The Friedmann Conference: Turning Inwards or Looking Outwards Panel
HomeVeranstaltungenThe Friedmann Conference: Turning Inwards or Looking Outwards Panel
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
Standort:
Columbia Law School , New York NY
Startdatum / -uhrzeit:
13 April 2017, 2:50 PM
Enddatum / -uhrzeit:
13 April 2017, 4:00 PM
To what extent does or should the US be looking to foreign precedents or international harmonization when drafting and interpreting laws? Panelists will discuss the extent to which US law converges or diverges from international legal principles and evaluate the long and short term implications of implementing or deviating from international norms.
Panelists will include:
JoAnn Ward, Deputy Director of the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute
Jonathan Blackman, Partner at Cleary Gottleib Steen & Hamilton LLP
Jennifer Achilles, Partner at Reed Smith LLP
Professor Alexander Greenawalt, Pace Law School (Columbia Law School, Adjunct Associate Professor Spring 2017)
Jamil Dakwar, Director of the ACLU Human Rights Program
Moderated by Professor Katharina Pistor, Director of the Columbia Law School Center on Global Legal Transformation
Coffee, tea, and light refreshments will be provided.
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