The Second Biennial Global Conference of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) will be hosted by the University of Barcelona and its IELPO LL.M. Programme at the premises of the University of Barcelona from the 8th July to 10th July 2010.
The conference committee seeks proposals for paper presentations and conference panels under the following terms.
Conference Themes
Over the course of the last two decades, the communities of scholars, practitioners and others active in the area of international economic law have grown and diversified in ways that few could have predicted. The field of international economic law now includes a diverse array of participants and covers many new substantive issues. Inevitably, the term international economic law defies easy definition: it is at once a fully integrated part of public international law and an identifiable field in its own right.
This conference provides a venue for exploring many different faces of international economic law. Given that the aim of the Society includes fostering research in the area of IEL and promoting cooperation among all parts within the field, the SIEL Global Conference offers a forum for those inside and outside academia to share pedagogical and research methods, as well as to explore greater cooperation among the many different constituencies of the field.
We welcome proposals for papers and panels on any topic related to International Economic Law, including:
- the three traditional pillars of IEL: trade, investment, and monetary policies;
- the relationship between these pillars, and between these pillars and other branches of law;
- the influence of disciplines such as economics, political economy, and others on international economic law;
- comparative international economic law, focussing on how international economic law interacts with laws, institutions and actors at the domestic level;
- the geographies of international economic law, relating to the role of international economic law in different parts of the world;
- the roles that law and legal practices play within international economic governance;
- methods and trends in the teaching and learning of international economic law; and
- interactions between scholars, practitioners, government officials and civil society groups active in international economic law.
We are particularly interested in integrating new voices with more established figures in the field, and therefore welcome works in progress from young or new scholars.
There will be plenary and concurrent panels. Each panel will be moderated and may also have commentators on the papers presented. We anticipate that many of the eminent members of the Founding Executive Council and members of the present Executive Council will attend the conference – as presenters, commentators, and as Key Note Speakers (see www.sielnet.org for a full listing).
