Besides Plenary Sessions, we will arrange Special Workshops and Working Groups similar to IVR congresses in th past. We hereby extend our invitation to IVR members in every country to submit proposals for Special Workshops. Following previous format for Special Workshops, we will apply the following criteria in reviewing proposals for acceptance:
** The proposal should contain at the minimum some background relating to the proposed topic, including, for example, whether previous workshops have been held on the same topic (and by whom they were organized);
**The proposal should also state which other scholars the person making the proposal intends to invite to participate in the workshop;
**The person making the proposal must be prepared to act as a coordinator for the workshop; as the coordinator, he or she must be able to procure high-quality contributions on the workshop topic, supervise the exchange of draft papers for comments among participants prior to the workshop, and otherwise ensure the quality of the workshop papers and discussion.
Please send your proposal for special workshops and papers to both the following two persons:
Prof. Zhang Qi: ivrcongress24@gmail.com
Mr. Gu Zhaomin: papers@chinalawsociety.com
2. Call for Papers
We hereby extend our invitation to scholars and experts in jurisdiction to submit papers for the Special Workshops and Working Groups.
The deadline for sending the abstracts of papers in English is June 15, 2009. Each abstract is proposed to have about 800 to 1,000 English words, which will be translated and printed in both Chinese and English as Congress documents. The deadline for submitting full papers in English is July 15, 2009.
All abstracts and papers for the Special Workshops and Working Groups will be published on the Congress website at www.ivr2009.com so that more time could be devoted to discussions rather than presentation at the Congress sessions of Special Workshops and Working Groups. If you disagree to publish your abstract and/or full paper on the website, please clarify this point when you make your submission.
The Congress language is English and Chinese. Simultaneous interpretation between Chinese and English will be provided for the plenary sessions.
Please send your papers and abstracts to the above-mentioned two persons of Prof. Zhang and Mr. Gu.
3. Confirmed Speakers for the Plenary Sessions
1). Individual Rights in World Order
Prof. Joseph Raz
University of Columbia, U.S.A.
2). The Dual Nature of Law
Prof. Robert Alexy
Kiel University, Germany
3). Diversity, Democracy, and Dialogue in a Human Rights Framework
Prof. Carol Gould
Temple University, U.S.A.
4). Globalization and Cultural Prosperity
Prof. Morimura Susumu
Hitotsubashi University, Japan
5). Classical Chinese Theories of Norm and Their Influence on the Development of Traditional Chinese Legal System
Prof. Chang Wejen
Institute of History and Philology of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan,China
6). Reform and Progress through Law----A China Story
Prof. Xin Chunying
Deputy Chairman of Legal Affairs Committee of National People's Congress, China
Research Fellow of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
7). Rethinking the Philosophy of Law
Prof. Ioanna Kucuradi
Maltepe University, Turkey
8). Judges, at the Crossroads between Worldwide and Universal Dimensions
Mr. Antoine Garapon
Secretary- General of the Institute of High Studies on Justice of France
9). Cultural Diversity, Intercivilizational Dialogue, and Harmony: A Confucian Perspective
Prof. TU Weiming
Harvard University and Peking University
10). Rule of Law as Reason of Law
Ms. Mathilde Cohen
Columbia University, U.S.A.
2009 IVR Young Scholar Prize Winner
