September 15-20, 2009 Beijing, China
XIV World Congress of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy will be held in Beijing on September 15-20, 2009. The main theme of the 24th IVR World Congress is “global harmony and rule of law”. The concept of harmony has figured prominently in both eastern and western philosophical traditions, and can be interpreted to
describe the developmental goals of many societies. Unlike the more often invoked concept of “globalization”, “global harmony” captures many of our shared ideals concerning the relationships among countries, cultures, and legal systems, as well as between human kind and nature. By proposing to examine the role of the rule of law in promoting global harmony, the hosts of the 24th IVR World Congress hope not only to give greater voice to traditions and contemporary thinking in non-western cultures, but also to suggest new dimensions of collaboration among eastern and western scholars.
Working Groups
Please send your proposal for special workshops to both the following two persons:
Prof. ZHANG Qi (for academic affairs): ivrcongress24@gmail.com
Mr. YIN Bao-hu (for administrative affairs): papers@chinalawsoicety.com
Please Contact Us
You are encouraged to register your interest for the Congress so that you could be informed of updated information of the Congress in due course. Please visit the website regularly for the latest news and updates.
Contact us by the following details:
Mr. GU Zhao-min, Director-General
Overseas Liaison Department, China Law Society
No.63, Bing Ma Si Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, P.R.China
Tel/Fax: 8610-66510410
Email: ivr2009@chinalawsociety.com.
Welcome Message
Professor Sir Neil MacCormick
(Professor Emeritus, Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations in the University of Edinburgh)
The 24th World Congress of IVR (the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy), to be hosted by China Law Society, will be held from 15 to 20 of September, 2009 in Beijing, China.
The theme of the Congress is Global Harmony and Rule of Law. Lawyers, scholars and jurisprudents around the world are warmly welcome to Beijing for the 24th World Congress of IVR.
The International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR) was founded in Berlin on 1 October 1909. The purpose of the Association is the cultivation and promotion of legal and social philosophy at both the national and the international level. The Association is open to all relevant scholarly disciplines. The Association regularly organize a world congress every two years in cooperation with one of its nations sections.
The IVR world congresses are known as a forum for free exchange of ideas and development of friendship among jurisprudents all over the world.
As a national academic organization of law, China Law Society (CLS) is dedicated to the development of rule of law, the protection of human rights and the maintenance of justice and peace. CLS has over 110,000 individual members and nearly 300 organizational members throughout China. The Academy of Jurisprudence, as
one of its organizational members, is also the national section of IVR and a close partner of the upcoming Congress. One of CLS’ major functions is to promote international exchanges in the field of law.
The 24th World Congress of IVR, as usual, is expected to enjoy participation of a large number of scholars, jurisprudents and lawyers from all over the world. The local organizing committee will spare no effort for the Congress preparations and will make the Congress a good opportunity for free communications and for making of
friendship. In addition, arrangements will be made for participants to visit such places as the Forbidden City and the Great Wall. Those who would like to have a more extensive tour in China are also welcome to choose any of the post-congress tours that will be recommended later on. The local organizers sincerely believe that all congress participants would have a fruitful and pleasant stay in China. I hope that many scholars from all over the world will succeed in making a visit to Beijing for this special opportunity to open up dialogue where we have had relatively little contact until recent years. An open world of mutual and meaningful communication is high among our common objectives.
Another is simply the cultivation and renewal of friendships across national borders and over different continents. Many of my own close friendships date from meetings at IVR Congresses, and the two-yearly World Congress gives an ideal opportunity to see many people one would otherwise miss. It will be a pleasure to meet all IVR Participants in Beijing in September 2009! On behalf of all IVR members world-wide, I warmly thank the Organising Committee for the Beijing Congress for the work they are doing to make this possible.
