Recent social and political changes in European societies pose many \;theoretical and practical questions concerning different notions of \;pluralism in Europe. Lately this debate on pluralism and \;multiculturalism has focused on issues dealing with the very identity \;of Europe and its future developments. It centres on such legal areas \;as protection of human rights\, constitutional aspects of European \;integration\, regulation of migration and European citizenship\, as \;well as inclusion of minorities. It reveals tensions between cultural \;and constitutional pluralism which reverberate in evolution and \;interpretation of EU law\, international law\, and domestic law. Both
the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the \;European Union more frequently face cases where they must strike a \;balance between conflicting constitutional traditions and developing \;European approaches. At the same time\, the equally important issues
of inclusion and rights protection risk being pushed to the margins.
This conference seeks to address theoretical and practical responses \;of European legal systems to the problems posed by the era of \;diversity. Is Europe prepared to respond to these challenges in an \;inclusive and pluralistic manner? The conference includes the \;following panels:
Abstracts of maximum 300 words\, including name and affiliation\, \;should be submitted by Friday 15th of February 2013 to \;law-diversity-conference@helsinki.fi\, with an indication of the \;panel to which the abstract is proposed.
Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by 15th of March 2013. \;Full-length papers (max 5000 words) should be submitted by 31st of \;May 2013.
Details and the call for papers can be found at: