ANNOUNCING A BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL SYMPOSIUM

         RULING THE WORLD: GENERATING INTERNATIONAL LEGAL NORMS

                        Friday, October 24, 2008
                           9:00 am - 4:00 pm

                   RSVP:  http://www.brooklaw.edu/rsvp


      OVERVIEW:

      Ruling the World will bring together a geographically and
      substantively diverse group of experts to examine the
      development of international economic law norms. The
      participants will explore the formation of international
      norms through the lens of three issue areas: commercial
      law, taxation and financial regulation. Those norms may
      assume the form of soft or hard law. At the same time, they
      may be the product of institutional regulation, private
      legislators, model treaties, legislative guides or
      transnational harmonization. Regardless of their form or
      origin they consistently display a maddening combination of
      frailty and power.

      Ruling the World presents an opportunity for those curious
      about the challenges of international norm creation to
      share insights and raise questions about when international
      norms take root, how they can be cultivated and the unique
      challenges they raise for policymakers.


      CO-SPONSORS:

      Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International
      Business Law and Brooklyn Journal of International Law.


      AGENDA:

      8:30 am
      Registration and Coffee

      9:00 am
      Opening Remarks

      Dean Joan G. Wexler, Joseph Crea Dean and Professor of Law,
      Brooklyn Law School

      9:30 am
      Keynote Address

      Roderick A. Macdonald, F.R. Scott Professor of
      Constitutional and Public Law, Faculty of Law, McGill
      University

      9:45 am
      Public/Private Law-Making in Commercial Law: The Role of
      International Organizations

      Presenters:
      Henry D. Gabriel, DeVan Daggett Professor of Law, Loyola
      University New Orleans College of Law

      Amelia H. Boss, Trustee Professor of Law, Drexel University
      Earle Mack School of Law

      Boris Kozolchyk, Evo DeConcini Professor of Law, James E.
      Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona and Director
      and Founder, National Law Center for Inter-American Free
      Trade

      Commentator:
      Harry C. Sigman PC

      11:30 am
      Transnational Legal Networks: Epistemic Communities and
      International Taxation

      Presenters:
      Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Irwin I. Cohn Professor of Law and
      Director, International Tax LLM Program, University of
      Michigan Law School

      Miranda Stewart, Associate Professor, University of
      Melbourne Law School

      Lisa C. Philipps, Associate Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall
      Law School, York University

      Hugh J. Ault, Professor of Law, Boston College School of
      Law and Senior Advisor, Centre for Tax Policy and
      Administration, OECD Paris

      Commentator:
      Michael J. Graetz, Justus S. Hotchkiss Professor of Law,
      Yale Law School

      1:00 pm
      Luncheon

      2:30 pm
      The Hardening of Soft Law in Financial Regulation

      Presenters:
      Kern Alexander, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for
      Financial Analysis and Policy, Cambridge Judge Business
      School

      Roberta S. Karmel, Centennial Professor of Law, Brooklyn
      Law School

      Claire R. Kelly, Associate Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law
      School

      Elizabeth F. Brown, Visiting Professor of Law, Indiana
      University School of Law-Bloomington

      Commentator:
      Eric J. Pan, Associate Professor of Law and Director,
      Heyman Center on Corporate Governance, Benjamin N. Cardozo
      School of Law

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Posted 9/11/08