COLLOQUIA AND CLINICAL PROGRAMS
Spring 2003 Hauser Colloquium
Globalization and Its Discontents Colloquium
(L05.3557)
Spring 2003
Professors Benedict Kingsbury & Richard Stewart
Format:
Colloquium (2 credits). The course does not meet the Legal Institutions writing requirement.
Description:
This Colloquium is sponsored jointly by the Institute for International Law and Justice, and the Hauser Global Law School Program. At most sessions, NYU faculty or outside speakers will present papers on problems and opportunities raised by globalization in diverse fields. Through class discussion and writing assignments, students will consider such matters as: broad theoretical arguments for and against regulation by formal institutions; specific arguments for and against different regulatory models, ranging from self-regulation to enforcement backed by state power; the meanings and uses of such concepts as 'governance', 'civil society', 'democracy', 'rule of law' and 'accountability' in relation to global issues; interlocking and multi-level regulatory regimes; the demand for and prospects of international administrative law; relations between international and national law; the significance of sovereignty; rising inequality; and unmet demands for justice and fairness.
Case studies include genetically modified organisms (GMOs), plant genetic resources, transnational protection of privacy, labor rights, and governance initiatives in the European Union and the World Trade Organization.
Program & Papers:
(the list of commentators is incomplete; and the titles of papers may change)
Monday January 13:
1. Teaching session on Regulatory Theory: Richard Stewart
[No session Monday January 20: Martin Luther King day]
Monday January 27:
2. Teaching session on Legitimacy and Democracy in Global Governance: Benedict Kingsbury
Monday February 3:
3. Governance of Plant Genetic Resources: A Regime Complex
Kal Raustiala, UCLA Law School, Visiting at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton Univeristy (paper co-authored with David G. Victor, Stanford University)
Monday February 10:
4. Taking Embedded Liberalism Global: The Corporate Connection
John Gerard Ruggie, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; formerly United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and senior advisor for strategic planning to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
[No session Monday February 17 - holiday, class meets Tuesday February 18]
Tuesday February 18 (Legislative Monday):
5. Regulating Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
Richard Stewart, NYU Law School
Monday February 24:
6. The Jurisprudential Achievement of the WTO Appellate Body: a Preliminary Appreciation
(See also Vienna Convention on Law of Treaties arts 31-33, and Keohane and Nye article available in VH-314)
Rob Howse, University of Michigan Law School
Monday March 3:
7. The New Transformation of Europe: The Political and Administrative Preconditions of Pragmatic Constitutionalism
Charles Sabel, Columbia Law School
Monday March 10:
8. The Constitutional Challenge of New Governance in the European Union
Grainne de Burca, European University Institute
Commentator: Francesca Bignami, Duke University Law School; Emile Noel Visiting Fellow, Jean Monnet Center, NYU Law School
[No session Monday March 17 - Spring Break]
Monday March 24:
9. Competition Law and Policy: Global Governance Issues
Frédéric Jenny, Vice-Chair, Conseil de la concurrence; Chair, OECD Competition Law and Policy Committee; Chair, WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition Policy; Professor, ESSEC, Paris.
Commentators: Eleanor Fox, NYU Law School and Harry First, NYU Law School
Additional Materials: Eleanor Fox, International Antitrust and the Doha Dome,
Harry First, Evolving Toward What? The Development of International Antitrust
Monday March 31:
10. Climate Change and the Rules vs. Standards Problem in International Governance
Dan Bodansky, Emily and Ernest Woodruff Professor of International Law, University of Georgia; Climate Change Coordinator, US Department of State, 1999-2001.
Additional Materials on Climate Change by Bodansky, Sands & Stewart, and Stewart & Wiener
Monday April 7:
11. Review Session: Benedict Kingsbury and Richard Stewart
Monday April 14:
12. Is There Really a "Democratic Deficit" Problem in Global Governance?
Andrew Moravcsik, Government Department, Harvard University
Monday April 21:
13. Student Paper presentations
Monday April 28:
14. Student Paper presentations
