LDI Announces 2023 Law and Development Conference

The Law and Development Institute is pleased to announce the 2023 Law and Development Conference.

The Law and Development Institute (www.lawanddevelopment.net) and the Centre for Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS) co-host the 2023 Law and Development Conference.

COVID-19, the unprecedented pandemic since the end of World War II, has caused a worldwide economic crisis. All countries have been affected by this pandemic, but developing countries with vulnerable economies have been hit particularly hard, calling for legal and institutional remedies for economic recovery. The pandemic has also acerbated the existing socioeconomic problems in many countries, including racial economic inequality and educational disparities in society. The conference addresses law and development issues relevant to the circumstances of the pandemic on the following sub-topics.

• Legal Remedies for the Pandemic-Caused Economic Disruptions
• The Pandemic, Discrimination, and the Right to Development
• The Pandemic and Developing Countries: Legal and Institutional Approaches
• Technological Innovations at the time of the Pandemic and the Law
• The Pandemic-induced Social Changes and the Law
• Education, the Pandemic, and Rising Issues

The select conference papers will be published in the 2024 Special Issue of Law and Development Review (www.degruyter.com/ldr) published by DeGruyter.

The conference is open to the general public. Participants must register online no later than November 15, 2023.

Dates and Venue
December 8 and 9, 2023
Wee Chong Jin Moot Court, National University of Singapore
469G Bukit Timah Road, Singapore

For questions, send inquiries to lawdevconf2023@gmail.com (with cc to info@lawanddevelopment.net)

For full Conference program, click here.