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18Aug 2023

RC09 2024 Interim Meeting: Courts and their Interactions with Politics

CALL FOR PAPERS

RC09 (Comparative Judicial Studies)

2024 Interim Meeting

The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States

24-26 October 2024

Registration/Reception: Thursday, 24 October, 6:30-7:30pm

Papers/Panels: Friday and Saturday, 25-26 October

Conference Theme: Courts and their Interactions with Politics

Convenor and Host: Rhonda Evans, The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Treasurer:  Christopher Zorn, Penn State University, United States

We welcome paper and panel proposals for the 2024 Interim Meeting of the Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies. The meeting will be in-person. It’s open to all scholars interested in the study of law and courts from comparative and national perspectives. The meeting’s theme is Courts and their Interactions with Politics. We seek papers that address interactions between courts and politics broadly conceived, such as interactions between courts and other political actors and branches of government as well as how courts address divisive political issues, such as those related to the rise of populism, democratic backsliding, climate change, and technological developments like social media and artificial intelligence. Papers may analyse how courts are influenced by politics or how politics influence courts or legal and judicial systems. We also welcome papers that reflect on the current state of the comparative law and courts literature and its ability to address contemporary developments and those that employ innovative methodological approaches.

While papers and panels that engage this theme are especially welcome, proposals on other topics in the field of comparative judicial studies, such as those listed below, will also be accepted.

  • Judicial Independence

  • Courts, Tribunals, and the Rule of Law

  • Judicial versus Executive or Legislative Power

  • Courts and Constitutional Democracy

  • Judicial Philosophies

  • Supreme Courts and Domestic Politics

  • Judicial Networks and Domestic Politics

  • Legal Databases/Methodological Considerations

  • International Legal Moblization

  • Diffusion and Borrowing of Legal Norms

  • Supranational and International Regimes

  • Courts and Technology

Submit your proposal (including your full name, professional position and institutional affiliation, paper title, and 500-word abstract) by April 2, 2024 to ResearchCommittee09@gmail.com. Panel proposals should provide the same details for all papers. For updates on conference details, including availability of a limited number of travel grants, please visit http://rc09.ipsa.org/.

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30Jan 2022

RC09 2022 Interim Meeting: Courts under Pressure:Threats to Judicial Independence and Rule of Law across the Globe

CALL FOR PAPERS

RC09 (Comparative Judicial Studies)

2022 Interim Meeting

Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States

10-12 August 2022

Registration/Reception: 5:00-6:00pm 10 August

Papers/Panels: 11-12 August

Conference Theme: Courts under Pressure: Threats to Judicial Independence and Rule of Law across the Globe

Host:   Diana Kapiszewski, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Convenor:  Rhonda Evans, The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Treasurer:  Rachel Ellett, Beloit College, United States

Paper and panel proposals for the 2022 Interim Meeting of the Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies are now being accepted. The meeting will be in-person and is open to all scholars interested in the study of law and courts from comparative and national perspectives. The theme of the 2022 meeting is “Courts under Pressure: Threats to Judicial Independence and Rule of Law across the Globe.” Papers and panels that engage this theme are especially welcome. There are plans to collect and revise these ‘on theme’ papers for an edited volume or a special issue of a journal.  Paper and panel proposals on other topics in the field of comparative judicial studies, such as those listed below, are also welcome.

  • Supranational and International Regimes
  • Judicial Independence  
  • Courts, Tribunals, and the Rule of Law
  • Judicial versus Executive Power
  • Courts and Populism
  • Courts and Constitutional Democracy
  • Judicial Philosophies
  • Supreme Courts and Domestic Politics
  • Judicial Networks and Domestic Politics
  • Legal Databases/Methodological Considerations
  • International Legal Moblization
  • Diffusion and Borrowing of Legal Norms

Georgetown University currently requires that all persons on campus, including visitors, be vaccinated. Stay apprised of all COVID-related developments, including vaccination requirements, here: https://www.georgetown.edu/coronavirus/covid-19-dashboard/.  Submit your proposal (including a title and 500-word abstract) via email by 1 March 2022, to Dr. Rhonda Evans (revans@austin.utexas.edu). A draft conference program will be circulated and posted to the RC09’s website http://rc09.ipsa.org by 1 April 2022. We expect to be able to accommodate virtual participation in the conference.  Please indicate in your proposal if you will only be able to participate virtually. For updates on all conference details, please visit http://rc09.ipsa.org/.

10Sep 2018

Call for Papers: 2019 Interim Meeting, 24-26 July 2019 at Monash University Prato Centre

CALL FOR PAPERS

Democracy, Populism, and Judicial Power:  Where to from Here?

Conference co-organized by IPSA RC09 Comparative Judicial Studies

and

the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

Hosted by

Monash University Prato Centre

Prato, Italy, 24-26 July 2019

The 2019 Interim Meeting of IPSA Research Committee 9 (Comparative Judicial Studies) will be hosted by the Monash University Prato Centre and co-organized with the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Paper and panel proposals for the 2019 Interim Meeting at the Monash University Prato Centre are now being accepted.  The meeting is open to all scholars interested in the study of law and courts from a comparative and national perspective, as well as those employing a case study methodology. Papers and panels devoted to the following topics (though not limited to) would be especially welcome: 

  • Courts and the Politics of Immigration
  • The European Legal Order and Brexit
  • The Judicialization of Contentious Social and Moral Issues
  • Mobilizing for Justice and Injustice
  • Courts, Civil Liberties, and National Security before and after the War on Terror
  • Assessing the Role of Courts in and after the Great Financial Crisis
  • Reconciling the Tension between Judicial Independence and Political Accountability
  • Indigenous Peoples and the Courts
  • New Approaches to the study of Courts and Politics
  • Understanding and Re-discovering the Importance of Subnational Courts
  • Legal Reasoning and the Rule of Law
  • Transnational and International Legal Institutions and Processes.
  • Courts and Human Rights in Multinational, Federal, Devolved and Supra-national States
  • The Courts and Democracy: Appropriate Roles and Boundaries in the 21st Century
  • Judicial Appointment and Security of Tenure
  • Judicial Review in Authoritative Regimes, New Democracies, and Emerging Democracies

Proposals for papers should include contract details of the author(s), title, and a 250 word abstract.

Panel proposals must include:

  • A minimum of three papers and a maximum of four
  • Panel title and short description (250 words maximum)
  • Individual paper titles
  • Contact details for all paper-givers

The final deadline for the electronic submission of paper and panel proposals is 19 November  2018. Proposals should be submitted online at:

https://form.jotform.com/RC09/Prato

Notifications of acceptance will be emailed and a draft conference program will be posted on RC09’s website http://rc09.ipsa.org by 17 December 2018.

 

Organizing Committee:  James Kelly (Concordia University) james.kelly@concordia.ca and Rhonda Evans (The University of Texas at Austin) revans@austin.utexas.edu

 

21Apr 2017

Conference Program

The 2017 Conference_Program.pdf and Conference_Information.pdf for the RC09 meeting at University of California, Irvine, are now available on the RC09 website.

29Sep 2016

Call for Papers - RC09's 2017 Interim Meeting - University of California, Irvine, June 25-27

RC09's 2017 interim meeting will be held at the Univeristy of California, Irvine, June 25-27.  The conference theme is "Comparative Judicial Studies at the Crossroads: Mapping New Research Agendas and Exploring New Paths." The conference announcement is available at Call for Papers 2017.

Paper and panel proposals for the 2017 Interim Meeting of the Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies (RC09) are now being accepted. The meeting is open to all scholars interested in the study of law and courts from a comparative and national perspective, as well as those employing a case study methodology. Papers and panels devoted to the following topics (though not limited to) would be especially welcome:

  • Independence and Representation on High Courts.
  • Courts, Power-sharing, and Consociational Democracy.
  • The European Legal Order and Brexit.
  • Judicial Appointment and Security of Tenure.
  • Judicial Review in Authoritative Regimes, New Democracies, and Emerging Democracies.
  • Rule of Law at the National and Sub-national Level.
  • Judicial Institutions for Democracies:  The Role Justice-System Actors (Should) Play.
  • Mobilizing for Justice.
  • The Judicialization of Contentious Social and Moral Issues.
  • Methodological Approaches to the Study of Judicial Institutions.
  • The Role of Judicial Actors in the Protection of Rights.
  • National Sovereignty and International Courts.
  • Legal Reasoning and the Rule of Law.
  • The Judicial Branch in Latin American Politics.

Please submit your proposal (500 word abstract) via email by January 19, 2017 to RC09 at the following email addresses: tonysmithuci@gmail.com and  james.kelly@concordia.

Notifications of acceptance will be emailed and a draft conference program will be posted on RC09’s website http://rc09.ipsa.org by February 19, 2017.

 

 

 

 

05Sep 2014

Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Assistant Positions at the University of Hanover

Applications are now being accepted for a Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Researcher position at the University of Hanover. Both positions are in the subfield of judicial politics/comparative politics.

The deadline for applications is September 30th, 2014. The positions are available from October 15th, 2014, or thereafter.

24Jul 2014

New RC09 Executive Approved at IPSA 2014

A new Executive has been approved for the 2014-2016 period for RC09:

Convenor

Charles Anthony Smith
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine
casmith@uci.edu

Secretary

James Kelly
Professor
Department of Political Science
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
james.kelly@concordia.ca

Executive Committee

Walter Carnota
University of Buenos Aires
Argentina

Rhonda Evans Case
University of Texas at Austin
USA

Mahmoud Hamad
Drake University (USA) and Cairo University (Egypt)

James Kelly
Concordia University
Canada

Lígia Mori Madeira
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil

Alex Schwartz
Queen’s University Belfast
United Kingdom

Tony Smith
Univerisity of California, Irvine
USA

Michael Tolley
Northeastern University
USA

01Aug 2013

Israeli Association of Law and Society - Call for Panel Submissions

The Annual Conference of the Israeli Association of Law and Society, 'Call for Panels' now available 2013 Israeli Association of Law and Society 'Call for Panels'

29Jul 2013

RC09 'Call for Papers' for the 23rd World Congress of Political Science

The 23rd World Congress of Political Science will be held in Montreal, Canada, July 19-24, 2014. RC09's call for submissions for closed panels during the 23rd World Congess is now available RC09 'Call for Papers' 23rd World Congress of Political Science

07Mar 2013

RC09 Dublin 2013: Program and Information

The conference program for RC09's 2013 Interim Meeting, which will be held at Dublin Castle in Dublin, Ireland, July 22-24, 2013 is now available at Conference Program, RC09 Dublin 2013

Conference information, such as hotels, registration fees and payment procedures, can be accessed at Conference Information

15Nov 2012

Call for Papers

Call for Papers
2013 Meeting of RC09
Dublin, Ireland
July 22-24, 2013

Conference Theme
“The changing nature of judicial power in supranational, federal and domestic systems”

Dublin 2013 Call for Papers

Host: Adam McAuley, Dublin City University, Ireland
Convenor: Daniela Piana, University of Bologna
Treasurer: Tony Smith, University of California, United States

Paper and panel proposals for the 2013 Interim Meeting of the Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies are now being accepted. The meeting is open to all scholars interested in the study of law and courts from a comparative and national perspective. The theme of the 2013 meeting is “The changing nature of judicial power in supranational, federal and domestic systems.” Papers and panels devoted to the following topics (though not limited to) would be especially welcome:

• Supranational and International regimes
• Federalism and Human Rights
• Federalism and Immigration
• International Criminal Law
• Globalization and Economics
• The changing nature of judicial power
• Judicial Philosophies
• Fragmentation of Political Authority
• Supreme Courts and Domestic Politics
• Judicial Networks and Domestic Politics
•Legal Databases and Methodological considerations
• International Legal Moblization
• Diffusion and Borrowing of Legal Norms

Please submit your proposal (including title and 500 word abstract) via email by January 7, 2013, to Professor Tony Smith (casmith@uci.edu).
A draft conference program will be posted on RC09’s website http://rc09.ipsa.org by February 1, 2013.

25Jul 2012

Election of New Executive Council (2012-2015)

Elections were held for RC09's Executive Council during the 22nd World Congress of IPSA, Madrid Spain, July 8-12, 2012. The composition of RC09's governing body for 2012-2015 is as follows:

Officers

Convenor : Daniela Piana, University of Bologna (Italy)
Treasurer : Anthony Charles Smith, University of California-Irvine (USA)

Executive Council

Daniela Piana, University of Bologna (Italy)
Tony Smith, Univerisity of California, Irvine (USA)
Walter Carnota, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Rhonda Evans Case, East Carolina University (USA)
Mahmoud Hamad, Drake University (USA) and Cairo University (Egypt)
Lígia Mori Madeira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Wayne Sandholtz, University of California-Irvine (USA)

05Apr 2012

2013 Interim Meeting

RC09’s 2013 Interim Meeting will be hosted by Dr. Adam McAuley at Dublin City University.

The call for papers will be issued in September 2012 and a draft program will be posted on RC09’s website in January 2013.

05Apr 2012

Special Issue - Journal of Human Rights

Special Issue: Globalizing Human Rights – Journal of Human Rights 11:1 (2012).
Edited by Charles Anthony Smith

RC09 is please to announce the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Human Rights, edited by Dr. Charles Anthony Smith.

The articles in this special issue, Globalizing Human Rights, were presented at RC09’s 2011 Interim Meeting. This event was hosted by Dr. Charles Anthony Smith and Dr. Diana Kapiszewski at University of California, Irvine, July 21-23, 2011.

Journal of Human Rights: Globalizing Human Rights is available at Taylor and Francis

05Apr 2012

Incoming Convenor and Treasurer, 2012-2015

RC09 (Comparative Judicial Studies) is pleased to announce the following appointments, effective July 1, 2012:

  • Convenor: Dr. Daniela Piana, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Treasurer: Dr. Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine, US

05Apr 2012

Next Meeting – Madrid 2012: XXII World Congress of Political Science


At IPSA’s 22nd World Congress, which takes place in Madrid, July 8-12, 2012, RC09 (Comparative Judicial Studies) has organized the following panels:

  • Courts and Community Rights in Multinational, Federal and Supra-national States
  • Legal Mobilization and Legal Professionals
  • High Courts and Judicial Governance: Activism, Litigation, and Policy Outcomes
  • Institutional Design and Selection of Judges in an age of Judicial Power
  • Judicial Review in Authoritarian Regimes
  • Transnational and International Legal Institutions and Processes
  • Ombudsman, Human Rights Commissions, and Other Non-Judicial Institutions
  • High Courts and Judicial Governance: Dialogue and Rights Review
  • Judicialization and Legal Mobilization: Voting and Environmental Politics

05Apr 2012

The Docket, Issue 46 (April 2012)

The most recent of 'The Docket' - RC09's Newsletter is now available. Issue 46 (April 2012)

29Jul 2011

Election of Next Convenor and Treasurer of RC09 (2012-2015)

The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the election of the next Convenor and Treasurer of RC09 (2012-2015), which occurred at its recent meeting at the University of California, Irvine. The incoming Convenor of RC09 is Daniela Piana (University of Bologna) and the incoming Treasurer is Tony Smith (University of California, Irvine).

08Jul 2011

Latest Member of the Executive Committee

RC09 is pleased to announce that Tony Smith (Univeristy of California, Irvine) has joined the Executive Commitee, 2011-2012.

15May 2011

New Publication: Judges of the Supreme Court of India - 1950-1989

A recent publication, Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950-1989 is now available. Please follow the link that discusses this new book.

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