CALL FOR PAPERS JURIS DIVERSITAS ANNUAL CONFERENCE May 30 - June 1, 2016 Louisiana State University Law Center, Baton Rouge, USA Unity and/or Diversity An International, Interdisciplinary Conference on Comparative Law Theme : Comparative legal studies have long been perceived as an engine pulling legal traditions and systems towards convergence, harmonization, and unification. Today, legal pluralism pushes towards the recognition of human and social diversity. Does this mean that we have to choose between unity and diversity, Jus unum or juris diversitas ? To what extent do pluralistic societies embrace or reject harmonization and uniformity, or simply ignore them? Do we unify or add layers, increasing the complexity of legal orders? Does history reflect a move from diversity to unity or an ongoing conflict between the two? What makes unity successful or sustainable? This is an invitation to discuss, in an interdisciplinary way, the development of laws and social