
International Law Colloquium Past Presenters
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A presentation by Ertharin Cousin (J.D. ’82), Executive Director of the U.N. World Food Programme, highlighted a recent international law colloquium |
Spring 2017 Schedule of Presenters
January 20 | Duncan B. Hollis, Temple University Beasley School of Law |
Janurary 27 | Benedict Kingsbury, New York University School of Law |
February 3 | Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University College of Law |
February 10 | Neha Jain, University of Minnesota Law School |
February 24 | Sergio Puig, University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law |
March 15 | Javier Dondé Matute, National Institute of Criminal Sciences, Mexico |
March 24 | Melissa J. Durkee, University of Washington School of Law |
March 31 | E. Tendayi Achiume, UCLA School of Law |
Spring 2014 Schedule of Presenters
January 24 | William Burke-White, University of Pennsylvania |
Janurary 31 | Chiara Giorgetti, University of Richmond |
February 21 | Hannah Buxbaum, Indiana University, Bloomington |
March 21 | Kristina Daugirdas, University of Michigan |
March 28 | Chris Whytock, University of California, Irvine |
April 4 | Jean Galbraith, Rutgers-Camden |
April 18 | Cinnamon Carlarne, Ohio State University |
Spring 2013 Schedule of Presenters
January 25 | Julie C. Suk (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University): “Quotas: From Discrimination to Democracy” |
February 5 | Ertharin Cousin (U.N. World Food Programme, Rome, Italy): Annual Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law symposium |
February 8 | William A. Schabas (Middlesex University): “The Drafting and Significance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights” |
February 15 | Anthea Roberts (Columbia Law School / London School of Economics): “State-to-State Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Theory of Interdependent Rights and Shared Interpretive Authority” |
February 22 | James Thuo Gathii (Loyola University Chicago School of Law): “Strength in Intellectual Property Protection and Foreign Direct Investment Flows in Least Developed Countries” |
March 1 | Joost Pauwelyn (Stanford Law School / Harvard Law School / Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies): “The End of Differential Treatment for Developing Countries? Lessons from the Trade and Climate Change Regimes” |
March 29 | Leila Nadya Sadat (Washington University School of Law): “Crimes Against Humanity in the Modern Age” |
April 12 | Laurie Blank (Emory University School of Law): “Extending Positive Identification from People to Places: Terrorism, Armed Conflict, and the Identification of Military Objectives” |
April 19 | Jaya Ramji-Nogales (Temple University Beasley School of Law): “What’s Wrong with Human Rights: Undocumented Migrants and the Failures of Universal Individualism” |
Spring 2012 Schedule of Presenters
January 20 | Robert M. Chesney (University of Texas School of Law): “Terrorism, Law, and the Coercive Powers of the State” |
February 3 | Ingrid B. Wuerth (Vanderbilt University Law School): “Pinochet Revisited: Human Rights and Immunity in National Courts” |
February 10 | Junior International Law Scholars Association: roundtable presentation of works in progress |
February 17 | Andrew T. Guzman (University of California Berkeley Law): “What Do International Organizations Do?” |
February 24 | Joel P. Trachtman (Tufts University The Fletcher School): “The Future of International Law: Global Government” |
March 2 | Andrea K. Bjorklund (UC Davis School of Law/McGill Law): “Transparency in International Investment Law and Arbitration” |
March 23 | Laura A. Dickinson (The George Washington University Law School): “Administrative Law and the Foreign Policy Agencies” |
April 6 | Douglas Stinnett (University of Georgia): “International River Treaties” |
April 13 | George A. Bermann (Columbia Law School): “The ‘Gateway’ Problem in International Commercial Arbitration” |
April 20 | Chris Brummer (Georgetown Law): “Curbing the Extraterritoriality of Dodd-Frank’s Derivatives Regulation: An Examination of the Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act” |
Spring 2011 Schedule of Presenters
January 28 | Hari M. Osofsky (University of Minnesota Law School): “The BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Multidimensional Governance” |
February 4 | Jason Yackee (University of Wisconsin Law School): “Do BITs Attract Foreign Direct Investment? Hints from Alternative Evidence” |
February 18 | Evan J. Criddle (Syracuse University College of Law): “Proportionality in Counterinsurgency: A Relational Theory” |
March 4 | Jeffrey L. Dunoff (Temple University Beasley School of Law): “Rethinking Regime Interaction” |
April 1 | Lesley Wexler (University of Illinois College of Law): “Is International Humanitarian Law Humanitarian?” |
April 8 | Jide Nzelibe (Northwestern Law School): “Strategic Globalization: International Law as an Extension of Domestic Political Conflict” |
April 15 | Máximo Langer (UCLA Law): “The Archipelago and the Hub: Universal Jurisdiction and the International Criminal Court” |
April 22 | Anna Gelpern (American University Washington College of Law): “Banks, Governments, and Debt Crises” |
Spring 2010 Schedule of Presenters
January 29 | Barbara Koremenos (University of Michigan): “An Economic Analysis of International Rulemaking” |
February 5 | Robert D. Sloane (Boston University): “Human Rights for Hedgehogs: Global Legal Pluralism, International Law and Some Reservations of the Fox” |
February 12 | Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago): “Constitutional Convergence in Human Rights? The Reciprocal Relationship Between Human Rights Treaties and National Constitutions” |
February 19 | Anu Bradford (University of Chicago): “Universal Exceptionalism in International Law” |
March 19 | Christiana Ochoa (Indiana University at Bloomington): “Harnessing the Potential of Sovereign Wealth for Sustainable Development” |
April 2 | Jutta Brunnée (University of Toronto): “An Interactional Theory of International Legal Obligation” |
April 9 | Julian Ku (Hofstra University): “The Curious Case of Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute” |
Spring 2009 Schedule of Presenters
January 23 | Elena A. Baylis (University of Pittsburgh School of Law): “Bellwether Trials” |
January 30 | Carlos M. Vázquez (Georgetown University Law Center): “Not a Happy Precedent': The Story of Ex parte Quirin&rdquo” |
February 6 | Thomas H. Lee (Fordham Law School): “The International Laws of War and the American Civil War” |
February 20 | Monica Hakimi (University of Michigan Law School): “A Theory of State Bystander Responsibility” |
February 27 | David Zaring (Wharton School of Business): “Why Do Some Regulatory Networks Fail, While Others Succeed?” |
March 20 | Andrea K. Bjorklund (UC Davis School of Law): “State Immunity and the Enforcement of Investor-State Arbitral Awards” |
April 3 | Paul Stephan (University of Virginia School of Law): “Privatizing International Law” |
April 17 | Rachel Brewster (Harvard Law School): “Trade and Climate Change: Conflicts and Solutions” |
Spring 2008 Schedule of Presenters
February 8 | Beth Simmons (Harvard University): “Theories of Commitment” |
February 15 | Nadia Bernaz (Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland at Galway): “The Caribbean Court of Justice: One Court with Two Jurisdictions - A Unique Judicial Institution?” |
February 29 | Tonya Putnam (Columbia University): “Beyond Presumption?: Explaining Extraterritorial Variation over Civil Claims” |
March 17 | Gregory Shaffer (Loyola University): “A Structural Theory of WTO Dispute Settlement: Why Institutional Choice Lies at the Center of the GMO Case” |
March 21 | Paul Schiff Berman (University of Connecticut): “Global Legal Pluralism” |
March 28 | Frédéric Mégret (University of McGill): “Civil Disobedience in Defense of International Law” |
April 4 | David Caron (University of California at Berkeley): “Towards a Political Theory of International Courts and Tribunals” |
April 7 | Ingrid Wuerth (Vanderbilt University): “An Originalism for Foreign Affairs?” |
Spring 2007 Schedule of Presenters
February 9 | Curtis Bradley (Duke University): “Treaties, Domestic Politics and the U.S. Constitution” |
February 16 | Melissa Waters (Washington & Lee): “Foreign Authority Through a Narrow Lens: Interpretative Incorporation of Treaties” |
February 23 | Joost Pauwelyn (Duke University): “Optimal Protection of International Law” |
March 2 | Jacob Cogan (University of Cincinnati): “Competition and Control in International Adjudication” |
March 23 | Janet Levit (University of Tulsa): “Bottom-Up Transnational Lawmaking” |
April 13 | Derek Jinks (University of Texas): “Hamdan and the Laws of War” |
April 20 | Diane Amann (University of California-Davis): “Slave Trafficking, Crimes against Humanity” |
Spring 2006 Schedule of Presenters
February 10 | Laura Dickinson (University of Connecticut): “Democracy and Trust” |
February 17 | Mark Drumbl (Washington & Lee): “Atrocity and Punishment” |
February 24 | Karen Knop (University of Toronto): “Enemies and Outlaws: War and the Public/Private Citizen” |
March 3 | Brad Roth (Wayne State): “State Sovereignty and International Legality” |
April 7 | Diane Orentlicher (American University Washington College of Law): “Whose Justice? Reconciling Universal Jurisdiction with Democratic Principles” |
April 14 | Roger Alford (Pepperdine): “Foreign Relations as a Matter of Interpretation: The Use and Abuse of Charming Betsy” |
April 21 | Edward T. Swaine (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School): “Alien Authority” |