Conference turris::womannotes-v1

409.0. "Group Defamation and Freedom of Speech" by MAY20::MINOW (Je suis Marxist, tendance Groucho) Mon Jul 27 1987 13:07

From CRTNET "Communication Research and Theory Network":

                             CALL FOR PAPERS


                   GROUP DEFAMATION & FREEDOM OF SPEECH

              The Relationship Between Language and Violence

                       Interdisciplinary Conference

                        Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
                          April 20, 21, 22, 1988

The Conference welcomes papers dealing with group defamation
from legal,  philosophical,  psychological,  and  historical
perspectives.

Topics to be considered include:

  o  Group defamation under the First Amendment

  o   Experience   with   legislation  in  other  countries,
      including Canada, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Israel,
      Italy, and the Federal Republic of Germany

  o  The Genocide Convention

  o  Group  defamation  as  a  causal  factor  in particular
     episodes of violence or oppression

  o  Problems of drafting and enforcement

  o  Pornography as group defamation


A  prospectus  or letter of intent is requested by September
15, 1987. The deadline for submission  of  completed  papers
(in duplicate) and a one-page abstract is November 1,
1987.

Selected papers will be published.


STATUTORY DRAFTING COMPETITION

Law  students are invited to participate in a competition to
draft a model statute outlawing group defamation in a  state
in  the  United States; the statute should be accompanied by
an appropriate legislative report.

The winning submission will be used as the basis for a  moot
court   argument  that  will  take  place  as  part  of  the
Conference on Group Defamation.  The  moot  appeal  will  be
argued   by   two   prominent  lawyers  before  a  bench  of
distinguished jurists. Students may enter as individuals  or
as a team of two or three. A certificate and cash prize will
be awarded at the Conference for the winning submission, and
the  expenses of the winner(s) to attend the conference will
also be provided.

The deadline for submissions is September 1, 1987.

                              Co-sponsored by

                             ANNE FRANK CENTER

   The Anne Frank Center is a branch of the Anne Frank Foundation in
                           The  Netherlands



             HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY     HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK  11550


Conference Director:

Monroe H. Freedman
Professor of Law

For Information:

Natalie Datlof & Alexej Ugrinsky
Conference Coordinators
Hofstra Cultural Center (HCC)
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY  11550
(516)560-5669,5670

Hofstra  University  gratefully acknowledges the significant
support of the National Endowment for the  Humanities  (NEH)
in funding programs of the Hofstra Cultural Center through a
Challenge Grant. Since 1983, this generous NEH  funding  has
enabled  Hofstra to increase humanities activities on campus
for the benefit of the community, students and faculty.

>                   GROUP DEFAMATION & FREEDOM OF SPEECH
>             HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY     HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK  11550

    My sister's a graduate student at Hofstra, so if no one from here goes
    to the conference, perhaps I can get some information on it through
    Lisa.

    					-- hs