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Saturday, August 01 2009 / 10:00 AM - Sunday, August 02 2009 / 6:30 PM
Tokyo, Japan
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The Asian Society of International Law, upon hosting its Second Biennial General Conference in Tokyo, will take up the issue of Asia's relationship with the international legal order under the main theme of "International Law in a Multi-polar and Multi-civilizational World - Asian Perspectives, Challenges and Contributions." At the Conference, learned, experienced, aspiring international law scholars and practitioners from around the world will learn from each other, exchange views critically, and disseminate the results all over the world. The Organizing Committee sincerely hopes to see many people participate in the Conference so that it can be an opportunity to understand the law and reality of the global community, challenge its dominant premises and understandings, and make constructive proposals for the international legal order in a multi-polar and multi-civilizational world.

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info@asiansil-tokyo2009.com
info@asiansil-tokyo2009.com
+81 45 339 3623

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Monday, June 22 2009 - Friday, July 03 2009 /
The Hague (The Netherlands)
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The Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies is proud to announce its seventh Summer School on International Criminal Law, to be held in The Hague from 22 June until 3 July 2009. In light of its location and the quality of its contributors and participants, this School offers a unique opportunity to gain expertise International Criminal Law. - Interactive Lectures ? every year, specialised and interactive lectures and seminars are given by leading professionals from the ICC and the ICTY as well as influential and well-known scholars (the past years, the School invited, among others, Professors Eric David, William Schabas et Cherif Bassiouni, as well as Judges Sang-Hyun Song and Navanethem Pillay). - Direct access to international institutions ? known as ?the City of Peace and Justice?, The Hague is the host city of several international institutions with a key-role in the development of international (criminal) law (visits will be organized to the ICJ, the ICC and the ICTY). - Diversity ? the Summer School welcomes about sixty participants from all over the world. One of the main purposes of the School is to bring together members of English and French speaking communities to engage in interactive discussions on the prospects and challenges of international criminal justice.

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Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Lange Voorhout 44, 2514EG The Hague
grotiuscentre@campusdenhaag.com

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Friday, April 17 2009 / 11.00 AM - Saturday, April 18 2009 / 3.30 PM
University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom

Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, international law has sought to configure itself as a universal system. And yet, despite the best efforts of international institutions, scholars and others to exert the universal application of international law, its relevance and applicability has been influenced, if not directed, by political power. The Cold War saw a concentration on co-existence in a bi-polar world, which many have argued brought stability to the international legal system. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 provided the opportunity for a truly universal system ? a ?new world order?, applicable regardless of power arrangements. Instead, it quickly became apparent that international law would have to address the dilemmas inherent in regulating a system dominated by a single global power. Over the past decade, discourse has tended to focus on the implications for international law of a unipolar world, characterised by US hegemony. It would seem, however, that the international system may now be experiencing a tendency towards multipolarity, with various sites of power able to exert a telling influence on international relations and international law. Recent events such as Russia?s excursion into Georgia, the breakdown of the Doha round of trade negotiations, the USA?s questionable actions in the war on terror, the prominence of emerging nuclear powers, China?s assertions of its own interests on a global scale, and the rise of regional trading blocs, all pose significant questions for international law and the international legal order. Can ?universal? international law exist in the absence of a global hegemon? To what extent can sovereign equality persist in a world of competing ?great powers? and ?spheres of influence?? What relevance will the United Nations retain? Is there an ?international community? and, if so, does it exist on a multilateral or a regional level? The 2009 ILA (British Branch) Spring Conference will seek to address these, and other, questions that a multipolar world poses for international law. Proposals are sought for papers on topics of interest within the conference theme. All international lawyers ? practitioners, academics and doctoral students ? regardless of seniority, institutional affiliation, gender or nationality, are invited to submit proposals. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be submitted by Friday 12th December 2008. Submissions should include the author?s name and contact details (including email address), and be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae. Applications should be sent, preferably by email to M.Happold@hull.ac.uk, or by post to Dr Matthew Happold, Law School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX. The results of the selection process will be notified to applicants in January 2009.

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Dr Matthew Happold
M.Happold@hull.ac.uk
00 44 (0)1482 466 225

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Friday, March 13 2009 / 9:00 AM - Saturday, March 14 2009 / 12:00 PM
Santa Clara, CA
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Given the centrality of institutions and processes of international criminal justice to contemporary public international law and international relations, this conference brings together leading academics and practitioners to discuss cutting edge issues associated with international criminal law and its enforcement. Our perspective is expressly forward looking in an effort to anticipate where the field is going in light of its current manifestations. Our keynote speaker is Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni, one of the world?s leading experts on international criminal law. The conference will feature four main papers on the following topics: the controversial exercise of universal jurisdiction, the principle of complementarity before the International Criminal Court, responses to collective and systemic criminal behavior, and the contested crime of terrorism. The symposium will feature four panels, one for each of the four main papers, in which expert commentators will provide a range of perspectives on the topics addressed in those papers. The symposium will conclude with a roundtable discussion in which panelists will explore how the international legal system may better achieve the goals of international criminal law.

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Katherine O'Connor
Katherine.OConnor06@gmail.com

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Monday, February 23 2009 / 8:00 am - Tuesday, February 24 2009 / 5:00 pm
The Helmsley Park Lane, NY
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ACI is proud to announce a winter LPO Summit, to take place February 23-24 in New York. This event is designed for both in-house counsel and law firms who are still evaluating the viability of offshore outsourcing, plus those who already have outsourcing operations in place but who want to stay ahead of the latest industry developments to optimize their business practices.

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M. Boatwright
m.boatwright@americanconference.com
888-224-2480

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Friday, February 20 2009
Iowa City, Iowa

The Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (TLCP) at the University of Iowa College of Law, in conjunction with the University of Iowa Center for International Finance & Development (UICIFD), will hold a symposium on Financial Markets and Systemic Risk: The Global Repercussions of the U.S. Subprime Mortgage Meltdown. The purposes of the one-day symposium are three-fold.  First, the symposium will seek to identify the causes and origins of the current international financial crisis. Second, it will assess the regulatory responses in the U.S. and abroad, as well as cooperatives responses among the various regional and international organizations. Finally, it will explore ways in which future financial crises of similar ilk can be prevented. The TLCP and UICIFD invite interested persons to submit abstracts of papers relating to the symposium.  The deadline for submission of the abstracts is Monday, July 21, 2008.


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