Call for Papers: ‘Complicities’, Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia, 9 – 12 December 2015, UTS, Sydney, Australia

Complicity is a state of being complex or involved, and no matter where we are, or what we do, law is part of our entanglement in the world. This conference will explore law’s complex relations with culture, politics and capital. It will investigate law as an accomplice, as well as law’s role in shaping (and…

CALL FOR PAPERS – Special Edition of the Griffith Law Review – Through the Looking Glass: the Framing of Law and Justice through Popular Imagination

The Griffith Law Review: Law Theory Society has a proud history of publishing innovative and engaging socio-legal, inter-disciplinary and critical legal research. Our focus is international and we engage with worldwide issues and agendas. In recognition of the Review’s standing as a leading journal, it was ranked A* by the Australian Research Council for the…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Fellowships with the Berlin Research Group “The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?”

The Research Group “The International Rule of Law – Rise or Decline?” invites applications for three Fellowships from 1 October 2015. Framework The Research Group examines the role of international law in a changing global order. Developments in recent years give rise to the question whether the move towards an international rule of law, which…

Visiting PhD Scholar Program at the Legal Intersections Research Centre (Wollongong)

The Legal Intersections Research Centre (LIRC) at the University of Wollongong (UOW) invites applications from PhD students enrolled at other universities to visit LIRC during 2015 for a minimum period of 2 weeks. LIRC engages in interdisciplinary scholarship across law, society and culture with a focus on public interest law and social justice. LIRC academic…