2nd East Asian Law and Society Conference 2011

Dialects and Dialectics:

East Asian Dialogues in Law and Society

 

Dates:  30 September – 1 October 2011 
Venue:  Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea 
Organizers:  CRN East Asian Law and Society (Law and Society Association)

                        and the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law 

The Collaborative Research Network (CRN) on East Asian Law and Society (CRN-EALS) and the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law are delighted to announce that the Second East Asian Law and Society Conference will be held on 30 September and 1 October 2011 in Seoul, Korea on the campus of Yonsei University. Scholars, practitioners, researchers and PhD candidates are welcome to participate. The theme for the Seoul Conference will be Dialects and Dialectics: East Asian Dialogues in Law and Society. Participants need not be a member of the CRN-EALS or of the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law to attend the Conference. Organizers sincerely hope that the success of the Inaugural Conference held at the University of Hong Kong in 2010 will be repeated.

CRN-EALS was formed within the Law and Society Association (LSA) to provide a forum for promoting research on law and society in East Asia and disseminating findings to a wider community of socio-legal scholars. Both Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia are covered under this CRN. It welcomes scholars conducting research on East Asia, and others wishing to enrich their research and theories with findings from the region. CRN-EALS seeks to be an institutional base for regional LSA meetings to be held on a regular basis. The second conference in Seoul is organized with this vision in mind, following in the footsteps of the first conference in Hong Kong.

Call for Papers

We invite proposals for papers and panels that relate to the conference theme (Dialects and Dialectics: East Asian Dialogues in Law and Society) or fall within any of the following areas with reference to law and society in East Asia.

    -  Legal Education and Training
    -  Legal and Quasi-legal Professions
    -  Dispute Resolution and Civil Litigation
    -  Lay Participation in Judicial Processes and Other Forms of Participatory Justice
    -  Gender in Law
    -  Constitutionalism and Political Change
    -  Economic Transformations and Corporate Governance
    -  Multiculturalism and Nationhood / Citizenship and Migration
    -  Any area or theme that is relevant to Law and Society in East Asia

Timeline

- Deadline for paper and panel proposals:  31 March 2011 (U.S. Pacific Standard Time)  - extended
- Notification of acceptance of proposals:  By 15 May 2011

Proposal Submission

All paper or panel proposals must be in English and submitted by email to:

Email: eastasialsa2@gmail.com

not later than 15 March 2011 (US Pacific Standard Time) with the following details:

    A. Paper Proposal 
        1.Title of the paper; 
        2.An abstract of not more than 300 words*; 
        3.Presenter’s details: 
                a. Full name; 
                b. Title (Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms/Mrs/Miss); 
                c. Affiliation; 
                d. Email address; and 
                e. Postal address.

    B. Panel Proposal 
        1. Title of the panel; 
        2. A brief description of the panel in not more than 300 words; 
        3. Title of each paper (each panel must have three to four papers and

             presenters in the panel must be from more than one jurisdiction/country); 
        4. Abstract of each paper (in not more than 300 words each)*; 
        5. Each presenter’s details: 
            a. Full name; 
            b. Title (Prof/Dr/Mr/Ms/Mrs/Miss); 
            c. Affiliation; 
            d. Email address; and 
            e. Postal address.

 
* All presenters will be requested to submit a more detailed abstract of not less than four pages before the Conference (full papers will also be welcome).

Conference Registration Fee

• - Pre-Conference Registration: 15 May – 31 July 2011
• - Registration Fee**

Normal registration fee:  100,000 KRW (around 90 USD)
Full-time students:  50,000 KRW (around 45 USD)
Country B/C***: waived 

** Registration Fee covers: coffee breaks, reception and one copy of the Conference Program. It does not include lunch, dinner, social events or accommodation.

 

*** Registration fees will be waived for citizens of countries in Category B or C according to the Law and Society Association classification (see, http://www.lawandsociety.org/memb/country_list.htm), except those who are full-time employees of organizations in Category A countries.

 

Details about the registration procedure will be forthcoming on this website.

 

 

 

Accommodation


Participants will be responsible for their accommodation, but the conference organizers are arranging for several hotels close to the conference venue to provide discounted conference rates. Details will be announced in due course.

 

 

Enquiries


If you have any questions about the Conference, please contact the Korean Society for the Sociology of Law by sending an email to:

Email: sociolaw@gmail.com