International Law Colloquium Series

The International Law Colloquium brings leading international law scholars to the Rusk Center and the University of Georgia to present substantial works-in-progress before UGA students and faculty. The colloquium meets select Fridays during the spring semester. For further information on the colloquium, please contact Daniel Bodansky.

This program is made possible through the Kirbo Trust Endowed Faculty Enhancement Fund.

Spring 2008 Colloquium Series Speakers

February 8- Beth Simmons (Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University): “Theories of Commitment”

February 15- Nadia Bernaz (Lecturer, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland at Galway): “The Caribbean Court of Justice: One Court with Two Jurisdictions -- A Unique Judicial Institution?”

February 29- Tonya Putnam (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University): “Beyond Presumption?: Explaining Extraterritorial Variation over Civil Claims”

March 17 - Gregory Shaffer (Wing-Tat Lee Chair of International Law, Loyola University): “A Structural Theory of WTO Dispute Settlement: Why Institutional Choice Lies at the Center of the GMO Case”

March 21- Paul Schiff Berman (Jesse Root Professor of Law, University of Connecticut): “Global Legal Pluralism”

March 28- Frédéric Mégret (Canada Research Chair in the Law of Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, University of McGill): “Civil Disobedience in Defense of International Law”

April 4- David Caron (C. William Maxeimer Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeley): "Towards a Political Theory of International Courts and Tribunals"

April 7- Ingrid Wuerth (Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University): "An Originalism for Foreign Affairs?"

Past Presenters