We are currently accepting submissions from graduate students and\nlaw students from all universities for presentations relating to all areas\nwithin legal theory including\, but not limited to:
\n·\; General and Normative Jurisprudence
\n·\; The Nature of Law
\n·\; Law and Morality
\n·\; Judicial Review / Judicial Activism / Theories of the Judicial\nRole
\n·\; Constitutionalism
\n·\; Feminist Approaches to Legal Theory / Critical Legal Studies
\n·\; The History of Legal Philosophy
\n·\; Law and Authority
\n·\; Controversies related to all areas of law (criminal law\, tort law\,\nadministrative law\, etc&hellip\;)
\n·\; International Law
\nPapers should be approximately 3000-4000 words in length and be\neither in .rtf or .doc format. Each presenter will be given a one hour presentation\nslot\, of which 25-30 minutes will be dedicated to presenting the paper\, with\nthe other 30-35 minutes dedicated to participant responses. An abstract of\n100-200 words should accompany all papers. All papers and abstracts must be\nsubmitted no later than January 15\, 2012.
\nA panel of legal philosophy graduate students and professors at\nMcMaster will review submissions using criteria of interest\, sophistication\,\nand general overlap with similar themes. All papers will be subject to blind\nreview. Notice of acceptance will be given on February 8.
\nWhile only graduate and law student papers will be accepted for\npresentation\, all persons (including\nstudents\, faculty\, or any persons with a general interest in legal theory) are\nwelcome to attend.
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\nPlease send papers and abstracts\, together with your name\,\ncontact information\, and home university to: philosophy_conference@mcmaster.ca \;
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\n*Conference Fee : \; $40.00 CDN (all\nparticipants)
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