COLLOQUIUM: Peace Through Law: The Versailles Peace Treaty and dispute settlement after WWI (Luxembourg, 6-8 December 2017)

(Source: Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

The Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law is organising a colloquium on the Versailles Peace Treaty and dispute settlement after World War I.

Content

Jointly organised by the two research departments, the conference “Peace Through Law: The Versailles Peace Treaty and dispute settlement after WWI” is designed to investigate both the notion of “peace through law” and the new international framework set up by the Treaty in the aftermath of the Great War. Held a century later, the conference will also offer a unique moment of reflection on the state of the dispute settlement system.

Academic Programme

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

18:00	Welcome address by Dr Heinrich Kreft, Ambassador of Germany in Luxembourg and Mr Bruno Perdu, Ambassador of France in Luxembourg
18:20	Opening lectureby Prof. Nathaniel Berman (Brown University)

Thursday, 7 December 2017

09:00	Welcome address by Prof. Hélène Ruiz Fabri and Prof. Burkhard Hess (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)
09:15	Panel I: The League of Nations: A world organisation for the prevention of conflicts Chair: Prof. Johan Van der Walt (University of Luxembourg)Dr Thomas D. Grant (University of Cambridge): “The league as an universal organisation”Prof. Michael Callahan (Kettering University): “Preventing a Repetition of the Great War: Responding to International Terrorism in the 1930s”
11:00	Panel II: The political termination of the war Chair: Prof. Johan Van der Walt (University of Luxembourg)Prof. Mamadou Hébié (Leiden University): “The mandate system of the League of Nations”Dr Ralph Wilde (University College London): “Versailles as a landmark in trusteeship and internationalization”
14:00	Panel III: Building a larger economic framework Chair: Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (University of Geneva)Prof. Patricia Clavin (University of Oxford): "The League of Nations and the making of international trade law"Dr Guy Sinclair (Victoria University of Wellington): “Managing the ‘workers’ threat: preventing revolution through ttripartite negotiation (ILO)”Judge and Prof. Herbert Kronke (Heidelberg University; Iran-United States Claims Tribunal): “The role of private international law: Unidroit, Geneva Conventions on Arbitration”
16:15	Panel IV: The economic consequences of the war Chair: Judge and Prof. Hans Van Houtte (University of Leuven-KUL; Iran-United States Claims Tribunal)Prof. Jean-Louis Halpérin (Ecole Normale Supérieure): “Reparations, Art. 231 VT*”Prof. Didier Boden (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): “Private rights in wartime and in the context of reparations”Prof. Pierre d’Argent (Catholic University of Louvain – UCL): “The conversion of reparations into sovereign debts (1920 – 1953)”

Friday, 8 December 2017

09:00	Panel V: Settlement of conflicts through international courts (1st part) Chair: Judge and Prof. Bruno Simma (University of Michigan; Iran-United States Claims Tribunal)Prof. Christian J. Tams (University of Glasgow): “The Permanent Court of Justice”Prof. Burkhard Hess and Prof. Marta Requejo Isidro (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law): “Mixed Arbitral Tribunals in the peace treaties”Dr Jennifer Balint (University of Melbourne): “International criminal justice”
11:15	Panel V: Settlement of conflicts through international courts (2nd part) Prof. Carsten Stahn (Leiden University): “International administrative adjudication”Dr Michel Erpelding (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law): “The special case of the Arbitral Tribunal of Upper Silesia”
14:00	Round table: The dispute settlement system from a contemporary perspective Chair: Prof. Hélène Ruiz Fabri (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law) Participants:Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes (University of Geneva)Prof. Photini Pazartzis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)Judge and Prof. Bruno Simma (University of Michigan; Iran-United States Claims Tribunal)Judge and Prof. Hans Van Houtte (University of Leuven-KUL; Iran-United States Claims Tribunal)
16:30	Concluding remarks by Prof. Burkhard Hess (Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law)

Contact:

If you are interested in participating in this conference, please send your reservation request with your contact details (first name, surname and affiliation) to events@mpi.lu or contact Martina Winkel: (+352) 26 94 88 923.

The participation is free of charge.

Venue: 

Max Planck Institute Luxembourg 

4, rue Alphonse Weicker 

L-2721 Luxembourg

More information can be found at the site of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law

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BOOK: Dante FEDELE, Naissance de la diplomatie moderne (XIIIe-XVIIe siècles). L'ambassadeur au croisement du droit, de l'éthique et de la politique [Studien sur Geschichte des Völkerrechts; 36]. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2017), 830 p. ISBN 9783848741274, € 198.

(image source: Nomos)

Dante Fedele (KU Leuven) will present his book Nassance de la diplomatie moderne (Nomos, 2017, see earlier on this blog) in the library of the Italian Senate.

The presentation will take place in the context of a seminar entitled "L'arte della diplomazia: dalle sue origini alle sfide del XXI secolo".

The convener is Michele Nicoletti, full professor of Political philosophy in Trento, deputy at the Italian Parliament and head of the Italian delegation at the Council of Europe. The other participants are Ambassador Elisabetta Belloni (Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Roberto Nigido (former ambassador), Carlo Curti Gialdino (full professor of Diplomatic law and European law at the University "La Sapienza", Rome) and myself.

More details can be found on academia.

RECALL: CALL FOR PAPERS: Latin America and International Law (8-9 Feb 2018, University of Hamburg/University of the Andes); DEADLINE 8 DEC 2017

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From February 8 to 9, 2018, the Albrecht Mendelssohn Bartholdy  
Graduate School of Law (University of Hamburg) in conjunction with  
Professor José Manuel Barreto Soler (Universidad de los Andes,  
Universidad Externado) organizes a conference on the history of  
international law in Latin American.


Topic:

The conference title is roughly borrowed from Alejandro Álvarez' very  
influential (but also controversially discussed) article "Latin  
America and Inernational Law" from 1909. Insprired by his work, we aim  
at exploring the complex relationship between Latin America and  
international law in the past centuries.

In the last few years, questions concerning Latin America's historic  
relationship to international law have moved to the focus of academic  
attention. Several outstanding treatises have been published on and  
conferences have dealt with this topic. But its study is still a  
comparably recent academic field (especially in Europe). The  
conference shall contribute to its further sharpening and to the  
creation of new perspectives on the study of the history of  
international law in Latin America.


Call for Papers:

We would like to invite everybody interested in the study of the  
history of international law in Latin America (doctoral students,  
early scholars, professors, practitioners, etc.) to participate in our  
call and to submit proposals for contributions on any of the listed  
subtopics (see below).

Please send your application in one single PDF file including

· your proposal of around 300 - 500 words and

· a brief CV (indicating also your institutional affiliation)

until December 3, 2017, to matthias.packeiser@uni-hamburg.de

The selection of speakers will be based on the quality of their  
abstracts and the abstract's suitability to the overall topic of the  
conference. Selected candidates will be informed by December 8, 2017.


List of Subtopics:

    International Law in the Americas before Independence

    International Law and the Independence in the Americas

    International Law, United States' Imperialism and Latin America

    The Particularity of Latin American International Law

    International Law, Globalization, and Latin America

    New Latin American Approaches to International Law?

    Germany and the History of International Law in the Americas


Further information and a more detailed call for papers are available  
here: uhh.de/rw-latin-america”

CONFERENCE: Sùarez in Lisbon 1617-2017 (Lisbon: University of Lisbon School of Law, 4 - 6 December 2017)

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Conference abstract:

In the 400 years of Francisco Suárez’ death THD-ULisboa (Legal Theory and History Research Centre of the University of Lisbon) promotes the International Conference “SUÁREZ IN LISBON 1617-2017”, taking place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon from 4 to 6 December 2017, dedicated to the Author’s work and its influence in European culture.

Programme:

December 4, 2017 (monday)​

9h00 - 9h30 | Reception of participants​

9h30 - 10h00 | Solemn Opening​

Martim de Albuquerque, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​

10h00 - 11h00 | Opening Conference​

Da origem Popular do Poder ao Direito de Resistência em Francisco Suárez

Pedro Calafate, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa​​

11h00 - 11h15 | Coffee break​

11h15 - 13h15 | Panel​

La costumbre como fundamento del Derecho de Gentes en SuárezJuan Cruz Cruz, Universidad de Navarra​

O ius gentium em Suárez como direito humanoPedro Caridade de Freitas, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​

De Vitória a Suárez: a importância da perspectiva do Direito Natural segundo a Escola Ibérica da Paz na defesa das Gentes do Novo MundoSílvia Loureiro, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas​

13h15 - 14h30 | Lunch​

14h30 - 15h30 | Panel​

Suárez lido por MerêaDavid Teles Pereira, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​

A livre decisão da vontade no comentário de Francisco Suárez sobre o De Anima de AristótelesJosé Meirinhos, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto​

Historiografia sobre el pensamiento escolástico y la emancipación. Suárez y el origen democrático del poderLeón Gómez Rivas, Universidad Europea de Madrid​

16h30 - 16h45 | Coffee break
16h45 - 18h45 | Panel​

Francisco Suárez e o problema da "guerra justa": a reflexão jurídica coimbrã ante  a política imperial portuguesa e o debate sobre a escravidão no Brasil e no JapãoFábio Fidelis, Centro Universitário do Rio Grande do Norte​

Suárez, the forever war on terror and attempted material supportHeidi Gilchrist, Brooklin Law School/Columbia Law School​

Analysing the 21st Century War on Terror from Just War Theory Perspective of SuárezKishor Dere, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

​Francisco Suárez e a Filosofia dos Direitos Humanos: algumas lições controversasMiguel Régio de Almeida, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra

​​December 5, 2017 (tuesday)​

9h30 - 11h00 | Panel​

Que significa atuar por um fim? A natureza da causalidade do fim em F. SuárezPaula Oliveira e Silva, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto​

Thinking outside the intellect: Suárez on imagination and phantasySimone Guidi, Instituto de Estudos Filosóficos, Universidade de Coimbra​

11h00 - 11h15 | Coffee break​

11h15 - 13h15 | Panel​

Suárez como autoridade na doutrina jurídica da Segunda EscolásticaAna Fouto, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​

A educação do jurista no tempo de Francisco Suárez. Teologia moral e literatura jurídico-pedagógica no espaço ibéricoLaura Beck Varela, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid​

A separação entre jurisdição temporal e espiritual no pensamento de Francisco Suárez e as bases da filosofia política modernaSandro Souza Simões, Centro Universitário do Estado do Pará​

13h15 - 14h30 | Lunch

​14h30 - 15h30 | Panel​Francisco Suárez e as tradições do contrato socialAndré Santos Campos, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa​

Francisco Suárez e a Restauração de Portugal justificada

Margarida Seixas, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​Fundamentación de la resistencia civil en Francisco Suárez. El bien común  como último basamentoPablo Oporto, Universidad Loyola Andalucía​

16h30 - 16h45 | Coffee break

​16h45 - 18h45 |

Panel​

Comunidad e individuo. El fundamento metafísico del sujeto de la ley en la Filosofia de Francisco SuárezÁngel Poncela González, Universidad de Salamanca

​Indivíduo e comunidade  na Teoria dos Universais  de Francisco SuárezFilipa Afonso, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa​

Breves notas sobre o acto do súbdito e o acto do príncipe (em Francisco Suárez) sob a perspectiva da Teoria da Suposição de Pedro Margalho

Ulisses Gagliano, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​​

December 6, 2017 (wednesday)​

9h00 - 11h00 | Panel​

Suárez e o interdito de Lisboa de 1617:  algumas notas sobre o conflito entre jurisdição régia e jurisdição eclesiástica

Jorge Testos, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa​

Estado de natureza e a natureza das coisas: compreensão dos fundamentos da teoria do Estado em Suárez

Leonor Durão Barroso, Instituto de Estudos Políticos da Universidade Católica Portuguesa​

O pensamento político de Francisco Suárez - a Defensio Fidei Catholicae como resposta à política religiosa de Jaime I de Inglaterra

Teresa Rodrigues, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa

​11h00 - 11h15 | Coffee break​

11h15 - 13h15 | Panel​

Originalidade e encobrimento do pensamento de Francisco Suárez: a doutrina da ciência médiaGonçalo Pistacchini Moita, Centro de Estudos de Filosofia da Universidade Católica Portuguesa​ 

El carácter enmendativo de la ley en SuárezManuel Lázaro Pulido, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia​

De anima. El medico y el teólogo: Juan Huarte de San Juan (1529 - 1588) y Francisco Suárez (1548 - 1617)Martín González Fernandez, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela​

13h15 - 14h30 | Lunch

​14h30 - 15h30 | Panel​

Suárez e Molina: Direito e livre-arbítrioEduardo Vera-Cruz Pinto, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisbon

​Suárez on authority as coercive teacherThomas Pink, King's College, London​

15h30 - 16h30 | Closing Conference​

Francisco Suárez, o la emergencia de los tiempos nuevosFrancisco Carpintero Benítez, Universidad de Cádiz 

Registration form here.
More information on the conference website.