On November 14–15, 2013, the University of Michigan Law School will host the Second Annual ASIL–ESIL–Rechtskulturen Workshop on International Legal Theory. It is a collaboration between Michigan Law School, the Interest Groups on International Legal Theory of the American and European Societies of International Law, and the Rechtskulturen Program.
Interested participants should submit an abstract (800 words maximum) summarizing the ideas they propose to develop for presentation at the workshop. Submissions of all proposals that engage the workshop’s theme are encouraged. Abstract submissions should be sent to asil.esil.rechtskulturen@gmail.com by July 21, 2013. Successful applicants will be notified by August 12, 2013. Papers must be fully drafted and ready for circulation by October 14, 2013.
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Final program:
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Thursday, 14 November 2013
| 15.00–15.15 | Welcome and Introductions |
| • Mark West, Dean of Michigan Law School | |
| 15.15–16.15 | Keynote Speech |
| • Benedict Kingsbury (New York University), ‘Law’ and Global Private Governance | |
| 16.30–18.15 | Panel 1 - International Legal Scholarship |
| Chair: Steven Ratner (Michigan) | |
| Panellists (15 minutes each) | |
| • Matthias Goldmann (MPI Heidelberg), Principles in International Law as Rational Reconstructions: A Taxonomy | |
| • David Roth-Isigkeit (Frankfurt), International Law and International Relations - A Triple Agenda | |
| • Matej Avbelj (Kranj), Global Legal Pluralism as a Principled Legal Framework | |
| Discussant: Evan Criddle (William and Mary) (15 minutes) | |
| Group discussion (45 minutes) | |
| 19.30–22.30 | Dinner at Isalita |
Friday, 15 November 2013
| 08.30–09.00 | Coffee and Continental Breakfast |
| 09.00–10.45 | Panel 2 - Scholarship on a Transatlantic Perspective |
| Chair: Julian Mortenson (Michigan) | |
| Panellists (15 minutes each) | |
| • Gleider I Hernández (Durham), The Straitjacket of the ‘International’ Lawyer | |
| • Vincent Chapaux (ULB Brussels), Normative Approaches of International Law: Haven’t We Overestimated the Divide between Europe and the United States? | |
| • Philip Liste (Hamburg), Transnational Human Rights Litigation and the Production of Normative Space | |
| Discussant: Marko Milanovic, Nottingham (15 minutes) | |
| Group Discussion (45 minutes) | |
| 10.45–11.15 | Coffee Break |
| 11.15–13.00 | Panel 3 - International Security and Theory |
| Chair: Alexandra Kemmerer (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) | |
| Panellists (15 minutes each) | |
| • Will Smiley (Yale/Harvard), Inventing Intervention: The Origins and Import of a Quasi-Legal Category | |
| • Monica Hakimi (Michigan), Jacob Cogan (Cincinnati), The Multiple Codes of the Jus ad Bellum | |
| • Cori Zolli (Syracuse), International Law and States’ Security Dilemma: Discovering Power in Praxis | |
| Discussant: Vijay Padmanabhan (Vanderbilt) (15 minutes) | |
| Group discussion (45 minutes) | |
| 13.00–14.00 | Lunch – catered at Michigan Law School |
| 14.15–16.00 | Panel 4 - Principles between the Technocratic and the Humanitarian |
| Chair: Sonja Starr (Michigan) | |
| Panellists (15 minutes each) | |
| • Leila Kawar (Bowling Green State), Technocratic Shepherding of Migrant Rights: The Power of Legalism to Reframe State ‘Interests’ | |
| • Athanasios Chouliras (Panteion Athens), International Criminal Law as a Paradigmatic Case of ‘Lawfare’ | |
| • Kristina Daugirdas (Michigan), Making the Responsibility of International Organizations Meaningful: The Practical Effects of the ILC’s Articles | |
| Discussant: Roger Alford, Notre Dame (15 minutes) | |
| Group discussion (45 minutes) | |
| 16.00–16.15 | Closing |