Conference Announcement and Call For Papers: Third Annual Comparative Law Works in Progress Workshop

                    ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

        THIRD ANNUAL COMPARATIVE LAW WORKS IN PROGRESS WORKSHOP

                            May 14-16, 2008
                   University of Michigan Law School
                          Ann Arbor, Michigan

                             Sponsored by:
                  American Society of Comparative Law
                   University of Michigan Law School
                 University of Illinois College of Law
        Princeton University, Program for Law and Public Affairs


     Professor Mathias Reimann (University of Michigan Law
     School), Professor Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois
     College of Law), and Professor Kim Lane Scheppele
     (Princeton University, Program for Law and Public Affairs)
     are calling for paper submissions for the Third Annual
     Comparative Law Works in Progress Workshop, hosted at the
     University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor from May 14-
     16, 2008.


     OVERVIEW:

     This year, we are excited to have Kim Lane Scheppele,
     Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the
     Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human
     Values and Director of Princeton's Program on Law and
     Public Affairs, join us in co-sponsoring this event, which
     will from now on be run jointly by the University of
     Michigan Law School, the University of Illinois College of
     Law, and Princeton University's Program on Law and Public
     Affairs. This workshop will continue to be co-sponsored by
     the American Society of Comparative Law.

     There is no regular opportunity for comparative law
     scholars in the United States to meet and discuss their
     work in any depth. The scholarly programs of the meetings
     of the American Society of Comparative Law are chosen and
     organized by the respective host schools and aim at the
     presentation of finished papers on a given topic. While
     there is some opportunity to present work in progress,
     there is little opportunity for sustained discussion. The
     meetings of the Comparative Law Section at the AALS
     Conference each January are also dedicated to a specific
     topic and usually exhaust themselves in the presentation of
     papers with little substantive discussion. There is thus a
     need for a forum in which comparative law work in progress
     can be explored among colleagues in a serious and thorough
     manner that will be truly helpful to the respective
     authors.

     The Annual Comparative Law Works-in-Progress Workshop is
     intended to fill that need. It will involve up to six
     papers during a two-day period. If more than six papers are
     submitted for discussion, the organizers will jointly
     decide which ones to accept, giving preference to younger
     scholars.

     The participants will consist of the respective authors,
     one commentator on each paper, faculty members of the host
     institution, particularly those with expertise in
     comparative law and research, and others interested in
     attending. The overall group will be kept small enough to
     sit around a large table and to allow serious discussion
     (20 people maximum). The papers will not be presented at
     the workshop. They will be distributed two weeks in advance
     and every participant must have read them before attending
     the meeting. The commentator will present a 10 to 15 minute
     introduction and critique, leaving at least one hour for
     discussion. There are no plans to publish the papers.
     Instead, it is up to the authors to seek publication if,
     and wherever, they wish.

     The Third Annual Comparative Law Workshop will take place
     on May 14-16 at the University of Michigan Law School in
     Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Workshop will be funded by the
     host school and by the American Society of Comparative Law
     (ASCL). Authors of papers and commentators from ASCL member
     schools will be reimbursed for their travel expenses and
     accommodation up to $600.00, in accordance with the ASCL
     reimbursement policy (as posted on its webpage), though
     only up to six authors and commentators will be reimbursed
     by the ASCL. (The University of Michigan School of Law
     will reimburse the remainder.) The ASCL's policy provides
     that reimbursement is available only if the applicant
     cannot obtain reimbursement from his or her home school.


     PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

     Interested authors should submit papers electronically to:

     CONTACT:       Mathias Reimann
     Email:         MAILTO:purzel@umich.edu
     CONTACT:       Jacqueline Ross
     Email:         MAILTO:jeross1@law.uiuc.edu
               and
     CONTACT:       Kim Lane Scheppele
     Email:         MAILTO:kimlane@Princeton.EDU

     by February 15, 2008. We will inform them of our decision
     by the end of March, 2008. "Work in progress" means
     scholarship that has reached a stage at which it is
     substantial enough to merit serious discussion and critique
     but that has not yet appeared in print (although it may
     have been accepted for publication. It includes law review
     articles, book chapters or outlines, substantial book
     reviews, and other appropriate genres.

     Our objective is not only to provide an opportunity for the
     discussion of scholarly work but also to create an
     opportunity for comparative lawyers to get together for two
     days devoted to nothing but talking shop, both in the
     sessions and outside. We hope that this will create synergy
     that fosters more dialogue, cooperation, and an increased
     sense of coherence in a discipline badly in need of it.

     Mathias Reimann
     Jacqueline Ross
     Kim Lane Scheppele
Posted 11/23/07