UT Graduate Conference in Public Law

Sponsored by the Clements Center, School of Law, Department of Government, and the Strauss Center

September 25 - September 26, 2015 | | Eidman Courtroom, UT School of Law

Reflecting the growing prominence of public law in the broader discipline of political science, the conference is intended to provide a forum for engagement with common questions in the field. The conference welcomes abstracts on all aspects of public law, including but not limited to:

• Security and International Law

• Human Rights

• American and Comparative Constitutionalism

• Jurisprudence and Judicial Behavior

• Statutory Design and Implementation

The conference will consist of thematic panels, each featuring 4-5 papers and comments by a faculty member from the University of Texas. The keynote address, to be delivered the afternoon of September 25, will be given by Kim Lane Scheppele, Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University. Dr. Scheppele will be speaking on “Constitutional Possibilities,” arguing that in addition to studying constitutional doctrine and institutions, we ought to study the set of potentially constitutional ideas available in any particular time and place.

Questions may be directed to [email protected].

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