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.