10th Asian Constitutional Law Forum: “Constitutional Change in Asia in the 21st Century”

10th Asian Constitutional Law Forum: “Constitutional Change in Asia in the 21st Century”

We are pleased to announce that the 10th Asian Constitutional Forum (ACLF) will be held in Hong Kong on December 9-10, 2024, under the auspices of the University of Hong Kong’s Faculty of Law and its Centre for Comparative and Public Law, with the support of the Association for Asian Constitutional Studies. The event is also part of the celebration of the 55th anniversary of our Faculty of Law. The overarching theme of the Forum is “Constitutional Change in Asia in the 21st Century“. We are honoured that Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin, Professor Cheryl Saunders, Professor Gerald Postema and Professor Han Dayuan have agreed to deliver the keynotes for us at this Forum.

The ACLF is held once every two years under the auspices of the Association for Asian Constitutional Law Studies. Our Faculty of Law hosted the 4th ACLF in December 2011; the Institutum Iurisprudentiae of the Academia Sinica in Taipei hosted the 9th ACLF in May 2022. The Forums provide a forum for dialogue among scholars interested in constitutional law, constitutional theory and constitutional developments in Asia.

The 10th ACLF (“the Forum”) will be divided into plenary sessions and parallel sessions. We now invite proposals to present individual papers, proposals for fully-formed panels, and applications to simply attend the Forum. Applications and proposals may be submitted by filling in the forms below and e-mailing them to Mr. Max Hsu ([email protected]).

Please note the following:

• The closing date for submission of proposals is 31 July 2024.

• The Forum will be mainly in English (with several designated parallel sessions in Chinese). Proposals to present papers at the Forum and panel proposals (to be further explained below) should be written in English or Chinese. Oral presentations at the Forum should be in English (except for the parallel sessions designated to be in Chinese).

• The proposed papers may relate to any aspect of constitutional law in Asia or related fields, and need not be limited to the general theme of the Forum (“Constitutional Change in Asia in the 21st Century”).

• Every participant at the Forum (including paper presenters, chairpersons and discussants at the panels mentioned below who are not presenting papers themselves, as well as those (“attendees”) not in any of these roles but would like to attend the Forum) should submit a ‘Participation Proposal Form’ (which, in the case of paper presenters, includes the title of the paper and an abstract of not more than 200 words). Paper presenters will make an oral presentation at the Forum (approximately 10-15 minutes depending on the total number of speakers at the relevant panel). Submission of full papers is welcomed but not required. Each participant at the Forum may propose to submit one or two papers (i.e. it might be possible for one person to present two papers at two different sessions of the Forum).

• Proposals to form a panel at a parallel session are welcomed. Panel organizers should submit a ‘Panel Proposal Form’. As mentioned above, each member of a panel should also (separately) submit ‘Participation Proposal Forms’ as mentioned above. Both forms can be found below. The ‘Panel Proposal Form’ should include the topic/title/theme of the panel, a description (in not more than 200 words) of the theme of the panel, the name of the organizer/chair of the panel, the names of the presenters of papers, the title of each paper, and the name of the discussant (commenting on the papers presented at the panel). The chair may also serve as a discussant, and may also serve as a paper presenter. The total number of persons speaking at the panel (including those speaking to present a paper or speaking as the discussant) should not be more than 5. As mentioned above, the same person may serve as both chair and discussant. The duration of each parallel session will be 75 minutes.

• Panel proposers are encouraged to bear in mind gender parity in organizing panels.

• The conference registration fee is waived for those presenting papers at the Forum or serving as chairs and discussants in panels if they submit their ‘Participation Proposal Form’ before 31 July 2024. The conference registration fee for those who are simply attending the Forum (i.e. the “attendees” mentioned above) is US$50 (HK$390). All conference participants who would like to join the Conference Dinner (on 9 Dec 2024) will be required to make a payment. Conference participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses. A list of recommended hotels will be provided in due course.

• Inquiries may be emailed to Mr. Max Hsu ([email protected]).

The Forum will be an excellent opportunity for you to meet fellow scholars in the field of Asian constitutional law to discuss topics of common interest. We hope you will be able to join us in Hong Kong!

Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

April 2024

Appendix:
1. Participation Proposal Form
Please either (1) download the form [Link] and email it to us as mentioned above, or (2) fill in the form online [Link]
2. Panel Proposal Form
Please either (1) download the form [Link] and email it to us as mentioned above, or (2) fill in the form online [Link]