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Call for Papers: American Society for Legal History

By Lawrence Solum

American Society for Legal History

The 2011 meeting of the American Society for Legal History will be in Atlanta, Georgia, November 10-13, 2011. The ASLH invites proposals on any facet or period of legal history, anywhere in the world. In selecting presenters, the Program Committee will give preference to those who did not present at last year?s meeting. Among the people selected to present, limited financial assistance will be available for those in need?with special priority given to graduate students and post-docs, as well as scholars traveling from abroad.

Proposals for both panels and individual papers are welcome. As concerns panels, the Program
Committee encourages the submission of a variety of different types of proposals, including:
? classical 3-paper panels (with a separate commentator and chair)
? incomplete 2-paper panels (with a separate commentator and chair), which the Committee
will complete with at least 1 more paper
? panels of 4 or more papers (with a separate commentator and chair)
? author-meets-reader panels
? roundtable discussions

Panel proposals should include the following:
? A 300-word description of the panel
? A c.v. for each presenter (including complete contact info)
? In the case of paper-based panels only, a 300-word abstract of each paper (as well as a draft
of the paper, if possible)

Individual paper proposals should include:
? A c.v. for each presenter (including complete contact info)
? A 300-word abstract of each paper (as well as a draft of the paper, if possible)

The deadline for submitting proposals is February 28, 2011. Proposals should be sent as email
attachments to Amalia Kessler, at akessler@law.stanford.edu. Those unable to send proposals as email attachments may mail hard copies to:

2011 ASLH Program Committee
c/o Amalia Kessler
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on December 15, 2010 (boomark / email).