Symposia - Democracy and the Rule of Law Abstracts

An International Symposium co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and the New York University School of Law
March 7-10, 2000

Session 1 Transnational Justice & National Sovereignty Vindicating the Rule of Law: Balancing Competing Demands for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court *Law and the Re-Making of Humanity* Philip Allott Professor, Trinity College, Cambridge, England and Global Law Faculty, New York University School of Law International Adjudication and U.S. Policy – Past, Present, Future Bruno Simma Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany, and University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

*Session 2* Roles of Women: Norms and Cultures Re-defining Muslim Women's Roles in the New Century Azizah Y. al-Hibri Professor of Law, T.C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA and Visiting Scholar, Library of Congress Law Library *Women's Roles and the Promise of American Law* Kenneth L. Karst University of California School of Law, Los Angeles, CA The Roles of Women Ellen Gracie Northfleet Judge, Tribunal Regional Federal da 4a Regiao, Porto Alegre, Brazil

*Session 3* Political Status and Democracy in Multi-Ethnic and Multi-Racial States Paper Synopsis Jaydeva Uyangoda Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Ethnic Strife and Democracy Kogila Moodley Professor, Dept. of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada *Paper Synopsis* Nadezhda Mihailova Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Bulgaria

*Session 4* Natural Resources & the Environment Property Rights, Environmental Regulations, and the Legal Culture of Post Revolutionary Mexico Antonio Azuela Attorney General for Environmental Protection, Federal Government of Mexico *Building Bridges for Humankind, Repaying the Debts We Owe to Nature* Yuri Kostenko Member, Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Environmental Law and Liberty Richard Stewart Professor, New York University School of Law

*Session 5* Religion, Culture & Government *Trophy Art Law: As An Illustration of the Current Legislative Process in Russia* Alexander N. Domrin Senior Research Fellow, Comparative Constitutional Law and Parliamentary Division, Institute of Legislatin and Comparative Law, Moscow Russia and Global Law Faculty, New York University School of Law A Look at the Culture of Public Service Inder Kumar Gujral Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and Former Prime Minister of India *Secular State and Muslim Society: The Case of Turkey* Nur Vergin Professor, Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Science, Istanbul, Turkey

*Session 6* Corporate Power, National Sovereignty, and the Rule of Law in a Global Economy *Paper Synopsis* Fali Sam Nariman Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and President, The Bar Association of India, New Delhi, India (paper will be presented in his absence) *Paper Synopsis* Daniel K. Tarullo Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. *Post-Seattle Reflections: A Qualified Defense of the WTO and An Unqualified Defense of the International Rule of Law* John Michael Trebilcock Professor of Law and Economics, University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Global Law Faculty, New York University School of Law

*Session 7* State & Human Rights *Downsizing the State in Human Rights Discourse* Philip Alston Professor, European University Institute, Department of Law, Florence, Italy and Global Law Faculty, New York University School of Law *Government Speech in a Neutral State* Andras Sajo Professor of Law, Central European University, Legal Studies, Budapest, Hungary and Global Law Faculty, New York University School of Law *Paper Synopsis* Robert Badinter Senator, French Senate; former President of the French Constitutional Court; Professor Emeritus, Université de París; and Global Law Faculty, New York University School of Law

Plenary Sessions

(A) Democracy, Legitimacy, and the Rule of Law *Paper Synopsis* Thomas M. Franck Professor and Director, Center for International Studies, New York University School of Law and President, American Society of International Law

(B) Can we use law to hold the past to account? From Prepared Remarks Shlomo Avineri Professor, Department of Political Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem *From Lecture* Alex Boraine Director, Project on Transitional Justice, New York University School of Law and Vice-Chairman, South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Cape, South Africa Beyond Punishment: Justice in the Wake of Massive Crimes in Argentina Luis Moreno Ocampo Attorney, Moreno Ocampo Abogados, Buenos Aires, Argentina; former prosecutor of Military Junta Trials; and Professor, Buenos Aires University School of Law