International Legal Studies

Events Related to International, Foreign and Comparative Legal Studies, Fall 2005

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Webcasts and Related Interviews Fall 2005 - Spring 2006
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007

Thursday, October 27
4:45 - 6:15 pm, reception to follow

International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work

featuring

DUNCAN KENNEDY
Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence

on

THE GLOBALIZATION OF LAW

Pound 419

Sponsored by International Legal Studies


Wednesday, November 2
12:00 pm

lunch with

CANADIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ROSALIE ABELLA

speaking on

THE REVOLUTION IN FAMILY LAW

To reserve a spot, contact Jason Cunningham at jacunningham@law.harvard.edu

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs,
and the Canadian Consulate General


Thursday, November 3
4:45 - 6:15 pm, reception to follow

International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work

featuring

HAL SCOTT
Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems and
Director of the Program on International Financial Systems

on

EU-US FINANCIAL REGULATORY DIALOGUE

Pound 419

Sponsored by International Legal Studies


Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4
8:30 am - 4:00 pm

PURSUING HUMAN DIGNITY: THE LEGACIES OF NUREMBERG
FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND EDUCATION

For registration information, see: www.facinghistory.org/conference

Sponsored by The Harvard Law School / Facing History and Ourselves Program


Saturday, November 5 and Sunday, November 6
9:00 am

Symposium on

CHINA AT A CROSSROADS:
SEARCHING FOR A BALANCED APPROACH TO DEVELOPMENT

For more information, see: http://uschinalawsociety.org/symposium/

Ames Court Room, Austin Hall

Co-sponsored by the U.S. China Law Society and
Harvard Law School


Monday, November 7
7:00 pm

WORLD OF LAW: PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL

with

BRIAN CONCANNON,
Institute for Justice and Democracy, Joseph, Oregon

BARBARA FINAMORE, HLS '80,
China Clean Energy Program,
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, NY

PERI JOHNSON, HLS '91,
Senior Legal Advisor for the UN Development Program,
(and formerly with the UN Office of Legal Affairs and UNHCR)

HUGH STEVENSON, HLS ’84,
Associate Director for International Protection, Federal Trade Commission

Pound 107

Co-sponsored by the Office of Career Services and
The Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising


Tuesday, November 8
12:00 pm

BRIAN CONCANNON,
Institute for Justice and Democracy, Joseph, Oregon

Hauser 101

Sponsored by Harvard Immigration Project,
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic,
HLS Student Advocates for Human Rights,
Human Rights Program and
Human Rights Journal


Wednesday, November 9
3:00 - 4:00 pm

ISRAELI SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AYALA PROCACCIA

Discussion on

THE RULE OF LAW AND THE POWER OF THE COURTS IN ISRAEL

Hauser 101

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
the Program on Negotiation and
the Human Rights Program


Wednesday, November 9
7:00 pm

ISRAELI SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AYALA PROCACCIA

on

THE ISRAELI JUDICIARY: FIGHTING TERROR UNDER THE LAW

Pound 101

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
the Program on Negotiation and
the Human Rights Program


Thursday, November 10
12:30 pm

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES INFORMATION SESSION
with emphasis on JD/LLM program with Cambridge University
and Semester Abroad Program

brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided

Lewis 202

Sponsored by International Legal Studies


Thursday, November 10
8:00 pm

JUSTICE KONG HYUN LEE
of the Constitutional Court of Korea

Austin East

Co-sponsored by Harvard Asia Law Society,
Harvard University Korean Association,
International Law Society,
and Korean Association of HLS


Tuesday, November 14
5:00 pm

CHARLOTTE MCCLAIN NHLAPO
Human Rights Commissioner, South Africa

on

DISABILITY, RACE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

Hauser 104

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
East Asian Legal Studies,
and the Human Rights Program


Tuesday, November 15
5:00 pm

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
A session with 2Ls and 3Ls who have worked abroad and
April Stockfleet, Assistant Director for International Programs and Law Teaching.

Pound 107

Sponsored by the Office of Career Services


Tuesday, November 15
5:15 pm

screening of film

CLOSE UP
by Abbas Kiarostami

(in Farsi with English subtitles)

Pound 108

Sponsored by the Islamic Legal Studies Program


Thursday, November 17
7:30 pm

a discussion of

LAWLESS WORLD:
AMERICA AND THE MAKING AND BREAKING OF GLOBAL RULES

with

author Phillipe Sands,

Professor of Law at University College London and practicing barrister

Moderated by HLS Professor David Kennedy

Lewis 202

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies and
the European Law Research Center


Friday, November 18
3:00 pm

INFORMATION SESSION ON INTERNATIONAL SUMMER FUNDING:
Summer Public Interest Funding, Chayes Fellowships,
Human Rights Program Fellowships, Lewis Fellowships

Langdell North


Friday, November 18 and Saturday, November 19

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN COLOMBIA

For more information contact Diana Valencia (valenc@fas.harvard.edu)

Sponsored by the Harvard-MIT Colombian Colloquium, Epsifarma E.P.S, the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, the Harvard Graduate Student Council, MIT's ARCADE fund and the MIT Undergraduate Association


Monday, November 21
12:15 - 1:30 pm

International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work

featuring

DAVID KENNEDY
Manley Hudson Professor of Law and
Director of the European Law Research Center

on

INTERNATIONAL LAW

brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided

Austin Hall - Morgan Courtroom

Sponsored by International Legal Studies


Monday, November 21
5:00 pm

ERIC ROSENTHAL
Founder and Executive Director, Mental Disability Rights International

on

DEINSTITUTIONALIZING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES

Hauser 104

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
East Asian Legal Studies,
and the Human Rights Program


Monday, November 28
5:00 pm

GERARD QUINN
Professor, National University of Ireland, Galway

on

GLOBAL DISABILITY RIGHTS

Hauser 105

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
East Asian Legal Studies,
and the Human Rights Program

Wednesday, November 30
12:30-1:30 pm

The Quest for Social Justice in Afghanistan:
Legal Challenges,
Afghan Perspectives

a lunchtime lecture
by

ANSAR RAHEL
Licensed American and Afghan Attorney
Practicing in Afghanistan

Lewis 302

Bring your lunch; soft drinks and cookies provided - for more information, call ILSP at 617-496-3941
Islamic Legal Studies Program


Thursday, December 1
7:00 pm

screening of award-winning film
PULLED FROM THE RUBBLE

followed by discussion with filmmaker MARGARET LOESCHER

In August 2003, Gil Loescher went to Baghdad on a humanitarian research trip. He and his colleague were in a meeting with the head of the United Nations in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, when a truck full of explosives was driven into the side of the building. Gil was the only survivor from the most devastated section of the building. In this film, his daughter, Margaret Loescher, records the family's recovery during the months after the bomb.

Austin Hall - Ames Courtroom

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies,
the Human Rights Program,
the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy,
the University Committee on Human Rights,
the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights,
and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative


Friday, December 2
3:00pm

Ambassador Luis Gallegos of Ecuador

on

Negotiating United Nations Human Rights Treaties

Pound Hall 419

Ambassador Gallegos was appointed Ecuador's Ambassador to the United States on October 1, 2005. Prior to this position, he was Ecuador's Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He is also the former Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.

Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies, East Asian Legal Studies, the Human Rights Program
and the Program on Negotiation

Tuesday, December 6
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Public Policy Discussion on

MANDATING INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY: THE CURRENT STATE OF
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE

Co-sponsored by the Program on International Financial Systems
with Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek

New York City


Tuesday, December 6
12:30 pm - 2:00pm

MARK CAMMACK
Professor, Southwestern Law School

on

Indonesia's New Constitutional Court: A Preliminary Appraisal

Pound Hall Room 419

Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies



Tuesday, December 6
6:30 pm

session for past and potential
CHAYES INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWS

hors d'oeuvres will be served

Pound 335

Sponsored by International Legal Studies and
the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising




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