The world and the world of law are changing because of globalization and European integration. Law today is increasingly more than state laws administered by a single set of formal institutions excluding other forms of law. There are many heterarchially and hierarchically competing legal orders in the modern world.

Legal pluralism studies this phenomenon and its effects on the social reality. Today, there are several forms of pluralism in law: constitutional, religious, disciplinary, philosophical, etc. This array of pluralism poses problems for the theoretical and methodological understanding of law. The symposium seeks to address the different forms of legal pluralism from both a theoretical and a substantive perspective.

The symposium takes place on January 14, from 9:30 am to 4 pm, at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland (address: Pohjoisranta 4, Rovaniemi). The symposium is organised by the ULEP research project and LeCTra Research School (University of Lapland) in cooperation with M-EPLI (University of Maastricht).

Guest speakers:

• Prof. Neil Walker, Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations (Edinburgh)
• Academy of Finland Fellow Dr. Petri Koikkalainen (University of Lapland)
• Prof. Jan Smits, Chair of European Private Law, Director of M-EPLI (Maastricht)
• Prof. Mauro Zamboni, Chair of Jurisprudence (Stockholm)
• Prof. Heikki Pihlajamäkri, Chair of Comparative Legal History (Helsinki) & International Francqui Chair (Ghent & Brussels)
• Lecturer Dr. Seán Patrick Donlan, President of Juris Diversitas (Limerick)

More information:
Professor Jaakko Husa, tel. +358 40 484 4027, jaakko.husa (at) ulapland.fi