First Annual Works-in-Progress Round Table in Comparative Law

FIRST ANNUAL WORKS-IN-PROGRESS ROUNDTABLE IN COMPARATIVE LAW

May 21, 2019
The University of Texas Law School
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, Texas

Convened by

Richard Albert (Texas)
Lauren Fielder (Texas)

10:00am                      Welcoming Remarks and Introductions

10:15am-11:15am       Session #1

Author:

David Kenny (Trinity College Dublin): Examining Constitutional Culture in Comparative Constitutional Law: Comparing Cases on Assisted Suicide in Ireland and Canada

Discussants:

Rhonda Evans (Texas)

Lawrence Sager (Texas)

11:15am-11:30am       Break

11:30am-12:30pm       Session #2

Author:

Caroline Bradley (Miami): Forking Law

Discussants:

Patricia Hansen (Texas)

Elizabeth Trujillo (TAMU)

12:30pm-1:30pm         Lunch

1:30pm-2:30pm           Session #3

Author:

Jamal Greene (Columbia): When Rights Collide

Discussants:

Jane Cohen (Texas)

Abby Moncrieff (Texas)

2:30pm-3:45pm           Session #4

Author:

Lydia Tiede (Houston): Judicial Vetoes: Institutions and Decision-Making on Constitutional Courts 

Discussants:

Dan Brinks (Texas)

John Golden (Texas)

Susie Morse (Texas)

3:45pm-4:00pm           Break

4:00pm-5:00pm           Session #5

Author:

Mae Nguyen (NYU): Reason and Comparison in Authoritarian Courts: Criminal Sentencing in Vietnam

Discussants:

Chenglin (Gary) Liu (St. Mary’s)

Thomas Elliott (Texas)

5:00pm-6:00pm          Session #6

Author:

Reijer Passchier (Leiden): Non-Formal Constitutional Change: Transformation without Amendment in Comparative Perspective

Discussants:

Kyle Shen (Texas)

Charles Zug (Texas)

7:00pm                         Closing Dinner