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2016 Annual Conference:  Unity and/or Diversity May 30 to June 1, 2016 Louisiana State University Law Center, USA   Still time to submit, do not miss the event! Over 50 submissions accepted so far, from scholars worldwide Theme :  Comparative legal studies have long been perceived as an  engine pulling legal traditions and systems towards  convergence, harmonization, and unification. Today, legal pluralism  pushes  towards the recognition of human and social diversity.  Does this mean that we have to choose between unity and  diversity,  Jus unum  or  juris diversitas ?  To what extent do pluralistic  societies embrace or reject harmonization and uniformity,  or simply ignore them? Do we unify or add layers, increasing the  complexity of legal orders? Does history reflect a move from  diversity to unity or an ongoing conflict between the two? What  makes unity successful or sustainable? This is an invitation to  discuss, in an interdisciplinary way, the development of laws and  social

From Treaties to Reserves The Federal Government and Native Peoples in Territorial Alberta, 1870-1905      D.J. HALL How divergent understandings of treaties contributed to a heritage of distrust.    Though some believe that the Indian treaties of the 1870s achieved a unity of purpose between the Canadian government and First Nations, in From Treaties to Reserves D.J. Hall asserts that - as a result of profound cultural differences - each side interpreted the negotiations differently, leading to conflict and an acute sense of betrayal when neither group accomplished what the other had asked.  Hall explores the original intentions behind the government's policies, illustrates their attempts at cooperation, and clarifies their actions. While the government believed that the Aboriginal peoples of what is now southern and central Alberta desired rapid change, the First Nations, in contrast, believed that the government was committed to supporting the preservation of their culture whil