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The Section on State and
Local Government Law and the Section on Comparative Law are pleased to announce
a Call for Papers for their Joint Program on Saturday January 4 from 2:00 to
3:45 PM at the AALS 2014 Annual Meeting in New York, New York.
The topic of the program and call
for papers is: “Comparative Urban Governance.” International law and
global governance regimes are increasingly shaping the legal framework within
which U.S. cities, states and metropolitan regions are operating. International
institutions such as the World Bank are likewise influencing the governance
approach of cities in developed countries in an effort to attract foreign
investment and to make those cities more equitable, efficient, and sustainable.
At the same time, scholars and local policymakers in every part of the world
are looking abroad for new ideas, best practices and models to approach urban
governance in light of changing fiscal realities and the variety of challenges
that accompany increasing rates of urbanization across the world. Comparative studies of urban governance
regimes and policy innovations are important tools in shaping local and
regional responses to urban growth, development and sustainability.
The Joint Program will include two
panels. The first panel will concern itself with the different legal regimes
from which cities derive their power and explore whether international law and
institutions add a new layer of governance. How does and should international
and comparative law address cities, regions or sub-national governments as new
emerging actors in this field? What are the methods and the problems that
lawyers should use in their urban governance comparison across jurisdictions?
The second panel will focus on how
scholars and policymakers engage in cross-national comparisons to assess different
urban governance and planning models. What is the relevance of comparative law
in determining what type of economic development agenda is more suitable to a
specific geographic environment? How can interdisciplinary tools be utilized to
establish some entry points for cross national comparisons? How can learning
from other countries’ experiences enrich our understanding of what cities can
or should not do?
Form and length of submission
Eligible faculty
members are invited to submit manuscripts or abstracts dealing with any aspect
of the foregoing topics. Abstracts
should be comprehensive enough to allow the committee to meaningfully evaluate
the aims and likely content of papers they propose.
Untenured faculty
members are particularly encouraged to submit manuscripts or abstracts.
Papers may be
accepted for publication but must not be published prior to the Annual Meeting.
Deadline and submission method
To be considered,
papers must be submitted electronically to Sheila R. Foster, Chair, Section on
State and Local Government, sfoster@law.fordham.edu and Fernanda G. Nicola, Chair, Section on Comparative Law, fnicola@wcl.american.edu
The deadline for
submission is September 3, 2013.
Papers will be
selected after review by officers of both the Section on State and Local
Government Law and the Section on Comparative Law.
The authors of the
selected papers will be notified by September 30, 2013.
The Call for Paper
participants will be responsible for paying their annual meeting registration
fee and travel expenses.
Eligibility
Full-time faculty
members of AALS member law schools are eligible to submit papers. The following are ineligible to submit: foreign,
visiting (without a full-time position at an AALS member law school) and
adjunct faculty members, graduate students, fellows, non-law school faculty,
and faculty at fee-paid non-member schools. Papers co-authored with a person
ineligible to submit on their own may be submitted by the eligible co-author.
Please forward
this Call for Papers to any eligible faculty who might be interested.
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