MJIL’S FALL 2019 SYMPOSIUM
October 17–18, 2019
Keynote: October 17, 2019
5:00 – 6:30 pm
University of Maryland School of Law, Ceremonial Court Room
Symposium: October 18, 2019
9:00 – 5:15 pm
University of Maryland School of Law, Krongard Room
DESCRIPTION
The rise of “populism” has dominated political, legal, and popular discourse. From the United Kingdom’s “Brexit,” to the election of populist leaders such as Donald Trump in the United States or Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, a uniting thread has been populism’s deep skepticism of international law and institutions. The continued success of populist ideas poses an urgent challenge to the global legal order.
The Maryland Journal of International Law’s Fall 2019 Symposium, The Populist Challenge to the International Legal Order, brings together international legal experts and scholars to examine the populist phenomenon and its potential threat to the global legal order. It caps a three-part strategic, research collaboration between Indiana University, Australian National University and the University of Maryland.
The symposium consists of four expert panels and two keynote addresses, each of which are introduced below:
- Evening Gerber Lecture, The Honorable Michael Kirby
- Panel 1: The State of International Law Amid the Populist Challenge
- Panel 2: Populism and the Rule-Based Trade System
- Lunch Gerber Lecture: Professor Diane Orentlicher
- Panel 3: Populism’s Gender Backlash in International Adjudication?
- Panel 4: Another Enemy at the Gates? Populism’s Impact on International Human Rights and Migration
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Financial consideration for the annual Maryland Journal of International Law Symposium has been graciously provided by The Gerber Fund. The Maryland Journal of International Law would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd M. Gerber and their children for their support and sponsorship of our Symposium.
AGENDA
Thursday, October 17, 2019
5:00 – 5:15 pm | Opening Remarks and Introductions
- Dean Donald Tobin, University of Maryland
- Peter Danchin, University of Maryland
5:15 – 6:30 pm | Gerber Lecture
- The Honorable Michael Kirby, Retired Justice, High Court of Australia
- Mark Graber, University of Maryland
- Matiangai Sirleaf, University of Pittsburgh
Friday, October 18, 2019
9:00 – 9:15 am | Welcome and Introductions
- Stuart Davis, Editor-in-Chief: Maryland Journal of International Law
- Peter Danchin, University of Maryland
9:15 – 10:45 am | Panel I: Scene Setting/National Security
- Maxwell Chibundu, University of Maryland
- Katrina Cooper, Australian Embassy in Washington D.C.
- Jeremy Farrall, Australian National University
- William Moon, University of Maryland
11:00 – 12:30 pm | Panel II: International Trade
- Craig Lewis, Hogan Lovells
- Alvaro Santos, Georgetown University Law Center
- Imogen Saunders, Australian National University
- Marley Weiss, University of Maryland
12:45 – 1:45 pm | Lunch Address: Gerber Lecture
- Diane Orentlicher, American University
2:00 – 3:30 | Panel III: Gender
- J. Jarpa Dawuni, Howard University
- Nienke Grossman, University of Baltimore
- Paula Monopoli, University of Maryland
- Shruti Rana, Indiana University, Bloomington
3:45 – 5:15 | Panel IV: Human Rights and Migration
- Peter Danchin, University of Maryland
- Matiangai Sirleaf, University of Pittsburgh
- Robbie Shilliam, John Hopkins University
- Maureen Sweeney, University of Maryland