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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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THEME: THE REACH OF LAW
Law permeates every aspect of our lives—or does it? Sociolegal scholars have long debated and discussed what we call the "reach" of law—the impact of law in a globalized world, the extent to which law regulates social and political life within and across borders, how law defines the experiences and treatment of diverse groups within societies, the promulgation of law and legal systems in developing societies, and the significance of law in everyday life. Law can also include non-state legal orders such as customary law and religion. Our perspectives on the Reach of Law will vary depending on where we are situated—geographically, politically, socially, culturally, and intellectually. We hope the Vancouver meetings will be enriched by exploring and comparing the perspectives associated with these differing vantage points. Reflecting the meeting's location and recent events, the Program Committee invites participants to consider the reach of law in some of the following subject areas:
The Reach of Law in a Globalized World: National boundaries are becoming more fluid and questionable as we move toward a more integrated world. How can law protect the rights of all individuals in such a world? How and when does the law of one country extend to punish leaders of another country for harms inflicted? How do we deal with the clash of laws from different countries? How do different countries use the law—e.g., policing, control over drugs, immigration, and tobacco regulation? How are ideas of legality constituted through different legal cultures? How are they influenced by economics, by state power? How do non-governmental legal orders affect these issues?
The Reach of Law in Pacific Rim-Asian Countries: The movement for constitutionalism, rule of law, judicial reform, and reform of legal education is sweeping east Asian countries. The Pacific Rim is a particularly exciting place to explore these legal developments. What impact does the reach of western law have on other countries? What can western countries learn from these other countries?
The Relationship of Canada and the United States: Co-sponsorship of the meeting by our two associations encourages us to consider the special relationship between Canada and the United States and the role of law in regulating that relationship. How does law define and distinguish our separate identities? When does it reach across and when does it stop at our respective borders? We invite comparative papers and panels on the reach of law in Canada and the United States on such issues as policing and law enforcement, civil liberties, speech, abortion, pornography, constitutional development, and immigrationThe Reach of Law Within Nations: As law reaches into diverse societies, it defines and differentiates people by characteristics such as citizenship, language, gender, sexuality, race, and ethnicity. Sociolegal scholars regularly examine the treatment and experience of individuals and groups on the basis of these characteristics. How does law reach out to First Nations and other indigenous peoples and affect their lives? How does law protect civil liberties against the needs of the state to maintain order and safety in a world threatened by terrorists? How does the law limit state violence (as in the death penalty) in a democratic society where people want it? To what extent do issues of family, adoption, and new technologies of reproduction fall under the reach of law? How can law be used to fight discrimination in the workplace constrained as it is by social and economic structures? How do workplace norms and institutions transform laws of the state? What impact is deregulation having on the reach of law? How do non-governmental legal orders affect these issues?
Terrorism and the Reach of Law: As the Program Committee prepares this Call for Participation in mid-September of 2001, we are reeling from the aftershocks of terrorist attacks in New York City, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania. How do and can existing legal systems, both national and international, deal with terrorism? Governmental responses to terrorist threats and actions raise new concerns about the precarious balance between security and legal rights, crime control and due process. With terrorism as justification, will law reach into previously private spaces?
We especially invite submissions on these and similar topics related to our theme. But our theme is only a direction, not a constraint! As usual in our meetings, submissions on any law and society topics are welcome.
PROPOSALS, FORMATS, AND RULES OF PARTICIPATION
The Executive Office of the Law and Society Association has agreed to handle the administrative work of the proposal submissions for this joint meeting. Forms are available on this site for submission of proposals electronically, or by fax or mail. Electronic submission is preferred. Information on LSA is available here (use Home link above) and information about the CLSA and membership application forms can be found at the CLSA website. Please contact Joan Brockman with any questions about CLSA membership.Session Proposals: We invite submission of proposals for fully formed sessions, both paper presentation sessions and roundtable panels. Other formats are also welcome. It is expected that a fully formed paper presentation session will have a chair, a discussant if appropriate, and three or four individual papers. In order to stimulate intellectual exchange, we urge that panels be diverse in their composition, by including, for example, participants from different countries, disciplines, and intellectual perspectives, participants of different ages, career stages, gender, and race/ethnicity. Program Committee members are available to assist in the development of session proposals. The Committee reserves the right to make changes in panels in the interests of the general program.
Session Proposals must include: 1) a completed Session Proposal Form including designation of session type, a list of participants, keyword choice(s), and paper titles (for paper sessions); 2) a general description of the session; and 3) submission of the "Participation in a Proposed Session" form for each listed participant, except the chair and discussant, which includes, for those presenting a paper, a short paper abstract. Session proposals will not be processed until all forms and required abstracts or descriptions are received. Session Organizers and chairs of paper sessions should inform paper presenters about their obligations, including submitting the "Participation in a Proposed Session" form and Abstract, distribution of their paper to session participants prior to the meeting, keeping to presentation time limits, and providing 20 copies of their paper for the conference paper sales.
Individual Paper Proposals: We welcome submissions of individual paper proposals, which the Committee will attempt to place with other similar papers in sessions. A clear abstract and careful selection of keywords will help the Program Committee place the paper in an appropriate session. Once papers are placed in sessions, presenters are expected to circulate their papers to the session discussant and other presenters in advance of the meeting and provide 20 copies of their paper for the conference paper sales.
Book Panel Proposals: The Subcommittee on Book Panels will assemble author-meets-reader panels and would appreciate receiving suggestions for books and panel participants. Book panel sessions may revisit classic books, or consider a recent book or several related books on law and society. Individuals who wish to propose a traditional author-meets-readers/critics format should use the Session Program Form and submit it in the usual way. Proposers should be sure to include a diversity of perspectives among the readers. Questions should be directed to the program co-chairs until the Subcommittee is formed. Contact one of the Program Committee Co-chairs: Valerie Hans or Joan Brockman.
Submission Procedures: Using the forms on this site, proposals may be submitted electronically (click on respective electronic form for paper proposal, session proposals, or participation in a proposed session), or printed (click on respective printable form for paper proposals, session proposals, or participation in a proposed session) and faxed to 413-545-1640 or mailed to: Program Committee, 2002 Vancouver Meeting; Law and Society Association; 131 County Circle; 205 Hampshire House, University of Massachusetts; Amherst MA 01003-9257 U.S.A.
Rules of Participation: The number of rooms available for simultaneous sessions at the Sheraton Wall Centre is smaller than at some previous Law and Society Association meetings. To permit participation of a large number of people, conference attendees are limited to no more than two appearances on the program. An appearance is face time, whenever a person appears on a panel doing something, including serving as session chair, discussant, paper presenter, roundtable participant. Coauthors who do not present are not counted as making appearances. Exceptions will be made for session chairs and discussants serving at the request of the Program Committee.
Language: We anticipate that a majority of submissions will be in English. To accommodate the two official languages of Canada and our French-speaking colleagues, we are exploring several ways to handle submissions and presentations in French. For further information, French-speaking scholars may wish to contact Rod Macdonald. The Call for Papers will be available in both English and French on the Canadian Law and Society Association website. Submissions in French, like all others, must be sent to the LSA Executive Office in order to be processed.
Session Discussants and Chairs: One of the major challenges of putting the program together is finding chairs and discussants for paper sessions. The Program Committee invites volunteers to chair sessions and to serve as discussants in paper sessions. There is a place on the paper proposal form to indicate willingness to volunteer. Those who wish to volunteer but are not submitting a paper should submit the Paper Proposal form, leaving the paper title blank but selecting keywords to identify their areas of expertise.Collaborative Research Networks: A number of collaborative research networks, or CRNs, have been formed under the auspices of the Law and Society Association to facilitate dialogue and international research collaborations. Submissions for sessions from existing CRNs are most welcome. These networks are open to all sociolegal scholars and new Networks may also be formed.
Deadline: December 17, 2001. Because of the tight space requirements at the meeting hotel and scheduling problems caused by late submissions, proposals submitted after the deadline will only be considered on a space-available basis and have a substantial risk of not being included in the program.
Updates and Preliminary Program: Updates and meeting information will be posted on this website. The Preliminary Program should be available by mid-March and updated as necessary until May 1st.
Registration: When the Program Committee accepts proposals, it expects that people will follow through with production of their papers or sessions unless they specifically notify the Law and Society Association office otherwise well in advance of the meeting. All participants are required to register for the conference. Pre-registration materials, including registration forms will be mailed in mid-March. Electronic registration will be available from this website, as well.Registration fees are reduced for members of LSA and CLSA, for students, and by time of registration. Fees are set in US dollars.
Early registration (prior to April 10, 2002) is:
- $45 for students;
- $80 for joint members of LSA/CLSA;
- $90 for members of CLSA;
- $100 for members of LSA;
- $140 for non-members.
Registration between April 11 and May 11 is $20 higher in each category, except student which is $10 higher. Registration after May 11 must be on-site at a higher rate.
We invite your participation in what we anticipate will be an exciting event in a very beautiful location.
