Below is a call for papers from the International Economic Law Interest Group of the ASIL.  Recently the group has focused more and more on dispute resolution–both consensual and arbitration–as an issue of economic law and so I think there could well be DR professors whose work falls squarely in this field.  Having started early on as a member of this group, I know that the conference will be both well-run and lots of fun.  Here’s the official announcement:

The International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law wishes to solicit paper and panel submissions in connection with its Biennial Conference at the University of Minnesota from November 18-20, 2010.  The conference is a wonderful opportunity to collaborate with a broad cross-section of international economic law specialists and hear from prominent keynote speakers including Professor Jose Alvarez at NYU and WTO Appellate Body member Ricardo Ramirez (Mexico).

Under the theme of International Economic Law in a Time of Change: Reassessing Legal Theory, Doctrine, Methodology and Policy Prescriptions, the Interest Group has issued the following call for papers:

“The start of the second decade of the twenty-first century is witnessing a confluence of events affecting international economic law that calls for re-evaluation. The international context has radically changed. Most analysts contend that we are shifting toward a multi-polar world in light of economic transformations in China, India, Brazil, and other developing and transitional countries, coupled with economic stagnation in the United States and Europe which are beset by a financial crisis and embroiled in foreign wars and security concerns. These developments have arguably complicated international economic governance, yet other factors–such as the current financial crisis–press consideration of new forms of international economic governance, such as the G-20. Global economic interdependence, exemplified by global production and supply chains, calls for sustained attention to international economic law and institutions.

With this backdrop, the November conference will organize sessions that address the full range of international and transnational economic law. We encourage scholars to submit papers or panel proposals related to trade, investment, international financial regulation, transnational private law, and development law, as well as their intersection with social regulation such as over global warming, labor rights and consumer safety. This call for papers welcomes submissions that provide new analytic frameworks, reassess legal theory, evaluate developments in legal doctrine, engage in empirical analysis of the way international economic law operates, and provide guidance for policymakers, regulators and adjudicators in this time of international economic change.”

Abstract submissions of a maximum of 300 words are due by July 30, 2010 and should be emailed to 2010IELconference@gmail.com.  After a blind review process, selection decisions will be made in September.  

The conference is co-sponsored by the University of Minnesota Law School and the Minnesota Journal of International Law.  The Journal anticipates publishing some of the conference papers as part of a special symposium issue.  Questions about the conference should be directed to the Interest Group Co-Chairs, Susan Franck (franck@wlu.edu) and Greg Shaffer (shaffer@umn.edu).