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Call for Papers "Global Harmony and Rule of Law" 24th World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) China Law Society (CLS) Beijing (China) 15-20 September 2009 __________________________________________________ XXIV World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy will be held in Beijing on September 15-20, 2009. The main theme of the 24th IVR World Congress is "global harmony and rule of law". The concept of harmony has figured prominently in both eastern and western philosophical traditions, and can be interpreted to describe the developmental goals of many societies. Unlike the more often invoked concept of "globalization", "global harmony" captures many of our shared ideals concerning the relationships among countries, cultures, and legal systems, as well as between human kind and nature. By proposing to examine the role of the rule of law in promoting global harmony, the hosts of the 24th IVR World Congress hope not only to give greater voice to traditions and contemporary thinking in non-western cultures, but also to suggest new dimensions of collaboration among eastern and western scholars. Although we particularly welcome papers related to the above main theme for the plenary sessions and special workshops, a majority of workshops and working groups will be formed to provide forum for discussion concerning other crucial topics in legal theory and social philosophy. We recognize that methodological inquiries and sustained discussion of standard scholarly topics are important to philosophical progress, and suggest the above theme only to expand, not to supplant, the usual scope of discussion in legal and social philosophy. Submissions Besides Plenary Sessions, we will arrange Special Workshops and Working Groups similar to IVR congresses in the past. We hereby extend our invitation to IVR members in every country to submit proposals for Special Workshops. We invite 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 1,000 to 4,000 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 proposal for special workshops and papers to both the following two persons. Prof. Zhang Qi (for academic affairs) Email: [email protected] Mr. Yin Baohu (for administrative affairs) Email: [email protected] Working Groups The following are suggested topics for workshop proposals and for papers of working groups. 1. diverse legal culture and world harmony 2. jurisprudence and world harmony 3. international rule of law and world harmony 4. anti-terrorism, human rights protection and rule of law 5. global environment, energy resources and rule of law 6. global governance and harmonious development 7. conflict and harmony between globalization and localization 8. new perspectives on human rights and development 9. legal and philosophical studies of mediation 10. conflict and harmony between democracy and constitutionalism 11. universalism and cultural relativism 12. Chinese legal thought and legal philosophy 13. Latin American legal thought and legal philosophy 14. African legal thought and legal philosophy 15. legal thought and legal philosophy in Islamic world 16. legal thought and legal philosophy in West European countries 17. legal thought and legal philosophy in Scandinavian countries 18. Russian legal thought and legal philosophy 19. natural law theories 20. legal positivism 21. historical jurisprudence 22. legal pragmatism 23. Marxist jurisprudence 24. critical legal studies 25. virtue jurisprudence 26. gender and law 27. law and language(linguistics) 28. law and literature 29. law and natural science 30. law and music 31. law and psychology 32. law and social science 33. Legisprudence 34. law and economy 35. law, religion and culture 36. political law 37. East Asian legal culture 38. legal transplantation and local resources 39. legal thinking and legal method 40. legal interpretation 41. legal reasoning 42. legal ethics 43. value pluralism and legal communication 44. law and culture in digital society 45. possibility of innovation of models of rule of law 46. models of law and development 47. law, plural values and methodology 48. topics, rhetoric and jurisprudence 49. contemporary legal argumentation theories 50. logic, language and law 51. communication through methods: jurisprudence in search of inter-cultural value identity 52. deliberative democracy in legislative process 53. argumentation on legitimacy of law and legal validity 54. practical jurisprudence Note: Speakers can choose topics relevant but not limited to the above-mentioned. For further information, please visit the conference website: http://www.ivr2009.com Contact: Mr. Yin Baohu China Law Society 63, Bing Ma Si Hutong Xicheng District Beijing 100034 China Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.ivr2009.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
