International Conference on Facts and Evidence
A Dialogue Between Philosophy and Law
May 28-29, 2016    Shanghai, China

Call for Papers

The Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization (CICJC) of China and East China Normal University are proud to co-host the International Conference on Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue between Philosophy and Law (ICFE), to be held at East China Normal University in Shanghai, May 28-29, 2016.  The ICFE proposes to explore the understanding of evidence from an interconnected perspective of philosophy and law.  We cordially invite members of the international communities of philosophy and law interested in issues relating to evidence to submit papers and participate in the conference. 

I. Conference Themes
We invite papers relating but not limited to the following themes:
•    Facts and evidence in the context of philosophical epistemology
•    Facts and evidence in the context of philosophy of science
•    Facts and evidence in judicial process
•    Evidence law as epistemology in court trials

II. Preliminary Agenda
May 28, 2016, Keynote Speeches:
1. Philosophy scholar(s) from China
2. Philosophy scholar(s) from outside China
3. Legal scholar(s) from China
4. Legal scholar(s) from outside China

May 29, 2016, Panel Discussions:
1. Facts and evidence in the context of philosophical epistemology
2. Evidence law as epistemology in court trials
3. Facts and evidence in the context of philosophy of science
4. Facts and evidence in judicial process

III. Venue
East China Normal University (North Zhongshan Road Campus)
3663 North Zhongshan Road, Putuo
Shanghai 200062, China

IV. Submission Procedure and Relevant Issues
1. Language and format. All papers must be in English. There is no limit for the length of each paper. Citations must follow the Bluebook rules. 
2. Deadline. Paper submission must be received by January 20, 2016. Abstracts (no more than 750 words) and papers should be submitted to the following email address: evid-conf@law.ecnu.edu.cn.
3. Peer review. All the submissions will be anonymously reviewed by the Conference Review Committee. The accepted papers will be announced by February 10, 2016 at the website of Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization, http://www.cicjc.com.cn/zh. The accepted papers will be circulated to all the conference presenters in advance.
4. Offers for conference invitees. We will select 30 papers among all the submissions. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to make presentations. We will provide each invitee a round-trip coach fare airplane ticket from the invitee’s place of residence to Shanghai and hotel accommodation. For invitees with residence in China, we will provide a round-trip coach fare airplane ticket or a round-trip train ticket from the invitee’s place of residence to Shanghai and hotel accommodation. All the accepted papers will be published collectively in book form.

V. Registration, Invitation & Entry Visa
1. Authors of the accepted papers must register online for conference attendance. Registration will be available online after February 10, 2016. Please use the following link to register online, http://icfe.cicjc.com.cn. The registration is free of charge.
2. Upon the announcement of the accepted papers, we will send invitation letters and visa support documents to the invitees. 

VI.Conference Website
For more details of the Conference, please go to the following link, http://icfe.cicjc.com.cn.