Call for Papers: International Law in the Second Decade of the 21st Century: Back to the Future or Business as Usual?

The 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law will be held June 24-26, 2010, in Canberra. The conference theme is "International Law in the Second Decade of the 21st Century: Back to the Future or Business as Usual?" There are two calls for papers. The general call is below. A second call - specific for a postgraduate research students workshop preceding the Annual Conference - is noted at the end of the general call. Here's the call:

INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE SECOND DECADE OF THE 21st CENTURY: BACK TO THE FUTURE OR BUSINESS AS USUAL?

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

18th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

CANBERRA, 24-26 June 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline: 4 March 2010

The 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law (‘ANZSIL’) will take place from Thursday, 24 June 2010 to Saturday, 26 June 2010 at University House, The Australian National University, Canberra, hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law.

Recent years have seen important developments in international politics and international law: the settling into office of the Obama Administration in the United States, the Global Financial Crisis, and the challenges of reaching global agreement on how to respond to climate change. While some of these developments underline that international law often reflects rather than drives important political and social developments, others represent a return to a more positive and optimistic view towards the possibilities of international law and its importance as a guide for political action. There has been a tendency in recent years to see international law and its institutions as in crisis, or to despair at the disregard for international law displayed by leading nations, rather than focusing on the role it plays in providing frameworks for important political and economic developments and for the everyday interactions of States and their citizens.

The Conference Organising Committee now invites proposals for papers to be presented at ANZSIL’s 18th Annual Conference. Special consideration will be given to proposals which seek to explore these perspectives either generally or in one of the following areas:

• International environmental law, in particular international law concerning climate change, post-Copenhagen
• International law perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis and its aftermath
• Constitutionalisation of international law
• The rule of law in relation to efforts to combat terrorism
• Private international law (including areas such as child abduction)
• International law of the sea
• International economic law (including trade law, investment law and intellectual property law).

Paper proposals on other areas of international law – including but not limited to international human rights law, humanitarian law, criminal law, state-building and international administration, developments in international institutions, and international relations and international law – are also welcome.

Those proposing papers for presentation at the Conference should submit a one- page abstract and brief one- page curriculum vitae by email to the Conference Organising Committee (anzsil@law.anu.edu.au) by no later than Thursday, 4 March 2010. Please include the heading on your email message ‘ANZSIL Conference 2010 Paper Proposal: [Your Name]’. The Conference Organising Committee will inform applicants of the outcome of their proposals no later than the end of March 2010.

Postgraduate students and those wishing to present their postgraduate thesis work are encouraged to submit their proposals (marked ‘PG Workshop’) for presentation at the Postgraduate Workshop (to be held on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 – for further details and call for papers, see the ANZSIL website). The closing date for applications to the Postgraduate Workshop is 2 March 2010.