Forthcoming Conferences and Calls for Papers
CCCS International and Comparative Perspectives on Constitutional Law Conference Registration Now Open: Early Bird Rates Available
Registration is now open for the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies’ major national conference to be held on Friday 27 November 2009 at Melbourne Law School marking the Centre’s 21st Birthday Anniversary. The program will feature the following speakers:
· The Hon Robert French, Chief Justice of Australia
· Professor Sujit Choudhry, Scholl Professor of Law, University of Toronto
· Professor Cheryl Saunders AO, Laureate Professor, Melbourne Law School
· Stephen Gageler SC, Solicitor-General for the Commonwealth of Australia
The Conference will be followed by a dinner at which The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC will be the guest speaker. To view the program and register please click here
U21 Graduate Research Conference: Sustainable Cities for the Future
When: 29 November - 6 December 2009
Where: University of Melbourne (29 November-1 December 2009); University of Queensland (2-6 December 2009)
This year’s topic is “Sustainable Cities for the Future” which will cover many disciplines, looking at the Built Environment; Energy; Water; Health; Society and Governance and the Environment. In addition to a small number of keynote lectures by experts across these fields, all graduate participants will present a short talk and a poster. There will be a variety of additional activities and visits to increase students’ understanding of the issues, to stimulate creativity and develop general skills. The two venues (Melbourne and Brisbane) will provide excellent examples of some of the key issues for cities of the future. Details of the 2009 GRC can be found here.
Trans(l)egalité: Law and Literature Association of Australia and Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand joint conference: Call for Papers
When: 2 - 5 December 2009
LLAA Conference: “Transformation” 2 – 3 December 2009
LSAANZ Conference: “Transcendence” 4 – 5 December 2009
Where: Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art, South Bank Campus, Building S05, 226 Grey St, Southbank Q 4101
Abstracts of approximately 300 words detailing which Associations theme your paper reports to, should be emailed translegality@griffith.edu.au by 25 September 2009. For more information, see website.