Fall 2011
- September 20, 2011: Lecture on "Libya and the Arab Revolution"
by Professor Thilo Marauhn (Giessen University, Germany), part of the
speaker series on "Laws Response to Consequences of Violent Conflict,"
sponsored by
the Global Legal Studies Center, 12:00-1:15, Lubar Commons (7200 Law).
- September 22, 2011: Lecture on "Global Health Diplomacy and Law: Pandemic Influenza Negotiations"
by Ambassador John E. Lange (retired), Senior Program Officer for
Developing Country Policy & Advocacy, Global Health Program, Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, sponsored by UW Law School, GLS, Global
Health Initiative, Center for Global Health and African Studies Program,
Noon-1:15, Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
- September 24, 2011: Workshop on Immigration, Labor and the Dairy State,
sponsored by the National Lawyers' Guild-Madison Chapter, GLS, National
Lawyers' Guild, UW Chapter and other sponsors, 10:00am -1:30pm,
approved for 3.0 hours of CLE credit for WI Attorneys.
- September 26, 2011: Lecture on "The Legislative Dismantling of a Colonial and an Apartheid State," by
Professor Sally Moore, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology
Emerita, Harvard University, Noon-1:15, Lubar Commons, UW Law School,
sponsored by Department of Anthropology with support from the
Brittingham Visiting Scholars Program, Global Legal Studies Center and
African Studies Program. Paper
- October 4, 2011: Information Session on Study
Abroad, with program directors, Professors Heinz Klug, Steven Barkan,
Alexandra Huneeus, Shubha Ghosh and Nina Camic, open to all interested
law students, Noon-1:00pm, Lubar Commons
- October 6, 2011: A panel discussion on Common-Pool Resource Systems featuring Nobel Laureate Professor Elinor Ostrom, 12:30-2pm, Lubar Commons, sponsored by the Law School's program in Real Estate, Land Use and Community Development.
- October 13, 2011: Lecture on "Russian Legal History: Does It Matter?"
by William E. Butler, John Edward Fowler Distinguished Professor of Law
and International Affairs at Penn State University School of Law,
sponsored by the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia,
Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR), 4:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall
- October 14, 2011: Lecture on "Everyday Law in a Socialist State" by
Professor Inga Markovits, University of Texas, sponsored by the Center
for German and European Studies and GLS, part of the speaker series on
"Laws Response to Consequences of Violent Conflict," noon-1:15pm Lubar
Commons (7200 Law)
- October 20, 2011: 5th Annual South Asia Legal Studies Pre-conference workshop, 8:30am-6:00 pm, Lubar Commons, UW Law School, multiple sponsors, Contact Mitra Sharafi or Sumudu Atapattu
Final program
- October 20, 2011: Lecture on "India's Judicial Elite: Who are Those (Under-Appreciated) Supreme Court Judges?" by
George H. Gadbois, Jr, (Professor Emeritus, Political Science,
University of Kentucky), author of the book "Judges of the Supreme Court
of India: 1950-1989" (Oxford University Press, 2011), 12:30pm-1:30pm,
Lubar Commons (7200 Law). Lunch will be served on a first come first
served basis.
- October 26, 2011: Lecture on Self Determination and Unity: Sudan - an Update or Conclusion?
by Professor Abdullahi A An-Na'im (Emory Law School), Noon-1:15, Lubar
Commons, hosted by Professor Heinz Klug, sponsored by UW Law School and
GLS.
Background paper
November 18-19, 2011: Law Review Symposium, "Who is in the House?: Changing Role of In-House and General Counsel," multiple sponsors, details
- November 29, 2011: GLS inhouse workshop on "Legal Innovations" 2-4pm, Lubar Commons
Workshop Theme
Background reading:
John F. Duffy, pp 1-6
John Quigley, pp 3-11
Robert F. Blomquist, pp 1-5
Roberta Romano, pp 201-211 and pp 214-220
Thomas S. Ulen & Nuno Garoupa, pp 3-8
Recommended reading:
Alfred S. Konefsky
David M. Trubek and Patrick Cottrel
Boaventura de Sousa Santos
- December 1, 2011: Lecture on "Some Thoughts on the Link
Between Sexual Violence During Armed Conflict in Africa and the African
Union's Right to Humanitarian Intervention" by Ntombizozuko "Zozo"
Dyani, senior lecturer of law, University of the Witwatersrand, South
Africa, part of
the speaker series on "Laws Response to Consequences of Violent
Conflict," sponsored by GLS, African Studies, The Center for Research on
Gender and Women and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies,
noon-1:15pm Lubar Commons (7200 Law)
- December 5, 2011: Lecture on "Transitional Justice or Just Transitions: The German Case, 1945-1950" by
Professor Devin Pendas, Department of History, Boston College,
sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and GLS, part of
the speaker series on "Laws Response to Consequences of Violent
Conflict," noon-1:15pm Lubar Commons (7200 Law), a light lunch will be served on a first come, first served basis
