CFP: Special Jurisdictions Within And Outside the United States

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Chapman Law Review Symposium 2018: Special Jurisdictions Within and Outside the United States

Countries across the world have sought to encourage growth by creating Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that
operate under different rules from the surrounding area. In the United States, these take the form of Foreign
Trade Zones (FTZs)--secure areas located in or near its ports of entry, such as harbors or airports, but outside of
its customs or duties territory, legally speaking. Despite the growing popularity of such zones, however, and
their unusual features, they have largely escaped the attention of legal scholars.

How do SEZs fit within conventional models of state authority? Does the extra-territorial status of U.S. FTZs,
and their special tax statute, raise constitutional issues? Should the United States reconsider the growing
popularity of FTZs or leverage their success to create new and even more comprehensive special jurisdictions?

The Chapman Law Review will explore these and other related questions at our next symposium on January
26, 2018, to be held at the Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law in Orange, California. We invite
interested scholars and practitioners to submit abstracts for articles to present at the symposium on the topic of
the special jurisdictions within and outside of the United States, Foreign Trade Zones, the impact on domestic
and international trade, and legal implications of these zones.

Submission Information

We are looking for papers between 10,000 and 15,000 words. If you would like to apply to participate in the Symposium, please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words by June 26 2017. The deadline for the completed paper will likely be in October 2017.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the Chapman Law Review in sometime in June 2018, and the authors will participate in the 2018 Chapman LawReview Symposium on Friday, January 26, 2018. If you have questions about the Symposium, please contactCindy Park, Senior Symposium Editor, at park312@mail.chapman.edu.

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[Deep State Special Legal Counsel]

I may not be President Trump's greatest fan, but I give him credit on this one. The US should never cede our sovereignty to an "international" or foreign power. One thing has been consistent about our 250 years of existence: The notion of human dignity and freedom. The respect for the Rule of Law. "Over there they have dealt with one "Hitler" after another....one ethnic conflict after another. It continues today with Tub 'O Lard in North Korea, Putin or some other tin horn dictator controlling the show. We are a rock.