CALL FOR PAPERS
Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law
5th Annual Conference
“Public and Private Power”
University of Cambridge, 8-9 April 2016
The editors of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law (CJICL)
welcome submissions for the CJICL 5th Annual Conference to be held at the University of
Cambridge on 8-9 April 2016. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in a special
issue of the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law. Abstracts should be
submitted on the basis that the subsequent paper will be available for publication if selected.
“Public and Private Power”
The theme for the CJICL 5th Annual Conference is “Public and Private Power”. We are
interested in doctrinal, theoretical, institutional and comparative perspectives from
international, European and comparative law on the regulation of public and private power.
We are interested in exploring how the landscape of public and private power is changing,
where new and important networks and partnerships between public and private power are
emerging and where public power is co-opting or commissioning private power in larger
projects. This interconnectivity can be seen at all levels, challenges traditional divisions
between public and private, and raises new problems for regulation.
How is public and private power understood at the international, European and national
levels? How should public and private power be allocated between and within the
international, European and national levels? What new controls are necessary or desirable
for existing or emerging areas of public and private power? What is distinctive about public
and private power? How important is the distinction between public and private power? Is
the distinction sustainable in different areas of regulation? How is the relationship between
public and private power changing?
We are particularly interested in international, comparative and EU perspectives on the
following topics:
1. the distinctiveness of public or private power;
2. the changing structure of the public-private divide;
3. the value of distinguishing between public and private power;
4. the allocation of public and private power; and
5. the control of public and private power.
Submissions
Applications should be submitted to conference@cjicl.org.uk by 10 January 2016.
Applications should include a proposed abstract of not more than 300 words and a CV and
applicants should expect to hear from the convenors by the end of January.
General registration for the conference will open in February 2015 http://cjicl.org.uk.
Numbers are limited and early registration is highly recommended. Attendees are
responsible for their own travel expenses and accommodation and should seek funding
from their home institution or other bodies. The convenors can arrange a limited amount of
accommodation at Emmanuel College at the attendee’s expense. The conference fee will be
confirmed in January and there will be a limited number of fee waivers or reductions at the
discretion of the convenors in cases of financial hardship. The conference is aimed at both
academic and professional attendees and will be CPD accredited.