First Annual Works-in-Progress Roundtable in Comparative Law

May 21, 2019

Time	Session Information
10:00am	Welcoming Remarks and Introductions JON 5.206
10:15am – 11:15am	Session #1 Examining Constitutional Culture in Comparative Constitutional Law: Comparing Cases on Assisted Suicide in Ireland and Canada Author: David Kenny (Trinity College Dublin) Discussants: Rhonda Evans (Texas), Lawrence Sager (Texas)
11:15am – 11:30am	Break
11:30am – 12:30pm	Session #2 Forking Law Author: Caroline Bradley (Miami) Discussants: Patricia Hansen (Texas), Elizabeth Trujillo (TAMU)
12:30pm – 1:30pm	Lunch Gibbs Atrium, JON 5.200
1:30pm – 2:30pm	Session #3 When Rights Collide Author: Jamal Greene (Columbia) Discussants: Jane Cohen (Texas), Abby Moncrieff (Texas)
2:30pm – 3:45pm	Session #4 Judicial Vetoes: Institutions and Decision-Making on Constitutional Courts Author: Lydia Tiede (Houston) Discussants: Dan Brinks (Texas), John Golden (Texas), Susie Morse (Texas)
3:45pm – 4:00pm	Break
4:00pm – 5:00pm	Session #5 Reason and Compassion in Authoritarian Courts: Criminal Sentencing in Vietnam Author: Mae Nguyen (NYU) Discussants: Chenglin "Gary" Liu (St. Mary’s), Thomas Elliott (Texas)
5:00pm – 6:00pm	Session #6 Non-Formal Constitutional Change: Transformation without Amendment in Comparative Perspective Author: Reijer Passchier (Leiden) Discussants: Kyle Shen (Texas); Charles Zug (Texas)
7:00pm	Closing Dinner