Spring 2010 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 2010 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 Do not cite without the expressed consent of the author.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

Tuesday
January 19
12:00-2:00 pm

Presenter: Moran Ofir
Topic: The Role of Behaviour Biases in Agency Theory
Commentator: Professor Oren BarGill

Tuesday
January 26
12:00-2:00 pm

Presenter: Antonello Tancredi
Topic: The Absence of Direct Effect of WTO Law in the ECLegal System. A Matter of
Institutional Balancing
Commentator: Professor Joseph Weiler

Tuesday
February 18
12:00-2:00 pm

Presenter: Tetsuya Watanabe
Topic: Recent Developments in Corporate Tax Law in Japan Focusing on Corporate Reorganizations and Cross Border Transactions- A Comparison with US Tax Law
Commentator: Professor David Rosenbloom

Presenter: Frank Pedersen
Topic: Rethinking the Study of Tax Complexity through the Concept of Usability
Commentator: Professor Lily Batchelder

Tuesday
March 2
12:00-2:00 pm

Presenter: Wolfgang Kerber
Topic: Innovation Markets: An Analysis of US Merger Cases from an
Evolutionary Economics Perspective on Parallel Research and Diversity
Commentator: Professor Harry First

Tuesday
March 4
12:00-2:00 pm

Presenter: Diletta Tega
Topic: Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere: a Debatable Question
Commentator: Professor Joseph Weiler

Tuesday
March 9
12:00-2:00 pm

Presenter: Sadaf Aziz
Topic: Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan
Commentator: Professor Sally Merry
 

Presenter: Asem Khalil
Topic: From Constitutions to Constitutionalism: An Opportunity for Arab States, not a Paradox,
Lebanon, and Palestine
Commentator: Professor Rick Pildes

Tuesday
April 6
12:00-2:00 pm

 

 

 

 

Presenter: Kevin Coates
Topic: Standards for Access and Interconnection
Commentator: Professor Eleanor Fox

Presenter: Mira Sundara Rajan
Topic: Moral Rights in the Digital Age
Commentator: Professor Dreyfuss

Tuesday
April 27
12:00-2:00 pm

April 27
Presenter: Paula Gaido
Topic: Contemporary Legal Theories in the Analysis of Law
Commentator: Professor Lewis Kornhauser

Presenter: Nozima Kamalova
Topic: Post Soviet Authoritarianism and War Against Terror in Uzbekistan
Commentator: Professor Philip Alston