Conference on “The Future of International Rule of Law”

On December 2nd 2022, The University of Belgrade – Faculty of Law and the Serbian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy are organising the 9th annual Student conference in theory and philosophy of law on the subject: “The Future of International Rule of Law”. Participation in this conference, which concerns undergraduate, master’s, and PhD level students, is highly appreciated. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is September 1st, 2022. You can find the author guidelines at http://epub.ius.bg.ac.rs/index.php/eudaimonia/GUIDELINES .

Abstracts should be no less than 600 and no more than 900 words in length. Students are free to choose the subtopic of their paper, writing in English or Serbian language, as long as they remain within the frame topic proposed in this call. Given the broad topic of the Conference papers can deal with both theoretical and practical issues, such as the rule of law and the use of force in international law, the future of the UN-based system of international security, protection of human rights in armed conflict, legal and political aspects of the ongoing war in Ukraine, a need to reform the UN Security Council, international law between brute force and legalism, New World Order etc.

The abstract should contain: (1) the main thesis that will be argued for in the paper as well as (2) a brief overview of the arguments.

In addition to the abstract, students should send the contact details of their mentors/supervisors (name, surname, email address).

The list of participants for the 9th Student Conference will be announced by the 15th of September, 2022 on the official website of the Belgrade Faculty of Law. The selected participants will have to submit the first draft of their papers (8 pages at least) no later than November 20th. The final versions should be completed and sent by February 2023. All papers will be subject to a double-blind review. Favourably reviewed papers will be published in Eudaimonia – Journal for Legal, Political and Social Theory and Philosophy. For further information on the possible subtopics, abstracts or any other details related to the Conference, you may visit the official website of the Serbian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy (http://www.ivrserbia.org), Facebook page (www.facebook.com/studkonf) or write to the email address of the Conference ([email protected]).