[ecrea] Society of Legal Scholars - Media & Communications Law call for papers

Media and Communications Section:
Call for Papers for 2015 SLS Annual Conference at the University of York

Dear colleagues,

I am delighted to issue this call for papers for the Media and 
Communications section of the 2015 SLS Annual Conference to be held at 
the University of York from Tuesday 1st September - Friday 4th 
September.  This year's theme, 'Law's Subjects: Subject to Law', has 
been chosen to mark the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta 1215, as well 
as the 250th anniversary of Entick v Carrington.

The Media and Communications section will meet in the second half of the 
conference on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th September.  If you are 
interested in presenting a paper, please submit an abstract by the 
extended deadline of Tuesday 31st March.  All abstracts must be 
submitted through the EasyChair conference system which can be accessed 
using the following link: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sls2015. If for any reason the 
weblink does not work, please cut and paste the web address into your 
internet browser.

If you have not used EasyChair system before, you will need to create an 
account before making your submission.  This is a very quick process and 
full instructions on how to use the EasyChair system are attached though 
please do let me know if you experience any problems.

I would welcome proposals for papers on any area of media and 
communications law, including (but not limited to): media regulation; 
defamation; privacy; breach of confidence; telecommunications law; media 
ownership and pluralism; the laws, practices and codes affecting 
journalism (e.g. contempt of court, subterfuge, court reporting, 
recognition/status of journalists); the control of marketing, 
advertising, and sponsorship contract and rights issues affecting the 
media and communications sectors (for example, television coverage of 
sporting events); image rights; universal design / access in relation to 
communications language and minority rights and the media whether they 
address this year's conference theme or not.  Alternatively, if you 
would like to propose a topic of current interest for a panel or 
roundtable discussion, please do get in touch to see if this can be 
arranged.

As the SLS is keen to ensure that as many members with good quality 
papers as possible are able to present, we discourage speakers from 
presenting more than one paper at the conference.  With this in mind, I 
would be grateful if you could let me know if you are also responding to 
calls for papers from other sections.

Please note that whilst you need only send a proposed title and abstract 
at this stage, speakers are encouraged to submit a full paper via 
EasyChair before the conference.   The SLS offers a Best Paper Prize 
which can be awarded to academics at any stage of their career.  The 
Prize carries a £250 monetary award and winning papers are published in 
Legal Studies.  To be eligible:
.    speakers must be fully paid-up members of the SLS;
.    papers must not exceed 11,000 words including footnotes (as counted 
in Word);
.    papers must be uploaded to EasyChair by Monday 24th August; and
.    papers must not have been published previously or have been 
accepted or be under consideration for publication.

I have also been asked to remind you that all speakers will need to book 
and pay to attend the conference.  Booking information will be 
circulated in due course.
Please do circulate to interested colleagues and contacts.

With best wishes

Paul Wragg, University of Leeds
Convenor
(p.m.wragg /at/ leeds.ac.uk)





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