Call for conference papers

15/06/2012

Organisers of the 31st Annual Conference of the Australia New Zealand Law and History Society are calling for papers. The conference, titled "Receiving Laws / Giving Laws"�will be held at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), 10-12 December 2012.�

Keynote speaker: Professor Philip Girard, Dalhousie – “Colonization, Culture, Continuity:� The Role of Law” Plenary speaker: Professor Christopher Tomlins, UC Irvine – “Debt, Death, and Redemption: Toward a History of the Turner Rebellion” Keynote Panel: “Receiving Laws / Giving Laws: Three Takes” - Professor Anne Orford, Melbourne, A/Prof Katherine Biber, UTS, Dr Damen Ward, Crown Law, Wellington

Inquiries or paper proposals - including a title, brief abstract and brief biography - should be sent to shaunnagh.dorsett@uts.edu.au by 31 July 2012. While papers on the conference theme are encouraged, abstracts can be submitted on any legal history topic.

All proposals will be assessed, and successful submitters contacted at the end of July. Conference registration, accommodation and other information will be posted to the conference webpage in August.

**15 June 2012 **