Events and Announcements: July 26, 2015

Events

Calls for Papers

• The Anti-Corruption Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, co-chaired by Andy Spalding of the University of Richmond School of Law and Phil Nichols of the Wharton School, is soliciting papers for its first conference/workshop, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania on October 2-3, 2015. Interested persons should submit a one page proposal to Ms. Lauretta Tomasco at tomascol@wharton.upenn.edu by August 1, 2015. If accepted, a proposer must supply a five page (or longer) paper by September 25, 2015. Copies of all papers will be distributed to all participants before the conference/workshop; an objective of this meeting is to thoroughly discuss the ideas contained in each paper.  Any submissions that relate to corruption are encouraged.
• The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms has arguably been the most efficient and effective system for protecting human rights in the world. The European Court of Human Rights monitors compliance with the Convention in the 47 member states of the Council of Europe. However, it appears that there is strong disagreement between some European societies at least about certain basic values. Therefore, the conference will, among others, try to answer the following fundamental questions: What are European values? Is it possible to identify minimum common denominators of European values? Are basic European values similar in Glasgow, Khabarovsk, Rovaniemi and Ceuta? What is the approach of the European Court of Human Rights to the dilemmas posed by European values? What is the role of legal theory and legal philosophy in the search for European values? Which dilemmas and challenges are posed by the search for European values? The conference will be held at the Graduate School of Government and European Studies and the European Faculty of Law in Ljubljana Old Town on 20 and 21 November 2015. The organizers invite researchers undertaking research on the proposed topic to submit abstracts for consideration. Interested applicants should send a 250-word abstract and a CV in narrative form by 1 September 2015 to dignitas@fds.si. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 September 2015. If you have any questions, please write to dignitas@fds.si.

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