XIX ANNUAL CONFERENCE

LATIN AND IBEROAMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION

(ALACDE)

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Latin American and Iberian Law and Economics Association (ALACDE) is pleased to
announce its XIX annual conference to be hold on June 13-14 in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.

ALACDE law and economics annual conference is a high profile academic venue in which the
latest developments related to law and economics are presented in thematic and plenary
sessions. The annual conference aims to gather the top scholars from Latin American and
Iberian, and become the scenario where they can present their research and current work.

Submissions

Each year, this conference constitutes itself in a working space for academics and practitioners
of law and economics to present their research or working papers. Any interested person in
submiting a paper can do it on any of the official conference languages (English, Spanish and
Portuguese) Arial 12. The research and working papers must be on a topic related to law and
economic, with particular attention, but not limited, to

1. Private and corpate law

- Property rights
- Intellectual property
- Contract law
- Tort law
- Corporate acquisitions
- Finance law
- Securities law
- Corporate law and economics
- Bankruptcy law
-
2. Public law, economic public law and
economic law

- International law and economics
- Economic analysis and the
Constitution
- Antitrust law and regulation
- Taxes and tax breaks
- Political economic and public choice
- Regulated markets and incentives
- Administrative law
- Capital markets and regulation
- Corporate Governance and regulation
- Legal certainty, rule of law and
economics
- Energy law
- Public policy and economics
-
3. Public welfare and economics 4. Conflicts resolution and jurisdictional

- Environment
- Social security and welfare state
- Criminal policy and criminal law
- Law and development
- Family law and economics
- Economic analysis of discrimination
- Public health and economics
activities

- Arbitration
- Alternative conflict resolution
- Jurisdictional structure and Access to
justice
- Litigation and economics


Authors must send their abstracts no later than April 6th 2015. Once accepted, the authors
must submit the final version of their paper no later than May 31
st
2015. The final version of the
papers submitted will be available in our website.

The papers submitted will be evaluated by the members of the ALACDE scientific committee,
who will decide which papers will be accepted for presentation in the 19
th
conference.

As usual, we encourage young researchers, no older than thirty years old by December
30
th
,2014, to participate by submitting short papers, no longer than ten pages, on one of the
topics mentioned above. The committee will evaluate the submissions based on their
originality, academic relevance, quality and clarity. These papers, once accepted, will be
presented in a special session for short papers during the conference. The oral presentation is
schedule for a duration of eight minutes and three slides. The rest of the requirements in the
present call for papers applies to the short papers submissions.

Awards

Selected papers for the conference can run for the following awards:
Robert Cooter ALACDE Awards for Scholarships on law and economics
Edgardo Buscaglia ALACDE Empirical Research in law and economics Awards
ALACDE Poster Prize for Young Researchers

Members of the ALACDE board of directors nor of the local organizing committee are allowed
to run for the wards. The awards will be granted to the papers which are based on a law and
economics approach. The scientific committee will decide which papers will receive the awards.

For further details about the 19th conference, please visit our website or write us an email.

Important deadlines

November 3
rd
2014: The call for papers for the 19th ALACDE conference will be published.

April 6
th
2015: Deadline for submitting the abstracts.

April 20
th
2015: Authors will be informed on the acceptance of their proposals.

May 31
st
2015: Deadline for the submission of the final version of the papers.