As the Executive Symposium Editors for Volume 61 of Georgia Law Review, it is our pleasure to announce our annual symposium for Spring 2027: Emergency Powers and Modern Governance.
The use of emergency authority has been shifting in recent years. The Volume 61 symposium will focus on the adequacy of existing statutory frameworks, the allocation of power among the branches of government, and the role of courts in constraining executive action.
We are now accepting proposals for the symposium. It will be held in person at the University of Georgia School of Law in Athens, Georgia, on March 19th, 2027. Georgia Law Review will reimburse all reasonable travel and lodging expenses associated with participation in the symposium. Authors whose proposals are accepted will participate in expert panels and moderated discussions. These selected articles will be published in the symposium issue of Volume 61 of the Georgia Law Review.
We welcome submissions addressing any aspect of emergency powers, including but not limited to:
- Statutory regimes such as the National Emergencies Act and related frameworks;
- The role of Congress in authorizing, structuring, and overseeing emergency action;
- Judicial review of emergency measures, including deference doctrines and the major questions doctrine;
- The constitutional foundations of emergency authority (e.g., Article II powers, congressional delegations, and separation of powers concerns);
- The use of emergency authority in specific contexts (e.g., war powers, public health, environment, immigration)
If you wish to participate, we invite you to email an abstract or short description of your article’s thesis, a brief biographic statement, and any questions about your potential participation to galrev@uga.edu. We may accept proposals that do not fit into one of the above-mentioned categories so long as they analyze related topics.
We will close submissions on August 31st. If we accept your proposal, we require an editable draft by January 1st, 2027. We prefer articles containing between 10,000 and 20,000 words, but we will consider articles outside of this range.
Thank you for your interest. We hope you will consider joining us in Athens for this exciting conversation on March 19th, 2027.
Elijah Echols & Katie Greene
Executive Symposium Editors
Georgia Law Review, Vol. 61