CfP: 2021 Baxter Family Competition on Federalism
/The Faculty of Law and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are proud to announce that the prestigious Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will return for a third edition in early 2021. We invite you to consult the Call for papers.
This edition’s overall theme is Federalism, Identity and Public Policy in Challenging Times. This broad theme should allow for reflections about the impact of federalism on the current COVID-19 crisis – and vice versa – but by no means should entries be limited to this context. Naturally, comparative perspectives are particularly encouraged.
For the first time, the Competition will be open both to law and political science students/PhD candidates, as well as junior scholars and practitioners from around the world.
Contributors must be registered students or have obtained their degrees, in law or political science, less than 5 years before the submission deadline of 1 February 2021.
The three winners will have the unique opportunity to present their papers at a Symposium in May 2021 in Montreal (circumstances allowing). First-, second- and third-place winners will receive prizes of $5,000, $3,000, and $1,000 (CAD) respectively. The prizes will be awarded by a stellar international jury.
Please see our Call for papers for information on author eligibility and paper criteria.
For the first two editions, we received in average thirty high-quality submissions, with authors originating from a total of fifteen countries and with various degrees of experience. We enthusiastically expect that the 2021 edition will again attract a rich diversity of contributions!
Our distinguished jury
The Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism is delighted that the following people have graciously agreed to sit on the jury for this edition of the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism:
The Right Hon. Beverley McLachlin, former Chief Justice at the Supreme Court of Canada.
The Honourable Clément Gascon, former Justice at the Supreme Court of Canada.
Prof. Francesco Palermo, President of the International Association of Centres for the Study of Federalism; Head of the Institute for Comparative Federalism at EURAC Research; and Professor of Comparative Public Law at University of Verona’s Faculty of Law (Italy).
Prof. Nicola McEwen, Professor of Territorial Politics at University of Edinburgh’s School of Social and Political Science; and Co-Director of the Centre on Constitutional Change (United Kingdom).
Prof. Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta; Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights; and Vice-President of International Political Science Association (Canada).
Prof. Nico Steytler, Professor at the University of the Western Cape’s Faculty of Law; and South African Research Chairs Initiative Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Policy (South Africa).
Prof. Jaclyn L. Neo, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law; Director of Centre for Asian Legal Studies; and Co-Chair of International Society for Public Law (ICON-S)’s Singapore Chapter (Singapore).
Jan Raeimon Nato, BCL/LLB (2019), Student-at-Law at Baker McKenzie, and Winner of the 2019 Baxter Competition (Canada).
Information on the first two editions of the Competition (as well as the winning essays) may be found here.
La Chaire Peter MacKell sur le fédéralisme est ravie d’annoncer la 3e édition du Concours de la familleBaxter sur le fédéralisme, qui se tiendra au début de 2021. Nous vous invitons à prendre connaissancede l'appel à communications. La date limite est fixée au 1er février 2021.
Le thème général cette édition est Fédéralisme, identité et politiques publiques en période deturbulence. Ce thème est suffisamment large pour permettre de réfléchir à l’impact du fédéralisme sur lacrise actuelle de la COVID-19 – et vice versa – mais il n’est aucunement question de limiter les textes à ceseul contexte. Nous encourageons particulièrement les travaux adoptant une perspective comparée.
Pour la première fois en 2020-2021, nous accepterons les soumissions d’étudiant.e.s ou candidat.e.s audoctorat en droit eten sciences politiques, de même que de jeunes juristes et praticien.ne.s dufédéralisme à l’échelle mondiale. Les contributions devront provenir d’étudiant.e.s ou de jeunes professionnel.le.s ayant obtenu leur diplômeen droit ou en sciences politiques moins de 5 ans avant la date butoir, soit le 1er février 2021. Elles nedoivent pas dépasser 8800 mots en français et 8000 mots en anglais, incluant les notes de bas de page.Les textes primés seront sélectionnés par un prestigieux jury international
.Les lauréat.e.s auront l’occasion unique de présenter leurs travaux lors d’un symposium qui se tiendra enmai 2021 à Montréal, si les circonstances le permettent. Un premier prix de 5000$, un second de 3000$ etun troisième de 1000$ (CAD) seront décernés. Veuillez voir l'appel à communications pour les critères d'éligibilité et les directives aux auteur.e.s.
Les informations au sujet des deux premières éditions du Concours ainsi que les travaux primés peuvent être consultés ici.