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Juris Diversitas, 4th Annual Conference, Highlights

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From Monday, May 30th to Wednesday, June 1st, 2016, over forty jurists from all continents convened at the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Baton Rouge, to attend and present at the Juris Diversitas 4th Annual Conference, on Unity and/or Diversity. Plenary sessions featured three keynote speakers: Professor Vivian Curran (University of Pittsburgh) for the opening, Professor Francisco Reyes (Government of the Republic of Colombia and UNCITRAL) for the 39th Tucker Lecture in Civil Law, and Professor Vernon Palmer (Tulane University) for the closing panel. 36 papers where presented in 13 parallel sessions, including two sessions entirely in French, featuring a great variety of themes and jurisdictions.  Videos of the plenary events are available online:  Opening and Keynote (Vivian Curran) ,  Tucker Lecture (Francisco Reyes) , and  Closing Panel (Vernon Palmer and Bob Sloan as discussant) . Conference Papers are to be published in a volume in the Juris Diversitas Book

Music, Cultural Heritage and Law

CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW –  REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SÉMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE http://www.springer.com/law/journal/11196/PSE Editor-in-chief: Anne WAGNER Université Lille – Nord de France Centre de Recherche Droits et Perspectives du Droit, équipe René Demogue valwagnerfr@yahoo.com Special issue: Music, Cultural Heritage and Law Working languages: English and French Music is a space of possibilities, a realm of cross-cultural events where interpretation is deeply rooted in history and societal evolution. The main complexity is to analyze the coded meaning and view how the same signs, notions and concepts are appropriated, translated, rehistorized and read anew in songs, be they pop songs or national anthems. This special issue will explore the richly complex manifestations of ‘Music, Cultural Heritage and Law’ in the following ways: - How do we stimulate our senses with music? - How do we combine music with national identity and law? - Is music combined

JOURNAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS & THE ENVIRONMENT

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