Institute for International Law and Public Policy

International Law Colloquium

Demonstrating a commitment to international legal scholarship, Temple Law School and its Institute for International Law and Public Policy have inaugurated a colloquium series through which top international legal academics present substantial works-in-progress to the law school community. These scholars will present draft papers on Tuesday afternoons at 4:00 p.m. in Barrack Hall, room 205. Presentations will be open to the Temple Law School Community.

 

Fall 2011 guest speakers:

“Codifying Customary International Law”
Tim Meyer, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Georgia School of Law
Discussant: Jessica Stanton, Assistant Professor University of Pennsylvania Political Science Department

“Conceptions of Legitimacy among International Entities in the Global Political Economy”
Claire Kelly, Professor of Law, Brooklyn University School of Law
Discussant: Andrew Strauss, Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development Widner Law

“The Political Foundations of Judicial Independence in the European Union”
R. Daniel Kelemen, Associate Prof. of Political Science
  Director, Center for European Studies Rutgers University
Discussant: Fernanda Nicola, Associate Professor of Law American University Washington College of Law

Clash of Paradigms: Actors and Analogies Shaping the Investment Treaty System
Anthea Roberts, Lecturer in Law, The London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Law
Discussant: William Burke-White, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School


Past Participants

2011 Colloquium (Spring)
2010 Colloquium
2009 Colloquium
2008 Colloquium
2007 Colloquium