IVR Newsletter
July
2000 - January 2001 Nº 26 ISSN 0256 - 937X
Editor: Ricardo A. Guibourg. IVR Web Master:
Giovanni Ziccardi. The printed issue was compiled with the help of Esteban
Caffini.
IVR Newsletter is published twice a year in June and December
to be distributed in July and January respectively. Material to be published
should be sent to the Editor by 1st June for the first issue
and by 1st December for the second.
IVR Newsletter is available too in Internet, at www.cirfid.unibo.it/ivr/, where present
and previous issues can be consulted.
Addresses - Editor: Av. Callao 492 10 B, 1022
Buenos Aires, Argentina, tel/fax +54 11 4372 4613. E-mail: pachig@ciudad.com.ar . Web Master: ziccardi@cirfid.unibo.it
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.
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:
The Secretary
General opened an account in the Bank Boston Ltd. for the IVR, under
the name of Eugenio Bulygin, Pablo López Ruf and Carlos Pettoruti.
3. Submission
of the registration papers for the change of the IVR authorities to
the Wiesbaden Court:
The Minute,
expressing the designation of the new IVR President, Prof. Eugenio Bulygin,
the Vice-Presidents and the members of the EC has been submitted to
the Court of Wiesbaden, Germany, for its registration.
4. Participation
in the edition of the Newsletter:
The Secretary
General has actively collaborated with the IVR Newsletter editor-in-chief,
Prof. Ricardo Guibourg, in the following matters:
-
Edition of the Bulletin of January 2000, already sent.
The Secretary General carried out its delivery to the different National
Sections.
-
Edition of the Bulletin of June 2000, which will be sent
to the National Sections in the next month of July.
In accordance
with the IVR President policies, the Secretary General has had several
contacts with the presidents of the National Sections.
The IVR Secretary
General had three contacts with each member of the IVR Executive Committee
by sending information and asking for suggestions and recommendations.
In co-operation
with the IVR President, it has been able to keep fluid contact with
the Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico National Sections. Also, we
could contact groups of professors in Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay in
order to encourage them to create National Sections in their countries.
8. Gratefulness:
The Secretary
General wish to thank for all the collaboration, help and support received
in the transition from Prof. Enrico Pattaro, Prof. Annalisa Verza and
Prof. Carla Faralli. Also I would remark that thanks to this enormous
co-operation the IVR is able to use its Web-site, organized by Prof.
Enrico Pattaro and his operator the Webmaster Giovanni Ziccardi.
REPORT OF THE
IVR TREASURER CARLOS ENRIQUE PETTORUTI
The incoming Treasury began its work
starting from November 1999, receiving from the outgoing authorities
all the information about the situation of the National Sections.
Based on the reports of the outgoing
Treasurer Prof. Annalisa Verza, through this short period e-mails and
snail mails were sent to the National Sections in two opportunities,
explaining the form in which deposit should be made, and reminding each
one the fees they had to pay.
To facilitate the deposits, and while
the new authorities are registered in Wiesbaden (Germany), the Treasury
informed all National Sections that a special account has been opened
in the Bank Boston branch Tribunales of Buenos Aires, whose holders
are Eugenio Bulygin, Pablo G. López Ruf and Carlos Enrique Pettoruti.
For depositing there, it is necessary to transfer the funds with a tested
cable to BANKBOSTON-BOSTON (MASS-USA): ABA 011000390, credit for BANKBOSTON-BUENOS
AIRES (FNBB ARBA), Account Nr: 098/3583/08.
The information about the effective
numbers of the IVR National Section’s members had been taken from the
previous Treasury reports.
During this short term, the Treasury
received incoming funds from Italy
(IVR reserve fund transference of U$S 12.925,50 plus 395,93),
USA (U$S 840,88), Japan (U$S 1.521,50), Denmark (U$S 180), Finland (U$S
241,50), Germany (U$S 1.050) and Argentina (U$S 1.140), and incoming
funds for U$S 60,75. In those amounts (except Argentina), the transfer
commissions are discounted.
The Romanian Association for Philosophy
of Law informed about its economical problems that made it impossible
to pay the fees immediately.
Eventually, it was impossible to contact
the following National Sections: Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador and
Indonesia, because the Treasury lacks any address of them.
To summarize:
8 National Sections have paid their
dues until 1999: Argentina, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland (until
2002), Japan (until 2000), Switzerland, and USA.
12 National Sections paid their dues
until 1998: Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Hungary, Italy,
Rep. of Korea, Mexico, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom.
7 National Sections paid their dues
until 1997: Belgium, France (Société Française pour la Philosophie),
The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Rumania, and Slovakia.
2 National Sections paid their dues
until 1996: Brazil and France (Ass. Française Phil. du Droit).
3 National Sections paid their dues
until 1995: Chile, Greece and New Zealand.
We have no information about payments
of 12 National Sections: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Federal
Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Russia, South
Africa and Venezuela.
IVR Treasurer
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 PC reports:
(a) papers have been examined and divided into several categories; (b)
one volume of papers, dealing with “Human Rights in Theory and Practice”,
will be published by Dartmouth and edited by T. Campbell and B. Leiser;
(c) a list of the likely editors for the other volumes has been drafted,
including Professors Bröstl and Fortnik, Comanducci and Keller, Troper
and Verza, Attwool and Brockmüller; (d) a tentative list of the papers
to be included in each volume has been outlined; (e) the editors have
the responsibility of writing the introduction of their volume, pushing
out contributions, suggest shifts of papers from one volume to another,
and adopt any other measure required to ensure the quality of the publications;
(f) papers in Spanish language will be published otherwise.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Conference Service of the Vrije Universiteit
will handle registration of participants.
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.
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*
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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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:
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.
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
(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
COLOMBIA
(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.
Professor Luis Villar Borda
President
Universidad Externado de Colombia
Calle 121-17 Este
Telefax 342 2040, ext. 1060
e-mail: dgobmpal@uexternado.edu.co
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.
On December 8th, 2000, O. Béaud, J.-L.
Harouel, M. Jaume and Ph. Raynaud met at the Michel Villey Institute,
University of Paris II, about L’amour de l’égalité by J-F. Spitz.
On December 13th, R. Rappaport exposed Le crime contre
l’humanité at the Centre of Law Theory, University of Paris X (Nanterre).
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
NEWS
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 7th conference
of the “Junges Forum Rechtsphilosophie“ also took place in Heidelberg,
Sept. 20-21, 1999. It was organized by M. Anderheiden, St. Huster and
St. Kirste and dealt with “Globalization
as a Problem of Justice and Governability of Law”. Nine speeches
of young scholars contributed with analysis ranging from Governance and Globalization (P. Zumbansen, Frankfurt/M.), Globalization and Conceptualization (Chr.
Moellers, Dresden), Problems of
Internet and Law (G.-P. Calliess and Chr. Brömmelmeier, both Berlin)
to Just Wars and International Justice (Th.
Schramme, Mannheim;
R. Kreide, Frankfurt; Th. Decker, Bielefeld) and Potential Global Conflicts (G. Dördelmann, Erfurt; G. Kreuzbauer,
Salzburg).
Recent publications:
Anderheiden, Michael: Pluralismus
und Pflichtenkollisionen als Grenze und Aufgabe der Sozialphilosophie.
Würzburg 2000; Assmann, Jan/Janowski, Bernhard/Welker, Michael (Hg.), Gerechtigkeit, München 2000; Bracker,
Susanne, Kohärenz und juristische
Interpretation, Baden-Baden 2000; Dreier, Ralf/Paulson, Stanley
(Hg.), Gustav Radbruch: Rechtsphilosophie, Heidelberg 1999, Drescher,
Angelika, Naturrecht als utilitaristische Pflichtenethik, Berlin
1999; Gröschner, Rolf u.a., Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie. Ein dogmengeschichtlicher
Dialog, Wien u.a. 2000; Harms, Andreas, Warenform
und Rechtsform. Zur Rechtstheorie von Eugen Paschukanis, Baden-Baden
2000; Hilgendorf, Eric/Kuhlen, Lothar, Die Wertfreiheit in der Jurisprudenz,
Heidelberg 2000, Hofmann, Hasso, Einführung
in die Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie, Darmstadt 2000; Jakobs, Günter,
Norm, Person, Gesellschaft, 2. Aufl. Berlin 1999; Jansen, Nils,
Die Struktur der Gerechtigkeit, Baden-Baden
1998; Kersting, Wolfgang (Hg.), Politische
Philosophie des Sozialstaats, Weilerswist 2000; ders.: Theorien der sozialen Gerechtigkeit. Stuttgart-Weimar 2000; ders.,
Politik und Recht, Weilerswist 2000; Krebs, Angelika (Hg.), Gleichheit oder Gerechtigkeit. Texte der neueren Egalitarismuskritik,
Frankfurt a.M. 2000; Luhmann, Niklas, Die Politik der Gesellschaft,
Frankfurt/Main 2000; Naucke, Wolfgang, Rechtsphilosophische
Grundbegriffe, 3. Aufl. 2000; Patterson, Dennis, Recht und Wahrheit,
Baden-Baden 2000; Paulson, Stanley L./Schulte, Martin, Georg Jellinek -Beiträge zu Leben und Werk, Tübingen 2000; Pawlowski,
Hans-Martin, Einführung in die
Juristische Methodenlehre, 2. Aufl., Heidelberg 2000; Roellecke,
Ines Sabine, Gerechte Einwanderungs-
und Staatsangehörigkeitskriterien. Ein dunkler Punkt der Gerechtigkeitstheorien,
Baden-Baden 1999; Schröder, Rainer, Rechtsfrage
und Tatfrage in der normativistischen Institutionentheorie Ota Weinbergers.
Kritik eines institutionalistischen Rechtspositivismus, Berlin 2000;
Schulz, Lorenz (Hg.), Verantwortung
zwischen materialer und prozeduraler Zurechnung. Beiträge zur 6. Tagung des Jungen Forum Rechtsphilosophie am 1. Oktober 1998 in Frankfurt
am Main,
Stuttgart 2000 (ARSP-Beiheft 75); Seelmann, Kurt, Texte zur Rechtsphilosophie Bd. I. Von der Antike bis ins 19. Jahrhundert,
Basel/Genf/München 2000; Seiler,
Christian, Auslegung als Normkonkretisierung, Heidelberg 2000; Steinvorth, Ulrich, Gleiche
Freiheit. Politische Philosophie und Verteilungsgerechtigkeit, Berlin
1999; Tschentscher, Axel, Prozedurale
Theorien der Gerechtigkeit. Rationales Entscheiden, Diskursethik und
prozedurales Recht, Baden-Baden 2000; Unruh, Peter, Sokrates
und die Pflicht zum Rechtsgehorsam. Eine Analyse von Platons "Kriton",
Baden-Baden 2000
The next conference of the German section will
take place fall, 2002, at Frankfurt/Oder, organized by Professor J.
Joerden / R. Wittmann from the Law Faculty of the “Viadrina”. The general
subject is “Law and Politics“.
The next conference
of the “Junges Forum Rechtsphilosophie“ will take place from 27th to 29th of April 2001 at the Freie
Universität Berlin, organized by G.-P. Calliess (calliess@zedat.fu-berlin.de)
and M. Mahlmann (mahlmann@zedat.fu-berlin.de). The general subject will
be “The State of the Future“.
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: www.Rechtsphilosophie.de
(Società Italiana di Filosofia Giuridica
e Politica)
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
Recent
publications: J. Rodríguez-Toubes, Principios, fines y derechos fundamentales, 2000; C. Barranco,
La teoría jurídica de los derechos fundamentales, 2000; González Ordovás,
M. J., Políticas
y estrategias urbanas, 2000; Martínez de Pisón, J., Constitución y libertad religiosa en España, 2000;
C. Alarcón (ed.),
Fenomenología, semiótica y derecho, 2000; Picontó, T., En las fronteras del derecho, 2000; Bidet,
J., John
Rawls y la Teoría de la Justicia, 2000; Rodríguez, M. E. y Tornos, A. (ed.), Derechos culturales y derechos
humanos de los inmigrantes, 2000; Escudero, R., Positivismo y moral interna del Derecho, 2000; Núñez
Ladeveze, L.,
La ficción del pacto social, Madrid, 2000; Capella, J. R. (ed.), Transformaciones del derecho en
la mundialización, 2000.
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:
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)
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).