ASIL International Organizations Interest Group Works-in-Progress Workshop

The International Organizations Interest Group of the American Society of International Law will host a works-in-progress workshop on October 29, 2010, at the headquarters of the Organization of American States in Washington, DC. I noted the call for papers here. Here's the announcement:

The International Organizations Interest Group of the American Society of International Law will hold a works-in-progress workshop on October 29, 2010, at the headquarters of the Organization of American States, Washington, DC. The workshop will begin at 9am and end at 430pm.

The workshop's format will be as follows. Each paper will be introduced by a commentator for about ten minutes. The author will have the opportunity to respond, if he or she wishes to do so. The floor will then be opened for comments, reactions, and discussion from the group as a whole. One of the sessions will focus the work of three junior scholars. The workshop is conducted on the assumption that everyone has read all of the papers in advance. One need not present a paper or comment on a paper to participate. The workshop is free for ASIL members and $15 for non-members. Participants must pre-register here. Lunch will be provided.

Those interested in serving as commentators should contact the workshop’s organizers no later than October 4. Selection of commentators will be made by October 10. Papers will be distributed to all participants the week of October 18.

The papers that will be presented include:

Richard Burchill (Univ. of Hull – Law), “Regional Organisations as an Expression of Diversity in the International System”

Noemi Gal-Or (Kwantlen Polytechnic Univ. – Politics and Law), “The International Responsibility of the WTO”

David Gartner (Arizona State Univ. – Law), “Beyond the Monopoly of States: Civil Society and the Governance of International Institutions”

Ian Hurd (Northwestern Univ. – Political Science), “Actor, Forum, Resource: Legal and Political Aspects of International Organizations”

Ian Johnstone (Tufts Univ. – Fletcher School) & Garth Schofield (Permanent Court of Arbitration), “Relational Contract Theory and UN Peacekeeping”

Young Scholars Panel:

Megan Donaldson (New York Univ. – Law), “The Politics of Transparency: The World Bank Access to Information Policy”

Joseph Perkovich (Dorsey & Whitney LLP), “The Institutional Legal Framework for Exchange Stability”

Guy Fiti Sinclair (New York Univ. – Law), “Of Living Trees and Constitutional Moments: Social Imaginaries and the Expansion of International Organizations”

We look forward to seeing you in Washington.

Kristen Boon

Co-Chair

kristen.boon[at]shu.edu

Jacob Katz Cogan

Co-Chair

jacob.cogan[at]uc.edu

Lorena Perez

Vice-Chair

LPerez[at]oas.org