"The Judicialization of Politics from International and Comparative Perspectives"

The following announcement just arrived via email:

The Center for the Study of Democracy is pleased to announce a major conference, "The Judicialization of Politics from International and Comparative Perspectives," will convene July 21-23, 2011 on the UC-Irvine Campus. The conference, the 2011 meeting of the Comparative Judicial Studies research committee of the International Political Science Association, will host over seventy legal scholars and practitioners from all over the world as they present research on a wide range of legal topics. A copy of the complete draft program as well as a link for registration is available on the IPSA/RC09 website located at http://rc09.ipsa.org/.

Should you need additional information or have any questions, please contact Tony Smith at tonysmithuci@gmail.com

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