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Global Fellows Forum

Spring 2011 Semester

Each semester the Global Fellows Forum convenes regularly offering a space for fellows to lecture on their research projects and receive feedback from faculty commentators, fellows and invited guests. Below is the schedule for the Spring 2011 forums. All files for download, which are made available here before each event, are draft versions in .pdf format. Do not cite without the expressed consent of the author.


Date Presenter

Thursday
February 3

12:00-1:50 pm

 Federico Mucciarelli
Global Research Fellow


Topic: Optimal allocation of law-making power over bankruptcy law in multi-level legal systems: Is there a case for a 'federal' bankruptcy law in the EU?

Commentator: Professor Marcel Kahan

Thursday
March 3

12:00-1:50 pm

Ralph Wilde
Senior Global Research Fellow

Topic: The Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties on Civil and Political Rights

Commentator: Professor Jose Alvarez

Fuad Zarbiyev
Global Research Fellow

Topic: Judicial Activism in International Law

Commentator: Professor Jose Alvarez


Thursday
March 10

12:00-1:50 pm

Ola Mestad
Senior Global Research Fellow

Topic: Enforcement of Expectiations to Multinational Companies- A Contribution to Global Company Law

Commentator: Professor Benedict Kingsbury

Thursday
April 7

12:00-1:50 pm

Rafael Leal-Arcas

Topic: Making Use of RTAs for the Creation of a Global Climate Change Agreement

Commentator: Professor Richard Stewart

Thursday
April 14

12:00-1:50 pm

Maxi Scherer

Topic: The Extraterritorial Effect of Judgments Setting Aside and Recognizing Int’l Arbirtal Awards

Commentator: Professor Linda Silberman/Professor Franco Ferrari

Thursday
April 21

12:00-1:50 pm

Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito

Topic: Transnational Networks, Intellectual Properties

Commentator: Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss

Thursday
May 4

12:00-1:50 pm

 

 

 

 

Tsvi Kahana

Topic: The Notwithstanding Mechanism: American Theory, Canadian Practice

Commentator: Professor Barry Friedman

 



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