Academic

Conference Announcement: Comparative Law in the Crimea

By Lawrence Solum

National Academy of Science of Ukraine
Volodymyr Koretskyi Institute of State and Law
Volodymyr Vernadskyi Tavrian National University
Kyiv Law University
Ukrainian Association of Comparative Law
International scientific journal ?Comparative Legal Studies?

Third international scientific seminar
«Comparative Law: Current State and Prospects for Development»
2008, April 17 ? 20
Partenit, Crimea, Ukraine

International scientific seminars «Comparative Law: current state and prospects for development» are held annually and attract immutable attention of scholars, lecturers, practitioners and research students. The participants of the Seminar were from Ukraine, Russian Federation, USA, Turkey, Georgia, Belarus and Uzbekistan. On results of the seminars were published collections of reports and discussions.

The program of the Seminar will include:
Open lectures (master-classes) by prominent scholars on within the frame of Ukrainian School of Comparative Law project.
Round tables:
1. Globalization and law. Internationalization and fragmentation in legal development. International law and comparative law.
2. Religion and law. Religion law and churches? social doctrines place in the development of modern legal systems.
Sections:
Theoretical and methodological issues of comparative law.
Comparative-typological and comparative-historical approaches in branch legal studies. Presentations of books and journals on comparative law, legal theory, international and European law. During the Seminar the book exhibition will be organized and the participants will have the possibility to present or sell their editions. Organizers will provide a cultural program acquaints participants with history, scientific and educational potential of Crimea.

Working languages of the Seminar are Ukrainian, Russian and English. The texts of open lectures (master-classes) are to be published before the Seminar. The texts of reports, speeches and discussion verbatim will be published after the Seminar. All materials of the Seminar will be published in Internet on the site www.comparativelaw.org.ua. Possible forms of participation: report on round table, speech on round table, speech on section, presentation, organizational, informational or sponsor participation. Participation in round tables may be with real attendance or distant; in sections ? only with real attendance. Research students? participations may be with real attendance only ? in the form of speech on round table or on section. Participation for students is not provided. The participation in the Seminar and publication are free.

Travel, accommodation and board are participant expenses. The deadline for applications is 25th of March, 2008. It has to be sent by e-mail, mail or fax and provide next data: first, middle and last name; degrees and honors; organization, work position; form of participation; title of report or speech; contact address, phone, fax (optional), e-mail. Application should point the need in booking of hotel rooms so as the category of room. Organizational Committee will book rooms in hotels on requests of participants received till 5th of April, 2008. The variants and prices (40 ? 100 USD per night) of accommodation will be available in the Internet (www.comparativelaw.org.ua). Reports on round tables, speeches on round tables and sections texts have to be received no later than April 5, 2008 by e-mail or mail (printed version and file on CD or diskette). The texts have to be done in Microsoft Word. Deadline for requests on organization of presentations of books, journals, newspapers, projects etc. is April 5, 2008. Report and speech texts requirements: report on round table - up to 10 pages (20.000 symbols); discussion or section speech ? up to 3 pages (6.000 symbols). Organizational Committee reserves the right to reject the texts that: not corresponding to Seminar topic, topics of round tables and sections; not corresponding to scientific level of Seminar; out of size required.

Additional information about Seminar to be obtained in the Internet (www.comparativelaw.org.ua) and by e-mail. Contact address: Oleksiy Kresin, Volodymyr Koretskyi Institute of State and Law, 4 Tryohsvyatytelska str., 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine Phone: (+38 050) 6510308 - Olena Redkina, (+38 050) 6618980 - Oleksiy Kresin Fax: (+38 044) 2785474 (for Oleksiy Kresin) E-mail: olexiykresin@yahoo.com Inviting You to participate in our Seminar! For attention of organizations, agencies, universities, enterprises, mass-media Informational participation presupposed the accreditation of media representatives, providing them all needed information, providing the appropriate conditions for presentation of their editions or programs on Seminar. Co-organizer of the Seminar could be Organization, agency, university, mass-media, publishing house, law firm ? under the agreement with Organizational Committee. Sponsor participation presupposed providing the assistance in organization of the Seminar; it is a matter of special agreement with Organizational Committee. The sponsor has right to place his advertisement during the Seminar, his logo and short information in program and collection of Seminar, as well as on the site of Ukrainian Association of Comparative Law (www.comparativelaw.org.ua).

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on February 28, 2008 (boomark / email).