SIEL Inaugural Conference - Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS - The Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law: New Horizons of International Economic Law The Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) will take place at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva from 15-17 July 2008 (www.hei.unige.ch).  From the call for papers:

This conference aims to explore the many different faces of “international economic law”, in order to reflect critically on its past, present and future paths. It will seek to explore issues concerning the content of the discipline, its evolution as a distinct field, and its relation with other fields of study. Given that the aim of the Society includes fostering research in the area of IEL and promoting cooperation among all parts within the field, the SIEL inaugural conference will also be a forum for those inside and outside academia to share pedagogical and research methods, as well as to explore greater cooperation among the many different constituencies of the field.

      

We welcome papers and panels on any topic related to the conference, including:

• the three traditional pillars of “public” IEL: trade, investment, and monetary policies;
• the relationship between these pillars, and between these pillars and other branches of law;
• the influence of disciplines such as economics, political economy, and others on international economic law;
• “comparative” international economic law, focussing on the ways in which international economic law interacts with laws, institutions and actors at the domestic level;
• the “geographies” of international economic law, relating to the role of international economic law in different parts of the world;
• the roles that law and legal practices play within “international economic governance”;
• methods and trends in the teaching of international economic law, both in universities and to the broader public;
• interactions between scholars, practitioners, government officials and civil society groups active in international economic law; and
• topical issues within international economic law.

We are particularly interested in integrating new voices with more established figures in the field, and welcome works in progress from young or new scholars reflecting the conference’s broad theme.

More details here.