Central States Law School Association and Journal of Law in Society
Joint Conference: October 26-27, 2007
First Announcement & Call For Papers
Symposium Paper Proposal Submission Deadline July 25, 2007
Open Workshop Abstract Submission Deadline August 25, 2007
The Central States Law School Association and the Journal of Law in Society announce a joint conference at Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, Michigan on October 26-27, 2007. … [T]the selected symposium papers will be published in the Journal of Law in Society as its symposium issue for 2007-2008
Symposium Topic: Does Globalization Represent a Threat or Promise for Social Justice and Democratic Institutions? With the rapid pace of globalization, countries have witnessed increasing integration of communications, economic processes, and financial markets. There is a widespread assumption that the competitive pressures unleashed by globalization are ultimately useful in spurring broader economic growth and greater integration, yet there is also growing concern that globalization plays a direct role in creating new and in some cases apparently insoluble problems for social justice and democratic institutions. Conference participants are invited to consider this topic from three perspectives:
- Does the growing power of corporations and their concomitant ability to set the terms of competition in a globalized economy aid or hurt social justice and democratic institutions?
- Do increases in property right protection (including intellectual property regimes) aid or hurt social justice and democratic institutions?
- Do financial and tax competition aid or hurt social justice and democratic institutions?
Submission details are below the fold.
One-two page proposals for papers (or completed papers) on the symposium topic as described above may be submitted for consideration anytime up until July 25, 2007. Submissions received after July 25 may be accepted on a space-available basis. Authors whose proposals have been accepted for the symposium panels will be notified by the Journal Board no later than August 25. Preliminary symposium papers will then be due by September 25. Subject to exceptions at the discretion of the editorial board of the Journal of Law in Society, submitted papers should be limited to 15,000 words, remain at a revisable stage at the date of the conference, and neither be published nor accepted for publication elsewhere. Open workshop paper proposals or abstracts may be submitted anytime up until August 25, 2007. Workshop paper proposals will continue to be accepted after the August deadline, subject to the availability of presentation slots.
Proposals must contain the following information: (1) name, address, telephone, and email; (2) title of presentation; (3) brief description of presentation idea; and (4) organization affiliation and position. Completed papers are not required, although they are welcome. Please send submissions via email to Oday Salim. … Any other questions can be addressed to any of our officers (three of whom are Tax Profs):
- President Linda Beale (Wayne State)
- Vice-President Cindy Buys (Southern Illinois)
- Treasurer Carolyn Dessin (Akron)
- Secretary Danshera Cords (Capital)
