Call for papers: Transitions to circular economies in a transnational legal order
Thu 10 October 2024
Theoretical, empirical, and doctrinal contributions are invited on circular economy and the law with the intention of submitting a Symposium Collection for publication in Transnational Environmental Law, a journal dedicated to the understanding of the distribution of authority beyond the State, which play a role in environmental legal formation. This Symposium Collection would aim to contribute to the emerging field of circular economy and the law by focusing on its transnational dimensions.
The deadline for paper submissions (8,000 words) is set for 13 January 2025.
Some examples of issues papers might explore:
- Multi-level governance dimensions of transitioning to a circular economy;
- Balancing net zero legal objectives with a transition to a circular economy;
- How global value chains and trade law will need to change to facilitate a transition to a circular economy;
- The impacts on informal material economies of circular economy law;
- How global standards help or hinder a transition to a circular economy globally;
- Why epistemological diversity is integral achieving a just and resilient global circular legal order;
- Contribution of non-state actors to shaping and regulating circular economy;
- Transnational impacts of circular economy policy proposals compared to existing regulatory frameworks on the protection of the environment;
- Whether the (proposed) circular economy approaches change the emphasis or, more importantly, effect a substantive transformation of legal tools and techniques;
- How circular economy principles could improve a legally binding plastic pollution treaty;
- Tensions between globalization and localization of circular economy governance; and
- Environmental justice issues raided by circular economy legal initiatives issues.
Instructions
- Authors must first submit their manuscripts to the Symposium Convenors: f.lesniewska@surrey.ac.uk, m.picard@ed.ac.uk, katrien.steenmans@jur.ku.dk
- Upon successful internal review by Symposium Convenors, submissions are sent out to at least 2 external TEL peer reviewers (double blinded)
- The time between submission and peer review results is typically around 8 weeks
- In the event that the symposium collection does not ultimately materialize (e.g., due to not meeting the minimum of 3 accepted papers, excl. Foreword), any of the contributions that were accepted for will be published as stand-alone papers
- Once all the symposium contributions have been accepted, the symposium convenor(s) will draft a symposium Foreword, to introduce and briefly discuss the contributions to the symposium, as well as the overlapping themes and connections and complementarity between the pieces, and to provide some theoretical framing in which the respective symposium articles can be situated
- Authors are encouraged to carefully review TEL’s Instructions for Contributors when preparing their manuscript for submission
Timeline
Paper submission deadline – 13 January 2025
Convenor feedback to authors together with notification of decision – 17 March 2025
Submission to Transnational Environmental Law for publication – 12 May 2025
Symposium Convenors
Dr Feja Lesniewska, University of Surrey, UK
Dr Michael Picard, University of Edinburgh, UK
Dr Katrien Steenmans, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
With the generous support of the Edinburgh–Copenhagen Strategic Partnership Award
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