Weekly Announcements – August 22, 2011

Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability & Regulation Abstracting eJournal on SSRN

In cooperation with the Institute of Global Finance at the University of New South Wales, the Financial Economics Network (FEN) is pleased to announce the Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability & Regulation. This abstracting eJournal is available to all subscribers at no charge and contains abstracts of the conference papers with links to the full text in the SSRN eLibrary.

The “Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability and Regulation Conference” is an event organized by the Institute of Global Finance at the University of New South Wales. The event aimed to promote discussion and interaction among researchers, regulators, and industry interested in systemic risk, Basel III, financial stability and regulation, and drew a large crowd of both international and Australian participants to the Shangri-La Hotel in Sydney, 28th – 29th June 2011. The conference ran over two days and included plenary sessions with distinguished keynote speakers such as Professor Douglas Diamond, University of Chicago and Professor Robert Engle, New York University; breakout sessions, a Policy Forum and a special issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance. This abstracting eJournal provides a data warehouse for all abstracts and papers presented at the “Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability and Regulation Conference”. Abstracts of the papers will also be published in subject-specific eJournals within FEN and, where appropriate, in the eJournals of our sister networks.

The Institute of Global Finance Website www.instituteofglobalfinance.org has more information regarding the “Systemic Risk, Basel III, Financial Stability and Regulation Conference”.

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Here are the latest announcements from SSRN:

Announcing 3 New LSN Research Paper Series Journals

We are pleased to announce Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT (ICRI) at the Faculty of Law of K.U. Leuven, has started a Law Research Centers Papers series; University of Oxford Faculty of Law (Student Papers), and University of Washington School of Law have each started a Law School Research Papers – Legal Studies series, all within the Legal Scholarship Network (LSN).

INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR LAW & ICT (ICRI) RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT (ICRI) is a research centre at the Faculty of Law of K.U. Leuven, dedicated to advance and promote legal knowledge about the information society through research and teaching of the highest quality. ICRI is committed to contribute to a better and more efficient regulatory and policy framework for information & communication technologies (ICTs). Its research is focused on the design of innovative legal engineering techniques and is characterized by its intra- and interdisciplinary approach, constantly aspiring cross-fertilization between legal, technical, economic and socio-cultural perspectives. In its Research Paper Series, ICRI presents its new research on topics of privacy and security, new media and communications, and information rights management.

OXFORD STUDENT LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Oxford Student Legal Studies Research Paper Series journal contains abstracts and papers from graduate students of the University of Oxford Faculty of Law in all areas of legal scholarly research.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF LAW LEGAL STUDIES RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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Founded in 1899, the University of Washington School of Law is one of the nation’s top 10 public law schools and one of the world’s most respected centers for interdisciplinary legal studies. The law school shapes and defines just and sustainable laws and policies through scholarly discovery, ethical advocacy, inspired teaching and generous public service while educating students to become Leaders for the Global Common Good™. The University of Washington School of Law Legal Studies ejournal contains our faculty’s legal and interdisciplinary scholarship in all subject areas.