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Schedule

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Schedule

Friday, February 14, 2014

8:15 am – 8:45 am	Breakfast Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Welcome Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Panelists: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas Zachary Elkins, Associate Professor of Government and Fellow of H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Casting law as a spell: the ambivalent appeal of Constitutional rights in a violent country Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Zachary Elkins, Associate Professor of Government and Fellow of H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas Panelists: Julieta Lemaitre Ripoll, Associate Professor of Law, Universidad de los Andes Discussant: Sanford Levinson, W. St. John Garwood and W. St. John Garwood, Jr. Centennial Chair and Professor of Government, University of Texas
9:45 am – 10:30 am	Patterns of Social Rights Entrenchment Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Zachary Elkins, Associate Professor of Government and Fellow of H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas Panelists: Courtney Jung, Professor & Director, M.A. Program, Political Science, University of Toronto Discussant: Gary Jacobsohn, Professor of Government and H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas
10:30 am – 10:45 am	Coffee break Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
10:45 am – 11:30 am	Magna Carta…Holy Grail? Reflecting on the Legacy of the Great Charter Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Panelists: James Melton, Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics, University College London Discussant: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas
11:30 am – 12:15 pm	Law versus Norms: The Impact of Human Rights Treaties on Constitutional Rights Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Zachary Elkins, Associate Professor of Government and Fellow of H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas Panelists: Mila Versteeg, Associate Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law Discussant: Cindy Ewing, Ph.D. Student in History, Yale University
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunch Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Imagine a world without the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Panelists: Zachary Elkins, Associate Professor of Government and Fellow of H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar & Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago School of Law James Melton, Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics, University College London Discussant: Samuel Moyn, James Bryce Professor of European Legal History, Columbia University
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm	K.M. Munshi and the Origins of Fundamental Rights in India’s Constitution Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas Panelists: Manu Bhagavan, Professor of History, Hunter College and the Graduate Center at City University of New York Discussant: Paula Newberg, Clinical Professor & Wilson Chair Fellow in Pakistan Studies, University of Texas
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm	Wanted Dead & Alive: Constitutionalism, Human Rights and the Colonial Exception Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas Panelists: Tayyab Mahmud, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Global Justice, Seattle University School of Law Discussant: Karen Engle, Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law; Co-director & Founder, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, The University of Texas School of Law
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm	Coffee break Jamail Pavilion (CCJ 2.300)
3:30 pm – 4:15 pm	Rights Make Might: Global Human Rights and Minority Social Movements in Japan Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas Panelists: Kiyoteru Tsutsui, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Discussant: Patricia Maclachlan, Associate Professor of Government and Asian Studies; Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Professor of Japanese Studies, University of Texas
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm	Complementarities and mismatches in recent Latin-American conversations on abortion and human rights Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Chair: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas Panelists: Paola Bergallo, Professor of Law, Universidad de Palermo Discussant: Ariel Dulitzky, Clinical Professor; Director, Human Rights Clinic, University of Texas School of Law
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Closing discussion Eidman Courtroom (CCJ 2.306) Panelists: Daniel Brinks, Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas Zachary Elkins, Associate Professor of Government and Fellow of H. Malcolm Macdonald Chair in Constitutional and Comparative Law, University of Texas