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Secretaria Instituto de Relações Internacionais (IRI)
26 November 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS

The Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law:
New Horizons of International Economic Law

The Inaugural Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL)
will take place at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva
from 15-17 July 2008 (www.hei.unige.ch).

About the SIEL
The Society of International Economic Law is a new organization for academics
and academically-minded practitioners and officials in the field of
International Economic Law. The Society will be genuinely global and inclusive
in terms of the expertise and interests of participants, and the many
disciplines encompassed by IEL. Among other objectives, the Society also seeks
to bring together its members in areas of common interest, as well as
supporting academic activities in the field.

For more information about the SIEL, please go to: www.sielnet.org.
Conference Theme
Over the course of the last two decades, the communities of scholars,
practitioners and others active in the area of international economic law have
grown and diversified in ways that few could have predicted. The field of
international economic law now includes a diverse array of participants, is
prominent in numerous areas and addresses new substantive issues. Perhaps
inevitably, the term “international economic law” now defies easy definition –
at once a fully integrated part of public international law and an identifiable
field in its own right, with a broader or narrower scope depending on
perspective.
This conference aims to explore the many different faces of “international
economic law”, in order to reflect critically on its past, present and future
paths. It will seek to explore issues concerning the content of the discipline,
its evolution as a distinct field, and its relation with other fields of study.
Given that the aim of the Society includes fostering research in the area of
IEL and promoting cooperation among all parts within the field, the SIEL
inaugural conference will also be a forum for those inside and outside academia
to share pedagogical and research methods, as well as to explore greater
cooperation among the many different constituencies of the field.
We welcome papers and panels on any topic related to the conference, including:
• the three traditional pillars of “public” IEL: trade, investment, and monetary
policies;
• the relationship between these pillars, and between these pillars and other
branches of law;
• the influence of disciplines such as economics, political economy, and others
on international economic law;
• “comparative” international economic law, focussing on the ways in which
international economic law interacts with laws, institutions and actors at the
domestic level;
• the “geographies” of international economic law, relating to the role of
international economic law in different parts of the world;
• the roles that law and legal practices play within “international economic
governance”;
• methods and trends in the teaching of international economic law, both in
universities and to the broader public;
• interactions between scholars, practitioners, government officials and civil
society groups active in international economic law; and
• topical issues within international economic law.
We are particularly interested in integrating new voices with more established
figures in the field, and welcome works in progress from young or new scholars
reflecting the conference’s broad theme.
Speakers will include (subject to confirmation) Thomas Cottier; Donald McRae;
Ernst-Ulrich Petersmann; Dan Sarooshi; M. Sornarajah; Debra Steger; Joel
Trachtman, and Thomas Wälde.

Submission Procedure
Paper and panel proposals are due by 15 December 2007, however early expression
of interest is welcome.

Paper abstracts and panel proposals should be no longer than 500 words, and
should be submitted via email to inauguralconference@sielnet.org, in WORD or
PDF formats. Please, write “SIEL Conference Call for Papers” in the “subject”
of the e-mail. Please, provide us with information about your full
institutional affiliation and contact details.

All papers submitted to the SIEL Conference must be previously unpublished. Work
in progress is acceptable.

Panel proposals should include a panel title, topics covered during the panel,
list of suggested panelists (minimum 4), and information about the panelists
and their specific contribution to the panel.

Results of the selection process are expected to be announced by 15 January 2008
by e-mail. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a final manuscript
should be submitted by Sunday, 15 June 2008.

Conference fees and the costs associated with attending the conference will be
kept as low as possible. The Society anticipates, but can not yet confirm,
that it will be in a position to waive the conference fee for speakers.

Review Process
Every paper or panel proposal will be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers,
members of the SIEL Founding or Inaugural Conference Committees.
Confidentiality of the selection process is guaranteed.

Publication
The committee is currently considering different publication options and ideas.
More information will follow in due course.

Inquiries
You may submit your inquiries to Andrew Lang and Colin Picker: Co-Chairs,
Founding Committee SIEL and to Galina Zukova, Co-Chair, SIEL Inaugural
Conference Committee
Dr. Andrew Lang, Law Department - London School of Economics
E-mail: A.Lang@lse.ac.uk
Prof. Colin B. Picker, University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
E-mail: pickerc@umkc.edu
Assoc. Prof. Galina Zukova, Riga Graduate School of Law
E-mail: galina.zukova@rgsl.edu.lv
For further information, please, go to: www.sielnet.org.