Schedule
March 26-27, 2010 — UT School of Law - Eidman Courtroom
Friday, March 26
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch for participants
1:30 p.m. – 1:45: Introduction
1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.:
Panel #1
Mat McCubbins (USC) & Dan Rodriguez (Texas), “The Rule of Law Unplugged”
Lydia Tiede (Houston) & Stephan Haggard (UCSD), “The Rule of Law and Economic Growth: Where are We?”
Discussants: Frank Upham (NYU); Georg Vanberg (UNC)
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.:
Panel #2
Tom Ginsburg (Chicago) & Zachary Elkins (Texas), “On the Interpretability of Law: Lessons from the Decoding of National Constitutions”
Frank Cross & Stefanie Lindquist (Texas), “Stability, Predictability and the Rule of Law: Stare Decisis as Reciprocity Norm”
Discussants: Roger Noll (Stanford) ; Rui de Figueiredo (UC Berkeley)
Saturday, March 27
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.:
Panel #3
Paul Horwitz (Alabama), “Democracy as the Rule of Law”
Jeff Staton (Emory), “Judicial Independence and the Democratic Order”
Discussants: Jack Knight (Duke); Mitch Berman (Texas)
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.:
Roundtable
John Ferejohn (NYU), Larry Sager (Texas), Frank Upham (NYU)
Brief comments, followed by general discussion by conferees and audience