InBrief

The 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law� will take place from Thursday, 24 June 2010 to Saturday, 26 June 2010 at University House, The Australian National University, Canberra, hosted by the Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law. The title of the conference will be: "International Law in the Second Decade of the 21st Century: Back to the Future or Business as Usual?"

The Conference Organising Committee now invites proposals for papers to be presented at ANZSIL’s 18th Annual Conference. Special consideration will be given to proposals which seek to explore these perspectives either generally or in one of the following areas:

• international environmental law, in particular international law concerning climate change, post-Copenhagen;

• international law perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis and its aftermath;

• constitutionalisation of international law;

• the rule of law in relation to efforts to combat terrorism;

• private international law (including areas such as child abduction);

• international law of the sea;

• international economic law (including trade law, investment law and intellectual property law).

Paper proposals on other areas of international law – including but not limited to international human rights law, humanitarian law, criminal law, state-building and international administration, developments in international institutions, and international relations and international law – are also welcome.

Those proposing papers for presentation at the conference should submit a one- page� abstract� and� brief� one- page� curriculum� vitae by e-mail to the Conference Organising Committee� (anzsil@law.anu.edu.au) by no later than Thursday, 4 March� 2010.� Please include the heading on your email message ‘ANZSIL Conference 2010 Paper Proposal: [Your Name]’. The Conference Organising Committee will inform applicants of the outcome of their proposals no later than the end of March 2010.

2 February 2010 �