Juris Diversitas Conference: CALL FOR PAPERS PROLONGED

2016 Annual Conference:

Unity and/or Diversity

May 30 to June 1, 2016

Louisiana State University Law Center, USA

Still time to submit, do not miss the event!

Over 50 submissions accepted so far, from scholars worldwide

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 norms, in the dialectical tension between the ontological

unity of human beings and mankind and the plurality of individual

aspirations and social arrangements.

Submissions: Panel proposals are strongly

encouraged, as is the participation of doctoral students and

scholars from outside the discipline of law. While parallel sessions

of three twenty-minute presentations will be used, we

encourage more original session structures.

Proposals should be in English or in French. Proposals of

circa 250 words (or 1000 words for panel proposals) should

be submitted to Professor Salvatore Mancuso at

JDLSU2016@gmail.com by February 29, 2016

with a short biography listing major or relevant publications.

Make this a single Word document with minimal formatting,

so that proposal and biography can be copied easily into

the conference program.

Registration fees: €200 or €125 for Juris Diversitas members paid up

for 2016. Membership and fee payment information is available on

Note that fees don’t cover travel, accommodation, or the

conference dinner (€50).