MJIL’S FALL 2019 SYMPOSIUM

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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

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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

5:15 – 6:30 pm | Gerber Lecture

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

11:00 – 12:30 pm | Panel II: International Trade

12:45 – 1:45 pm | Lunch Address: Gerber Lecture

2:00 – 3:30 | Panel III: Gender

3:45 – 5:15 | Panel IV: Human Rights and Migration

Browse the contents of The Populist Challenge to the International Legal Order, October 17–18, 2019: