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- Critical Legal Conference 2011
- The History of the French Railroad Industry in the Nineteenth Century
- Summer School Program on the Cultural Study of the Law
- New Books of Interest
| Critical Legal Conference 2011 Posted: 01 Mar 2011 01:51 PM PST An announcement for the Critical Legal Conference, to be held at Aberyswyth University, September 9-11, 2011.   |
| The History of the French Railroad Industry in the Nineteenth Century Posted: 01 Mar 2011 11:51 AM PST Guy Numa has published On the Origins of Vertical Unbundling: The Case of the French Transportation Industry in the 19th Century in volume 20 of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought (2013). Here is the abstract. The paper retraces the origins of the unbundling of infrastructure, which is a monopoly, from services, which are subject to competition. Using the case of the railroad industry in France, I examine how both natural monopoly theorists and legislation dealt with this subject in the 19th century. I argue that the origins of vertical unbundling date to this period with legislation pertaining to inland waterways and railroads. This was particularly the case for the railroad industry due to pricing and competition rationales. I analyze the writings of Dupuit and Walras and show that they both agreed that infrastructure and services had to be unbundled for the inland waterways. In contrast, they expressed different justifications to defend the monopoly for the railroad industry. Following a chronological progression, the first section explores the origins of unbundling in legislation. The second section analyzes how theorists approached the way railroads had to be managed. Throughout, I highlight the interplay between their work and legislation.Download the article from SSRN at the link.   |
| Summer School Program on the Cultural Study of the Law Posted: 01 Mar 2011 10:17 AM PST From Peter Schneck, Summer School Director: The Third International Summer School on the Cultural Study of the Law will be held from this August 7th to August 21st in Osnabrück, Germany. |
Hosted by the Institute of English and American Studies, in collaboration with the University of Copenhagen, the Birkbeck School of Law at the University of London, York University, Toronto, The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and the European Legal Studies Institute at the University of Osnabrück, the summer school seeks to bring together graduate students from around the world to promote and examine the interdisciplinary study and research of law and culture.
During the two week program, students will partake in a unique experience of scholarly collaboration and exchange through workshops, public lectures, panel discussions, excursions and a final symposium.
The School will offer a total of four workshops for 20-25 international graduate students over a two-week period. The first workshop will be concerned with basic theories, concepts and perspectives within the emerging field of cultural legal studies, focusing specifically on the range and potential of interdisciplinary studies and approaches. The remaining three workshops will focus on key areas of critical inquiry that have been central to the dynamic development of the field and are of particular importance within an European context, for example:
--The relation between human rights and cultural rights
--Towards a Culture of Rights?: Law, Literature and the Cultural Presence of the Law
--Copyright, Authorship and the 'Propertization' of Culture
*Participant Eligibility*
Doctoral candidates in literature, the law, the arts, the humanities, and the related social sciences are invited to apply, as are advanced students pursuing a J.D. or its equivalent (such as the L.L.B). Young scholars or junior faculty members who have received a Ph.D. or corresponding degree in the last five years are also eligible. There are openings for approximately 25 students to participate in the summer school.
*Application Process*
Applicants should complete:
--> An application form, indicating preferred workshop that can be found at: http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/lawandculture/admission/
--> A statement of purpose no more than two pages long, describing current scholarly interests, previous research, and plans for how the Summer School would specifically further these interests and plans.
--> An up-to-date curriculum vitae.
Students interested in taking part in the Summer School should submit their applications no later than April 30, 2011. Detailed information about the school, the workshops, international faculty, admission and fees can be found at:
http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/lawandculture
*Questions*
Please direct all inquiries about the school to our coordinator's office at
lawandculture@uos.de
During the two week program, students will partake in a unique experience of scholarly collaboration and exchange through workshops, public lectures, panel discussions, excursions and a final symposium.
The School will offer a total of four workshops for 20-25 international graduate students over a two-week period. The first workshop will be concerned with basic theories, concepts and perspectives within the emerging field of cultural legal studies, focusing specifically on the range and potential of interdisciplinary studies and approaches. The remaining three workshops will focus on key areas of critical inquiry that have been central to the dynamic development of the field and are of particular importance within an European context, for example:
--The relation between human rights and cultural rights
--Towards a Culture of Rights?: Law, Literature and the Cultural Presence of the Law
--Copyright, Authorship and the 'Propertization' of Culture
*Participant Eligibility*
Doctoral candidates in literature, the law, the arts, the humanities, and the related social sciences are invited to apply, as are advanced students pursuing a J.D. or its equivalent (such as the L.L.B). Young scholars or junior faculty members who have received a Ph.D. or corresponding degree in the last five years are also eligible. There are openings for approximately 25 students to participate in the summer school.
*Application Process*
Applicants should complete:
--> An application form, indicating preferred workshop that can be found at: http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/lawandculture/admission/
--> A statement of purpose no more than two pages long, describing current scholarly interests, previous research, and plans for how the Summer School would specifically further these interests and plans.
--> An up-to-date curriculum vitae.
Students interested in taking part in the Summer School should submit their applications no later than April 30, 2011. Detailed information about the school, the workshops, international faculty, admission and fees can be found at:
http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/lawandculture
*Questions*
Please direct all inquiries about the school to our coordinator's office at
lawandculture@uos.de
Posted: 01 Mar 2011 08:16 AM PST
New books of interest:
Agamben, Giorgio, The Sacrament of Language: An Archaeology of the Oath (Trans. Adam Kotsko, Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010).
Bhatia, Nandi, Performing Women/Performing Womanhood: Theatre, Politics, and Dissent in North India (Oxford: OUP, 2010).
Brown-Nagin, Tomiko Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010).
Bucholtz, Mary, White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Chaplin, Jonathan, Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosophy of State and Civil Society (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010).
Chakrabarti, Pratik, Materials and Medicine: Trade, Conquest, and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century (Manchester: Manchester University Press, dist. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
Crockett, Clayton, Radical Political Theology: Religion and Politics After Liberalism (NY: Columbia University Press, 2010).
The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual (Bjørn C. Ewald and Carlos F. Norena eds., Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Frost, Dennis J., Seeing Stars: Sports Celebrity, Identity, and Body Culture in Modern Japan (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2010).
Israel, Bill, A Nation Seized: How Karl Rove and the Political Right Stole Reality, Beginning With the News (Spokane: Marquette Books, 2010).
Kosnoski, Jason, John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life: The Aesthetics of Political Organizing in a Liquid World (Lexington: Lexington Books, 2010).
McCormick, John P., Machiavellian Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Raiford, Leigh, Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle (Raleigh: University of North Carolina Press, 2010).
Ruck, Rob, Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game (Boston: Beacon Press, 2010).
Schilt, Kristen, Just One of the Guys: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010).
Serres, Michel, Malfeasance: Appropriation Through Pollution? (Trans. Anne-Marie Feenberg-Dibon, Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010).
Techno Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters (John Allen Hendricks and Lynda Lee Kaid eds.; Routledge, 2010).
Vaidhyanathan, Siva, The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry) (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2010).
Warren, Michelle R., Creole Medievalism: Colonial France and Joseph Bedier's Middle Ages (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010).
Weithman, Paul, Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls's Political Turn (Oxford: OUP, 2010).
Agamben, Giorgio, The Sacrament of Language: An Archaeology of the Oath (Trans. Adam Kotsko, Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010).
Bhatia, Nandi, Performing Women/Performing Womanhood: Theatre, Politics, and Dissent in North India (Oxford: OUP, 2010).
Brown-Nagin, Tomiko Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010).
Bucholtz, Mary, White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Chaplin, Jonathan, Herman Dooyeweerd: Christian Philosophy of State and Civil Society (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2010).
Chakrabarti, Pratik, Materials and Medicine: Trade, Conquest, and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century (Manchester: Manchester University Press, dist. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
Crockett, Clayton, Radical Political Theology: Religion and Politics After Liberalism (NY: Columbia University Press, 2010).
The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual (Bjørn C. Ewald and Carlos F. Norena eds., Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Frost, Dennis J., Seeing Stars: Sports Celebrity, Identity, and Body Culture in Modern Japan (Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 2010).
Israel, Bill, A Nation Seized: How Karl Rove and the Political Right Stole Reality, Beginning With the News (Spokane: Marquette Books, 2010).
Kosnoski, Jason, John Dewey and the Habits of Ethical Life: The Aesthetics of Political Organizing in a Liquid World (Lexington: Lexington Books, 2010).
McCormick, John P., Machiavellian Democracy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Raiford, Leigh, Imprisoned in a Luminous Glare: Photography and the African American Freedom Struggle (Raleigh: University of North Carolina Press, 2010).
Ruck, Rob, Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game (Boston: Beacon Press, 2010).
Schilt, Kristen, Just One of the Guys: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010).
Serres, Michel, Malfeasance: Appropriation Through Pollution? (Trans. Anne-Marie Feenberg-Dibon, Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2010).
Techno Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies, and New Voters (John Allen Hendricks and Lynda Lee Kaid eds.; Routledge, 2010).
Vaidhyanathan, Siva, The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry) (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2010).
Warren, Michelle R., Creole Medievalism: Colonial France and Joseph Bedier's Middle Ages (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010).
Weithman, Paul, Why Political Liberalism? On John Rawls's Political Turn (Oxford: OUP, 2010).
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