ANZLHS Conference 10-12 December 2012
Receiving Laws/Giving Laws

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Keynote Speaker:

Professor Philip Girard
University Research Professor
Professor of Law, History & Canadian Studies
Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Keynote Panel:

Receiving Laws / Giving Laws: Three Takes

• Professor Anne Orford, Michael D Kirby, Chair of International Law, University of Melbourne
• Dr Damen Ward, Crown Counsel, Crown Law, Wellington, NZ
• Dr Katherine Biber, Faculty of Law, UTS

Conference Theme:
The theme of the conference orients us towards the movement, transmission and transformation of laws and their histories – across Empire, through time, in and between genres and disciplines. The receiving and giving of laws could be addressed in a broad range of ways. Some questions which might be raised by this topic include: How do laws and histories translocate? By what means (doctrinal, processual, cultural) are laws transmitted and received in new places? What transformations happen as a result of this movement? Whose histories, cultures and laws appear and disappear through these transformations? What kinds of interventions can bring about ways of transforming, perceiving and transmitting the law and its histories/cultures?
 

The call for papers is now open, download details here.

Registration and conference accommodation options will be provided in mid-2012.

Please check back frequently for more information.

Any inquiries please contact Shaunnagh Dorsett.