Category Archives: Law and Society

Transparency Research—Paris, France

HEC Paris presents the 3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research Oct. 24-26, 2013. Building on the success of its previous two editions held in 2011 in Newark and in 2012 in Utrecht, the…

Language and the Law — Florianopolis, Brazil

ALIDI (the newly formed Association for Language and Law for Speakers of Portuguese) and the IAFL (the International Association of Forensic Linguists) present Language and the Law – Bridging the…

Call for Papers: The Impact of Migration Law & Policy – Canberra, Australia

The Australian National University College of Law presents Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Migration Law & Policy, October 25-26, 2013. Conference themes include the impact of migration law and policy…

Call for Papers: Law and Institutional Economics of Revolutions – Cairo, Egypt

In advance of its September 29-30, 2013, conference, the Economic Research Forum invites papers that address the following: Poverty and widening social disparity cannot only cause revolutions; they may also…

Sorcery & Witchcraft-Related Killings in Melanesia — Canberra, Australia

The Australian National University presents Sorcery and Witchcraft-Related Killings in Melanesia: Culture, Law and Human Rights Perspectives Conference June 5-7, 2013. The call for papers deadline has passed. It has…

Call for Papers: Debt, Austerity and the Possibilities of the Political — Los Angeles

The Workshop, the sixth meeting of ClassCrits, Stuck in Forward? Debt, Austerity and the Possibilities of the Political, will take place at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles on Nov. 15-16,…

Law, Culture, Critique – Toronto, Ontario

The 2013 Osgoode Forum – Law, Culture, Critique will be held May 10-12, 2013, at Osgoode Hall Law School.Website: http://glsa.osgoode.yorku.ca The two main themes of this conference are the intersections between…

Mania: The Lives, Literature, and Law of the Beats – Seattle, WA

Seattle University School of Law presents Mania: The Lives, Literature, and Law of the Beats on April 5, 2013. Authors David Skover and Ronald Collins will discuss their forthcoming book,…

Call for Papers: Law Via the Internet – Channel Islands

The Jersey Legal Information Board presents Law Via the Internet: Free Access to Law in a Changing World on September 26-27, 2013. The conference will address the impact of online publishing…

Call for Papers: Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice

The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice published by Windsor Law will explore the theme of “access to knowledge within a social justice paradigm.” and invite contributions from a broad range…