CALLFORPAPERS
AmericanSocietyforInternationalLaw
InternationalEconomicLawInterestGroup(IEcLIG)
inpartnershipwiththeUniversityofDenverSturmCollegeofLawSuttonColloquium
2014BiennialResearchConference:
REASSESSINGINTERNATIONALECONOMICLAWANDDEVELOPMENT:
NEWCHALLENGESFORLAWANDPOLICY
UniversityofDenverSturmCollegeofLaw
Denver,CO,USA
November13‐15,2014
I.
ConferenceTheme
AmartyaSen’scallforunderstandingdevelopmentnotonlyintermsofgrossnationalproductbut
also“intermsofthesubstantivefreedomsofpeople”markedanimportantreframingofthelegal
andpolicydiscoursearoundeconomicdevelopment.1TheresultingMillenniumDevelopmentGoals
focused much academic research in this area towards a more comprehensive understanding of
development, one that would recognize economic growth as intrinsically tied to such areas as:
environmental sustainability; food security; the reduction of extreme poverty, hunger, and child
mortality; access to health; and the promotion of education and gender equality. International
economic institutions like the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International
MonetaryFundhavetraditionallybeenatthecenterofpromotingandmanagingeconomicgrowth;
yet, these institutions also face challenges caused by recent financial crises, the need for food
securityandhighenergydemand,whilepreservingnaturalresourcesandtheenvironment.
With the approach of the fifteenth anniversary of the Millennium goals and given these new and
ongoingchallenges,itistimetoreassesstherolethatinternationaleconomiclaw(IEL)hasplayed
and continues to play in development. How effective is IEL at promoting development, broadly
construed?Underwhatconditionsisiteffective?InwhatwaysshouldIELnormsandinstitutions
be adjusted to accommodate growing concerns around climate change, energy demand, food
security,andotherissues?
II.
ProposalSubmission&Selection
WeencourageIELscholars,practitioners,andadvancedgraduatestudentstosubmitproposalsfor
paperpresentationsorpanels.Proposalsshouldbenomorethanonesingle‐spacedpageinlength.
Forguaranteedconsideration,proposalsmustbereceivednolaterthanMay16,2014.
1AmartyaSen,DEVELOPMENTASFREEDOMat33.
Paperproposalsshouldincludeaworkingtitleofthepaperandanabstractdescribingthepaper’s
mainthesis,methods,andcontribution.Youshouldalsoincludeaone‐pagecurriculumvitae(CV)
asaseparatedocument.
Panelproposalsshouldbeorganizedaroundathemeandshouldincludeabriefdescriptionofthe
theme and a list of the proposed participants with their anticipated contributions, indicating
whethertheparticipantshaveexpressedawillingnesstoparticipateintheconferenceshouldthe
proposalbeaccepted.
Proposals should be submitted to [email protected]. Any time‐sensitive questions should be
addressed to [email protected] and [email protected]. The selection process will consist of
blind review by the IEcLIG leadership and the 2014 IEcLIG Biennial Selection Committee. We
anticipate communicating acceptance decisions by July 18, 2014. Authors of accepted proposals
committopreparing adraft paper on their proposedtopic,andsubmittingthe draft paperto the
conferenceorganizersbynolaterthanNovember1,2014.
ASIL‐IEcLIG2014BiennialSelectionCommittee:
SungjoonCho,IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
GregShaffer,Minnesota University School of Law
MichaelEwing‐Chow,National University of Singapore
PhilNichols,UniversityofPennsylvaniaWhartonSchool
JeffDunhoff,Temple University Beardsley School of Law:
JurgenKurtz,University of Melbourne School of Law
JoelTrachtman,Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
JoséAlvarez,New York University School of Law
RobHowse,New York University School of Law
GabrielleMarceau,WorldTradeOrganization
AlvaroSantos,GeorgetownUniversityLawCenter
DavidGantz,UniversityofArizonaJamesE.RogersCollegeofLaw
HolgerHestermeyer,EuropeanCourtofJustice
PhoenixCai,UniversityofDenverSturmCollegeofLaw
AnnecoosWiersema,UniversityofDenverSturmCollegeofLaw
TomerBroude,Hebrew University School of Law
Jason Yackee, University of Wisconsin Law School
Elizabeth Trujillo, Suffolk University Law School
David Zaring, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Sonia Rolland, Northeastern University School of Law
JamesGathii,LoyolaUniversity(Chicago)SchoolofLaw
III.
PossibleTopicsforPapersandPanels
Wehaveprovidedanillustrativelistofpossiblepaperandpaneltopicsbelow.
WeconstrueIELanddevelopmentbroadly,andweareopentoavarietyofscholarlyapproaches.
We welcome proposals adopting historical, empirical, comparative, theoretical, critical, or
normative frameworks. We also encourage submissions that do not necessarily address the
conferencetheme.
Possibletheme‐relatedtopics

Developmentstrategies:domesticpoliciessupportingindustrialization/structural
change;theneedforpolicyspace
 Managingfinancialcrisesandincomepoliciesforemploymentcreation
 Reformsforglobaleconomicgovernanceinthecontextofdevelopment:e.g.
multilateral,bilateral,regional,plurilateraltrade;internationalmonetaryandfinancial
system;managementofdebtcrisis
 Implicationsofmega‐regionalsfordevelopingcountries.
 Theroleofpoliticalinstitutionsfordevelopment
 TheroleofeconomicinstitutionssuchasWTO,IMF,WorldBank,theG‐8/G‐20;
internationalstandardsorganizations,fordevelopment
 TheWTO'snewtradefacilitationagreementanddevelopment
 Roleofpublic/privatepartnershipsindevelopment
 Climatechangeanditsimpactoneconomicdevelopment
 Foodsecurityandclimatechange;sustainableagriculture
 Sustainabledevelopmentissuessuchasnaturalresourceextractionandenergy
 Theinteractionofdomesticlawandpoliticstodevelopment
 Theroleofhardandsoftlawininternationaleconomicandsustainabledevelopment
reforms
 Roleoftechnologyintransformationofagriculture
 Accesstotechnologyforsustainabledevelopment
 Micro‐financeanddevelopment
 Renewableenergyandtradeandinvestment
 Thelaboranddevelopmentnexusinaglobalsupplychain
 Evaluatingtradeanddevelopmentpolicies:e.g.NAFTAat20;EUat20;theWTOat20;
UNCTADat50
 Methodologicalapproachesinternationaleconomiclawanddevelopment;
 Interpretiveapproachestointernationaleconomiclawanddevelopment:theoryvs.
practice;
 TheriseofBRICsandimplicationsfordevelopment
 TheriseofAfricaandinternationaleconomiclaw
 Theproliferationoftradeandinvestmentagreementsandtheirimplicationsfor
development
WealsowelcomesubmissionsonanyotherIELrelatedtopic.
Weareintheprocessofexploringpublicationopportunitiesforthe2014conference.Theresultsof
previous biennial IEcLIG conferences have been published as Minnesota Journal of International
Law, Symposium: International Economic Law in a Time of Change: Reassessing Legal Theory,
Doctrine,MethodologyandPolicyPrescriptions.VolumeXXSummer2011Number2;THEPOLITICSOF
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW, Tomer Broude, Amy Porges and Marc L. Busch eds., Cambridge
UniversityPress2010;INTERNATIONALECONOMICLAW:THESTATEANDFUTUREOFTHEDISCIPLINE,Colin
B.Picker,IsabellaD.BunnandDouglasW.Arnereds.,Oxford:HartPublishing,2008;andTRADEAS
THE GUARANTOR OF PEACE, LIBERTY AND SECURITY? CRITICAL HISTORICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES,
PadidehAla'i,TomerBroude,&ColinPickereds.,ASILPress,2006.
III.
ConferenceDetails
TheconferencewilltakeplaceattheUniversityofDenverSturmCollegeofLawlocatedinDenver,
Colorado on November 13‐15, 2014. Denver is easily accessible via domestic and international
airlines.TheUniversityofDenverislocatedinabeautifulpartofthecity,andisjustashortcar‐ride
fromthemajesticRockyMountains.Hotelandotherlogisticaldetailswillbeannouncedlaterthis
summer.
ForASILMembers,theregistrationfeeisexpectedtobe$95($135,non‐ASILMembers),whichwill
cover some meals and a reception. Students currently enrolled in a program of higher education
will receive a 50% discount. A reduced rate or a fee waiver may be considered for participants
fromdevelopingcountries.
Pleaseunderstandthatbudgetconstraintspreventusfromprovidinganytravelorotherfinancial
assistancetoconferenceparticipants.
JasonYackee&ElizabethTrujillo,ASILIEcLIGCo‐Chairs
SoniaRolland&DavidZaring,ASILIEcLIGCo‐ViceChairs