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Feature The 7th ASLI Conference 2010 Distinguished Lecture Announcement
I am delighted to announce that the Distinguished Lecture for the 2010 ASLI Conference will be presented by Professor Chandran Kukathas, a renowned political theorist and one of the leading thinkers on multiculturalism. Professor Kukathas holds the Chair in Political Theory at the Department of Government of the London School of Economics. Born in Malaysia, he went on to obtain his BA and MA from the Australian National University and New South Wales University respectively, before going on to Oxford for his DPhil. Professor Kukathas is the author of acclaimed books and articles. His lecture, which will be on a topic close to his heart and highly relevant to the conference theme, is entitled, "Multiculturalism and Democracy". This is an issue that has become of utmost importance not just in Asia but around the world.Allow me to use this occasion to remind those of you who wish to submit a paper for the conference that the closing date is approaching. You are encouraged to submit your paper and register online as soon as possible. Papers will be selected predominantly on the basis of quality and relevance to the conference theme and/or one of the sub-themes. Details on the submission process follow at the end of this message. We also encourage individuals to consider attending the conference without presenting a paper, as this conference presents the best opportunity for like-minded scholars on Asian law to meet, network and explore collaborative projects of mutual interest. We have set aside a special session for a Research Forum where individuals can put forth research ideas and seek collaborators. It would be great if you could start sending us some of your thoughts on how we can try and develop some ASLI research projects. Email your ideas to asliconference@nus.edu.sg before the conference so we can develop an agenda for discussion at the Research Forum, or even by email prior to the conference. General Information on the Conference
The purpose of this annual conference is to bring together scholars of Asian law from within and outside Asia to interact, share ideas and build collegial networks which may facilitate ongoing dialogue and research collaborations. In addition to the paper presentations and Distinguished Lecture, there will be a Research Forum, Poster Presentation and Young Scholars Workshop. We hope that the research forum will be widely used in the 7th conference to bring together collaborators of various projects as discussed at the previous conference. Presenters and non-presenters are encouraged to connect with fellow academics before the conference and start thinking about potential research projects.Two new initiatives this year are the Poster Presentation and the Young Scholars Workshop. The Poster Presentation is modeled on the life sciences and presenters are expected to prepare a poster outlining the key ideas they wish to discuss. Conference delegates will be free to wander around the room and discuss posters that interest them with the respective authors on Day Two of the conference. The Young Scholars Workshop will be run as a seventh parallel session with two senior academics acting as chair and commentator. The conference format remains broadly the same as last year: there will be five rounds of six parallel sessions over two days. The broad theme of the conference is "Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects." Asia is arguably the most pluralist region in the world and law has a critical role in accommodating and managing this plurality, which exists at so many levels. Within the broad conference theme of "Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects", five of the parallel sessions will focus on selected sub-themes: (1) religion/religious laws (studying aspects of various religious laws, for example, Islamic (Shariah), Jewish, Hindu, Biblical in their historical contexts and application to modern life, as well as examining the place of religion in national legal systems); (2) norms, values and law (exploring competing social, cultural, religious, traditional norms as well as the balancing of minority and majority interests in society); (3) legal pluralism (examining the historical and contemporary phenomenon of the coexistence of different legal systems within various jurisdictions in Asia ); (4) law and economic development (examining different models of economic development in Asia and how law has a role to play in facilitating economic development and international trade taking into account the different stages of social and political development in Asia; (5) regionalization and law (looking at the role of law in developing regional institutions and common standards as well as the harmonization of legal and regulatory regimes. Session (6) will be a general one to include presentations that address the broad theme but may not fit comfortably within the subthemes, or may cut across subthemes, for example, conflict of law or comparative law. Information on submission of papers and registration
Please visit our conference web site at https://law1a.nus.edu.sg/asli/7th_asli_conf/index.html details on the various panel sessions.Click here for online submission of individual abstracts. Click here for online submission of panels. Click here for online submission of abstracts for Young Scholars Workshop. Click here to register for the conference. Downloadable copies of the forms are also available on the conference website. The website, which will be updated periodically with the latest information on tentative panel sessions and programme schedule, also contains information on recommended conference hotels. We regret that no subsidies are available for expenditures such as air flights, hotel charges and conference fees. A detailed and finalized programme (speaker panels, etc.) will be made available to all registered participants nearer the date of the conference. We would very much appreciate your help in bringing this conference to the attention of your faculty/law school colleagues and PhD students, as well as to anyone whom you think might be interested in attending, whether as a paper presenter or otherwise. For enquiries regarding the conference, please contact the ASLI Secretariat at asliconference@nus.edu.sg. Thank you and we look forward to seeing you in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2010. Yours sincerely Professor Mohd Akram Shair Mohamed Dean, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia Professor Kumaralingam Amirthalingam Director, Asian Law Institute Important Deadlines at a Glance
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The establishment of ASLI in March 2003, stems from the recognition that the diversity of legal traditions in Asia creates an imperative for Asian legal scholars to foster greater engagement with each other through collaborative research and teaching. ASLI aims to facilitate academic exchanges as well as research and teaching collaboration among law schools in Asia. The thirteen founding institutions are:
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