Events Related to International, Foreign and Comparative Legal Studies,
Spring 2006
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Wednesday, February 8
12:30pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
MARTIN DIMITROV
Assistant Professor of Government, Dartmouth College
An Wang Post-Doctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Visiting Scholar, East Asian Legal Studies
presents
Why Communism Didn't Collapse: Exploring Regime Resilience in China, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea and Cuba
Pound 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Wednesday, February 8
5:00 - 7:00pm
Digital Media in Asia Speaker Series at the Berkman Center
CHARLES NESSON
Weld Professor of Law,
Faculty Co-director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
&
REBECCA MACKINNON
Berkman fellow,
former CNN Beijing and Tokyo Bureau Chief and China/weblog expert
on
Utilizing the Internet, weblogs, and media/entertainment/sports industries to create international bridges between cultures
Pound Hall 107
Refreshments will be provided
Sponsored by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Wednesday, February 8
7:00pm
WORLD OF LAW: ALTERNATIVE CAREERS
Panelists
ALICIA ELY YAMIN
HLS '91, HSPH '96
Director of Research & Investigations at Physicians for Human Rights
MALCOLM TURNER
HLS '99
Senior VP, OnSport
JAMES O'NEAL
HLS '82
Co-Founder/Executive Director, Legal Outreach
AMY GUTMAN
HLS '93
Assistant Director for Academic Affairs (HLS) and Writer
Pound 107
Co-Sponsored by the Bernard Koteen Office of Public Interest Advising (OPIA) and the Office of Career Services
Thursday, February 9
12:15 - 1:30pm
International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work
featuring
EINER ELHAUGE
Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Law
Global Antitrust Law
brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided
All students are welcome
Lewis 202
Sponsored by International Legal Studies
Saturday, February 11
10:30pm - 1:00pm and
2:30pm - 5:30pm
A symposium
entitled
Ethiopia: Prospects for Democracy
Panelists include
PROF. OMARA-OTUNNU
UNESCO Chair for Human rights
MR. JOHN PREDERGAST
Former director of African Affairs on the National Security Council under
President Clinton
MR. FASIKA BELETE
Chairman of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces- one of the main opposition parties in Ethiopia
Sponsored by the Harvard African Law Association and the Black Law Students Association
www.ethiopiasymposiumharvard.com
Monday, February 13
4:00 - 5:30pm
East Asian Legal Studies Speaker Series
featuring
JEROME A. COHEN
Founding Director of EALS;
Professor of Law, NYU School of Law;
Of Counsel, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
on
China’s Legal System: How "Legal"? How "Political"? How "Just"?
Pound 419
Sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies
Wednesday, February 15
5:00pm
A panel discussion
with
TINA FOSTER
Counsel, CCR Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative
and others
Detention, Rendition and Torture: Waging America's Global War on Terrorism Outside the Rule of Law
Pound Hall 102
reception to follow
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program
Tuesday, February 21
12:15pm
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
Wednesday, February 22
4:00 - 6:00pm
International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work
A Chair Lecture
featuring
MARTHA MINOW
Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law
Living Up to Rules: When Should Soldiers (and others) Disobey Orders?
Pound 102
A reception following the lecture in the John Chipman Gray Room, Pound Hall
Sponsored by the Dean's Office and International Legal Studies
Thursday, February 23
12:30 - 1:30pm
Private Military Companies and the Contradictions of Law in Wartime
KATERI CARMOLA
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Christian A. Johnson Junior Fellow in Political Philosophy, Middlebury College
Lewis 202
Open to the Harvard University community only.
Light lunch will be served.
Sponsored by the Human Rights Program
Friday, February 24
12:30 - 2:00pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
CHANG HEE LEE, S.J.D. '94
Professor of Law, Seoul National University, Visiting Professor, HLS
presents
“Law and Development: Korean Contemporary History in Retrospect”
Pound Hall, Room 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Friday, February 24
9:00am - 10:00am
SJD Law Teaching Colloquium
JOANNE SCOTT
Visiting Professor HLS, University College London
Legal Education in Europe
Hauser 105
Breakfast will be served
Sponsored by the Graduate Program
Saturday, February 25
9:00am - 5:00pm
UNITED NATIONS REFORM AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
STEPHEN LEWIS
UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
and
MARK MALLOCH BROWN
Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary General
A dinner will follow at 7:00pm
To register and for more information, please visit:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/hrj/conf/
Sponsored by HLS Human Rights Program and Harvard Human Rights Journal
Monday, February 27
7:00pm
JUDGE KOEN LENAERTS
Professor of European Law at the University of Leuven and Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Public Lecture
Constitutionalism Beyond the Constitution for Europe: The Way Forward for the European Union
Hauser 102
Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies, the European Law Research Center and the
Harvard European Law Association
Friday, March 3
8:45am - 7:30pm
A conference on
International Investment Law at a Crossroads
the International Law Society has invited leading professors and practitioners to participate in this day-long conference
Conference Schedule
http://www.transnational-dispute-management.com/news/IIL_Conference_Schedule.pdf
RSVP mandatory for the entire day:
lachtouk@law.harvard.edu
Sponsored by the International Law Society
and
with the support of the Graduate Program
Friday, March 3
12:15 - 2:00pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
MARK SIDEL
Professor of Law, University of Iowa; Visiting Professor; HLS
presents
My Motorcycle Is Constitutionally Protected
The Emerging Debate over Constitutional Rights and Enforcement in Vietnam
Pound Hall, Room 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Friday, March 3
12:15 - 2:00pm
A Discussion
with
JUSTICE GEOFFREY ROBERTSON Q.C.
Appeal Judge, UN Special Court for Sierra Leone.
The End of Impunity
Hauser Hall 101
A brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided
Sponsored by HLS Advocates, Human Rights Program, Harvard International Law Journal, Sheldon Seevak Fund for Facing History.
Saturday, March 4
8:45am - 5:00pm
HARVARD INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL SYMPOSIUM
Diffusion of Law in the 21st Century: Interaction and Influence
This year, the Harvard International Law Journal Symposium will engage leading scholars and practitioners in discussions on the "globalization" of legal ideas and institutions in different substantive areas of law. The event will afford theorists an exciting opportunity to sharpen their theories of legal diffusion against practitioners' experience and for practitioners in fields such as commercial law, family law, constitutional law, and human rights law to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomena they encounter every day.
Pound Hall, HLS
Please visit our website to view the schedule of events and to register: Registration fees are $20 for non-students
and free for all students with a valid I.D.
Contact clloyd@law.harvard.edu or jkwong@law.harvard.edu with questions.
Co-sponsored by Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Office of the Dean, European Law Research Center, Human Rights Program, International Legal Studies, and Canadian Law Society
Friday, March 10
12:15 - 1:30pm
International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work
featuring
HOWELL JACKSON
James S. Reid, Jr. Professor of Law
&
MARK ROE
David Berg Professor of Law
Exploring the Connections Between Legal Regimes and Financial Development Around the World
brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided
All students are welcome
Lewis 202
Sponsored by International Legal Studies
Friday, March 10
4:00 - 6:00pm
A Panel
with
JUSTICE JOHN T. NOONAN, JR.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
ISMAEL MUSAH MONTANA
York University
How and Why Does Law Change?
A Comparative Analysis of the Abolishment of Slavery in the Western and Islamic Legal Systems
Discussants: Harvard University Professors Baber Johansen and Cemal Kafadar
Austin Hall, Morgan Courtroom
Co-sponsored by the Harvard European Law Association and the Islamic Legal Studies Program
Tuesday, March 14
4:00pm
2005-2006 Voices of Public Intellectuals Lecture Series
War and the Displacement of People
IRENE KHAN
Secretary General, Amnesty International
Flight from Attack and Atrocity: The Impact of War-Induced Violence Against Women
Public Lecture
Cronkhite Graduate Center, Living Room
6 Ash Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
http://www.radcliffe.edu/events/lectures/2006_vpi.php
Sponsored by the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Tuesday, March 14
4:30 - 6:30pm
A talk by
WILLIAM W. FISHER
Hale and Dorr Professor of
Intellectual Property Law
Drugs, Law, and the Health Crisis in the Developing World
Commentators:
MICHAEL KREMER
Gates Professor of
Developing Societies, Harvard University,
OWEN C.B. HUGHES
Senior
Corporate Counsel, Pfizer, Inc.
Pound Hall 335
RSVP to petrie-flom@law.harvard.edu
This event will be web-cast following the panel at
www.law.harvard.edu/programs/petrie-flom/
Sponsored by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics
Wednesday, March 15
12:30 - 2:00pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
TAHIRIH V. LEE
Associate Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law
presents
Is ‘Chinese Federalism’ Exportable? Using Iraq as a Test Case
Pound Hall, 419
Sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies
Thursday, March 16
4:00 - 6:00pm
A panel discussion
on
Iran and the Future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime
with
KAVEH L. AFRASIABI
Former Advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team;
Senior Researcher, Center for Strategic Research, Tehran;
and Director, Global Interfaith Peace
MATTHEW BUNN
Senior Research Associate and Acting Executive Director,
Managing the Atom Project,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs,
Harvard University
FLYNT LEVERETT
Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institute;
and formerly Senior Director for the Middle East Initiative, National Security Council
Interview transcript
BARRY R. POSEN
Ford International Professor of Political Science,
Security Studies Program,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderated by:
XENIA DORMANDY
Executive Director for Research
Belfer Center for Science
and International Affairs, Harvard University
Formerly Director for South Asia, National Security Council
Austin Hall, West Classroom
Harvard Law School
Open to the Public
Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies, the Islamic Legal Studies Program,
and the European Law Research Center
Friday, March 17
3:00 - 5:00pm
A talk by
ENRICO GROSSO
Professor University of Piemonte Orientale, Italy
on
European Citizenship and Democratic Life in the European Union, between Representative and Participatory Democracy
Discussant: Professor Francesca Bignami, Duke Law School, Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies
Lewis 202
Sponsored by The European Law Research Center and the Harvard European Law Association
Friday, March 17
12:30 - 2:00pm
A Discussion with
BO KYI,
Burmese former political prisoner and student
activist, current Joint Secretary of the Assistance Association for Political
Prisoners in Burma (AAPPB)
The Current Human Rights and Political Crisis in Burma
Lewis 202
Brown bag lunch: drinks and desserts will be provided
Sponsored by the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program
Tuesday, March 21
12:15pm
HON. IRWIN COTLER
MP: Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Agenda for Justice: A Canadian Point of View
Prof. Cotler's talk will draw on his experience as Canadian justice minister and Attorney General and will include such themes as the terrorism-rights relationship, Supreme Court appointments, and combating racism, intolerance, and mass atrocities. First elected in 1999, Hon. Irwin Cotler is currently a Member of Parliament in the Montreal district of Mount Royal. He served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General from 2003-06. Prior to entering politics, he was a Professor of Law at McGill and a prominent human rights advocate, serving as counsel to such political prisoners as Nelson Mandela and Andrei Sakharov. For the past twenty years, he has also been deeply involved in initiatives for Middle East peace.
Lunch will be served
Seating is limited
RSVP to Jason
Cunningham by March 17th
Sponsored by the Canadian Law Society, Torys LLP, International Legal
Studies,
the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Canada Program,
and the Human Rights Program
Wednesday, March 22
12:30 - 2:00pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
CHEN XI
An Wang Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University
on
Petitioning, Litigation and the Rule of Law in China
Pound Hall, 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Thursday, March 23
12:15pm
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STUDIES INFORMATION SESSION
with emphasis on the Semester Abroad Program
brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided
Austin Hall Morgan Courtroom
Sponsored by International Legal Studies
Monday, April 3
12:30 - 1:30pm
Elections, Violence, and Democracy in Iraq
with
DR. SHAHEEN MOZAFFAR
Bridgewater State College
Lewis Law Center, Room 301
A brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided.
The talk will draw on Dr. Mozaffar's experience as a member of the International Mission for Iraqi Elections (IMIE) team that assessed the Transitional National elections in January 2005, the Constitutional Referendum in October 2005, and the Council of Representatives (National Assembly) elections in December 2005, and on his experience as an IMIE elections monitor in Baghdad in Baghdad.
For additional information click here.
Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Program and the HLS Advocates for Human Rights
Tuesday, April 4
5:00pm
AMBASSADOR JENÖ STAEHELIN
former Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations
The UN: the Past, the Present and the Future
One of Switzerland's premier foreign servants, Ambassador Staehelin acted as the first Swiss Ambassador on Special Mission to the Holly See followed by accreditation as Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan. After Switzerland’s accession to the United Nations in September 2002, he became the first Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, a function he assumed until his retirement in September 2004. Ambassador Staehelin received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and he is a member of the Advisory Board of the Dean of Harvard Law School.
Austin Hall East
Open to the Public
Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies and the Human Rights Program
Monday, April 10
7:00-8:00pm
DAVID KRETZMER
Professor of International Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Visiting
Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; Visiting Scholar, Fares
Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Tufts University
International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law and Legal Black-Holes
Pound Hall 201
Light refreshments will be served
Sponsored by Human Rights Program
Tuesday, April 11
4:30 - 6:00pm
International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work
featuring
JACK GOLDSMITH
Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Law
The Internet and National Sovereignty
Pound 332
refreshments will be provided
All students are welcome
Sponsored by International Legal studies
Wednesday, April 19
3:45-7:00p.m.
Come learn about two great clinical programs!
International Human Rights Clinic, Human Rights Program
and
Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic, Greater Boston Legal Services
HRP Lounge, Pound Hall 4th Floor
Drop-by anytime between 3:45-7:00 p.m
Refreshments will be served
Sponsored by Human Rights Program and Harvard Immigration & Refugee Clinic, Greater Boston Legal Services
Friday, April 21
12:20 - 1:30pm
International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work
featuring
RYAN GOODMAN
J. Sinclair Armstrong Assistant Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law
Humanitarian Intervention and Pretexts for War
brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided
Lewis 202
All students are welcome
Sponsored by International Legal studies
Monday, April 24
12:15 - 1:30pm
International Perspectives: HLS Faculty Members Discuss Their Work
featuring
LUCIE WHITE
Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law
Innovations in Human Rights Practice: Lessons from Africa
brown bag lunch; drinks and dessert will be provided
Pound 332
All students are welcome
Sponsored by International Legal studies
Tuesday, April 25
5:30 - 7:00pm
A panel discussion on
The United States and Iran: An Assessment of U.S. Policy
ALI BANUAZIZI
Professor of Cultural Psychology, Boston College
Co-director, Program in Middle Eastern
and Islamic Studies
NOAH WEISBORD
S.J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School
STEPHEN ZUNES
Professor of Politics,
University of San Francisco
Associate Editor, Peace Review
Moderated by
TALHA SYED
S.J.D. candidate, Harvard Law School
Open to the Public
Austin Hall East Lecture Hall, Harvard Law School
Refreshments from Kolbeh of Kabob
Co-sponsored by International Legal Studies, Islamic Legal Studies Program, and European Law Research Center
Thursday, April 27
12:30 - 2:00pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
with
DANIEL H. FOOTE, ’81
Professor of Law at the University of Tokyo
Legal Education Reform in Japan: Two Years of "US-Style" Law Schools
Pound Hall, Room 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Friday, April 28
12:30 - 2:00pm
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
with
PRESTON M. TORBERT,’74;
Ph.D., Chinese History, University of Chicago, '73
Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, and
author of "Legal English: Guidelines for Drafting Chinese-English Bilingual Legal Documents"
What the Chinese Can Teach Us About Law
Pound Hall, Room 419
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Monday, May 1
4:30-6:00p.m.
A talk by
DR. SONA KHAN
Muslim Women of South Asia: Right to Development
Pound Hall, Rm. 334
Light refreshments will be served
Dr. Khan has a variety of experience in the legal, human rights, and women's rights fields. A sampling of her experience includes: Advocate before the Supreme Court of India; legal consultant with the International Development & Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada; legal adviser and member of the National Advisory Committee of USAID Project on Domestic Violence against Women in India; and with UNESCO on their Evaluation of Legal Literacy Project.
Co-sponsored by: the HLS Human Rights Program, HLS Islamic Legal Studies Program, HLS Advocates, HLS Women's Law Association
Thursday, May 4
12:30-2:00p.m.
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
with
CHAN JIN KIM
Attorney, CJ International Law Offices
Prosperity and Korea
Pound Hall, Room 419
Lunchtime talks begin promptly at 12:30. You are invited to bring your lunch beginning at 12:00 to meet the guest speaker and others in EALS.
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Friday, May 5
4:00p.m.
The Rise of the Rule of Law under Authoritarianism: The Case of China
MARTIN DIMITROV
An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow, Fairbank Center
Discussant
WILLIAM ALFORD
Henry L. Stimson Professor of Law,
the Vice Dean for the Graduate Program and International Legal Studies,
and the Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School
1730 Cambridge Street, Seminar Room S-354, Fairbank Center Seminar
Sponsored by the Fairbank Center
Contact: (617) 495-4046
Tuesday, May 23
9:30 – 12:00p.m.
Workshop on Competition Law in China: The Proposed Anti-Monopoly Statute
Panelists from Brandeis University,
Chicago-Kent College of Law,
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Harvard Law School
Pound Hall, room 419
Sponsored by: The East Asian Legal Studies Program of the Harvard Law School
and Chicago-Kent College of Law
Please contact EALS if you have any questions regarding this event.
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