KOPAONIK SCHOOL OF NATURAL LAW

Hereby invites jurists and other scientific and professional circles,
to take part in the

OPEN COMPETITION

For writing and publishing contributions (in writing) - reports, to be submitted at the Eighteenth Conference of participants of the Kopaonik School, that will take place on December 13 through 17, 2005, under permanent title Justice and Law.

The general theme of this year Conference is
LAW AND UNIVERSAL VALUES

Within the framework of the general theme, the candidates taking part in the competition are free to choose the topic of their interest encompassed by the areas listed in the subsequent text. The topic chosen in such a way may be elaborated from the standpoint of one or several disciplines of law.

The decision on accepting and publishing the reports shall be made by the Editorial BoŽard, that will also make the decision regarding the kind of author's remuneration which may be of two kinds: the paid sojourn in a hotel in Mt. Kopaonik during the Conference days, including the travel expenses and the exemption from paying the participation fee, or only the payment of author's royalties without the paid sojourn. A number of reports will be published by invitation.

Requirements for the Open Competition
  • the size of the reports should be up to 16 double-spaced pages, typed or done on PC. Footnotes, too, should be typed double-spaced and positioned at the end of the text.
  • The authors are obliged to indicate their name and surname, professional title and occupaŽtion, complete address, contact telephone or fax number. The authors are also invited to add a summary to their reports, written in correct English language, which may not exceed one comŽplete page with the usual double spacing. Without such information and without meeting the above requirements the manuscripts shall not be taken in consideration.
  • The manuscripts of the reports should be sent by mail or submitted directly to the Association of Jurists of Serbia, 74, Krunska Street, 11000 Belgrade, telephones: +381 11/244-6910 or +381 11/444-8459, fax number+381 11/244-3024; E-mail: upj@Eunet.yu.

Deadline

Deadline for sending the reports is August 25, 2005. Reports submitted prior to the deadline date shall be particularly appreciated.

Areas

Areas for which the Competition is open belong to the traditional Hexagon of the Kopaonik School of Natural Law, and they include:

Right to Life
 (life, health, ecology)
Right to Freedom
 (freedom of thought arid expression, freedom of personality, freedom of movement, freedom of religion, criminal-law and procedural protection of personality, administrative-law protection of freedom of personality)
Right to Property
 (codification, property and other property rights, property and inheritance, denationalization, privatization, taxes and taxation policy, immovable property, contracts and tort liability, commercial companies, commercial contracts, banks and banking transactions, insurance, labour relations).
Right to Intellectual Creation
 (copyright, industrial property right, right of participating in
cultural life)
Right to Justice
(general meanings, court in connexion with justice, constitutional judiciary, court practice and the role of court, international and domestic arbitration, international relations and justice, European Union law, legal protection of refugees and displaced persons)
Right to a State Ruled by Law
 (theory of state ruled by law, rule of law and lack of the ruŽ
le of law in practice)

All those taking part in the Open Competition may obtain information regarding its results around October 20, 2005.
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