Call For Papers: Comparative Law Workshop

CALL FOR PAPERS

FIFTH ANNUAL COMPARATIVE LAW WORKS IN PROGRESS WORKSHOP

May 20-22, 2010
The University of Illinois College of Law

Sponsored by:
American Society of Comparative Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Princeton University
Program for Law and Public Affairs


Jacqueline Ross (University of Illinois College of Law),
Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University, Program for Law
and Public Affairs), and James Q. Whitman (Yale Law School)
are calling for paper submissions for the Fifth Annual
Comparative Law Works in Progress Workshop which will take
place at The University of Illinois College of Law from May
20-22, 2010. (The arrival date would be May 20.) This
workshop will co-sponsored by the American Society of
Comparative Law.

Having been called away by many of his other
responsibilities, including his editorship of the American
Journal of Comparative Law, Mathias Reimann regrets that he
will not be able to continue his role as co-organizer of
this workshop. We will miss his lively and incisive
contributions. We are very happy to announce, however, that
as of this year, we will be joined as co-organizers by
James Q. Whitman, Ford Foundation Professor of Comparative
and Foreign Law at Yale Law School. The annual workshop
will now rotate between Princeton University, the
University of Illinois College of Law, and Yale Law School.


ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:

There is no regular opportunity for comparative law
scholars in the United States to meet and discuss their
work in any depth. The scholarly programs of the meetings
of the American Society of Comparative Law are chosen and
organized by the respective host schools and aim at the
presentation of finished papers on a given topic. While
there is some opportunity to present work in progress,
there is little opportunity for sustained discussion. The
meetings of the Comparative Law Section at the AALS
Conference each January are also dedicated to a specific
topic and usually exhaust themselves in the presentation of
papers with little substantive discussion. There is thus a
need for a forum in which comparative law work in progress
can be explored among colleagues in a serious and thorough
manner that will be truly helpful to the respective
authors.

The Annual Comparative Law Works-in-Progress Workshop is
intended to fill that need. It will involve up to six
papers during a two-day period. If more than six papers are
submitted for discussion, the organizers will jointly
decide which ones to accept, giving preference to younger
scholars.

The participants will consist of the respective authors,
one commentator on each paper, faculty members of the host
institution, particularly those with expertise in
comparative law and research, and others interested in
attending. The overall group will be kept small enough to
sit around a large table and to allow serious discussion
(20 people maximum). The papers will not be presented at
the workshop. They will be distributed two weeks in advance
and every participant must have read them before attending
the meeting. The commentator will present a 10 to 15 minute
introduction and critique, leaving at least one hour for
discussion. There are no plans to publish the papers.
Instead, it is up to the authors to seek publication if,
and wherever, they wish.

The Fifth Annual Comparative Law Workshop will take place
on May 20-22, 2010 at the University of Illinois College of
Law. The Workshop will be funded by the host school and by
the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL). Authors of
papers and commentators from ASCL member schools will be
reimbursed for their travel expenses and accommodation up
to $600.00, in accordance with the ASCL reimbursement
policy (as posted on its webpage), though only up to six
authors and commentators will be reimbursed by the ASCL.
(The University of Illinois College of Law will reimburse
the remainder.) The ASCL's policy provides that
reimbursement is available only if the applicant cannot
obtain reimbursement from his or her home school.


PAPER SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Interested authors should submit papers electronically to:

CONTACT: Jacqueline Ross
Email: MAILTO:jeross1@illinois.edu

by March 1, 2010.

We will inform them of our decision by early April, 2010.
"Work in progress" means scholarship that has reached a
stage at which it is substantial enough to merit serious
discussion and critique but that has not yet appeared in
print (although it may have been accepted for publication.
It includes law review articles, book chapters or outlines,
substantial book reviews, and other appropriate genres.

Our objective is not only to provide an opportunity for the
discussion of scholarly work but also to create an
opportunity for comparative lawyers to get together for two
days devoted to nothing but talking shop, both in the
sessions and outside. We hope that this will create synergy
that fosters more dialogue, cooperation, and an increased
sense of coherence in a discipline badly in need of it.

Jacqueline Ross Kim Lane Scheppele James Q. Whitman