Symposium on "Legitimacy and International Courts"

Description: 

On September 18-19, 2014, the Center for International and Comparative Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and PluriCourts - Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law will hold a symposium on "Legitimacy and International Courts," in Baltimore. The symposium, which will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Center for International and Comparative Law, will bring together experts on specific courts and tribunals including the ICJ, WTO, ECJ, ECHR, Inter-American Court, ICSID, ITLOS, and ICC and specific themes including democracy, effectiveness, and judicial selection to consider the lessons that can be learned about the legitimacy of international courts and tribunals and those courts' and tribunals' ability to justify their authority and decisions.

Symposium participants include: Andrea Bjorklund, McGill University; Allen Buchanan, Duke University; Harlan Cohen, University of Georgia; Margaret de Guzman, Temple University; Andreas Follesdal, University of Oslo, PluriCourts; Nienke Grossman, University of Baltimore; Chiara Giorgetti, University of Richmond; Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin; Molly Land, University of Connecticut; Joost Pauwelyn, The Graduate Institute, Geneva; Mark Pollack, Temple University; Mortimer Sellers, University of Baltimore; Yuval Shany, Dean, Hebrew University; Anastasia Telesetsky, University of Idaho; Geir Ulfstein, University of Oslo, PluriCourts; and Erik Voeten, Georgetown University

This event is co-sponsored by ASIL's International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group. 

Date and Location

Date: 
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 12:00pm to Friday, September 19, 2014 - 12:45pm
Location: 
University of Baltimore School of Law, Angelos Law Center
Address 1: 
1401 N. Charles Street
City: 
Baltimore
State: 
MD
Zip Code: 
21201