International Week Keynote Address: William Taft IV
Former Legal Adviser to the United States Secretary of State
Of Counsel, Fried Frank, Washington D.C.
Topic: "Promises to Keep: The Conduct of American Foreign Policy and International Agreements"
Monday, Oct. 26, 2009
12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3037

Public Lecture: Phoebe Kornfeld '90
General Counsel of Intercell AG
(co-sponsored with Duke Global Health Institute)
Topic: "Contagion Without Borders and the Role of International and Comparative Law: The Example of 21st Century Influenza Pandemics"
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3037

The Honorable Yvonne Mokgoro, Justice of the South African Constitutional Court
Monday, April 20, 2009
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Open to all.
Justice Mokgoro, who is the first black woman to serve on the South African Constitutional Court, will present and participate in a discussion of the Khosa Judgment, which can be downloaded here.

Professor William Twining to Give the 7th Annual Bernstein Lecture
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
12:15 -1:15 pm • Room 3041
Normative and Legal Pluralism: A Global Perspective
William Twining is Quain Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus, University College of London and a regular Visiting Professor at the University of Miami Law School.
Lunch served. Reception to follow lecture.

General Jurisprudence: A Symposium in Honor of William Twining
Monday, April 6, 2009
3:00 - 6:00 pm • Room 4044 (may change, please check again)
Open to all. Attendance is free but registration is required. Please contact Neylân Gürel

Global Law Workshop - Jennifer Hill
University of Sydney, Australia;
Visiting Vanderbilt University School of Law, Spring 2009
Selective Regulation: Lessons from the News Corp. Waivers
Monday, April 13, 2009
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Open to all. To RSVP or to get a copy of the paper, contact Neylân Gürel

Noah Weisbord, "Outlawing War: Competing Human Rights Perspectives"
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
12:00 - 1:15 pm • John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
Lunch provided • Free and open to the public
Sponsored by the Duke Human Rights Center and the Duke Law Center for International & Comparative Law
Directions and parking information available at FHI website

Global law Workshop - Leonard Rotman
University of Windsor Faculty of Law, CANADA
The End of History of Corporate Law or History Repeating? A Comparative Analysis
Monday, March 16, 2009
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
To RSVP or to get a copy of the paper, contact Neylân Gürel

Global Law Workshop - Christine Windbichler
Humboldt University Berlin, GERMANY
The Information Regime in Corporate Governance
Monday, March 30, 2009
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
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March 26-27, 2009: Looking Deeper: What Darfur Tells Us About Genocide, International Criminal Law and the Future of a Country
Conference exploring aspects of the Darfur crisis that have often gone unexamined.
 
 
 
 
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Mr. Chung Dong-young, Presidential Candidate of the Korean United New Democratic Party
The "Fourth Wave" of Change on the Korean Peninsula and the Role of the Gaeseong Industrial Park
Friday, March 20, 2009
12:30-1:30 pm • Room 4055
Open to all.
Lunch will be served. RSVP to gurel@law.duke.edu

Global Law Workshop - Richard Buxbaum
University of California, Berkeley Law School
Will There Be a European Delaware? Comparative Constitutional Law and Corporate Mobility
Monday, March 23, 2009
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
OPEN TO ALL. RSVP

Doing Business in Latin America--A Symposium
with keynote by Carlos Menem, former president of Argentina
Presented by Latin American Business Law Association and Latin American Student Association
Registration is free but required.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009:
9:00 am - 1:00 pm • Duke Univ. Fuqua School of Business
Friday, February 13, 2009:
1:00 - 5:30 pm • Duke Univ. School of Law
Room 3037

Haider Ala Hamoudi, "The Death of Islamic Law"
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Monday, March 2, 2009
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Cosponsored with Duke Islamic Studies Center
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Peter Emerson of The de Borda Institute will present "A Consensual Polity"
Thursday, February 19, 2009
1:00 - 2:30 pm • Room 4045
Lunch provided. RSVP required.

Peter Emerson is the director of The de Borda Institute, a Northern Ireland-based NGO that aims to promote the use of inclusive voting procedures on all contentious questions of social choice. Emerson is a prominent proponent of the Borda electoral system, a preferential system he has advocated for societies such as Bosnia.

Global Law Workshop - Peter Gourevitch
Monitoring the Monitors: Evaluating Performance of NGOs' Measurement of Ethical Standards, Transnational and Domestic
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
12:00 - 1:15 pm • Room 4055
Lunch provided. RSVP Neylân Gürel
NGOs seeking to do good need at times to prove their virtue: their good intentions may not suffice to assure donors or buyers. More

"Local Property, Global Justice: Law and Resources in the Era of Climate Change," the annual symposium of the Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law
Friday, January 30, 2009
Room 3037, Duke University School of Law
Contact: rachel.muchmore@law.duke.edu

Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 • Global Law Workshop
Bernard S. Black
University of Texas at Austin
School of Law
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Professor Black will present a paper entitled How Corporate Governance Affects Firm Value: Evidence on Channels from Korea, which he co-authored with Woochan Kim, Hasung Jang, and Kyung-Suh Park. More information.
All are welcome. You can request a copy of the paper from

A Special Session of the Global Law Workshop: John Dugard, visiting professor at Duke Law
Monday, December 1, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
 
OPEN TO ALL
A reception will follow.
Professor John Dugard will present a talk entitled "The Legal Status of Advisory Opinions"

A special session of the Global Law Workshop: Youngjin Jung, visiting professor at Duke Law
Monday, November 17, 2008
4:30 — 6:00 pm • Room 4042
OPEN TO ALL

Professor Jung will present his paper, "Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties: Cartel Enforcement's Global Reach" that he co-authored with Julian M. Joshua and Peter D. Camesasca.

Where NAFTA Stands: A Reassessment from the United States, Canada, and Mexico
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
12:15 — 1:15 pm • Room 3037
Lunch served

Nearly 15 years after it came into effect politicians, scholars, labor leaders, and human rights advocates are divided on the overall impact of NAFTA. The panelists, Alejandro Posadas, Debra Steger, and Gary Hufbauer will discuss how the agreement impacted each of the countries. Moderated by Fritz Mayer of the Terry Sanford Institute.

"We Are Not in Safety": Human Rights Law and Advocacy since the 1990s
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008
6:30 pm • John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240
The Graduate Student Human Rights Working Group to host a discussion on human rights law and advocacy of the past two decades. Join Professors Catherine Admay, Allen Buchanan, George Christie, John Dugard, Robin Kirk, and Michael Tigar for a close look at the uncertain position of human rights today. RSVP to Dan Smith

Michael Scharf, "High Crimes, High Drama: An Insider's Account of the Saddam Hussein Trial"
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008
12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3041
Lunch served

Michael Scharf is professor and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Having publicly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Michael Scharf was surprised to be invited to help train the judges, prosecutors, and defense counsel of the Iraqi High Tribunal who would try Saddam Hussein.

The International Impact of U.S. Presidential Election: A Panel Discussion with Professors John Dugard, Donald Horowitz, Ebrahim Moosa, and Christiane Lemke
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008
12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3041
Lunch served.
Visiting Professor John Dugard will discuss how the outcome of the presidential election could impact international law while Professor Donald Horowitz will discuss the impact on relations in Asia. Professor Ebrahim Moosa will discuss the impact on relations with the Islamic world and Professor Christiane Lemke, visiting at UNC-Chapel Hill, the likely response from Europe.

Global Law Workshop - Ehud Guttel
Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Duke Law visiting professor Ehud Guttel will present in a special edition of the Global Law Workshop his paper "Uncertainty Revisited: Legal Prediction and Legal Postdiction," forthcoming in the Michigan Law Review.

Professor Ebrahim Moosa, "What Is Islamic Law?"
Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
12:15 - 1:15 pm • Room 3037
Sponsored by SOLIMENA (Student Organization for Legal Issues in the Middle East and North Africa) and the DBA.

Global Law Workshop
Professor Amy Cohen
Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Monday, Nov. 3, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Professor Cohen to present a paper entitled "Nepal and Involvement of NGOs in Local Development and Finance."

Global Law Workshop
Professor Dania Thomas
Keele University School of Law- Staffordshire
Monday, Nov. 10, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Professor Thomas to present a paper entitled "Re-assessing ‘sanctity’, reconfiguring ownership: conceptualizing an emergent framework of responsibility in sovereign debt."

Federal Court vs. Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay: A Trial Lawyer's Perspective
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008
12:15-1:20 p.m. • Room 3037
Lunch served. Bring your own drink.
Tom Durkin and Ed MacMahon, seasoned trial lawyers, will speak about the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay, describe how they differ from federal court proceedings, and examine the issues raised when dealing with classified evidence in such proceedings.
Cosponsored by CICL and Guantanamo Defense Clinic.

Global Law Workshop
Professor Anna Gelpern
Rutgers School of Law
Monday, Oct. 6, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Professor Gelpern to present a paper entitled "The Global Mortgage Finance Crisis."

Global Law Workshop
Professor Christine Windbichler
Humboldt University Berlin School of Law
Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Professor Windbichler to present a paper entitled "How Assuring are Auditors? The Financial Reporting Process in an International Environment."

Professor James Nickel, "Human Rights: Challenging the Indivisibility Doctrine"
Arizona State University School of Law
Thursday, Oct. 23
12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3041
Lunch served
Nickel to give a talk based on his paper, Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations between Rights.

Professor Laura Dickinson
Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law
Arizona State University
Monday, Oct. 6
12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3041
Dickinson to speak about her book, Outsourcing War and Peace.

Robert Archer, "The Development of Human Rights: A Reflection on Recent Trends and a Discussion of Emerging Issues"
Executive Director, International Council on Human Rights Policy
Geneva, Switzerland
Monday, Oct. 27, 2008
12:15-1:15 p.m. • Room 3041
Lunch served
Archer, the executive director of the International Council on Human Rights Policy, will be the keynote speaker for Duke Law International Week.

The Devilish Difficulty of Defending a Detainee
Major Frakt
Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
12:15 p.m. • Room 3041

Global Law Workshop commences with
Professor W. Mark C. Weidemaier
UNC Law School
Monday, September 8, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042

Professor Weidemaier will present his paper Disputing Boilerplate on arbitration clauses in international debt contracts.

Global Law Workshop
Professor Gregory Shaffer
University of Minnesota Law School
Monday, Sept. 15, 2008
4:30 - 6:00 pm • Room 4042
Professor Shaffer will present a paper on international trade and finance.

A discussion of the Supreme Court decision in Boumediene v. Bush
Professors of international law, including Madeline Morris, Curtis Bradley, and Scott Silliman, will discuss this landmark decision.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
3:00 pm • Room 4042
Refreshments will be served.

Legal Risks and Business Opportunities in Latin America
A SYMPOSIUM, organized by the Latin American Business Law Association
Friday, April 4, 2008
12:30 - 8:00 pm • Room 3037
Coffee and refreshments served

The Future of E.U.–U.S. Relations
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
12:15 – 1:15 PM • Room 3037 • Lunch served
Angelos Pangratis, Deputy Head of Delegation of the European Union's Delegation to the United States

Angelos Pangratis will speak on the economic and political issues at the cutting edge of the E.U.–U.S. relationship. He will cover areas of converging interests as well as issues on which the E.U. and the U.S. still remain divided.

Suing Doctors in Japan: Structure, Culture, and the Rise of Malpractice Litigation
Friday, March 21, 2008 • Global Law Workshop
3:00 - 4:30 • Room 4042
Prof. Eric A. Feldman

Kosovo's Independence: The Politics, Legality, and Philosophy of Secession
Monday, March 24, 2008
12:15 – 1:15 PM • Room 3037 • Lunch served
Prof. Tibor Várady and Prof. Allen Buchanan

Two leading scholars will present their views on the recent Kosovar assertion of independence.

Global Law Workshop: The Case of South Africa
February 15, 3 - 4:30 pm, Room 4042
"Can Constitutional Property Clauses Be Transformative? The Role of Background Traditions & Culture--The Case of South Africa"

Reforms in European Competition Law
Monday, February 11, 2008
11:05 AM - 12:00 PM - Room 4047
Jürgen Basedow visits Prof. Barak Richman's Antitrust class

Nov 16 - Prof. Lawrence Rosen of Princeton Anthropology & Columbia Law to give Global Law Workshop talk
Time: 3 - 4:30 PM - Room 4045
Defending Culture: The Cultural Defense Plea & the Law's Concept of Culture

Nov 12 - Jack Goldsmith, Former Assistant US Attorney General to speak on his new book
Time: 12:15 - 1:15 PM - Room 3041 - Lunch Served - Book Signing
Prof. Goldsmith will be interviewed by Prof. Chris Schroeder and sign copies of his new book, The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law.

Nov 7 - Jean-Marie Henckaerts of ICRC to speak on international humanitarian law
Time: 12:10 until 1:10 PM - Room 4047 - Lunch Served
Legal Adviser to the International Committee of the Red Cross and co-author of Customary International Humanitarian Law to discuss the ICRC report and its critics. Sponsored by the Center for International & Comparative Law.