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Date: 18-Jan-2010
From: Anne Wagner < valwagnerfr at yahoo.com >
Subject: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law
 

	
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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:14:49
From: Anne Wagner [valwagnerfr at yahoo.com]
Subject: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law

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Full Title: International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis;Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-May-2010 

Call for Papers: Nation, Identity and Multiculturalism

Editors: Anne Wagner, Jixian Pang and Cheng Le

The phenomenon of multiculturalism has become a crucial issue, 
especially when Nation, Identity and Multiculturalism are concerned. 
Over the years, this theme has become prevalent in many countries 
(for instance in Switzerland recently with the Minarets) even though 
this issue is not new at all. 

Countries are composed of different cultures, religions and practices 
that have lived together in the colonial periods and even after leading 
to the use of different legal systems. This multiculturalism thus 
questions the relations between Nations and Identities with the 
unavoidable question of freedom of religion and the principle of 
equality. A harmonized culture is questionable (see the case of 
"National identity debate" in France).

This duality in nature implicitly conveys the cultural ecumene where the 
legal reality is "rather an unsystematic collage of inconsistent and 
overlapping parts" (Griffith 1986, 4). However, exchange processes 
operate at different levels where unity and fragmentation join to 
negotiate and find transitional spaces:
We live in a time of porous legality or legal porosity, multiple networks 
of legal orders forcing us to constant transitions and trespassings. Our 
legal life is constituted by an intersection of different legal orders, that 
is, by interlegality. (Boaventura de Sousa Santos, 1995, 473). This dual 
nature - unity and fragmentation - is not a new mask indeed, but a 
"powerful tool for social manipulation" (Deacon 1997: 428). Tolerance 
is harmony in difference (Unesco's Declaration of Principles on 
Tolerance). 

We invite contributors to reflect on the growing importance of Nation, 
Identity and Multiculturalism in our international community and how 
these main ideas have been examined over the years. Papers, which 
examine the ways 'actors' in our society (legislators, politicians, 
activists, movie producers, singers, painters, graffiti artists, 
photographers etc.) have provoked public discourse to confront 
Nations, Identity and Multiculturalism, are particularly welcome. 

Some of the main axes of research could deal with:
1. Approaches towards Identity, Nation and Multiculturalism,
2. What is Identity? (civil, religious, legal identities)
3. Political institutions and their roles over these issues,
4. How to best describe a Nation? Is Multiculturalism the answer?,
5. Identity and Citizenship in the legal, political and work spheres,
6. Identity and Multiculturalism in Literature and Arts,
7. Nation, equality of treatments (anti-discrimination laws, evolution of 
legislation due to societal changes),
8. Education, school and social integration.

Deadlines for the publishing process
1. First draft submissions: 31 May 2010
2. Editorial decisions: 31 August 2010
3. Revised paper submissions: 30 September 2010

The length of the paper should not normally exceed 7000 words, 
including references, footnotes, and appendices, if any. Please follow 
the style sheet for the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 
(Visit the website at http://www.springer.com/law/journal/11196)

Proposals in English should be sent by e-mail both to Anne Wagner at 
valwagnerfr at yahoo.com and to Cheng Le at chengle163 at hotmail.com




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