2012 International conference Law and society
2012 International conference Law and society
June 5-8, 2012
Honolulu, Hawai’i (USA)
We invite you to participate in the 2012 International Conference on Law and Society: Joint Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (International Sociological Association), co-sponsored by the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA), the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law (JASL), and the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA), UK.
The Call for Participation and Submission Site* will be available on October 4, 2011.
Deadline for submission of proposals is December 6, 2011.
Proposals for Individual Papers and Fully-Formed Sessions are welcome.
THEME: Sociolegal Conversations across a Sea of Islands
Building on a phrase coined by noted Polynesian scholar Epeli Hau¢ofa, our conference theme alludes both to the location of our meeting in Hawai¢i with its complex cultural and legal terrain and contemporary struggles over sovereignty and indigenous rights; and to the uniqueness of this opportunity for scholars from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America, and other world regions to engage in conversation. So we seek papers, panels, and roundtables aimed at stimulating conversations that will build bridges across the seas of law and society and at the same time redirect their currents; about issues and ideas that are at once locally grounded and globally relevant; that seek to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar; that cross national, cultural, and disciplinary boundaries.
Our theme is broad, encompassing socio-legal concerns both familiar (such as courts and litigation, legal education, health, legal pluralism) and novel (such as indigenous peoples, finance and economy, war and human security, immigration, counter-terrorism, transnational regulation, globalization, and recolonization).Please see below for a non-exhaustive list of possible topics.They are examples only.Other law and society topics are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.