The Role of Law in the Production of Inequality

March 2931, 2018

Schedule

March 29, 2018

Time Session Information
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction

Eidman Courtroom CCJ 2.306

Presenters

  • Daniel Brinks

    Associate Professor of Government University of Texas at Austin

    Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

  • David Kennedy

    Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law Harvard Law School

    Faculty Director Institute for Global Law and Policy

4:15 p.m. – 5:35 p.m.

Rightful Shares and the Claims of Presence: Distributive Politics beyond Labor and Citizenship

Eidman Courtroom CCJ 2.306

Keynote Speaker

  • James Ferguson

    Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor Stanford University

Respondents

  • Sharmila Rudrappa

    Professor University of Texas at Austin

    Director Center for Asian American Studies

  • Lucie E. White

    Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law Harvard Law School

Facilitators

  • Dan Danielsen

    Professor of Law Northeastern University School of Law

    Faculty Director Program on the Corporation, Law and Global Society

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law University of Texas at Austin, School of Law

    Co-director & Founder Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

5:35 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

“No Rights Which the White Man is Bound to Respect”: The Removalist Strain in American Anti- Blackness

Eidman Courtroom CCJ 2.306

Keynote Speaker

  • Walter Johnson

    Winthrop Professor of History Harvard University

    Director Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History

Respondents

Facilitators

  • Dan Danielsen

    Professor of Law Northeastern University School of Law

    Faculty Director Program on the Corporation, Law and Global Society

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law University of Texas at Austin, School of Law

    Co-director & Founder Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

7:00 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.

Reception

Jamail Pavillion CCJ 2.300

March 30, 2018

Time Session Information
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Introduction and Framing: What are the Legal Drivers of Inequality?

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

Presenter

  • Daniel Brinks

    Associate Professor of Government University of Texas at Austin

    Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Discussants

  • Javier Auyero

    Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor The University of Texas at Austin

  • James K. Galbraith

    Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government The University of Texas Law School

    Director The Inequality Project

  • Helena Alviar

    Professor of Law University of Los Andes School of Law

  • David Kennedy

    Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law Harvard Law School

    Faculty Director Institute for Global Law and Policy

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Law and the Politics of Inequality

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

Presenter

  • Daniel Brinks

    Associate Professor of Government University of Texas at Austin

    Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Discussants

  • William E. Forbath

    Lloyd M. Bentsen Chair in Law and Associate Dean of Research The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

  • James K. Galbraith

    Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government The University of Texas Law School

    Director The Inequality Project

  • Mónica Jiménez

    Assistant Professor The University of Texas at Austin

  • Lucie E. White

    Louis A. Horvitz Professor of Law Harvard Law School

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

Lunch

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Law, Development, and Distribution

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

Presenter

  • David Kennedy

    Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law Harvard Law School

    Faculty Director Institute for Global Law and Policy

Discussants

  • Jason Cons

    Assistant Professor The University of Texas at Austin

  • Jorge Esquirol

    Professor of Law Florida International University School of Law

  • Helena Alviar

    Professor of Law University of Los Andes School of Law

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Coffee Break

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Criminalization and Individualism in the Neoliberal State

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

Presenter

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law University of Texas at Austin, School of Law

    Co-director & Founder Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Discussants

  • Javier Auyero

    Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Professor The University of Texas at Austin

  • Luis Eslava

    Senior Lecturer The University of Kent Law School

    Co-Director Centre for Critical International Law

  • Vasuki Nesiah

    Associate Professor New York University

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Rights and Distributive Practices

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, College of Liberal Arts

Presenter

  • Dan Danielsen

    Professor of Law Northeastern University School of Law

    Faculty Director Program on the Corporation, Law and Global Society

Discussants

  • Daniel Brinks

    Associate Professor of Government University of Texas at Austin

    Co-director Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

  • Karen Engle

    Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law University of Texas at Austin, School of Law

    Co-director & Founder Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

  • Rachel A. Cichowski

    Associate Professor University of Washington

  • Neville Hoad

    Associate Professor The University of Texas at Austin

7:00 p.m.

Dinner at the home of Karen Engle and Ana Almaguel

March 31, 2018

Time Session Information
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, UT-Austin College of Liberal Arts

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Law and the Assignment and Distribution of Value

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, UT-Austin College of Liberal Arts

Presenter

  • Jorge Esquirol

    Professor of Law Florida International University School of Law

Discussants

  • Jennifer Bair

    Associate Professor The University of Virginia

  • Luca Bonadiman

    Residential Fellow Institute for Global Law and Policy at Harvard Law School

  • Dan Danielsen

    Professor of Law Northeastern University School of Law

    Faculty Director Program on the Corporation, Law and Global Society

  • Sharmila Rudrappa

    Professor University of Texas at Austin

    Director Center for Asian American Studies

11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Coffee Break

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, UT-Austin College of Liberal Arts

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Concluding Discussion

Glickman Conference Center, CLA 1.302D, UT-Austin College of Liberal Arts

With reflections from

  • James Ferguson

    Susan S. and William H. Hindle Professor Stanford University

  • Walter Johnson

    Winthrop Professor of History Harvard University

    Director Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History

12:30 p.m.

Lunch