Posted 7/24/09
CALL FOR PAPERS/ABSTRACTS
CONFERENCE ON USER DRIVEN APPROACHES IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Tilburg University
School of Law
16-17 November 2009
The Tilburg Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies of
Civil Law and Conflict Resolution Systems (TISCO) announces
an interdisciplinary conference to be held at Tilburg
University, The Netherlands on the 16 and 17 of November
2009 that will feature original scholarship from various
fields on user driven approaches in dispute resolution.
ABOUT TISCO:
TISCO's focus is on justice needs in civil law. Key to our
research are the individuals and corporations who use, are
involved with, or are influenced by the law and the civil
justice system. Taking a bottom-up approach, TISCO members
develop, integrate, and apply insights from negotiation
theory, conflict research, dispute system design,
(comparative) legal research, network theory, behavioral
law, and law and economics in their research in order to
connect and extend the body of knowledge on building,
maintaining and (constructively) ending horizontal
relationships in which people and businesses are involved
in. For more information about TISCO please visit our
website:
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/tisco/
THE CONFERENCE:
The objective of the conference is (i) to explore and
evaluate potential for innovation in dispute resolution
processes. We want to (ii) provide (young) scholars with an
opportunity to present and discuss their work related to
dispute resolution with an interdisciplinary group of
scholars (ii) to stimulate discussion about developments in
dispute resolution in law, economics, and other
disciplines. We especially encourage submissions from
junior scholars.
TOPICS:
We invite proposals for papers to be presented at the
Symposium relating to the subject of innovation in dispute
resolution processes particularly to one or more of the
steps commonly taken in conflict resolution processes:
meeting, talking, sharing, deciding, and stabilizing.
Of particular interest are paper proposals or abstracts
relating to one or more of these elements in the field of:
- Dispute system design
- Dispute resolution and Family law
- Dispute resolution and Insolvency law
- Dispute resolution and Construction law
- Dispute services (such as mediation, lawyers, and courts
in the broader institutional setting of a dispute system)
- Sustainable dispute resolution
- Legal empowerment
- Micro-justice
- The study of dispute processes from economic or social
psychological perspectives
Proposals on other relevant topics will be considered.
BEST PAPER AWARD:
We invite scholars to present their work at the Conference
followed by submitting a paper on their topic. To
especially encourage submissions from junior scholars, 500
EURO will be awarded to the junior scholar that is selected
best paper. The final submission date for complete drafts
is 15 February 2010.
PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Interested authors must submit their abstracts and/or
papers by October 1, 2009 to:
CONTACT: Prof. Peter Kamminga
Email: MAILTO:y.p.kamminga@uvt.nl
REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:
Comprehensive information about the conference including
information about registration, paper submission, travel,
and hotels - will be available at:
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/faculties/law/research/tisco/events/tisco_conference_2009/
Or contact the organizing committee at:
Email: MAILTO:frw.tisco.conference@uvt.nl