governance
- Between global and local: the question of territory in internet governance
- Freedom of Expression / Right to Information
- New approaches to Human Rights on the Internet
- Internet governance and political uprising
- International relations and cyber-security
- Online privacy and dataveillance
- Cloud Governance
Other proposals on more general questions of Global Internet Governance will also be considered.
Abstracts are due by July 15, 2011. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 7th, 2011
| Law and Cyberspace, Human Rights Law, National Security Law, CALLS FOR PAPERS, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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The Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) and the American Society of International Law (ASIL), in cooperation with the Josef Korbel School of International Studies (University of Denver), are pleased to announce the twenty-first ACUNS-ASIL Summer Workshop on International Organization Studies July 5-15, 2011, in Denver, CO. This year’s topic is Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in War-Torn Societies.
The workshop is designed for junior professors in international relations, international law or other relevant disciplines, post-doctoral and advanced doctoral level students, young lawyers and practitioners from civil society groups, policy staff from international organizations, and others at similarly early stages of their professional careers.
Applications are now closed. mw
Posted by uwlegalscholarship on June 3rd, 2011
| National Security Law, International Law, CONFERENCES |
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