Law, Politics and Economy in the Modern World: Challenges of the xxi Century

• Author: E. Gladun
• Position: Tyumen State University (Tyumen, Russia)
• Pages: 152-159

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume III (2016) Issue 4

CONFERENCE REVIEW NOTES

Law, PoLITICS anD EConoMY In THE MoDERn woRLD:

CHaLLEnGES oF THE XXI CEnTuRY

ELENA GLADUN,

Tyumen State University (Tyumen, Russia)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2016-3-4-152-159

Recommended citation: Elena Gladun, Law, Politics and Economy in the Modern

World: Challenges of the XXI Century, 3(4) BRICS Law Journal 152–159 (2016).

1. Background and Objectives of the Euro-Asian Law Congress

The Euro-Asian Law Congress was inaugurated in 2007 at the initiative of the

Association of Lawyers of Russia. It was established as a specic forum for representatives

of the state, business, social groups and the professional legal community to discuss

vital legal issues and in this way to promote ecient Euro-Asian cooperation. The idea

of the Congress was born when Russian lawyers were searching for opportunities

for further professional development and they wanted their research results to

be eectively implemented in practice. The Congress now serves as an umbrella

organization working on a regular basis. Unlike traditional conferences and seminars,

it has created permanent bodies – committees, commissions, working groups –

standing for the entire period between the sessions of the Congress and presenting

their results at a subsequent session of the Congress.

The participants at the Euro-Asian Law Congress are law researchers and practitioners

from member states of the Eurasian Economic Community and the Shanghai

Cooperation Organization, and politicians and representatives of public authorities

and business. The main forum for their work are the sessions of the Congress, which are

held annually in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The objective of the Congress is to consolidate

research and professional resources to develop solutions to current global problems

in the elds of law, economics and politics. The sessions of the Congress determine the