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CONTENTS
Section One: IVR News – IVR Mid-term Congress on “The Legal Ought” –
Report of IVR President Eugenio Bulygin – Report of IVR Secretary General
Pablo López Ruf – Report of IVR Treasurer Carlos E. Pettoruti – Executive
Committee Meetings.
Section Two: IVR Announcements
– 20th IVR
World Congress (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 19-23, 2001); 21st
and 22nd IVR World
Congresses.
Section Three: National Sections News, Announcements and
Records – Argentina;
Chile; China; Colombia; Denmark; France; Germany; Italy; Korea; Mexico;
Spain; United States of America.
SECTION ONE: IVR
NEWS
THE
IVR MID-TERM CONGRESS ON “THE LEGAL OUGHT”
In
June 19-20, 2000, a Mid-term Congress was held in Genoa, Italy, as a frame
to the annual meeting of the IVR Executive Committee. The debates were
centred on “The Legal Ought”. Seven papers were presented in a
workshop-like atmosphere during the two-days Congress, held at the Law School of the
University of Genoa. The speakers and titles were the following:
Enrico Pattaro: Towards a Theory of Norms.
José Juan Moreso: In Defense of Inclusive Legal
Positivism.
Timothy Endicott: Three Puzzles about Legal
Rules.
Pablo Navarro: On the Self-Destruction of Legal
Positivism.
Riccardo
Guastini: Sollsätze. A Criticism of the Received View.
Eerik Lagerspetz: Obligations, Sanctions, and Coercion.
Hage, J., and Peczenik, A.: Legal
Internalism.
The proceedings will be published soon in the
jurisprudential yearbook “Analisi e diritto 2000. Ricerche di
giurisprudenza analitica” (Torino,
Giappichelli).
REPORT OF IVR PRESIDENT EUGENIO BULYGIN
Since the last EC meeting in June 1999 in New York, the IVR
Presidency took care of coordinating the institutional activities of the
IVR.
The Presidency has cooperated with the IVR-Newsletter
editor-in-chief, Prof. Ricardo A. Guibourg, and the General Secretary
Prof. Pablo López Ruf, in publishing and distributing among the National
Sections the IVR Newsletter Nº 24 correspondig to the period February 1999
– January 2000, which contains a report of Prof. Burton Leiser on the
19th World Congress held in New York, the announcements of
future events (this meeting in Genoa, World Congresses in Amsterdam and
Lund) and the news from several National Sections. The next issue of
Newsletter is planned for July 2000. Fortunately the Webmaster of the
former administration, Dr. Giovanni Ziccardi, kindly agreed to continue to
collaborate with us as the IVR Webmaster. I wish to express my deep
gratitude for his very important services.
In co-operation with the Treasury, the Presidency took care of
drawing up the budget and of sending timely reminders to the National
Sections concerning the payments of their fees. We have received from the
former Treasury the amount of u$d 12.925,50. At the date of June 6, 2000,
the IVR funds amount to u$d 11.436,04. The full analysis of the financial
data of the period June 1999 – June 2000 will be given in the report of
the Treasurer, Dr. Carlos E. Pettoruti.
We have been in touch with Prof. Arend Soeteman concerning the
20th World Congress to be held in Amsterdam in 2001. Prof.
Soeteman will report about the organization of this event.
We have also been in touch with legal philosophers in several
countries in which there is no IVR National Section. There are good
perspectives for organizing new National Sections at least in Uruguay,
Peru and Paraguay.
Eugenio
Bulygin
(IVR President)
REPORT OF THE IVR SECRETARY GENERAL PABLO LÓPEZ
RUF
During the period June
1999 – May 2000, the Secretary General has developed the following
activities:
1. Installation of the IVR venue
in Argentina:
Specially the office of the Secretary
General, which counts with the appropriate and necessary building
facilities for its work.
2. Opening of an account in
Argentina:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS (GENOA, ITALY)
June 18th,
2000
The meeting was presided by Prof. E.
Bulygin. Prof. López Ruf took the minutes.
Present: Vicepresidents M. Atienza, R. Martin, A.
Peczenik, A. Soeteman; other Members, E. Attwool, B. Baker, A. Bröstl, T.
Campbell, P. Comanducci, T. Kim, W. Krawietz, B. Leiser, Y. Morigiwa, R.
Tamayo, M. Troper, K. Tuori, M. Zirk-Sadowski; Honorary Presidents, C.
Wellman and E. Pattaro.
Also present: G. Sprenger, R.
Guibourg.
New York EC meeting
Prof. Wellman suggested to read the
meeting held in New York in June 30, 1999, as follows: “the members of the
Publication Committee are Prof. Sprenger, Prof. Leiser, Prof. Krawietz,
Prof. Campbell and Prof. Attwool. The EC approved the minute of the New
York meeting with the changes proposed by Prof.
Wellman.
Reports
The reports of IVR President, Secretary
General and Treasurer were approved. In his report, the Director of IVR
Newsletter emphasized the difficulty to get in touch with several national
sections. Prof. Morigiwa declared his willingness to re-establish the
contact with Chinese section. EC members
approved.
Publication
Committee
The members of the Publication Committee
announced that the authors of the papers selected will be notified soon,
and that the publication will make about six volumes, plus one volume to
be published by Dartmouth and edited by Prof. Campbell. The Committee
asked for volunteers to edit the other volumes. After a brief discussion,
the EC members approved the report and decided that the editors will be
selected separately, in an informal way, by small groups of EC
members.
XX World
Congress
Prof Soeteman reported about the ongoing
organization of the XX IVR Congress in Amsterdam. He presented a
provisional program and refers to some difficulties to find speakers, to
the deal made with Kluwer Academic Publishers to print a book containing
all the papers that will be presented at the Congress, to the financial
situation and to the registration fees.
XXI World
Congress
Prof. Peczenik reported about the ongoing
organization of the XXI IVR World Congress to be held in Lund, Sweden, in
2003. He distributed a hand-out concerning the dates and the tentative
program of the congress and asked for advice and suggestions. He empasized
that there will be plenary sessions, working groups and workshops, while
there will not be any parallel sessions. Furthermore, the text of the
papers to be presented will be made available beforehand on a data base,
while the final version of the most relevant papers will be published in a
volume afterwards.
XXII World
Congress
Prof. Atienza referred to the candidacy
of Spain for hosting the XXII IVR World Congress in Granada, Spain; he
declared that the organisers will be Prof. López Calera and Prof. Atienza
himself and announced that the Congress will probably take place between
the end of May and early June 2005. Prof. Atienza also asked for a formal
letter of acceptance to be sent by the IVR President to the Spanish
organisers.
The IVR EC
approved.
Situation of the National Sections;
incorporation of new sections
The President reported about the likely
establishment of national sections in Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay and asked
Prof. Tamayo to report about the situation of
Mexico.
After a detailed report by Prof. Tamayo,
the IVR EC expressed its warmest wishes to the new Mexican section and
recommended to incorporate the Mexican association as an IVR National
Section. Prof. Tamayo took the responsibility of organising the Mexican
section.
Committee of the IVR Young Scholar
Prize
Prof. Sprenger reported about the younger
scholar prize. The commission composed by professors Karlsson, Peczenik
and Tamayo will end the selection by the end of January 2001. The IVR EC
approved.
Other
matters
A proposal of the Argentine section was
approved by the IVR EC for hosting the 2002 Mid-term Congress in Buenos
Aires, possibly in March and close to Easter, in order to promote general
attendance.
The IVR EC expresses its warmest support
to the initiative on the “Third International Symposium on Philosophy of
Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) in Asia”, also by distributing a hand-out
and urging the attendance of scholars from the rest of the
world.
The IVR EC recommends the Secretary
General to start promptly the contacts with IVR National Sections in order
to draw the list of the Nomination Committee
members.
June 20th,
2000
Other matters
The IVR EC approves to sponsor the
“Italian-Spanish Seminar in Legal Theory”, a yearly three-days meeting
between scholars from the two areas.
The IVR EC approves that the Mexican
jurisprudential review “Isonomía” be considered as a place where to
publish the papers and proceedings of the IVR National Section of
Mexico.
The IVR EC approves that papers in
Spanish presented to IVR Congresses be published, as in the past, in the
Spanish review “Doxa”.
The IVR EC approves the initiative of the
University of Alicante (Prof. M. Atienza) to establish an internet portal
devoted to Spanish-language legal philosophy, with links to other
jurisprudential sites (the “Analisi e Diritto” site, the Bologna IVR site,
etc.), and constitue a virtual library of the jurisprudential literature
in Spanish.
The IVR EC acknowledges the invaluable
contributions provided by Prof. Sprenger in the many years at the service
of the IVR and its journal ARSP, deeply regrets his retirement and
appoints him Co-editor of ARSP.
SECTION TWO:
IVR ANNOUNCEMENTS
20th IVR WORLD CONGRESS
(AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, JUNE 20-24,
2001)
Dates
and Venue of the 20th IVR World Congress
The Congress will be held from Tuesday June 19
through Saturday June 23, 2001. Congress venue is the main building of the
Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam.
The Vrije Universiteit
is located in the south-western part of Amsterdam, close to Schiphol
International Airport and the conference hotels. There are good railway
and bus connections between the Vrije Universiteit, the hotels and the
airport. Participants will receive a detailed route description together
with a confirmation of registration.
Academic
Program
The theme of the Congress is: Pluralism and Law. Sub-themes
include: Justice, The State, Global Problems and Legal Reasoning. These sub-themes
will be discussed during plenary and semi-plenary sessions on the
different days from Wednesday through Saturday.
Special topics within these sub-themes will be
discussed in workshops. The following topics are planned.
Justice: Human Rights, Universal and Local Justice,
Collective and Minority Rights, Globalizing the Welfare State, Pluralism,
Discrimination, Gender, Criminal Justice, Private Law, Distributive
Justice.
The
State: State, Nation
and World, Federalism, Relationship between National and International
Law, Sovereignty, Rule of Law, Citizenship, European
Community.
Global
Problems: Migration
(political, economic), Development Law, Environmental Law, Global
Economics, International Criminal Law, Just Wars, International
Institution, Plurality of Cultures.
Legal
Reasoning: Universal and Particular Aspects of Legal
Reasoning, Legal Reasoning and Plurality of Values, Legal Expert Systems,
Law and Logic, Legal Semiotics, Legal Argumentation, Legal
Interpretation.
Workshops may be
combined. Participants may propose additional
topics.
Schedule
The official opening of the Congress is
on Tuesday, June 19, at 07.30
p.m. in the lecture hall of the Vrije Universiteit. Dr. Job Cohen, Dutch
State Secretary of Justice, will deliver the opening speech of the
Congress. After the opening ceremony, a welcome reception will take place.
Wednesday, June 20:
Justice
9.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session with Pauline
Westerman, The Netherlands, Justice
and expediency, and Jon Elster, USA, Transitional justice.
11.30 – 12.30
Workshops.
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch.
13.30 – 14.30 Parallel Sessions with
Wayne Sumner, Canada, Freedom of
expression, Jules Coleman, USA, Corrective Justice and Personal
Responsibility, and Tom D. Campbell, Australia, Human
rights.
14.30 –16.30
Workshops.
17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Session with Kamal
Hossain, Bangladesh.
Thursday, June 21: The
State
9.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session with Luigi
Ferrajoli, Italy, and Philippe Raynaud,
France.
11.30 – 12.30
Workshops.
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch.
13.30 – 14.30 Parallel Sessions with
Govert den Hartogh, The Netherlands, Claims of the State, Alon Harel,
Israel, Nationalism and intolerant
minorities, and Albie Sachs,
South-Africa.
14.30 –16.30
Workshops.
17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Session with Leslie
Green, Canada, Tolerable
injustice.
Friday, June 22: Global Problems
9.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session with Mrs.
Grazyna Skapska, Poland, Law as a
means of a shaping of the future and regulating the past, and Christof
Heyns, South-Africa, A struggle
approach to human rights.
11.30 – 12.30
Workshops.
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch.
13.30 – 14.30 Parallel Sessions with
Wesley Craigg, Canada, The
regulatory norms of a globalized economy, and Hiroshi Takahashi,
Japan, Plurality of Cultures.
14.30 –16.30
Workshops.
17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Session which is
reserved for the IVR young scholar prize winner.
Saturday, June
23: Legal
Reasoning
9.00 – 11.00 Plenary Session with María
Cristina Redondo, Italy, Just
Decisions in Authoritative Contexts. The Relevance of Rules, and Hideo
Aoi, Japan, Universal and
Particular Aspects of Legal Reasoning.
11.30 – 12.30
Workshops.
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch.
13.30 – 14.30 Parallel Sessions with Juan
Carlos Bayón, Spain, Jaap C. Hage, The Netherlands, Legal Logic, and Erik Lagerspetz,
Finland, Legislative Intent.
14.30 –16.30
Workshops.
17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Session with
Bernard Jackson, United Kingdom,
A semiotic perspective on
the comparison of modern and Jewish legal
reasoning.
Working Group Papers
Participants
who want to present a paper in a workshop are asked to send the abstract
of their paper to the Congress Committee no later than March 1, 2001. They
are also asked to indicate in which workshop they prefer to present their
paper. However, the Congress Committee cannot guarantee that they will be
placed in their preferred workshop. If abstracts are received after March
1, 2001, there is no guarantee that the corresponding papers can be
presented during the Congress. Accepted abstracts will be published in the
congress program book.
Language
The
official language at the meeting will be
English.
Registration
The
Conference Service of the Vrije Universiteit will handle registration of
participants.
Participants
should register by completing and returning the registration form to the
VU Conference Service. Registration will only be final after payment of
the appropriate registration fee.
Registration
fees
Registration fees
include admission to all sessions, lunch on congress working days, coffee,
tea or other refreshments, official receptions, a book published by Kluwer
Academics containing the plenary and semi-plenary papers, an abstract book
and other congress materials.
Early
registration
(payment received before/on November 1, 2000)
NLG 525,00*
Late
registration
(payment received after November 1, 2000
NLG 625,00*
Early
Student fee
(payment received before/on November 1, 2000)
NLG 400,00*
Late
Student fee
(payment received after November 1, 2000)
NLG 450,00*
*)
The exchange rate (per 21 February 2000) is: 1 Euro for about 2,20 NLG; 1
US$ for about 2,21 NLG.
Partner
registration
Partners
should register to have admittance to non-scientific congress events.
Partner registration is free. If partners want to have lunch at the
congress venue they have to buy tickets at the congress
desk.
Early
registration
To
qualify for early registration at the discounted rates, the application
form must be received no later than November 1, 2000. Full payment by
cheque, credit card or bank transfer must accompany your
registration.
Registration
forms have been sent to the national sections. They can also be asked
from:
VU
Conference Service
De
Boelelaan 1105
1081
HV Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)20
4445790
Fax: +31 (0)20
4445825
E-mail:
vu_conference@dienst.vu.nl
Typed
registration forms and cheques must be mailed to the same
address.
Electronic
registration is possible via the registration form at our
WEB-site:
http://www.rechten.vu.nl/~IVR
Payment
Ø
by
bank transfer, payable to:
Postbank,
Amsterdam, account nr. 8360732 code INGBNL2A, IBAN-number
NL98PSTB0008360732 in favour
of Vrije Universiteit, Conference Service VU06, concerning IVR 2001, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, stating your full name and
address.
Please make sure your
remittance is free of transfer charges.
Ø
by
(Euro) cheque (personal cheques cannot be accepted) payable
to:
Vrije
Universiteit, Conference Service VU06, IVR 2001 signed and sent to the VU
Conference Service, together with the registration
form.
Ø
by
credit card: number, expiry date, signature and name of cardholder should
be filled out on
the registration form.
Reimbursement
of the registration fee minus NLG 75,00 handling charges will be made only
if a written cancellation is received before May 1,
2001.
Social
program
There
will be various opportunities to meet colleagues and friends in informal
settings at the congress venue and at the various social events that will
be organised. The social program will include the following
items:
Tuesday,
June 19, 20.00 h: welcome reception, immediately after the official
opening of the congress.
Wednesday,
June 20, 10.00 h: A get-together party for
partners.
Saturday
June 23, 20.00 h: Farewell dinner in the famous “Wintergarden” of Hotel
Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam.
Furthermore,
we plan to organize a cultural event during the congress week, as well as
excursions on Sunday. Further information on these items will be sent to
participants after registration. Please tick the box on the registration
form if you are interested in this information.
Tickets
for all social events can be ordered on the registration form or can be
bought during the congress at the registration desk. However, as the
number of tickets available during the congress is limited, it is strongly
advised to use the registration form. Reservations can only be accepted
after the payment for the social events is received. Payment for tickets
ordered on the registration form should be done together with the payment
of the congress fee.
Public
Transport
Since Amsterdam has a very dense public transport
network and the Vrije Universiteit and all chosen hotels can be reached by
public transport very easily, we recommend you to use a 5-day Public
Transport Pass (NLG 32, --). With this Pass you can use all means of
public transport (trams, buses, subway), within the City of Amsterdam. You
can order this Pass by checking the appropriate box on the Registration
Form. You will receive the Public Transport Pass upon registration at the
Vrije Universiteit.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam,
popular throughout the world, is famous for its canals, its gabled houses,
its museums and of course its atmosphere. Amsterdam's old inner city is
very compact. The museums, monuments, markets, shopping streets, and other
attractions are all within easy reach by public transport from the
symposium venue. Amsterdam also offers a wide variety of theatres, music
halls, etc., in which you can enjoy all kinds of cultural
activities.
Insurance
Please
arrange your own travel insurance. The organizers will not be liable for
accidents, theft and property damage, nor for delays and/or modifications
in the program due to unforeseen circumstances.
Although,
compared to other cities, Amsterdam is a rather safe city, we strongly
advice you to beware of pickpockets when you are in the city centre, on
trams or buses.
Weather
The Netherlands has a moderate sea-climate.
June is an end-of-spring month with temperatures varying from 18° – 22 °C.
A light raincoat and an umbrella are
advisable.
Hotel
accommodation
The
official housing bureau, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, has reserved hotel rooms
at special congress rates. Most hotels are conveniently located in the
central or the southern part of Amsterdam, along public transport sites.
Hotel rooms are booked in several
price categories. Please indicate your preference on the hotel
reservation form.
Category
A:
Single
room :
NLG 330 - 400
Double
room:
NLG 370 - 450
Hotel
Sofitel
Located
in a monumental building in the heart of Amsterdam, near
Damsquare.
Travel
to the VU: 20 minutes by tram 5.
Category
B:
Single
room:
NLG 270 - 330
Double
room:
NLG 310 - 370
Hotel
Novotel
In
the south-western part of Amsterdam, close to the Vrije Universiteit. The
hotel is served
by
bus, tram and train nearby and has parking
facilities.
Travel
to the Vrije Universiteit: 5 minutes by tram 51, 15 minutes by
foot.
Hotel
Intell
Situated
right in the middle of the centre of Amsterdam, near shopping street and
Damsquare.
Transport
to the Vrije Universiteit: 20 minutes by tram
5.
Hotel
Jan Luyken
This
hotel is still one of the privately owned and operated hotels in Amsterdam
and is situated near the museums in imposing 19th century
townhouses.
Transport
to the Vrije Universiteit: 15 minutes by tram
5.
Category C:
Single
room:
NLG 210 - 270
Double
room:
NLG 260 - 320
Hotel
Eden
Conveniently
located in the centre of Amsterdam, next to the well known Rembrandt
Square (bars and restaurant). Travel to the Vrije Universiteit: 15 minutes
by tram 51 (subway).
Cok
City Hotel
This
nice 3 star hotel is situated in the centre, near the Central
Station.
Transport
to VU: 20 minutes by tram 51
(subway).
Cok
Tourist Class Superieur
Perfectly
situated overlooking the Vondelpark and close to the museums (10 minutes
by foot).
Transport
to VU: 15 minutes by tram 5.
AMS
Terdam Hotel
Situated
in a quiet side-street of the Leidsesquare, near all major
museums.
Transport
to VU: 15 minutes by tram 5.
AMS
Museum Hotel
Situated
next to the Rijksmuseum and close to the Van Gogh and Municipal museum and
the Leidsesquare. Transport to VU: 15 minutes by tram
5.
Hotel
Apollo First
This
is a small, family owned hotel with a classical interior and located
between the city centre and the VU. Transport to the VU: 10 minutes by
tram 5.
Category
D:
Single
room:
NLG 150 - 210
Double
room:
NLG 200 - 260
Hotel
Owl/Hotel Westropa/Hotel Piet Hein
3
excellent 3 star hotels, situated close to the
Leidsesquare.
Transport
to the VU: 15 minutes by tram 5.
Hotel
Casa 400:
This
3 star standard hotel is situated near the Amstel train station, on the
outskirts of Amsterdam.
There
is an excellent connection by public transportation to the city centre (10
min) and to the
VU
(10 min by tram).
All
prices are per room, per night and include breakfast and city
tax.
You
can make hotel reservations by completing the hotel registration form.
This form has been sent to the national sections. It can also be asked
from VU Conference Service. This form should be returned to Carlson
Wagonlit Travel no later than March 1, 2001.
Electronic
reservation is possible via the registration form at our
WEB-site:
http://www.rechten.vu.nl/~IVR
Important
dates
November
1, 2000:
Deadline for early registration
March
1, 2001:
Deadline for abstract submission
Deadline for hotel reservations
May
1, 2001:
Deadline for cancellation with
reimbursement
June
19 – 23, 2001: 20th IVR World
Congress
Important
addresses
For
abstracts and for general information on the scientific
program:
IVR Congress
Committee
Faculty of Law Vrije
Universiteit
De Boelelaan
1105
1081 HV Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
Fax: 31 (0) 20
4446300
E-mail: ivrcongress@rechten.vu.nl
For information about
registration:
VU
Conference Service
De
Boelelaan 1105
1081
HV Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)20
4445790
Fax: +31 (0)20
4445825
E-mail:
vu_conference@dienst.vu.nl
For
information about hotel reservations:
Carlson
Wagonlit Travel
Mrs.
A. van der Kooij
Dam
19
1012
JS Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
Tel: +31
(0)20 6241361
Fax: +31 (0)20
6235107
E-mail:
agm@keytours.nl
Updated
information can be found on our website:
http://www.rechten.vu.nl/~IVR
IVR
Congress Committee:
Prof.
dr. A.Soeteman, president
Prof.
dr. A.M. Hol
Prof.
dr. R.
de Lange
Prof.
dr. C.W.
Maris
Dr.
Th. Rosier
The 20th IVR World Congress is to be held
in Amsterdam in 2001, and its topic is “Pluralism and Law”. Some subjects.
(1) Justice: Human rights, Universal and local justice, Collective and
minority rights, Globalizing the welfare state and pluralism; (2) The
State: State, nation and world, Federalism, Relationship between
international law and national law; (3) Global problems: Migration
(political, economic), Development law and plurality of cultures, (4)
Legal reasoning: Universal and particular aspects of legal reasoning.
Legal reasoning and plurality of values, Legal expert
systems.
Some organizing details. Congress venue:
Amsterdam, Free University, Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24, June, 2001. Daily
programme. Estimated number of participants: 600. Speakers: 12 speakers
for plenary sessions; 12 speakers for semi-plenary sessions. Workshops.
Number: 432 (3 papers p/hour; 12 parallel sessions; 3 hours a day; 4
days). Schedule: 9-11, plenary sessions (2 speakers); 11.30-12.30,
workshops; 13.30-14.30, semi-plenary sessions (3 speakers); 14.30-16.30,
workshops; 17.00-18.00, plenary session (1 speaker). Congress Dinner:
Saturday. Excursions: Sunday. Organisation Committee: Arend Soeteman
(President of the Committee), Tom Hol (President of the Dutch section),
Roel de Lange, Cees Maris, Theo Rosier. Address: A. Soeteman, Faculteit
der Rechtsgeleerdheid, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, tel. +31-20-4446252, fax +31-20-4446210,
E-mail A.Soeteman@Rechten.VU.NL
21st AND 22nd IVR
WORLD CONGRESSES
The 21st IVR World Congress
will be held in Lund, Sweden, in 2003. Its organization is being led by
IVR Vice President Prof. Aleksander Peczenik. Next 22nd World
Congress, in 2005, will take place in Granada, Spain. Further information
is still to be confirmed.
SECTION THREE: NATIONAL SECTIONS NEWS,
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RECORDS
ARGENTINA
(Asociación Argentina de Filosofía del Derecho)
NEWS
In August 11th, 2000, a round
table was held on “Theories of Justice”. Professors Julio C. Cueto Rúa,
Martín D. Farrell and Carlos Ignacio Massini were speakers and Prof.
Ricardo A. Guibourg was the moderator. At the end of the speeches, there
was a public debate.
In October 26-28, the XIV Argentine
Conference on Legal and Social Philosophy took place in Mar del Plata,
province of Buenos Aires. Plenary speakers and their
subjects were: Prof. Miguel A. Ciuro Caldani (Rosario, Argentina),
Razones para la construcción de una teoría trialista del mundo
jurídico; Prof. Juan A. García Amado (León, Spain), Racionalidad y
métodos de la interpretación jurídica; Prof. Cristóbal Orrego (U. of
Los Andes, Chile), La teoría clásica de la ley natural y las formas
contemporáneas de tiranía política; Prof. Tércio Sampaio Ferraz (Sao
Paulo, Brazil), Lo justo y lo bello: notas sobre el derecho y el arte,
el sentido de justicia y el gusto artístico; Prof. Agustín Squella
(Valparaíso, Chile), ¿Qué aprendí enseñando filosofía del
derecho?
and Prof. Francesco Viola (Palermo, Italy), Objetividad y verdad en la
razón práctica. This time, the AAFD offered for the first
time a young scholar prize. Its winner was Pablo Martín Perot (U.
of Mar del Plata), who exposed his paper Tipos de reglas y el concepto
de obligación jurídica. Homage was rendered to the memory of two
legal philosophers recently disappeared: Hugo Malherbe (U. de la
República, Uruguay) and Albert Calsamiglia (U. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona,
España). Prof. Oscar Sarlo (Uruguay) remembered Malherbe and Prof. Daniel
Mendonca (U.C. de Asunción, Paraguay) referred to Calsamiglia’s
personality. In the afternoons, three workshops allowed many other
participants to expose their papers and have them
discussed.
The 69th issue of AAFD
bulletin was published and distributed to national members in July,
2000.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
In April 27-28 2001, a preparatory
conference will be held in Buenos Aires with the same subjects of the XX
World Congress. There, papers to be presented in Amsterdam will have a
preliminary discussion and the scholars or students who do not plan to go
to the World Congress may anyway participate in the
debates.
In October 2001, the XV Argentine
Conference on Legal and Social Philosophy will take place in Rosario,
province of Santa Fe.
RECORDS
Since June 1998, the Board of Directors
of the AAFD is composed by:
President: Ricardo A.
Guibourg
Vice-president: Rodolfo L.
Vigo
Secretary: Pablo López
Ruf
Treasurer: Eduardo
Barbarosch
Other members: Ariel Álvarez Gardiol, Abel J.
Arístegui, Eugenio Bulygin, Carlos M. Cárcova, Julio C. Cueto Rúa, José R.
Chirico, Miguel A. Ciuro Caldani, Carlos I. Massini Correas, Ricardo V.
Guarinoni, Julio R. Méndez and Mario Portela.
Board
surrogates: Eduardo Barcesat, Ana Castro de
Cabanillas, Luis López Taiana, Renato Rabbi Baldi.
Account reviewers: Carlos M. Fernández and Eloy
E. Suárez.
CONTACT
Prof. Ricardo A.
Guibourg
President
Av. Callao 492 10 B – 1022 Buenos Aires –
Argentina
Tel/fax: +54 44 4372 4613
(home)
+54 11 4374 2711 (office)
E-mail: pachig@ciudad.com.ar
CHILE
(Sociedad Chilena
de Filosofía Jurídica y Social)
NEWS
The main activity of Chilean Society for Legal
and Social Philosophy is the edition of its “Anuario de Filosofía Jurídica
y Social”. Its recent issue N. 17, corresponding to 1999, was titled
“Diálogos con N. Bobbio y H. von Wright” and was distributed in August,
2000.
The IV Chilean Convention on Philosophy
of Law was held by Chilean Society in October, 2000. Its subject was “El
derecho frente a los desafíos de los nuevos cambios
culturales”.
Copies of the Yearbook of Legal and
Social Philosophy or information about the Chilean Society are available
at Casilla 3325, Correo 3, Valparaíso, Chile, or by e-mail to secretaria.rectoria@uv.cl
CONTACT
Prof.
Agustín Squella Narducci
President
Universidad de Valparaíso
P.O.Box 123-V, Valparaíso,
Chile
Telefax
(56) (32) 252125
CHINA
(Jurisprudence Institute of Chinese
Law Society –JICLS / IVR China)
NEWS
The 1998 annual conference of the JICLS
took place in August 1998, in Beijing, on the topic “The Theory and the
practice of Governing the state by Law”. The 1999 annual conference of
JICLS took place in August 1999, in Shanghai, on the topic “The
retrospection and expectation in Jurisprudence at the Turn of
Century”.
On October 16-18, 2000, the Third Asian
Symposium in Jurisprudence was held in Nanjing, hosted by Nanjing Normal
University and organized by IVR China, Jurisprudence Institute of Chinese
Law Society and Nanjing Normal University in
conjunction with IVR Korea and IVR Japan. The theme of the symposium was “Asia and
Legal development in 21st century.” Professor Sun Wanzhong,
Executive Deputy Chair of Chinese Law Society and Professor Carl Wellman,
Honorary President of IVR, delivered the opening remarks, followed by
seven sections of presentations. The topics of the sections, speakers and
the subjects of their presentations for each
were:
Part One: Recent Development of
Jurisprudence in Asia
1. Professor ZHANG Wenxian (Deputy Chair
of IVR China, Jilin Univ.), “Chinese Jurisprudence in the New Period of
Reform and Open-up”.
2. Professor MORIGIWA Yasutomo (President
of IVR Japan section, Nagoya Univ.), “Asian Jurisprudence in the
21st century”.
Part Two: Recent Development of
Legal Systems in Asia
1. Professor LIU Han (Chair of IVR China,
CASS), “Prospects for the Rule of Law in China in the 21st
century”.
2. Professor NAKAMURA Koji (Osaka Univ.
Economics & Law ), “The Japanese Legal
System Today: Strategies for
Reform”.
Part Three: Development of Law – An
Asian View
1. Professor IMAI Hiromichi (Chair of the
First Asian Symposium in Jurisprudence, Hokkaido Univ.), “Research Issues
and Prospects of Jurisprudence in the 21st century
Asia”.
2. Professor Albert H. Y. CHEN (Univ. of Hong Kong), “Mediation,
Litigation and Justice – Confucian Reflection in Modern Liberal
Society”
Part Four: Legal Systems and
Political Power in a Transitional Society
1. Professor GUO Daohui (Deputy Chair, IVR
China), “On the Pluralization and Socialization of
Powers”.
2. Professor SHIMAZU Itaru (Chiba Univ.),
“Individualism for Our Future”.
Part Five: New Areas of Legal
Theories in Asia
1. Professor LI Long, (Deputy Chair of IVR
China, Zhejiang Univ.), “Thinking on the Relationship between
International Law and Domestic Law”.
2. Professor Chongko CHOI, (Seoul National
Univ.), “The Foundation of East Asian
Jurisprudence”.
Part Six: Human Rights and Legal
System in Asia
1. Professor LI Buyun, (Deputy Chair of IVR
China, CASS), “An Outline of Rights for
Development”
2. Dr. LI Yahong, (Univ. of Hong Kong),
“Regional Integration for the International IPRs System: East Asia’s
Response”.
3. Professor YASUDA Nobuyuki, (Nagoya
Univ.), “Some issues on Sociology of Law”.
4. Professor Carl WELLMAN, “On Rights for
Development”.
Part Seven: Globalization and Legal
Development in Asia
1. Professor ZHU Jingwen, (Deputy Chair of
IVR China, Renmin Univ.), “Globalization and Chinese Law’s
Response”.
2. Professor GONG Pixiang, (Deputy Chair of
IVR China, Deputy Chair and Chief-Secretary of the Organizing Committee
for the Third Symposium on Jurisprudence, Nanjing Normal Univ.), “The
Globalization and the Modernization of the Legal System in China”.
RECORDS
President: Prof. LIU Han, Institute of
Law, CASS
Secretary General: Prof. LI Lin,
Institute of Law, CASS.
CONTACT:
Prof. ZHANG Qi, Vice Secretary
General
Law Building, Law School, Peking
University
Beijing, 100871, P. R.
China
E-mail:
zhangqi@pku.edu.cn
(Colombian
Association for Philosophy of Law and Social
Philosophy)
NEWS
A
series of books on Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law, directed by Prof.
Luis Villar Borda, is edited by the Universidad Externado de Colombia.
Recent
titles are El Derecho como Creencia, una Concepción de la Filosofía del
Derecho, by Xacobe Bastida, and El Garantismo y la Filosofía del
Derecho, by Luigi Ferrajoli.
On
November 10th., 2000, a meeting open to all law philosophers was held in
Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá with the purpose of stimulating the
análisis of national issues from the point of view of law philosophy.
Professors from several universities attended the meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The
IVR National Section prepares an Assembly in order to get ready for the XX
World Congress.
Next
titles to be published by Universidad Externado de Colombia are
Fundamentación Filosófica de la Teoría Pura del Derecho, by Stanley
Paulson, and Controversia sobre la Moral y el Derecho, debate
between Robert Alexy and Eugenio Bulygin.
CONTACT
Professor
Luis Villar Borda
President
Universidad
Externado de Colombia
Calle
121-17 Este
Telefax
342 2040, ext. 1060
e-mail:
dgobmpal@uexternado.edu.co
DENMARK
NEWS
On
June 11th - 12th 1999, the Department of Jurisprudence of the University
of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish chapter of IVR, held an
international conference on jurisprudence to commemorate the
100th anniversary of Alf Ross' birth. Among the speakers were
Aulis Aarnio, Robert Alexy, Eugenio Bulygin, Bruno Celano, David Doublet,
Neil Duxbury, Bernard Gomard, Alexander Molter, Enrico Pattaro, Stanley
Paulson, Alexander Peczenik, Stuart Toddington and Henrik Zahle.
In
connection with the General Assembly on December 1st 1999,
Jacob Rendtorff gave a lecture with the title “Bioetik og ret”
(Bioethics and Law).
In
the fall of 2000, the Danish chapter of IVR has initiated a series of
lectures on the subject "Global Challenges to the Philosophy of Law", held
at the University of Copenhagen. The series will extend into the spring of
2001.
RECORDS
The
members of the current Board of Directors (by alphabetical order) and
their addresses are:
Mogens
Blegvad
Finn
Collin (Secretary),
Joergen
Dalberg-Larsen (Vice-chairman)
Jens
Evald (Cashier)
Peter
Hoeilund
Hanne
Petersen (Chairman)
Ditlev
Tamm
Henrik
Zahle
CONTACT
Dr.
Finn Collin, Secretary. Department of Philosophy, University of
Copenhagen, Njetsgade 80, DK 2300 Copenhagen S – Denmark, collin@hum.ku.dk
Other
addresses:
Hanne
Petersen, Hanne.Petersen@jur.ku.dk
Joergen
Dalberg-Larsen, retslaere@jura.au.dk
Jens
Evald, je@jura.au.dk
FRANCE
(Association Française de Philosophie du
Droit)
NEWS
On October 6-7, 2000, a symposium was
held at the University of Paris X (Nanterre) about “Les contraintes
juridiques”. Professors M. Troper, V. Champeil-Desplats, Ch.
Grzegorxzyk, O. Pfersmann, J. Elster, P. Po, B. François, E. Millard, A.
Stone, O. Cayla, B. Genevois, D. Soulez-Larivière, N. Lenoir and G. Vedel
were speakers.
Recent publications: G. Sfez, Les
doctrines de la raison d’État, Armand Colin; M, Serres, Retour au
Contrat naturel, Bibl. Nationale; G. Roustang et al., Vers un
nouveau contrat social, Desclée de Brouwer; Société civile et
indivisibilité des droits de l’homme, Ed. Universitaire de Fribourg;
F. Chaltiel, La souveraineté de l’État member, L.G.D.J.; S.
Darmaisin, Le contrat moral, L.G.D.J.; P. Ricoeur, P. Changeux,
Ce qui nous fait penser: la nature et la Règle, O. Jacob; A. Sen,
Un nouveau modèle économique: développement, justice, liberté, O.
Jacob; P. Avril (ed.), Les règles et principes non écrits en droit
public, Panthéon-Assas; Société nantaise de philosophie, Le droit
et la république, Pleins Feux; S. Rials, Villey et les idoles:
petite introduction à la lecture de Michel Villey, PUF; G. Cornu,
Linguistique juridique, PUF; J.-P. Clero (ed.), L’affectivité et
la signification, P.U. Rouen; Mélanges Michel Allot, Un passeur
entre les mondes: le livre des Anthropologues du droit, Pub. Sorbonne;
F. Ost, Ph, Gérard, M. Van de Kerchove (ed.), L’accélération du temps
juridique, Pub. Univ. Saint-Louis; D.Bourcier, P. Hasset, Ch. Roquilly
(ed.), Droit et intelligence artificielle: une revolution de la
connaissance juridique, Romillat; B. Bourgeois, L’Idealisme
allemand: alternatives et progrès, Vrin; Mélanges B. Bourgeois,
Autour de Hegel, Vrin; J.-F. Spitz, L’amour de l’égalité: essai sur
la critique de l’égalitarisme républicain en France,
Vrin.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The French Association of Law Philosophy
will hold its annual symposium on April 26-27, 2001. Its central subject
is the philosophy of taxation law.
CONTACT
Marie-Anne Frison-Roche
Secretary
General
Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris
II)
Rue d’Assas, 75006
Paris.
E-mail: mafr@noos.fr
GERMANY
The last conference of the German Section
was held in Heidelberg from Sept. 21st to 23rd 2000.
It was organized by Professor Winfried Brugger and Professor Görg
Haverkate from the Law Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls-University of
Heidelberg. 140 scholars of legal philosophy, among them guests from
Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Argentina and Brazil assembled
to discuss various questions under the topic of “Grenzen als Thema der
Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie“. Since the german term “Grenzen“ not only
connotes “border“, but also “limit“, “bounds“ and “threshold“, the 12
speakers had a great variety of methodological and ontological questions
to investigate. Whereas the plenary sessions in the morning concentrated
on the more general aspects of “Limits of Tolerance“ (Rainer
Forst, Frankfurt), “Taboos and
Violation of Taboos in Law“ (Matthias Kaufmann, Halle-Wittenberg), “Normal Case or Extreme Case as a
Starting Point of Legal-Philosophical Construction?“ (Erhard
Denninger, Frankfurt/M. and Josef Isensee, Bonn), the parallel sessions in
the afternoon gave room to discuss the more specific themes of “Limits in
Medical Law“ and “State and Social Borders“. Especially in the forum on
medical law Norbert Hoerster´s (Mainz) speech on “Legal Ethics of the Protection of Life
at its Beginning and at its End“ provoked not only controversial
scientific discussions but also public protests outside the university
compound. But also the other lectures in this group on “Limits of the Individual and
Cloning“ (Ursula Wolf, Mannheim), “Limits of Patient-autonomy“
(Jochen Taupitz, Mannheim) and “Donation of Organs – at the Limits of
Solidarity“ (Thomas Gutmann, Münich) did not provide simple answers
and were discussed thoroughly. Of the same contemporary interest were
aspects dealt with in the other parallel sessions: Udo Di Fabio
(Karlsruhe/Münich), recently appointed Judge of the Federal Constitutional
Court of Germany, spoke on “Displacement or Removal? On the
Significance of Borders for Expanding Europe“, Massimo La Torre
(Catanzaro) discussed “Limits of
Citizenship: Granting Citizenship to Foreigners as a Means of Integration
or as Termination of Successful Integration?“, Norbert Horn (Cologne)
mused on the “Dissolution of
Borders through Economical Globalization“, whereas Matthias Kettner
(Essen) examined the question of “Dissolution through Worldwide
Communication?“. The vivid discussions proved the significance of the
topic not only in the various fields of legal theory but also in practical
matters. Situated in the venerable Forum of the Old Auditorium of the
University in the centre of the old city of Heidelberg, the participants
found a stimulating atmosphere for conversations about central issues of
present day legal philosophy.
The Study Group on “History of Ideas on
Legal Philosophy“ which was founded by members of the German Section of
the IVR this fall in Heidelberg, announces its first meeting on
“Discovery, Content and Overcoming of the Antithesis of Natural Law and
Positive Law: The Sophists“. The workshop will be held between September
7th and 9th 2001 in the Congress Center of the
Evangelische Landeskirche Schaumburg-Lippe in the Church Court of
Bergkirchen, 31556 Wölpinghausen. After introductory lectures, the work
will concentrate on the interpretation of selected Sophistic texts.
Further information can be obtained through the internet (http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/institute/fak2/brugger/kirste/arbeitskreis.htm) or E-Mail (stephan.kirste@urz.uni-heidelberg.de).
RECORDS
Executives of the German section of the
IVR (elected Oct. 1, 1998) are:
Ulfrid Neumann (President), Institut für
Kriminalwissenschaften und Rechtsphilosophie der Johann Wolfgang
Goethe-Universität, Senckenberganlage 31-33, D-60054 Frankfurt/Main, tel.
069-798- 22921/2, fax 069/798-22204;
e-mail: U.Neumann@jur.uni-frankfurt.de.
Lorenz Schulz
(Vice-President and Treasurer), same address;
e-mail: L.Schulz@jur.uni-frankfurt.de
CONTACTS
Prof.
Dr. Lorenz Schulz, Vice-President and
Treasurer.
Homepage: http://www.rechtsphilosophie.de/
ITALY
(Società
Italiana di Filosofia Giuridica e Politica)
NEWS
The
XXII Congress of the Italian Section of IVR on "Justice and Procedures:
Legitimating Dynamics in the State and in the International Community"
took place in Trieste on September 27-30,
2000.
The
Meeting opened at “Revoltella Museum” with the lectures by Gianni Vattimo
(University of Turin): “Proceduralism (Proceduralisms) as Feature of
Modernity” and by Bruno Romano (University of Rome “La Sapienza”):
“‘Thirdness’ of Law and the Market Language”.
The
following working sessions were held at the University of Trieste. The
second day was devoted to the lectures of Giovanni Conso (University of
Turin) on “International and Constitutional Law concerning Human Rights in
Trials and the General Principles of 'the Fair Trial' in Italian Legal
System”; Bruno Celano (University of Palermo) on “Procedural Justice in
the Perspective of Legal Philosophy”; Domenico Coccopalmerio (University
of Trieste) on the topic “Natural Law of Contents and Natural Law of
Procedures. General Principles of Procedural Natural Law in the History of
Natural Law Theory”. In the afternoon, the following communications were
presented: “Procedural Justice in Rabelais”, speaker: Bruno Cavallone; “On
Semantics of Procedures in Kafka”, speaker: Mario A. Cattaneo; “Procedural
Law and Justice. Needs of certainty and Demands for Truth”, speaker:
Francesco Dal Pozzo; “Order and Procedure in Classical and Modern
Perspective”, speaker: Maurizio Manzin; “Forms of ‘the Informal’. The
Field of Mediation”, speaker: Giovanni Cosi; “Advisability of Alternatives
to Judicial Proceedings in Multicultural Societies”, speaker: Francesco
Belvisi; “Medical Procedures and Legal Procedures”, speaker: Giovanni
Incorvati.
On
the third day, Virgilio Mura (University of Sassari) lectured on:
“Procedural Conception of Democracy” and Eligio Resta (University of
Naples) spoke on: “Sociological Analysis of ‘Ordinary’ and ‘Alternative’
Legal and Political Procedures”.
In
the afternoon, the General Assembly of the Italian Section was held and
the new Executive Board was appointed.
The
Congress ended on Saturday 30th September with a round table
discussion on “Criminal Courts and States Responsibilities”, speakers:
Mario A. Cattaneo (University of Milan) and Gianluigi Cecchini (University
of Trieste).
RECORDS
The
Annual General Assembly elected a new Executive Board. The new officers
are:
President:
Gaetano Carcaterra (Facoltà di Giurisprudenza - Istituto di Filosofia del
Diritto - Università di Roma "La Sapienza" - P.le aldo Moro, 5 00185 ROMA-
Tel. 39-06/-49910481).
Vice
Presidents: Enrico Pattaro and Giovanni
Fiaschi
Legal
Philosophy Committee –
Chairman: Francesco Viola
Political
Philosophy Committee –
Chairman: Claudio Bonvecchio
Secretary:
Maurizio Basciu
CONTACT
Maurizio
Basciu, Secretary.
Facoltà
di Giurisprudenza - Istituto di Filosofia del Diritto - Università di Roma
“La Sapienza” - Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 00185
ROMA-
Tel
39-06-49910481/490489
Fax
39-06-49910951
E-mail
biliotecadelvecchio@uniroma1.it
Homepage:
www.fildirg100.giu.uniroma1.it/SIFGP.htm
KOREA
NEWS
The
new president Choi, Prof. Tscholsu Kim, member of the IVR Executive
Committee, and three Korean jurists visited the 3rd Asian Conference on
Jurisprudence held at Nanjing Normal University on October 16-18.
President Choi read a keynote speech
“Foundations of East Asian Jurisprudence” and reported the
activities of Korean IVR Section. He mentioned the new trend for Korean
re-unification and the hope of extending the Conference to Taiwan, North
Korea and Vietnam.
On
October 22-27, the Korean Section invited Prof. Carl Wellman, Honorary
President of IVR, and held a Symposium about “Reflections on Rights and
Responsibilities”. Prof. Wellman read his paper “Human Rights and Natural
Law”, and Prof. Chongko Choi presented his paper on “East Asian
Jurisprudence of Rights and
Responsibilities”.
RECORDS
Prof.
Chongko Choi, of Seoul National University, is now the President of Korean
National Section after the term of President Seungdoo Yang (Yonsei
University).
CONTACT
Prof.
Chongko Choi, President.
E-mail:
chongkochoi@hotmail.com
MEXICO
(AMEFILDE – Asociación Mexicana de Filosofía del
Derecho)
NEWS
According to the agreement met at the EC
session in Genoa, the Mexican Association for Philosophy of Law (AMEFILDE)
was reorganized into becoming the IVR Mexican section. It aims to welcome
every trend of public and private universities or of other institutes. We
have been informed its membership has
increased.
RECORDS
The board is composed as
follows:
President: Rolando Tamayo y
Salmorán
Vice-president: Oscar
Correas
Other
members: Mauricio Bouchot, Enrique Cáceres,
Gustavo Cajica, Martín Díaz, Marcos Figueroa, Rogelio Larios, Candelaria
Pelayo, Agustín Pérez Carrillo, Juan Rebolledo, Adrián Rentería, Ulises
Schmill, Ana Lilia Ulloa.
Academic Secretary: Rodolfo
Vázquez
Technical Secretary: Juan Antonio
Cruz
CONTACT
Prof.
Rolando Tamayo y Salmorán (President)
e-mail:
irnerius@mail.internet.com.mx
Prof.
Rodolfo Vázquez (Academic Secretary)
e-mail:
rvazquez@itam.mx
SPAIN
(Spanish Society for Legal and Political
Philosophy, SEFJP)
NEWS
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The next
conference of the Spanish Section will take place in Granada, 4-6 April
2001, on “Feminism and Law”, organized by Prof. N. López Calera. On 6
April, the next meeting of the General Assembly of the Section will be
held.
RECORDS:
Executives of the Spanish section of the IVR are: B. De Castro
(President), E. Gayo (Treasurer), J. Ansuátegui (Secretary), F. Puigpelat,
J. García Amado, M. Gascón, M. J. Añón, M. Calvo and C.
Alarcón.
CONTACT:
Prof. Carlos Alarcón Cabrera
e-mail: carlos@cica.es
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
(AMINTAPHIL)
NEWS
AMINTAPHIL
held its plenary sessions in California, March 9-11, 2000, at the
University of San Diego School of Law. Larry Alexander handled the local
arrangements and Carol C. Gould, served as Program Chair. Approximately 35 papers were
presented on Justice and the Global Economy.
This
was our first meeting in which virtually all submissions were transmitted
electronically. Discussion of
the papers – via email – commenced before the conference began.
There
were three paper sessions: (1) Globalization, Markets, Redistribution and
Power; (2) Nations and Cultures; and Justice, Rights, and (3) Dialogue
Across Cultures. A volume of the conference papers is being edited by
Richard Nunan and Carol Gould.
RECORDS
The
current officers for the American Section of the IVR (AMINTAPHIL) are:
President:
Patricia Smith, Philosophy, Baruch College CUNY, New York City NY
10010.
Vice-president:
Leslie Francis, Law & Philosophy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City,
UT 84112.
Past
President:
Lawrence Alexander, Law, University of San Diego, Alcala Park, San Diego
CA 92110.
CONTACT
Executive
Director: Kenneth Kipnis, PhD, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Hawaii
at Manoa, 2530 Dole Street, Honolulu HI 96822. AMINTAPHIL may be contacted, via
email, at: kkipnis@hawaii.edu .
Faxes may be sent to 808 956-9228, attention K.
Kipnis.
Honorary Presidents:
Junichi Aomi (Japan),
Norberto Bobbio (Italy), Arthur Kaufmann (Germany), Hermann Klenner
(Germany), Enrico Pattaro (Italy), Miguel Reale (Brazil), Carl Wellman
(USA), Arthur F. Utz (Switzerland)
President: Eugenio Bulygin
(Argentina).
Vice-Presidents: Manuel Atienza (Spain);
Rex Martin (USA); Aleksander Peczenik (Sweden); Arend Soeteman
(Netherlands).
Other Members: Elspeth Attwool (UK);
Brenda Baker (Canada); Alexander Bröstl (Slovakia); Tom Campbell
(Australia); Paolo Comanducci (Italy); Attracta Ingram (Ireland); Tscholsu
Kim (Korea); Werner Krawietz (Germany); Burton Leiser (USA); Yasutomo
Morigiwa (Japan); François Ost (Belgium); Rolando Tamayo (Mexico); Michel
Troper (France); Kaarlo Tuori (Finland); Marek Zirk-Sadowski
(Poland).
Secretary General: Pablo López Ruf (Argentina).
Treasurer: Carlos E.
Pettoruti (Argentina).
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie
Editors: Werner Maihofer and Gerhard Sprenger (Germany). IVR Newsletter
Editor: Ricardo A. Guibourg
(Argentina). IVR Webmaster: Giovanni Ziccardi
(Italy).