Call for Papers: QUO VADIS CONSTITUTION? THE BOUNDARIES OF MODERN LAW

                          CALL FOR PAPERS

              OSGOODE HALL LAW SCHOOL, YORK UNIVERSITY

        GRADUATE LAW STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE

                      QUO VADIS CONSTITUTION?
                    THE BOUNDARIES OF MODERN LAW

                          May 9 - 10, 2008


     The borders of modern law are no longer territorial. Law
     has become increasingly transnational and at the same time
     theories of centralization in law have proliferated in the
     past 60 years. Originally, the constitution developed as a
     set of written and unwritten norms designed to bind the
     inhabitants of particular sovereign borders. With the
     emergence of international and transnational law, however,
     a global sense of constitutionalism has spawned. As a
     result, in all areas of law, both at the domestic and
     international level, in the public and private spheres, key
     actors and organizations seek to establish "quasi-
     constitutional" universal legal norms within their
     respective fields.


     TOPICS:

     This year's conference seeks to explore the ways in which
     modern law confronts and intersects with such transnational
     and international legal trends, without disregarding the
     extended challenges constitutionalism faces at a domestic
     level. Possible areas of interest include but are not
     limited to: corporate governance; centralization vs.
     regulatory competition; intellectual property; public and
     private international law; environmental law;
     constitutional law and foreign relations; energy law; human
     rights law; gender and law; law and religion; international
     trade law; law and economics; transgovernmentalism and law
     and development; the north-south debate; aboriginal law;
     critical approaches to law and legal/political theory;
     legal pluralism; legal transplants; health law; third world
     approaches to international law and comparative legal
     studies.


     PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS:

     Proposals should include the title of the proposed paper,
     an abstract of approximately 300 words and keywords or
     phrases that best describe your paper. Please also include
     your full institutional affiliation, email address and
     phone number(s). The deadline for abstract proposals is
     March 3, 2008. Early expressions of interest are
     encouraged. Partial travel subsidies may be awarded,
     funding permitted. Please send proposals by email to:


     Email:         MAILTO:GLSA@osgoode.yorku.ca
Posted 2/22/08