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<span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">The Goettingen Journal of International Law (GoJIL)
in cooperation with the Institute of International and European
Law, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, and the Minerva Center
for Human
Rights, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, is pleased to announce its</span><br>
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style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US"> international symposium on<b> </b></span><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:center"
align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Precursors to International Constitutionalism:</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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align="center"><span
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lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:center"
align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">The Development of the German Constitutional
Approach to International Law</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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align="center"><b><span
style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">March 9-10 2012, Paulinerkirche, Göttingen,
Germany</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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align="center"><span
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lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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align="center"><span
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lang="EN-US"> </span><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt" align="justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">International constitutionalism is in the focus of
contemporary international legal debate and practice, as
evidenced by the recent Kadi-Jurisprudence of the European
Courts and the burgeoning literature that employs constitutional
as well as fragmentation terms with respect to modern
international law – dealing with the pluralistic structure of
modern international law, post-national law and constitutional
pluralism. This seemingly new discourse is all-pervasive, with
implications in international politics, law, trade and human
rights.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt" align="justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">However, this project maintains that this is not an
entirely new discourse. Its precursors can be found in what
could be considered to be a "German" constitutional approach
towards International Public Law (<i>Völkerrecht</i>) that has
been characterized by a strong constitutional understanding for
centuries. While the roots of the discussion can be traced back
to the Eighteenth Century, this has especially been the case in
the Twentieth Century, as discernable in German and Austrian
teachings, from the scholarship of Albert Verdross (with his
1926 'Verfassung der Völkerrechtsgemeinschaft') to Bardo
Fassbender's contemporary analysis of the UN Charter as an
international constitution.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt" align="justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">The cooperation between the Minerva Center for
Human Rights, Hebrew University Jerusalem, the Institute of
International and European Law, Georg-August-Universität
Göttingen and the Goettingen Journal of International Law
(GoJIL) investigates the historical development and gradual
crystallization of a "German" constitutional approach in both
theoretical and practical aspects. The project also fosters the
current debate on modern international law with regard to
constitutionalization and fragmentation trends. European
constitutional thinking with respect to international law will
play a role as well as current ideas of international
constitutionalization in international organizations and
tribunals, mainly the International Court of Justice, the
European Court of Justice and the WTO.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Provisional Timetable</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">March 9 2012, 14:00</span></u></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Panel 1: </span></b><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Origins: The development of national and
international federalism</span></i><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Panel 2:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US"> <i>The Historical and Philosophical Background of
International Constitutionalism II: Neo-Kantian Universalism
and International Law</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Dinner</span></i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">March 10 2012, 9:00</span></u></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Panel 3: </span></b><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Judicial Constitutionalism and its Limits</span></i><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Panel 4: </span></b><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">A fragmented Constitutionalism or a Pluralistic
Postnational Order?</span></i><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Conclusion and closing remarks</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><i><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Lunch</span></i><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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lang="EN-US">Registration</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Interested scholars and students are invited to
attend the conference in the audience and to contribute to the
discussions following the presentation of the papers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Registration fee: 15,00 ¤ (scholars) / 10,00 ¤
(students)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">(including conference-materials, coffee and snacks
during the conference)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Deadline: February 20, 2012</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">To register for the conference, please send an
email to <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:conference@gojil.eu" target="_blank">conference@gojil.eu</a>.
Please indicate if you would like to join us at your own charge
for dinner and/or lunch.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Note that there is only a limited number of seats!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:11pt;text-align:justify"><b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Further information are available on <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://conference.gojil.eu/"
target="_blank">conference.gojil.eu</a>.</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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align="center"><b><span
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lang="EN-US">We are looking forward to your participation.
The Conference Committee</span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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align="center"><b><span
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lang="EN-US"> </span></b><span
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lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"><a
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href="http://gojil.uni-goettingen.de/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102"
target="_blank"><b><u><span
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lang="EN-US"></span></u></b></a></span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(83,83,83)"
lang="EN-US">Sponsored by: Joachim Herz Stiftung,
Volkswagenstiftung</span>
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