BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:cau.ub.fid.cal CALSCALE:GREGORIAN NAME:vifanord (Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, 1880s-1970s) URL:https://calendar.vifanord.de/cal/event.xhtml?eventPid=opTCRPV8R3OjmcF3 SOURCE;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.vifanord.de/cal/ics/event.ics?eventPid=op TCRPV8R3OjmcF3 REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:P1D X-WR-CALNAME:vifanord (Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, 1880s-19 70s) X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1D BEGIN:VEVENT UID:opTCRPV8R3OjmcF3@cau.ub.fid.cal DTSTAMP:20220117T075156Z SUMMARY:Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, 1880s-1970s LOCATION:Stockholm\, Sweden DESCRIPTION:Title: Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, 1880s-1970s\ nLocation: Stockholm\, Sweden\nOrganizer: CEMES\, PluriCourts\, Hans Blix Centre (Saxo Institute\, University of Copenhagen & Hans Blix Centre\, Sto ckholm University)\nWebsite: https://cemes.ku.dk/cemes-news/nordic-jurists -and-legal-internationalism/\nFirst day: 2023-01-26\nLast day: 2023-01-28\ nCategories: Politics / Society\, History / Archeology\n\nFrom the late 19 th century and into the 20th century international law became increasingly woven into the fabric of international relations. With the creation of gl obal intergovernmental organizations on the back of the first and second w orld wars\, moreover\, international law\, legal techniques and the juridi fication of multilateralism and global governance have been a fundamental staple of international politics. Supporters have lauded it as the meta-la nguage of a globalizing world\, able to regulate the conduct of nations an d discipline the dynamics of an anarchic system. Critics have\, at best\, seen it as a utopian but unsuccessful force to civilise international poli tics\, at worst another tool in the box of hegemonic powers\, with the abi lity to distinguish between the civilized and uncivilized\, the deserving and undeserving\, a stranglehold to keep the society of states in a hierar chy of graded sovereignty.\nThroughout this period\, the Nordic states hav e been some of the most ardent supporters of a world governed by laws. Int ernational law ensured their neutrality and mercantile rights before WWI\; it was at the heart of their visions of the post-World War I order\; and it remained a fundamental feature of their commitment to the UN system\, i nternational refugee law\, human rights\, and laws of the sea (to name a f ew subjects) in the post-World War II decades. One possible explanation fo r this was general in nature: small states want rule-based international s ystems because it minimizes the risk of being the victim of the arbitrary force of larger states. Another\, not necessarily contradictory\, reason f or the Nordic's support for an international rule-based system lies in the positive experience of Nordic states in resolving international disputes peacefully through judicial means. From the interwar period onwards\, Scan dinavia and later Norden\, became a zone of relative tranquillity\, partly because disputes (like Aaland Islands and Greenland) were settled through legal mechanisms.\nThe Scandinavian and later Nordic countries were also granted privileged access\, among the small states\, within the essentiall y west-centric international systems of the inter-and postwar decades\, so cializing them into the language and practice of internationalism\, global governance\, and international law. Nordic lawyers were important actors in these ‘socializing’ processes (e.g. Alf Ross\, Åke Hammarskjöld). Howev er\, the perhaps most striking feature is the sustained contribution and l eading role taken by Nordic jurists from the late 19th century onwards in the revision and renewal of international law. Systematically\, Nordic jur ists (e.g. Östen Undén\, Frede Castberg\, Erik Castrén\, Erik Colban\, Fra ncis Hagerup\, Sture Petrén\, Max Sørensen\, Hans Blix) have been at the e ntrepreneurial forefront of legal internationalism\; weaving international law into the fabric of international relations.\nWith these general obser vations in mind\, this two-part workshop invites papers that explore sever al fundamental questions under the broad heading Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, the 1880s-1970s:\n- Who were the key proponents of inte rnational law in Norden between the 1880s and 1970s? What commonalities an d differences can we see between them? What areas of international law wer e of more interest to them\, and how\, if at all\, did that change over ti me as international law underwent revisions and renewals? Which regional a nd global arenas\, institutions and networks shaped their worldview and wo rk?\n- May we speak of a particular Nordic legal internationalism\, or was it mostly a local replica of broader trends? Which were the dominant inte llectual currents that shaped Nordic legal scholars and practitioners of i nternational law\, and how may we understand these in relation to the 19th and 20th century development of legal thought?\n- How did these individua ls understand their own role/s in the development of an international lega l order\, in particular in relation to their respective national legislatu res? Were they to remain\, as Alf Ross (1953) contended with reference to the national level\, experts focused only on matters “of legal sociology [ retssociologiske]” and compromises between the interests of dominant group s (Om ræt og rettfærdighet\, 1953\, p.421)? Or\, ought they have professio nal positions independent of any type of legislature and influential parti es on the question of internationalism? What part should/could moral consi derations play\, if any\, in such positions? Did ideas and practice when i t came to their role/s differ and\, if so\, how and why?\n- What understan dings and positions existed in relation to the ongoing changes to the conc ept/principle of State Sovereignty among these jurists? How did they conce ptualise phenomena like e.g. the ‘international legal order’ and ‘internat ional society’? Was there a particularly Nordic approach to ideas of the r ights and duties of sovereign states both to each other and to individuals within their jurisdiction?\n- How did international law cement itself in the fabric of Nordic foreign politics? In which ways has it been instrumen talized – either in word or indeed – as part of the Nordics’ conduct on th e world stage? Did it have an impact on the timing of Nordic foreign polic y rhetoric becoming so-called legalised? Which maladies\, dilemmas\, contr adictions\, and/or silences may we discern in the long history of Nordic l egal internationalism?\n- Is or was there a tradition for Nordic legal int ernationalism to presuppose the existence of the state or did internationa lism turn to ‘supra-nationalism’ at any point? How did Nordic legal intern ationalism navigate a political ocean where ideas of regional and world fe deration existed?\n- Nordic jurists as a group constituted an elite-domina ted by men. Which standards\, habitus or episteme did this group exhibit/a dhere to? What masculinities can we see at play when we study them\, and w hat implications did these have for a possible Nordic legal internationali sm? What room was there for marginalised voices (sex\, gender\, class\, ge ography\, ethnicity ) to breakthrough in this milieu\, if any?\nProposals for papers should be 300-400 words in length\, together with a short biogr aphy of the author/s and should be sent to Haakon A. Ikonomou. The deadlin e for proposals is 01 April 2022. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Title:< /td> | Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, 1880s-1970s |
Location: | Sto ckholm\, Sweden |
Organizer: | CEMES\, PluriCourts\, Hans Blix Centre (Saxo Institute\, University of Copenhagen &\; Hans Blix Centre\, Stockholm University) small> |
Website: | https://cemes.ku.dk/cemes-news/nordic-jurists-and-legal-internatio nalism/ |
First day: | 2023-01-26 |
Last day: | 2023-01-28 |
Cat egories: | Politics&thinsp\;/&thinsp\;Society\, History&thinsp\;/&thinsp\;Archeology |
From the late 19th century and into the 20th century international law became i ncreasingly woven into the fabric of international relations. With the cre ation of global intergovernmental organizations on the back of the first a nd second world wars\, moreover\, international law\, legal techniques and the juridification of multilateralism and global governance have been a f undamental staple of international politics. Supporters have lauded it as the meta-language of a globalizing world\, able to regulate the conduct of nations and discipline the dynamics of an anarchic system. Critics have\, at best\, seen it as a utopian but unsuccessful force to civilise interna tional politics\, at worst another tool in the box of hegemonic powers\, w ith the ability to distinguish between the civilized and uncivilized\, the deserving and undeserving\, a stranglehold to keep the society of states in a hierarchy of graded sovereignty.
\nThroughout this period\, the Nordic states have been some of the most ardent supporters of a world gov erned by laws. International law ensured their neutrality and mercantile r ights before WWI\; it was at the heart of their visions of the post-World War I order\; and it remained a fundamental feature of their commitment to the UN system\, international refugee law\, human rights\, and laws of th e sea (to name a few subjects) in the post-World War II decades. One possi ble explanation for this was general in nature: small states want rule-bas ed international systems because it minimizes the risk of being the victim of the arbitrary force of larger states. Another\, not necessarily contra dictory\, reason for the Nordic's support for an international rule-based system lies in the positive experience of Nordic states in resolving inter national disputes peacefully through judicial means. From the interwar per iod onwards\, Scandinavia and later Norden\, became a zone of relative tra nquillity\, partly because disputes (like Aaland Islands and Greenland) we re settled through legal mechanisms.
\nThe Scandinavian and later No rdic countries were also granted privileged access\, among the small state s\, within the essentially west-centric international systems of the inter -and postwar decades\, socializing them into the language and practice of internationalism\, global governance\, and international law. Nordic lawye rs were important actors in these ‘socializing’ processes (e.g. Alf Ross\, Åke Hammarskjöld). However\, the perhaps most striking feature is the sus tained contribution and leading role taken by Nordic jurists from the late 19th century onwards in the revision and renewal of international law. Sy stematically\, Nordic jurists (e.g. Östen Undén\, Frede Castberg\, Erik Ca strén\, Erik Colban\, Francis Hagerup\, Sture Petrén\, Max Sørensen\, Hans Blix) have been at the entrepreneurial forefront of legal internationalis m\; weaving international law into the fabric of international relations.< /p>\n
With these general observations in mind\, this two-part workshop i nvites papers that explore several fundamental questions under the broad h eading Nordic jurists and legal internationalism\, the 1880s-1970s:
\n< ul>\nProposals for papers should be 300-400 words in length\, together with a short biography of the author/s and should be sent to Haak on A. Ikonomou. The deadline for proposals is 01 April 2022.
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