Posted 10/29/09
Chapman University School of Law
NEXUS SYMPOSIUM: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2009
NeXus: Chapman’s Journal of Law and Public Policy presents:
"The 80th Anniversary of The Great Crash of 1929: Law,
Markets, and The Role of The State", Friday, October 30,
2009, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Chapman University
School of Law, Orange, California
Over a five day period beginning on October 24, 1929, the
New York Stock Exchange fell nearly forty percent,
beginning a sequence of market events that ultimately led
to the Great Depression. In recognition of the 80th
anniversary of "The Crash of 1929," NeXus: Chapman's
Journal of Law and Public Policy is pleased to host "Law,
Markets, and the Role of the State," a symposium that will
consider the historical development of modern financial
markets, the role of the state, and the intersection of law
and market. The program will bring together a Nobel
Laureate in Economics, a wise Latina Congresswoman, a major
California gubernatorial candidate and former member of
Congress, and leading scholars in law, economics,
sociology, business, finance, political science and public
policy. MCLE credit available.
REGISTRATION/FURTHER INFORMATION:
For more detailed info and RSVP go to:
http://www.lawschoolblog.org
EVENT SCHEDULE:
Panel I: "The Economic and Regulatory Landscape in the
Aftermath of the 'Great Recession'”
Professor Kurt Eggert (Moderator) Professor of Law, Chapman
University School of Law
"The Current Worldwide Financial and Economic Crisis”
Dr. Michael Intriligator, Professor of Economics, Political
Science, and Public Policy at the University of California
Los Angeles and Senior Fellow, the Milken Institute
“Changing the Rules of the Game: Offshore Financial
Centers, Regulatory Competition, & Financial Crises”
Professor Andrew Morriss. H. Ross and Helen Workman
Professor of Law & Professor of Business at The University
of Illinois College of Law
“Financial Crisis Trifecta: Comparison of the Financial
Collapse of 2008, Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Panic
on Wall Street of 1792”
Professor Lydie Nadia Cabrera Pierre-Louis, Assistant
Professor of Law at St. Thomas University School of Law
“The Dangers of Dual Classes of Financial Institutions: How
Sweden’s 1990 Financial Collapse Presaged the Global
Financial Crisis”
Professor Erik Gerding, Associate Professor of Law at The
University of New Mexico School of Law
LUNCHEON: Keynote Dialogue: “The Impact of the Recession
On California and the Local Economy”
Sponsored by the Chapman University Center for Global Trade
& Development
Introduction: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, Representative
of the 47th Congressional District of California.
Professor Hugh Hewitt (Moderator), Professor of Law,
Chapman University School of Law, and nationally-syndicated
radio host Professor Tom Campbell, former United States
Congressman and California State Senator, and Presidential
Fellow and 2010 Fletcher Jones Distinguished Visiting
Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law
Dean Timothy Canova, Betty Hutton Williams Professor of
International Economic Law and Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs, Chapman University School of Law
Panel II: "Federal Financial Regulatory Reform"
Professor Lynn Dallas(Moderator), Professor of Law,
University of San Diego School of Law
“False Claims, Not Securities Fraud: Towards Corporate
Governance by Whistleblowers”
Professor Geoffrey Rapp, Associate Professor of Law at the
University of Toledo College of Law
“Too Close for Comfort: The Problem with Stationary SEC
Officers”
Professor Robert Wagner, Visiting Professor of Law at Case
Western Reserve University School of Law
“The Utility of Stock Market 'Circuit Breakers' and Related
Attempts at Curtailing Volatility”
Professor J. Scott Colesanti, Assistant Professor of Law at
Hofstra University School of Law
Dr. Vernon L. Smith (Discussant), Nobel Laureate in
Economics (2002), Professor of Law and Economics and George
L. Argyros Endowed Chair in Finance and Economics, Chapman
University School of Law
2:15 - 3:00 p.m. Intermission with cocktails and hors
d'oeuvres Lobby of Donald P. Kennedy Hall, Chapman
University School of Law
Panel III: “Practical and Theoretical Implications of
Public Sector Financial Reform”
W. H. (Joe) Knight, Jr. (Moderator), Bette and Wylie Aitken
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, Chapman University
School of Law
“Circa-1934 Dollar Devaluation: Intended or Just
Inevitable?”
Dr. Roger Torneden, Financial Practicum Professor,
University of California Los Angeles
“Black Tuesday and The Graying of the Legitimacy of
Governmental Intervention: When Tomorrow is Just a Future
Yesterday”
Professor Donald J. Kochan, Associate Professor of Law at
Chapman University School of Law
“Of Peaks and Valleys, Feast and Famine, Boom and Bust”
Professor Kevin Tierney, Professor of Law at the University
of California Hastings School of Law
“Lawyers, Money & Power: Wall Street Lawyers, Investment
Bankers & Global Financial Crises, Late Nineteenth to Early
Twenty-first Century”
Dr. Tom Reifer, Professor of Sociology, University of San
Diego and Associate Fellow, Transnational Institute
5:00 7:00 p.m.: En Banc Closing Reception
Lobby of Donald P. Kennedy Hall, Chapman University School
of Law
ABOUT THE NEXUS JOURNAL OF LAW AND POLICY:
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vast array of individuals and groups that influence and
shape American life. The Nexus Journal of Law and Policy
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The Chapman University Center for Global Trade &
Development is dedicated to interdisciplinary research and
scholarly programs on a wide range of issues related to
globalization:
http://www.chapman.edu/law/centers/globalTrade/default.asp
To RSVP by mail, fax, phone, or email- please contact:
CONTACT: Chris Lewis
Chapman University School of Law
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
Tel: (714) 628-2605
Fax: (714)628-2564
Email: MAILTO:chlewis@chapman.edu