2005 Center for Global Trade and Development Symposium

International Law Confronts the Global Economy: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Democracy in Distress.

In February 2005, the Center held a two-day conference on International Law and the Global Economy entitled International Law Confronts the Global Economy: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Democracy in Distress. It brought together leading scholars from around the world to discuss the impact of globalization on democracy and the rule of law, with particular emphasis on human rights, workers’ rights, and the environment.

The conference papers were published as a symposium issue in vol. 8 of the Chapman Law Review (2005). The event can be viewed via WebCast at: Law Review Symposium 2005 Web Cast.

Some of our other recent past participants and published contributors have included:

 Howard F. Chang, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania School of Law

 Dr. David Ellerman, Visiting Scholar, University of California at Riverside, and   former World Bank Senior Economist

 Lakshman D. Guruswamy, Nicholas Doman Professor of International Environmental Law, and Director, Energy Environmental Security Initiative, University of Colorado at Boulder

 The Honorable C. Donald Johnson, Director, Dean Rusk Center for International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies, The University of Georgia; former United States Trade Ambassador

 Chief Arthur Manuel, Chairperson, Indigenous Network on Economics and Trade

 Ved P. Nanda, Vice Provost, John Evans University Professor, Thompson G. Marsh Professor of Law and Director, International Legal Studies Program, The University of Denver

 Michael D. Ramsey, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law

 Dr. Ellen Israel Rosen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Nichols College

 Dr. Wayne Sandholtz, Professor of Political Science, University of California at Irvine

 Dr. Sabine Schlemmer-Schulte, Professor, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law; former World Bank Senior Counsel

 Jon M. Van Dyke, Professor of Law, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa