9d. Law and Sustainability

Track Chairs:

Volker Mauerhofer. Meiji University, Japan. volker.mauerhofer@gmx.at

Daniela Rupo. Department of Economics, University of Messina, Italy. daniela.rupo@unime.it

Lara Tarquinio. Department of Economic studies (DEc), University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy. lara.tarquinio@unich.it

Goals and objectives of the track

The goal of this track is to discuss principles, key concepts, methods and applications of legal aspects of Sustain-ability even referred to managerial issues and reporting instruments. We will further map opportunities of and challenges for legal aspects in a sustainable development in various thematic and strategic subjects, thereby contributing to the development of these domains scientifically and practically.

Contributions from the followings areas are sought-after e.g.

Empirical (qualitatively and/or quantitatively data backed) and theoretical contributions
Philosophical and historical analysis; case studies; conceptual developments & assessments; descriptions of newly developed methods and their practical application.
Deductive and inductive studies; thematically horizontal or sectorial papers; studies of policy mixes among environmental, social and/or economic instruments; de lege lata and/or de lege ferenda essays.
Local studies with a potential wider application; comparisons of nations or other spatial units; analysis of re-gional integration; multilevel interplay.
Studies of Common Law and/or Continental Law (public, private and/or criminal/penal law)
Contributions about soft law, binding and/or non-binding instruments, formal and customary institutions
The role of sustainability law for institutional change and government policy also towards future generations
Single (case) studies or comparisons related to strategies, plans, programs, conflict of interests and/or trade-offs among different values and interests. Studies related to any stakeholders.
Studies on substantial rights (such as human rights) and procedural rights (such as public participation (such as access to information, participation in procedures and access to justice)
Innovative local, national, regional & international legal principles/approaches towards more sustainability incl. e.g. degrowth law, green economy law, soft law & customary law
Legal institutions and inter-/intragenerational justice on the pathway towards a sustainable transitions
Legislative, administrative, judicial decision-making & enforcement by law in terms of priority setting, igno-rance, uncertainty, risk, conflicts of interest and trade-offs; absolute and relative achievements by law
The role of law for property rights, new commons, the Post2015 Agenda & Sustainable Development Goals
Gender, planetary boundaries and/or ecosystem services, footprint, sustainable production & consumption
Sustainable development elements of

- efficiency, effectiveness and sufficiency
- environmental, social and economic capital, capacity and carrying capacity, also with the back ground of population questions

The impact of law on reporting of non-financial information
Integrated Reporting according to the <IIRC Framework> and the link between voluntary and mandatory re-porting of non-financial information
Governance and sustainability
Cases and empirical evidence on new forms of business organizations that promote the triple bottom line approach to business ( i.e., benefit corporations)
Reporting and performance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Each proposed contribution (in connection to one of the areas pointed out above) shall in particularly out-line its relevance to sustainable development or to the rethinking of business organizations and their report-ing instruments in order to consider social, environmental or sustainability issues.
A brief indication how the proposed contribution relates to the topic of the Conference ("ACTION FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE" ) is welcome.

You may submit your abstract by visiting the Ex Ordo abstract submission system (you will be required to setup an account first): http://isdrs2018.exordo.com
Deadline for abstracts: 30 November 2017 7 January 2018

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