August 17, 2007
Press Release
The Society of International Economic Law: Inaugural Conference, July 15-17, 2008
Members of the international economic law community have created a new organisation called the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL).
The organisation will foster co-ordination, collaboration and debate between International Economic Law (IEL) scholars and academically inclined practitioners/officials and national or regional IEL organisations around the world. Additionally, it will seek to support and nurture the growth of research and teaching in the field of international economic law in parts of the world presently lacking those resources. The SIEL will be genuinely global in its reach and as inclusive as possible in terms of the expertise and interests of participants – broadly covering the many disciplines encompassed by IEL. Further information about the current SIEL organisational framework, including the composition of the Founding Committee and of the Founding Executive Council, can be found at SIEL’s website - http://www.sielnet.org/
The formal launch of the SIEL will be at an Inaugural Conference to be held July 15-17, 2008, at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva (l'Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales, HEI). Further details about the conference and call for papers will be available shortly at SIEL’s website.
For further information contact:
Andrew Lang and Colin Picker: Co-Chairs, Founding Committee SIEL
Galina Zukova, Co-Chair, SIEL Inaugural Conference Committee
Dr Andrew Lang
Law Department - London School of Economics
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Colin B. Picker
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
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Galina Zukova
Riga Graduate School of Law
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