Regional Colloquium on Globalization of Law,
International Organizations and International Law
Lubar Commons, Room 7200, Wisconsin Law School
Concurrent room 5223 Law
On May 10-11, 2013, the University of Wisconsin Law School will host the third annual regional
colloquium on Globalization and Law, co-sponsored by the ABF/Illinois Center on Law and
Globalization and the IO/IL Working Group of the Buffett Center for International and
Comparative Studies of Northwestern University. The event brings together scholars based in the
Midwest who employ empirical social science approaches to globalization and law. The aim is to
provide a forum for dialogue across disciplines, and for a discussion of works in progress.
Program
All plenary sessions, meals and panels (a) will be held in Lubar Commons.
All concurrent sessions (panels b) will be held in room 5223.
Day 1: Friday, May 10, 2013
12:00 Arrival, Lunch
1:00pm
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Alexandra Huneeus (Wisconsin) and Karen Alter (Northwestern)
PANEL I
Chair: Heinz Klug (Wisconsin)
1:15
“Transnational Legal Orders,” Terrance Halliday (ABF) coauthored with Gregory
Shaffer (Minnesota)
Commentator: Ian Hurd (Northwestern)
1:45
“A New International Human Rights Court for West Africa: The Court of Justice for
the Economic Community of West African States,” Karen Alter (Northwestern)
Commentator: Emilia Powell (Notre Dame)
2:15
“The Interface of the Transnational Legal Orders for Monetary and Trade Law”
Gregory Shaffer (Minnesota)
Commentator: Mark Copelovitch (Wisconsin)
2:45-3:00 Coffee break
PANEL II(a) Chair: Jason Yackee (Wisconsin)
3:00
“The Rule of Law in World Politics,” Ian Hurd (Northwestern)
Commentator: John Ohnesorge (Wisconsin)
3:30
“Transnationalizing the Judicial Sphere,” Sungjoon Cho (Chicago-Kent)
Commentator: Joe Conti (Wisconsin)
4:00
“The Politics of Legal Technologies in a Global Legislature,” Susan Block-Lieb
(Fordham/ABF), coauthored with Terrance Halliday (ABF)
Commentator: Jason Yackee ( Wisconsin)
4:30
“Judicial Extension as State Effect: Symbolic Power and the WTO Legal Field,”
Joe Conti (Wisconsin)
Commentator: Karen Alter (Northwestern)
PANEL II(b) Chair: Richard Bilder (Wisconsin)
3:00
“Punctuated Globalization: Legal Development and Globalization in Health and
Medicine,” Carol Heimer (Northwestern) coauthored with Jaimie Morse
(Northwestern) and Savina Balasubramanian, (Northwestern)
Commentator: Heinz Klug (Wisconsin)
3:30
“Conjuring Horror in Nuclear Treaties: The Place for Catastrophic Events in
International Legal Discourse,” Gregoire Mallard (Northwestern)
Commentator: Ivan Ermakoff (Wisconsin)
4:00
“How International Norms Emerge: Constructing a Legal Norm of International
Crime and Criminal Responsibility in the Interwar Period,” Ann Holthoefer,
(University of Chicago)
Commentator: Alexandra Huneeus (Wisconsin)
4:30
“The Role of Complexity in International Criminal Justice: An Empirical Study of
the ICTY’s Trials,” Stuart Ford (John Marshall)
Commentator: Ann Holthoefer, (University of Chicago)
6:00pm Dinner and drinks downtown for speakers and invited guests
Day 2: Saturday, May 11, 2013
8:30-9:00am Continental breakfast, Room 7200 (Lubar Commons)
PANEL III: Chair, Alexandra Huneeus (Wisconsin)
9:00
“Innovation and Diffusion in Rights,” Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago)
Commentator: Jon Pevehouse (Wisconsin)
9:30
“The Ecology of Law Firm Growth in China” Sida Liu (Wisconsin)
Commentator: Marc Galanter (Wisconsin)
10:00-10:15 coffee break
PANEL IV(a): Chair, Sida Liu (Wisconsin)
10:15
“Domestic Valuation of Foreign Lives in a Globalized World,” Lesley Wexler
(Illinois)
Commentator: Jamie Rowen (ABF)
10:45
“Disappearing States, Migration and International Law,” Sumudu Atapattu
(Wisconsin)
Commentator: Lesley Wexler (Illinios)
11:15
“The Limits of Law and Science: Empirical Challenges of Measuring and Defining
Rape as a War Crime,” Jamie Rowen (ABF)
Commentator: Gregoire Mallard (Northwestern)
PANEL IV(b): Chair, Joe Conti (Wisconsin)
10:15
“Islamic Law States and the UNCLOS,” Emilia Powell (Notre Dame)
Commentator: Manuel Gomez (Florida International University)
10:45
“The Behavioral Economics of the Supreme Court’s Kiobel Decision,” Caroline
Kaeb (Northwestern)
Commentator: Maya Steinitz (Iowa College)
11:15
“The Role of the International Judge in Public Law Litigation,” Alexandra Huneeus
(Wisconsin)
Commentator: Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago/ABF)
11:45–1:00 Closing Remarks and Lunch
(Room 7200, Lubar Commons)
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