ANNOUNCEMENT

Call for Papers for the International RICS Legal Research Symposium, University of Cape Town, South Africa, 10-11 September 2009

Legal scholars worldwide are cordially invited to participate in the international Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) Legal Research Symposium 2009, to be hosted by the University of Cape Town, South Africa on 10 and 11 September 2009. Please click here for a PDF copy of the call for papers. Further details are also available at www.cobra2009.com.

As in previous years (London 2006; Atlanta 2007; Dublin 2008) the symposium will take place as part of the international interdisciplinary RICS ‘COBRA’ research conference. The symposium is now a well established part of these conferences with almost one third of all papers at the most recent Dublin conference being presented in the law subject area. Contributions are invited for the 2009 symposium in Cape Town. These will take the form of scholarly written papers for presentation at the symposium by their authors. All contributions will be subject to prior peer-review and will also be published in the formal proceedings of the COBRA 2009 conference.

Contributions should address legal topics affecting the built environment, or the work or education of chartered surveyors and may focus on property law, housing law, planning and environmental law or legal issues affecting the development, construction or management of real property. The scope of the symposium is deliberately wide and will accommodate the maximum possible range of subject areas and scholastic styles. In view of the international scope of the symposium comparative studies of the law or practice in two or more jurisdictions are particularly encouraged. However, all recognized forms of legal scholarship including doctrinal, theoretical, empirical, or socio-legal contributions are also most welcome. In the first instance 300 word abstracts should be submitted to p.chynoweth@salford.ac.uk by 3 April 2009 (subject to prior approval of abstracts, full papers should then be submitted by 3 July 2009).