Call for papers: Nordic Conference on Legal Methods 2025
The Department of Law at Linnaeus University is now accepting contributions to the Nordic Conference on Legal Methods, which will take place from 14-16 May 2025 in Kalmar, Sweden. The aim of the Nordic Conference on Legal Method is to explore the concept of legal method, which entails the intricate process of identifying the appropriate legal principles to be applied to a given set of facts.
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The conference explores trends in legal methodology in the Nordic countries, examining their evolution, identifying potential similarities, and subsequently exploring any differences. It also recognises the significant interplay between legal methodology and, more expansively, the interpretation of law within specific perspectives, such as place, time, space, and context. Additionally, the conference is open to explore the concept of legal methodology across different fields of law, as well as understanding the multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and intradisciplinary boundary implications in other disciplines, with the intention of expanding the understanding of the implications of legal methodology.
Contributions addressing various legal methods are welcome, including (but not limited to) the following methods:
- Case-study.
- Comparative.
- Critical.
- Doctrinal/dogmatic.
- Empirical.
- Ethnographic.
- Experimental.
- Historical.
- In context.
- Interdisciplinary.
- Normative.
- Qualitative.
- Quantitative.
- Socio-legal.
- Transdisciplinary
Submissions from persons of all academic positions are welcome. Those that are at an earlier stage of their research endeavours, such as those at Ph.D./doctoral level, are particularly welcome.’
Submissions and important dates:
- Abstract of 300–500 words
- Submitted HERE by deadline January 31, 2025
- Announcement of acceptances February 28, 2025
- Conference registration: opens March 3, 2025 - closes May 9, 2025
- Conference dates: 14 May - 16 May 2025.
Keynote speakers
- Åsa Gunnarsson (Umeå University)
- Johanna Niemi (University of Helsinki)
- Eva-Maria Svensson (University of Gothenburg)
- Mauro Zamboni (Stockholm University)
- Hanne Petersen (University of Copenhagen).
For more detailed information, see the conference website HERE or contact the organizers by email: legalmethods2025@lnu.se
