Friday 8^th November 2024, 10:00am – 17:00pm, University of Worcester (in-person)

A conference hosted by the University of Worcester School of Law and the Constitutions, Rights and Justice Research Group, in association with the UK Constitutional Law Association

Keynote: Prof. Satvinder Juss, Barrister and Professor of Law, The Dickinson Poon School of Law, King’s College London

Recent developments have led scholars to question the integrity of the UK’s relationship with the international law and institutions. Of note are the UK’s exit from the European Union, the migrant crisis and ‘Rwanda plan’, and proposed withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights. This conference invites papers that discuss the interplay between international law and domestic (UK) law. Papers may look at any area of international law, whether public or private, and take any methodological approach: doctrinal, socio-legal, comparative, critical or otherwise. Interdisciplinary papers are also welcomed. The following is a non-exhaustive list of themes that may be explored:

• The UK courts’ approach to and engagement with the findings and decisions of international courts, tribunals or other adjudicative bodies;
• Dualism and the UK constitution;
• The impact of international law on government policy;
• Attitudes toward and/or perceptions of international law in the UK;
• The impact of international law on UK business and commerce;
• The role of international law in parliamentary deliberation;
• Devolution & international law.

This is intended to be an inclusive and welcoming conference intended for all scholars, whatever their discipline or career stage. Contributions from early-career researchers and post-graduate research students are therefore welcomed. Papers from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged.

Publication Opportunity: If your abstract is selected, you will be invited to submit your paper for publication (subject to peer review) in an edited collected (title and publisher TBC). You will be asked when submitting your abstract whether you would be interested in being contacted about this opportunity.

The deadline to submit abstracts is 9th September 2024, completing the online form available here.

Free registration for the conference is available here.

Organiser: Dr Michael Lane, University of Worcester (m.lane@worc.ac.uk)