Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance

Judicial Institutions:
Courts in Domestic & International Affairs

Princeton University
October 19-20, 2012
Co-sponsored by the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance and the Program in Law and Public Affairs

Conference to be held in Robertson Hall, Bowl 016
To request to attend the conference, please e-mail Debbie Nexon

Note: The papers are only available to conference participants.

Conference Program

Organizers:
Christina Davis (Princeton University)
Helen V. Milner (Princeton University)
Erik Voeten (Georgetown University)

Thursday, October 18

7:15 PM

Welcome dinner
Mediterra Restaurant, 29 Hulfish St., Princeton, NJ 609-252-9680

Friday, October 19

8:45-9:15AM	Continental Breakfast
9:15-9:30AM	Opening remarks
	Part I: Judicial Behavior Chair: Erik Voeten (Georgetown University)
9:30-10:00 AM	Session 1
	Words Get in the Way: The Effect of Deliberation in Collective Decision-Making Matias Iaryczower (Princeton University), Xiaoxia Shi (University of Wisconsin) and Matthew Shum (Caltech)
	Discussant: Georg Vanberg (University of North Carolina)
10:00-10:30 AM	Session 2
	A Sequential Bargaining Model of a Collegial Court Charles Cameron (Princeton University) and Lewis Kornhauser (New York University)
	Discussant: Peter Rosendorff (New York University)
10:30-11:00 AM	Session 3
	International Judicial Dissent: Causes and Consequences Jeffrey L. Dunoff (Temple University) and Mark A. Pollack (Temple University)
	Discussant: John Kastellec (Princeton University)
11:00-11:30 AM	Coffee
	Part II: Precedent Chair: Peter Rosendorff (New York University)
11:30-12:00 PM	Session 4
	Shaping Precedent in International Trade Law: A Social Network Application Krzysztof J. Pelc (McGill University)
	Discussant: Tom S. Clark (Emory University)
12:00-12:30 PM	Session 5
	WTO Adjudication as a Tool for Conflict Management Christina Davis (Princeton University)
	Discussant: Yonatan Lupu (Princeton University)
12:30-1:30 PM	Lunch
	Part III: Compliance Chair: Christina Davis (Princeton University)
1:30-2:00 PM	Session 6
	Does a Professional Judiciary Induce More Compliance?: Evidence from the European Court of Human Rights Erik Voeten (Georgetown University)
	Discussant: Tom S. Clark (Emory University)
2:00-2:30 PM	Session 7
	A Monitoring Mechanism for Constitutional Decisions in Costa Rica Jeffrey K. Staton (Emory University),Varun Gauri (World Bank), and Jorge Vargas Cullell (Programa Estado de la Nación)
	Discussant: Peter Rosendorff (New York University)
2:30-3:00 PM	Session 8
	Courts and Compliance in International Law (Formal appendix) Clifford Carrubba (Emory University) and Matthew Gabel (Washington University, St. Louis)
	Discussant: Jeffrey Lax (Columbia University)
3:00-3:30 PM	Coffee
	Part IV: Access and Influence on Courts Chair: Tom S. Clark (Emory University)
3:30-4:00 PM	Session 9
	Judicial Selection and Death Penalty Decisions Brandice Canes-Wrone (Princeton University), Tom S. Clark (Emory University) and Jason P. Kelly (Virginia Tech)
	Discussant: Erik Voeten (Georgetown University)
4:00-4:30 PM	Session 10
	NGOs, Interest Groups and International Courts Rachel Cichowski (University of Washington)
	Discussant: Jens Meierhenrich (IAS)
6:00 PM	Dinner Palmer House

Saturday, October 20

8:30-9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
	Part V: Regulation across Borders Chair: Erik Voeten (Georgetown University)
9:00-9:30 AM	Session 11
	Law and the Eurozone Crisis Dan Kelemen (Rutgers University) and Terence Teo (Rutgers University)
	Discussant: Georg Vanberg (University of North Carolina)
9:30-10:00 AM	Session 12
	U.S. Courts, Private Actors, And The International Projection of Domestic Regulatory Rules: The Case of International AntiTrust Tonya L. Putnam (Columbia University)
	Discussant: Yonatan Lupu (Princeton University)
	Part VI: International Courts in the Scheme of Things Chair: Christina Davis (Princeton University)
10:00-10:30 AM	Session 13
	Questions to Ask about International Courts: A Brainstorming Session Karen Alter (Northwestern University)
	Discussant: Leslie Johns (Princeton University)
10:30-11:00 AM	Session 14
	International Criminal Law by Other Means: The Quasi-Criminal Jurisdiction of the Human Rights Courts Alexandra Huneeus (University of Wisconsin)
	Discussant: Keith Whittington (Princeton University)
11:00-11:15 AM	Coffee
11:15-12:30 PM	Roundtable discussion
	Participants: Lewis Kornhauser (New York University), Deborah Pearlstein (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University), Kim Scheppele (Princeton University), Anne-Marie Slaughter (Princeton University)
12:30-2:00 PM	Lunch and closing remarks