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For stipend/benefits and other information on this award, click on the link below.
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Law: McGill University Chair in Comparative Law and Legal Pluralism
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Award #9550
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Category:
Lecturing/Research
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Deadline:
August 1, 2008
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Grant Activity: Conduct research and develop collaborations, with the option of leading a research seminar on a topic related to the scholar's research in the Faculty of Law.
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Specialization(s): Comparative legal studies within one of the Faculty's areas of specialization: (1) social diversity, ethics and human rights; (2) public policy and private wealth; (3) trade, mobility and enterprise; and (4) trans-systemic legal education, comparative legal theory
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Additional Qualifications: Junior scholars with promising research records as well as established senior scholars are encouraged to apply. A reading knowledge of French would be an asset.
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Location: Faculty of Law, McGill University
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Length of Grant: 4 months or 9 months
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Starting Date: September 2009 for academic-year grants; September 2009 or January 2010 for one-semester grants
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Comments: Located at one of the world's leading institutions for the comparative study of law, the McGill Visiting Research Chair provides a unique setting for research into the relationship between Canadian and U.S. law where emphasis would be placed on law as partaking of different legal traditions--the common law, the civil law, aboriginal law, religious law--and as a pluralistic phenomenon whereby law is created not just by the state but by other actors in the North American continent and beyond. The Faculty of Law at McGill University houses research institutes and centers including the Institute of Comparative Law (emphasis on international commercial law and arbitration); Center for Private and Comparative Law (civil law in dialogue with common law, legal bilingualism); Center for Intellectual Property Policy; Institute for European Studies; and the Institute of Air and Space Law plus newer initiatives in social diversity and human rights, environment and sustainable development. Its basic law degree in transsystemic legal studies is considered to be the model internationally for the integration of common law and civil law. The graduate program draws students from all over the world. The Faculty prides itself on its teaching and research tradition in both English and French languages. A letter of invitation is not required, but applicants are encouraged to contact the institution to discuss research interests. For more information, please contact Francois Carrier, director, Office of International Research, at francois.carrier@mcgill.ca; tel. 514.398.4197. The Web site for the Faculty of Law is www.law.mcgill.ca.
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Staff: Assistant Director Carol Robles, 202.686.6238, crobles@cies.iie.org or Program Associate Margaret Dickson, 202.686.6237, mdickson@cies.iie.org
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