Call For Papers
II International Seminar on Institutional Theory: Constitutional Courts and Political Reality

November 6-8, 2013, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Our M.Sc. Program at the Law School and our Lab – LETACI – of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil is promoting the "II International Seminar on Institutional Theory: Constitutional Courts and Social Reality", during November 6-8, 2013, and it will discuss subjects on institutional and constitutional theories both in United States and Brazil concerning the Supreme Court and the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), such as judicial activism, judicial supremacy and constitutionalism history.

The seminar is sponsored by CNPq (Brazilian Research Council), Faperj (State of Rio de Janeiro Research Foundation) and UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro).

Last year, in our I Seminar on Institutional Theory, we received several American scholars, Professor Tushnet, Professor Graber, Professor Bednar, European scholars, Professor Corsi and Professor Nabais, and Canadian Professor Tremblay.

IMPORTANT DETAILS:
When: Nov 6, 2013 - Nov 8, 2013
Where: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Submission Deadline: Oct 11, 2013
Notification Due: Oct 21, 2013
Further Information: http://www.letaci.com

PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Please email submissions to: seminarioinstituicoes@gmail.com