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September 2011
Images of the Arctic and the Law and Politics They Suggest
Event
Information
Thursday,
September 22, 2011, 4:00 PM
Temple
University, Beasley School of Law, 1719 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA
19122
Event Link:
http://www.law.temple.edu/Pages/International/IILPP_home.aspx
ASIL President David Caron discusses recent developments in the Arctic, including melting polar ice caps, boundary disputes, and environmental and resource concerns, and identifies the images of the region that states and individuals use to understand these developments. Caron also analyzes the politics and law implicit in each of these images, and the futures for the Arctic that are both possible and likely.
Contact
Information
Joel
Houkom
joel.houkom@temple.edu
215.204.8990
The Fifth Annual International Right to Know Day Celebration
Event
Information
Wednesday,
September 28, 2011, 9:30am
American
University Washington College of Law 4801 Massachusetts Ave, NW Room 603
Washington, DC 20016
Event Link:
http://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/fall/2011/20110928.cfm
In a development that barely could have been envisioned by the authors of the Freedom of Information Act four decades ago, and with a force that has been accelerating around the globe, people in more than 85 nations of the world now enjoy the benefits of “government transparency” laws akin to the FOIA. In the United States, “Freedom of Information Day" is celebrated each year on or near March 16 (the birthday of James Madison), and now since 2002 members of the international transparency community around the world likewise have celebrated “International Right-to-Know Day” annually on September 28, a day marking their progress, commitment, and unity of purpose. This year, for its fifth annual International Right-to-Know Day celebration, the Collaboration on Government Secrecy will be conducting a joint event via video link with civil society groups in South Africa. It also will be discussing the Draft International Principles on National Security and the Right to Information, which currently are under international review, and it will be focusing on the prospects for restored U.S. leadership in the international transparency community in conjunction with the Obama Administration’s recently established ”Open Government Partnership.” The program also will feature a keynote presentation on the current state of international transparency growth by Dr. Morton H. Halperin, Senior Advisor at the Open Society Foundations.
Contact
Information
Office of
Special Events and CLE
secle@wcl.american.edu
202.274.4075
October 2011
ASIL CLE INSTITUTE WEBINAR: Introduction to International Economic Law
Event Information
Wednesday,
October 5, 2011
WEBINAR
TIME: 12:00
p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (ET)
Corporations and their lawyers increasingly face issues relating to international economic law in their business transactions and disputes. On behalf of the American Society of International Law, Tai-Heng Cheng, professor of law and co-director at the Institute for Global Law, Justice, and Policy at New York Law School will present an introductory webinar on international economic law. This course will introduce practitioners to basic legal issues relating international trade and investment in business transactions, World Trade Organization, litigation and investor-state arbitration and provide them with resources to address in practical terms the issues of international economic law that they may encounter in their practice.
More
Information:
http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=222
Financial Regulation in a Global Market: Moving Beyond The State
Event
Information
Thursday,
October 6, 2011, 09.00
London
House, Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 2AB
Event
Link:
http://www.biicl.org/events/view/-/id/627/
One consequence of the global financial crisis has been consideration of the need to review the current financial regulation within States. However, it is clear that the nature of financial markets, corporate activity and inter-State connections, mean that any regulation requires some international element. This conference, sponsored by the British Institute of International &Comparative Law, will consider how external pressures limit or influence the discretion of each State to regulate its own markets. In particular, it will show how treaty obligations, European Union requirements, competition law, Islamic law, other State’s laws, international investment practices, the rule of law and other matters are all relevant for any future effective financial regulation.
Contact
Information
eventsregistration@biicl.org
Tel: +44
(0)20 7862 5151 (switchboard)
ABA International 2011 Fall Meeting
Event
Information
Tuesday,
October 11, 2011, 8:00AM - Saturday, October 15, 2011, 8:00AM
Dublin,
Ireland
Event Link:
http://www2.americanbar.org/calendar/section-of-international-law-2011-fall-meeting/Pages/default.aspx
Join the ABA Section of International Law (ABA International)at a very special 2011 Fall Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, October 11-15. Fall Meeting attendees will include high-level practitioners with the largest and most respected global law firms; lawyers with the most prominent regional and national firms outside the US; US-based small-firm and solo practitioners with significant international practices; corporate and in-house counsel; lawyers serving in government or with non-governmental organizations and inter-governmental organizations; and academics. ABA International is the “ABA home” for the world’s leading international practitioners, and the 2011 Fall Meeting is a “Must-Attend” meeting for lawyers with a practice or interest in international legal issues. The state of the art Convention Centre Dublin will serve as the headquarters for our programming and networking breaks, and the historic Shelbourne Hotel will serve as our headquarters hotel. The Fall Meeting Co-Chairs, members of the Planning Committee, and Section staff have invested a tremendous amount of effort to develop an outstanding program.
For more
information, please visit our website:
http://ambar.org/FallMeeting2011
Contact
Information
Audrey
Lamb
Audrey.Lamb@AmericanBar.org
202-662-1663
Eighth Annual Seminar: International Commercial Arbitration - How to Handle Distribution and Agency Issues
Event
Information
Tuesday,
October 11, 2011, 9:00am - Thursday, October 13, 2011, 9:00am
4801 Massachusetts
Ave, NW Room 603 Washington, DC 20016
Event
Link:
http://www.wcl.american.edu/arbitration/
With support from the ASIL Dispute Resolution Interest Group, this three-day intensive seminar based on a mock arbitration case will provide critical skills and practical insight into handling Distribution and Agency Issues primarily from the perspective of the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association''s International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). Through dynamic interactive lectures and scenario-based exercises, participants will have the opportunity to work in small groups in constant debate with international experts and will be taught skills, strategies, and tactics for successfully conducting Distribution and Agency Issues issues in international Arbitration. The faculty, composed of leading practitioners in the field, will draw upon their experience as arbitrators and litigators to give detailed practical guidance on the various stages of the arbitration. Early registration deadline: September 1, 2011. Participants can earn up to 15 CLE credits (19 if NY), Including 1 hour of Ethics.
Contact
Information
Susana
Castiglione
arbitration@wcl.american.edu
202.274.4321
WIPO Arbitration Workshop
Event
Information
Thursday,
October 13, 2011, 09:00 AM - Friday, October 14, 2011, 05:00 PM
Geneva,
Switzerland
Event Link:
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/events
This Workshop is sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The purpose the Workshop is to provide intensive basic training of a practical nature for party representatives in arbitration and for arbitrators. The training, which will be conducted by experienced international arbitrators, will focus on the main principles of international commercial arbitration law and practice, with particular reference to the practical application of the WIPO Arbitration and Expedited Arbitration Rules (as well as the WIPO Expert Determination Rules) in intellectual property and technology disputes. The arbitration rules of other arbitration institutions will also be referred to for purposes of comparison.
Contact
Information
Adam
Rattray
arbiter.meetings@wipo.int
+41 22
3388247
Ten Years In: Appraising the International Law of the “Long War” in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Event
Information
Friday,
October 14, 2011, 1:00 PM
Boston
University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215
Event Link:
http://www.bu.edu/law/events/upcoming/
October 2011 will mark the 10-year anniversary of the U.S. conflict in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. history. This conference, co-sponsored by Boston University School of Law, the U.S. Naval War College, and the American Society of International Law’s Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict, will examine current controversies in the law of armed conflict, the law governing recourse to force, and international human rights law arising from continued U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and related operations in Pakistan. Panelists will address, among other issues, counterinsurgency doctrine, the increasing individualization of warfare, the tactical directive, rules of engagement, the concept of “direct participation in hostilities,” unmanned systems, targeted killings, and cross-border operations. The keynote address will be delivered by David Kilcullen, founding CEO and president of Caerus Associates. During his distinguished career, Kilcullen has served as counterinsurgency adviser to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, special adviser for counterinsurgency to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, senior counterinsurgency adviser to General David Petraeus, and chief strategist in the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism. The event is free and open to the public. Further information is available at: www.bu.edu/law/events/upcoming.
Contact
Information
Professor
Rob Sloane
rdsloane@bu.edu
617-358-4633
International Conference on Piracy at Sea
Event
Information
Monday,
October 17, 2011 - Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Malmö,
Sweden
Event
Link:
http://icopas2011.wmu.se/
The grave threat of piracy to the security and efficiency of marine transportation, particularly to the men and women carrying out this important function, has led the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to adopt the theme “Piracy: orchestrating the response” for World Maritime Day in 2011. The International Conference on Piracy at Sea (ICOPAS 2011), organized by the World Maritime University (WMU) in cooperation with the IMO, commemorates this theme and contributes to the efforts of maritime industry stakeholders and the international community at large to identify, monitor, study, research, and implement preventive measures to combat violent crime against merchant shipping. The Conference will be supported by international partners and sponsors and will be held from 17 to 19 October 2011 in Malmö, Sweden. Those who are interested in the Conference are encouraged to submit abstract proposals (200 words) via email to ICOPAS2011@wmu.se no later than July 1, 2011.
Contact
Information
Mrs. Mia
Hedin
icopas2011@wmu.se
+46 40 35
63 00
Border Skirmishes: The Intersection Between Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration
Event
Information
Thursday,
October 20, 2011, 12:00 PM - Friday, October 21, 2011, 12:00 PM
University
of Missouri School of Law, 203 Hulston Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
Event Link:
http://www.law.missouri.edu/csdr/symposium/2011/
On October 20-21, 2011, the award-winning Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law, with support from the ASIL-Midwest Interest Group, will host an international symposium concerning the intersection of litigation and international commercial arbitration. Keynote speaker Gary Born joins panelists from Canada, Austria, Switzerland, and the United States in a frank and timely discussion of some of the issues that can develop when parties attempt to combine litigation tactics with international commercial arbitration. This group of experts will provide a uniquely transnational perspective on some of the most pressing questions facing the legal community today. Associated events include a works-in-progress conference where authors discuss their current research with other specialists and a student writing competition sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), North American Branch. The registration fee for the symposium, including an “early bird” session concerning the new ICC Rules of Arbitration, is $50.
Contact
Information
Prof. S.I.
Strong
strongsi@missouri.edu
+1 573 882
2465
INTERNATIONAL LAW WEEKEND 2011: International Law and National Politics
Event
Information
Thursday,
October 20, 2011 - 22, 2011
Fordham Law
School
New York,
NY USA
The American Branch of the International Law Association and the International Law Students Association, in cosponsorship with the American Society of International Law and others, will present the annual International Law Weekend (ILW) in New York, in conjunction with the 90th annual meeting of the American Branch. ILW 2011 will bring together hundreds of practitioners, professors, members of the governmental and non-governmental sectors, and students. It will feature numerous panels, distinguished speakers, and receptions.
More
Information:
http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=208
Poverty and the International Economic Law System: Duties to the World’s Poor
Event
Information
Thursday,
October 20, 2011, 4:30 PM - Saturday, October 22, 2011, 4:30 PM
Basle,
Switzerland
Event Link:
http://iel.jus.unibas.ch/wordpress/
This conference will gather legal scholars and practitioners from trade, investment, commercial arbitration, finance, and general international law to consider how each of these areas impact a states’ obligation to reduce poverty at home and abroad. Professors, assistants, and students interested in international economic law and/or poverty issues should be interested in joining these informative talks and discussions. The conference will begin with an official opening in Basel’s City Hall, where Dr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross will give an address on “Poverty, Peace and the International Legal System”. The following two days will be devoted to thematic coverage of our topic. On Friday, the general international law of positive obligations for states will out the background to question of what states must do for the Poor. Investment law, commercial arbitration, and trade law relations to poverty will follow. On Saturday, the impact of international financial law will be the focus of the morning session, while the afternoon will consist of four parallel panels addressing different common topics, including geographic perspectives, specially impacted populations, dispute settlement, and corruption.
Contact
Information
K.
Nadakavukaren
k.nadakavukaren@unibas.ch
0041 61 267
24 87
Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL): Capitalism and the Commond Good
Event
Information
Thursday,
October 20, 2011, 6:00 PM - Saturday, October 22, 2011, 2:30 PM
Eugene,
Oregon, USA
Event
Link:
http://waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu/twail/
The purpose of the conference will be to interrogate as systematically as possible the Wayne Morse Center’s theme of inquiry “Capitalism and the Common Good.” Building upon past TWAIL events, the conference will also provide the space for scholars to continue to strategize and collaborate, thereby pushing TWAIL towards praxis. Participants may register online: http://waynemorsecenter.uoregon.edu/twail/
Contact
Information
University
of Oregon School of Law
twail2011@gmail.com
The Future of US Trade Negotiations--What is a 21st Century Trade Agreement?
Event
Information
Saturday,
October 22, 2011, 10:45 AM
Fordham Law
School, 140 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Event Link:
http://www.ilsa.org/conference/ILW.php
ASIL's International Economic Law Interest Group and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association will sponsor a special panel session as part of the American Branch of the International Law Association and the International Law Students Association annual International Law Weekend (“ILW”) in New York. This panel will focus on the latest developments in United States trade negotiations, emphasizing recent bilateral and regional free trade agreements. In light of the struggles faced in the WTO multilateral negotiations, more attention has been focused on regional and bilateral agreements as a means to achieve national political goals for trade liberalization. This panel will explore those efforts, whether they are likely to be effective, and what they may mean for national and multilateral goals. Panelists: 1.Jagdish N. Bhagwati, professor, Columbia University 2.Sungjoon Cho, visiting professor, Fordham Law School, and professor and Norman and Edna Freehling Scholar, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology 3.Ben King, Counsellor (Trade), New Zealand Embassy and 4.Catherine Mellor, Associate Director, Southeast Asia International Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Claire Kelly, professor, Brooklyn Law School, will moderate. To register for this session and International Law Weekend, please visit www.ilsa.org/conference/ILW.php.
Contact
Information
Claire
Kelly and Sungjoon Cho
claire.kelly@brooklaw.edu
Scho1@kentlaw.edu
Global Public Goods Symposium: Global Public Goods and the Plurality of Legal Orders
Event
Information
Monday,
October 24, 2011 - 25, 2011
European
University Institute
San
Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy
Organized by the European Society of International Law, the American Society of International Law, the European Journal of International Law, and the HiiL project on Private Transnational Regulatory Regimes, this symposium explores whether and how the co-existence, interaction, and antagonisms of different legal orders (international law, domestic law, EU law, regimes established by private actors) and their driving agents (regulators, contract-makers, and courts and tribunals) contribute to creating and maintaining global public goods. Contributors will discuss transatlantic perspectives on how different legal orders may contribute to the production and management of public goods.
ASIL International Organizations Interest Group Works-in-Progress Workshop
Event
Information
Friday,
October 28, 2011
Organization
of American States
Washington,
DC USA
TIME: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m The International Organizations Interest Group of the American Society of International Law will hold a day long works-in-progress workshop with support from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy on Friday, October 28. CALL FOR PAPERS If you are interested in presenting a paper at the workshop, please submit an abstract to Jacob Cogan (jacob.cogan[at]uc.edu), Lorena Perez (LPerez[at]oas.org), and Justin Jacinto (jjacinto[at]curtis.com) by the end of the day on August 26.
More
Information:
http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=214
The Global Competition Law Conference
Event
Information
Friday,
October 28, 2011, 9:00 AM
Chicago-Kent
College of Law
Event Link:
http://www.kentlaw.edu/events/global-competition/
Chicago Kent College of Law in sponsorship with the ASIL International Economic Law Interest Group will present a special presentation by Professor David Gerber, Distinguished Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, on his recent publication “Global Competition: Law, Markets and Globalization” (Oxford University Press). This book, which is a crystallization of his decade-long research in the field, examines competition law on the global level and reveals its often complex and little-understood dynamics. It focuses on the interactions between national and international legal regimes that are central to these dynamics and a key to understanding them. Considering the sobering discourse on the future of global markets currently conducted in the aftermath of the financial crisis, David’s book is truly a timely contribution. Chicago-Kent College of Law believes that an academic conference that not only explores David’s insights in the book but also expands them to further dimensions will greatly benefit the global competition law community. The conference will feature three main sessions (1. Analyzing Global Competition Law Dynamics 2. National and Transnational Dynamics: The Interplay 3. The Way Forward: Relating Convergence to Commitment). We anticipate a gathering of the very best academics, officials and practitioners in the law, regulation, policy and political/economic factors governing the global competition law. Confirmed speakers include William Kovacic (former FTC Chairman), Eleanor Fox (NYU Law School), and Wang Xiaoye (Chinese Academy of Social Science and often called the “mother” of Chinese antitrust law).
Contact
Information
Claire
Alfus
calfus@kentlaw.edu
312-906-5114
November 2011
ASIL Midyear Meeting and Inaugural Research Forum
Event
Information
Thursday,
November 3, 2011 - 5, 2011
UCLA School
of Law
Los
Angeles, CA USA
The American Society of International Law, in cosponsorship with the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School, will host its second annual midyear meeting and an inaugural research forum at UCLA campus and Hotel Palomar in Los Angeles from November 3 - 5, 2011. Please visit our Midyear Meeting and Research Forum website for more information at www.asil.org/2011researchforum
CCIL Annual Conference: Culture and Innovation In International Law
Event
Information
Thursday,
November 3, 2011 - Saturday, November 5, 2011
Canadian
Council on International Law, 275 Bay Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1R 5Z5
Event Link:
http://www.ccil-ccdi.ca/ccil-registration
This conference grapples with emerging issues of culture, innovation and technology and their relationship with international law. Topics include international technological and intellectual property issues, issues surrounding cultural property, developments in cybercrime and cyberwarfare, cultural implications related to human rights and development, and cutting edge developments and practices in international environmental, humanitarian, business and trade law.
Contact
Information
Robert
Brookfield and Fannie Lafontaine
manager@ccil-ccdi.ca
613-235-0442
December 2011
Post - Crisis International Financial Regulation: Fragmentation, Harmonization and Coordination
Event
Information
Friday,
December 2, 2011
Suffolk
University Law School
Boston, MA
The International Economic Law Interest Group (IEcLIG) of the American Society of International Law (ASIL) will host a special Research Forum to discuss the complexities international financial regulation post crisis. The Interest Group invites the submission of proposals in the form of abstracts of no more than 300 words which will address this topic.
More
Information:
http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=211
Comparative Perspectives on International Law
Event
Information
Friday,
December 16, 2011 - 17, 2011
American
University in Cairo
Cairo,
Egypt
ASIL and AUC will co-host a historic first conference together on the topic of Comparative Perspectives on International Law. We hope to attract participants from all over the world, including especially the North Africa and Middle East region. In the spirit of outreach and institution-building, we hope to start a dialogue at the broadest level and also with respect to pressing current issues and controversies, probing the normative commitments and structural features of contemporary international law.
We anticipate several plenary sessions on topics including: public international law, international human rights, international criminal law and transitional justice, and international economic law.
More
Information:
http://www.asil.org/activities_calendar.cfm?action=detail&rec=193
February 2012
Emerging Issues in International Humanitarian Law
Event
Information
Friday,
February 3, 2012
Santa Clara
University School of Law
International humanitarian law (IHL) was once an obscure, technical, and highly specialized area of law. Today, aspects of IHL are the subject of ongoing policymaking efforts and everyday parlance. Furthermore, there are dozens of cases proceeding in United States, foreign, and international courts adjudicating IHL treaties and customary rules. This process pre-dated the tragic events of 9-11, but those attacks thrust IHL into a spotlight in which it has remained ever since. Notwithstanding this greater attention to the field, misinformation remains within the press, among government policymakers, and even within the legal profession about when IHL applies and what it dictates. In addition, current events continue to generate calls that the existing framework of IHL is ill-equipped to deal with the challenges of modern armed conflicts. The goal of this symposium is to focus on emerging issues in IHL where IHL norms are subject to evolution. Accordingly, the conference will be organized around four panels dedicated to the topics of: . The Impact of Advances in Technology on IHL and Vice Versa; . The Gender Dimensions of IHL; . The Scope of Detention Authority within IHL; and . The Interface between IHL and International Human Rights.
Contact
Information
Beth Van
Schaack
bvanschaack@scu.edu
4085542349
The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Critical Assessment of the Euro and the EMU
Event
Information
Friday,
February 24, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
University
of Iowa College of Law
Event Link:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~tlcp/
The Journal of Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems (TLCP) is pleased to announce this year’s annual international law symposium, entitled The European Sovereign Debt Crisis: A Critical Assessment of the Euro and EMU. The symposium will take place on February 24, 2012 at the University of Iowa College of Law in Levitt Auditorium, Boyd Law Building, in Iowa City, Iowa. Persons invited to present at the symposium will also be asked to publish their work in Volume 22 of the TLCP. The Symposium will examine three core topics relating to the crisis: I. Looking Back: The Promises and Perils of the EMU; II. Assessing the Crisis and its Resolution; III. Looking Forward: The Future of the EMU.
Contact
Information
Heidi Loch
heidi-loch@uiowa.edu
319-335-9736
April 2012
Africa and International Law: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
Event
Information
Friday,
April 13, 2012 - Saturday, April 14, 2012
Albany Law
School
Albany, NY
Event Link:
http://www.albanylaw.edu/sub.php?navigation_id=2067
The ASIL Africa Interest Group will host with the Albany Law School, a conference that will engage a broad ranging conversation among scholars, practitioners and policy-makers to examine and evaluate how the international and regional regimes and institutions in Africa are producing new narratives of justice and how best they can make a real difference in responding to the challenges facing African peoples and governments. Abstracts and papers are invited on a broad range of themes including but limited to the fledgling jurisprudence of African regional integration tribunals; Africa and the international criminal court; the continued viability of one of reigning paradigms of African international law that Africa is an innovator and generator of institutions and rules of international law, rather than its passive recipient. Judge Abdul Koroma of the International Court of Justice and Dr. Willy Mutunga, Chief Justice and President of the Kenyan Supreme Court will be the keynote speakers of the conference.
Contact
Information
James
Gathii
jgath@albanylaw.edu
International
Judicial Monitor