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Asia-Pacific Center for Environmental Law: Call for Papers

Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law

Law Faculty,

National

University

of

Singapore

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The Ninth Global Conference on Environmental Taxation

 

Thursday 6 November to Friday 7 November 2008

 

“Environmental Taxation and Challenges of the Urban Environment: 

 Role of Taxation and other Market-based Instruments –

Exchange of Experiences between Developed and Developing Countries”

 

Call for Papers

 

The 9^th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation will be hosted by the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL), Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). Other partners include the Centre on Asia and Globalisation at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS; the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants in Singapore (ACCA), the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, the International Tax and Investment Centre (ITIC) in Washington DC, and the Environmental Tax Policy Institute, Vermont Law School, and the Cleveland State University in USA; and Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

 

The conference will focus on the special problems of the urban environment and the challenges which confront cities and megacities. Issues to be examined include energy generation and consumption, transportation, pollution, population growth, housing, urban development and public health. The role and efficacy of fiscal policies and market-based instruments will be evaluated, particularly from the perspectives of developed and developing countries. The conference aims to create a venue for discussions and the sharing of experiences on the use of fiscal instruments to guide policy makers toward ensuring the sustainability of urban environments in the wake of rapid industrialization, depleting natural resources, continued population growth, and climate change. 

 

This annual series of conferences provides a global forum for the exchange of ideas, information and research findings on environmental taxation and economic instruments across international boundaries and professional disciplines. It has become one of the largest annual international gatherings of academic scholars, government officials, practitioners, NGOs and others from many disciplines, to discuss how fiscal and other economic instruments can help create a sustainable economy. Selected papers presented at the conferences are published in Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, a series of refereed books published by Oxford University Press.

 

Please send abstracts of papers / inquiries by email to Assoc Prof LYE Lin Heng, at  lawlyelh@nus.edu.sg, with a copy to lawapcel@nus.edu.sg

 

Abstracts should not exceed 350 words and must be received no later than April 30, 2008 to be considered. They should contain a short biography and contact information. Writers will be informed by May 31, 2008 if their papers have been selected for presentation. Successful applicants must provide a draft copy of their papers by 15 October 2008. Presenters will have the opportunity to submit their final papers for consideration towards publication.

 

 

Call for Papers: Asian Society of International Law

Asian Society of International Law

AsianSIL Young Scholars Workshop

Call for Papers       Please circulate this call for   papers widely.       The National University of   Singapore (NUS) and the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) are   pleased to invite applications to attend the inaugural Asian Society of   International Law Young Scholars Workshop. The workshop will be held at NUS   in Singapore   from 10-12 September 2008. Paper-givers who are selected through a   competitive process will have their reasonable expenses covered.       The workshop builds on the   historic creation of AsianSIL in 2007 and is intended to cultivate the next   generation of international legal scholars. This may include doctoral   students and younger academics, as well as exceptional masters students.   Young legal professionals with an interest in scholarship are also encouraged   to apply.       The intention is for presenters to   offer drafts of works in progress that can benefit from constructive   criticism in a supportive and collegial environment. Each participant will   present his or her own paper and comment on that of another.       Proposals from young scholars and   professionals across the region are encouraged on any topic linked to   international law, but particularly focusing on the "problems and   prospects of a just world ordered under law". Subject areas might   include (a) History and Theory of International Law, (b) Law of Armed   Conflict (IHL), (c) International Organizations, (d) Dispute Settlement, (e)   Law of the Sea, (f) Law of Environment, (g) Human Rights, (h) International   Criminal Law, (i) Law of Development, (j) International Economic Law, (k)   Private International Law (Conflict of Laws).       Proposals should be submitted on   the Abstract Submission Form which is attached with this announcement.       Please ensure that you include an   abstract of not more than 250 words, indicating the relationship of the   proposed paper to the conference theme of "problems and prospects"   and identifying one or more of the subject areas listed above to which the   paper relates.       Completed forms must be emailed to asiansil-admin@nus.edu.sg by 31   March 2008. Those selected to participate in the workshop will be   notified by 14 April 2008. Participation will be contingent on producing a   draft of the paper (in the order of 8,000 words) by 31 July 2008.