Post Date: March 4, 2005

Harvard's International Law Journal will host a symposium on March 5-6 to consider a range of perspectives on international legal theory and practice. "Comparative Visions of the Global Public Order" will offer roundtable discussions on topics ranging from corporate law to global pluralism. The symposium, held in Austin Hall at Harvard Law School, will also honor two retiring Harvard Law faculty members for their work in transnational law and international legal studies.

"This weekend, more than 150 international law scholars from more than 35 countries will join us to honor Henry Steiner and Detlev Vagts for their distinguished careers," said Professor David Kennedy, director of the European Law Research Center. "At the same time, we are inaugurating a new collaboration with the David Rockefeller Center and a network of Latin American legal scholars and holding a roundtable to assess Putin's Russia in international affairs. It will be a rare opportunity to hear such a variety of viewpoints from around the world in debate with one another -- as well as fitting tribute to our colleagues."

For more information or to register, please visit the symposium website or contact hlsilj@law.harvard.edu.

Saturday, March 5: Rethinking National and Regional Traditions

Plenary Keynote: "Global Legal Pluralism: Multiple Regimes and Multiple Modes of Thought"
Martti Koskenniemi

Roundtable 1: Continental European Law: A Tradition Renewed
Nathaniel Berman with Armin von Bogdandy, Hauke Brunkhorst, J. Peter Burgess, Günter Frankenberg, Emmanuelle Jouannet, Nikolai Kosolapov, Frederic Megret, Boldiszar Nagy, Andreas Paulus, Leo Specht, Ole Spiermann

Roundtable 2: International Law in the "White Commonwealth" Today
Martti Koskenniemi with Upendra Baxi, Costas Douzinas, Karen Knop, Susan Marks, China Miéville, Ed Morgan, Sundhya Pahuja, Akbar Rasulov, Scott Newton

Roundtable 3: International Law in the United States: Contemporary Approaches
Ileana Porras with Karen Engle, Thomas Franck, Ryan Goodman, Alejandro Lorite, Kal Raustiala, Hengameh Saberi, Ruti Teitel

Roundtable 4: New International Legal Thinking in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East
Bill Alford with Arnulf Becker, Bhupinder Chimni, Zhiyuan Cui, Aeyal Gross, Liliana Obregon, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Hani Sayed, Amr Shalakany

Plenary Discussion: Comparative International Law
David Kennedy with Armin von Bogdandy, Arnulf Becker, Bhupinder Chimni, Zhiyuan Cui, Karen Engle, China Miéville, Sundhya Pahuja

Dean's Forum
Dean Elena Kagan with Henry Steiner and Detlev Vagts

Sunday, March 6: Transnational Regulation and Governance

Roundtable 5: Constitutionalism in Global Public Order Joel Trachtman with Grainne de Burca, Robert Howse, Karl Klare, Matjaz Nahtigal, Joel Paul, Greg Shaffer, Mark Tushnet

Roundtable 6: New Governance, Private Law and Expertise
David Trubek with Daniela Caruso, Janet Halley, Christian Joerges, David Kennedy, Fernanda Nicola, Annelise Riles, Bill Simon, Robert Wai

Plenary Keynote: "Legal Consciousness as a Regime of Global Public Order: A History of Influence"
Duncan Kennedy

Panel 1: National Law as Global Public Order: Tax, Finance and Antitrust Convenor
Reuven Avi-Yonah, Dennis Davis, Joe Norton, Calixto Salomão

Panel 2: National Law as Global Public Order: Corporate Law and Illegal Markets
Detlev Vagts with John Coates, Dan Danielsen, John Ohnesorge, Chantal Thomas, Glenn Ware

Panel 3: International Local Government Law
Jerry Frug with David Barron, Yishai Blank, Rich Ford

Panel 4: Transnational Labor Regimes
David Trubek with Alan Hyde, Kerry Rittich, Kathy Stone

Plenary Roundtable
Dennis Davis with Yishai Blank, Grainne de Burca, Dan Danielsen, Rob Howse, Robert Wai

The symposium is sponsored by Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton; the European Law Research Center; the Harvard Law School East Asian Legal Studies Program; the Harvard Law School Human Rights Program; the Harvard Law School International Legal Studies Program; the Islamic Legal Studies Program; and the Harvard Law School Office of the Dean.