Global Events and News
Global Fellows Forum
Spring 2007 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 2007 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 Do not cite without the expressed consent of the author.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 | Faculty Commentators |
| Tuesday January 23 |
Dr. Nicola Lucchi Global Engelberg Research Fellow Italy Appointment: Lecturer, Law Faculty, University of Ferrara; Research Associate, Department of Legal Studies, University of Ferrara Forum Paper Title: "The Unfair Play of DRM Technologies: Rereading the Rules of the Game from the Consumer's Perspective" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Eleanor Fox
Professor Rochelle Dreyfuss Professor Nissenbaum |
| Tuesday January 30 |
Dr. Michael Likosky Global Crystal Eastman Research Fellow United States Appointment: Law School, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Forum Paper Title: "Free Market Statism" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Eleanor Fox Professor Philip Alston |
| Tuesday February 6 |
Dr. Dimitrios Kyritsis Global Research Fellow Greece Appointment: University of Athens Forum Paper Title: "What's Good About Legal Conventionalism. A Case of Philosophical Eclecticism" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Mattias Kumm
Professor Liam Murphy |
| Tuesday February 27 |
Dr. Amleto Cattarin Emile Noel Fellow Italy Appointment: Assistant Professor for the Chair of Public Law and Constitutional Law, School of Law, Padova University Forum Paper Title: "Direct Democracy and Taxation: Averting the Double 'Truman Show'" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Deborah Schenk
Professor Neil H. Buchanan |
| Tuesday March 6 |
Dr. Fernando Christain Iaione Emile Noel Fellow Italy Appointment: Professor of Urban Planning Law, School of Law, "LUMSA" University of Rome; Fellow in Public Law and Economics, Department of Law and Economics, and Assistant Professor of Administrative Law, "La Sapienza" University of Rome; and Assistant Professor of Administrative Law, School of Law, "LUISS" University of Rome Forum Paper Title: "Local Public Entrepreneurship and Local Self-Government. The Rule of Law and the Role of the Judiciary. The Aftermath of Global Competition among Local Governments?" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Patrick Macklem Professor Roderick Hills Omer Kimhi |
| Tuesday March 20 |
Dr. Leora Batnizky
Berkowitz Fellow United States Appointment: Associate Professor of Religion, Princeton University Forum Paper Title: "From Politics to Law: Modern Jewish Thought and the Invention of Jewish Law" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Elliot Wolfson
Professor Michel Rosenfeld |
| Tuesday March 27 |
Dr. Yan'an Shi Global Crime and Justice Research Fellow China Appointment: Associate Professor, School of Law, Renmin University of China Forum Paper Title: "Restorative Justice Practice in China? Status Quo, Challenge and Future of Victim-Offender Reconciliation in China" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Jerome Cohen
Yu Ping |
| Thursday April 5 |
Dr. Pierpaolo Settembri Global Emile Noel Fellow Italy Appointment: Assistant to the Chair of Political Science, LUISS "Guido Carli" University; Researcher, European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht Forum Paper Title: "The Surgery Succeeded. Has the Patient Died? The Impact of Enlargement on the European Union" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Martin Schain
Professor Stefaan De Rynck |
| Thursday April 12 |
Dr. George Katrougalos
Emile Noel Fellow Greece Appointment: Assistant Professor of Public Law, Demokritos University, Thrace Forum Paper Title: "The Perspectives of the European Social Citizenship" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Michel Rosenfeld Professor Grainne de Burca |
| Tuesday April 17 |
Dr. Noam Sher Global Law and Economics Research Fellow Israel Appointment: Assistant Professor of Law (Lecturer), Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya Forum Paper Title: "Liability Insurance Markets and the Need for Settlement Disclosure Rules: The Case of Medical Malpractice" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Mark Geistfeld |
| Tuesday April 24 |
Dr. Mariola Urrea Corres
Emile Noel Fellow Spain Appointment: Associate Professor with the International Public Law Chair and Jean Monnet Chair, University of La Rioja Forum Paper Title: "The New Treaty Revision Procedure and the Entry into Force of the Constitutional Treaty" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor J.H.H. Weiler |
| Tuesday May 1 |
Professor Dr. Michael Tumpel
Global Tax Research Fellow Austria Appointment: Full Professor, Johannes Kepler University Forum Paper Title: "A Hybrid VAT System in the European Union" Download: Abstract or Paper |
Professor Daniel Shaviro
Professor Georg Kofler |