Christoph Eberhard 05/04/2005
c.eberhard@free.fr
Call for papers for
the Conference :
Land Law and Natural
Ressources Management.
Comparative
Perspectives
Hosted by
Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Pondicherry
French Institute of Pondicherry
In association with
Francophone Association of Legal Anthropology (AFAD)
SIEJ ÒLaw and GlobalisationÓ of FacultŽs
Universitaires Saint Louis, Brussels
During march 2006
The conference will be hosted by the Dr. Ambedkar
Government Law College Pondicherry and the French Institute of Pondicherry in
Pondicherry during march 2006, probably from 17th to 19th
of march. It is coorganized with
the Francophone Association of Legal Anthropology (AFAD) and the SIEJ ÒLaw and
GlobalisationÓ of the FacultŽs Universitaires Saint Louis, Brussels.
The aim of the conference is to explore the current
issues and challenges related to Land Law and natural ressourcesÕ management
from an interdisciplinary and from a comparative perspective. The conference
will bring together scholars with a legal background and social scientists from
India and from abroad. Thus the "comparative perspectives" refer as
much to the international comparisons as to the interdisciplinary nature of the
conference.
The two main areas of research will be Land Law and
Land Reforms and Natural Ressources Management. Papers can be submitted for the
following panels :
1. Land acquisition and distribution (including women
empowerment in land law and recognition of tribal peoplesÕ rights) and the
legal protection of rights.
2. Land law, natural ressourcesÕ management and the
environment. Ecological stakes.
3. The participation of local communities in natural
ressourcesÕ management (including its articulation with the institutions).
4. The challenges of land law and natural ressourcesÕ
management confronted to ÒglobalizationÓ and to Ògood governanceÓ (ex : foreign
investment, World Bank regulations).
5. Challenges to land law resulting from the Tsunami.
Abstracts should be submitted by june / july and the
final papers should be ready by november. Indeed, we will need to translate
some of the papers from French to English and it would be good to circulate
them BEFORE the conference to enhance the fruitfulness of the dialogues.
The Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College Pondicherry
and the French Institute of Pondicherry in Pondicherry are taking care of the
local organization.. The Francophone Association of Legal Anthropology (AFAD)
will give international publicity to the conference and will provide the plane
tickets to a few of its researchers to attend the conference. The SIEJ ÒLaw and
globalisationÓ of FacultŽs
Universitaires Saint Louis, Brussels, will provide the funding to meet the
travel expenses of the Indian participants.
To contact the organizing committee in Pondicherry
please write to :
To contact the international organizing committee
please write to :