Academic

Conference Announcement: Federalism & Its Future at the University of Texas

By Lawrence Solum

Federalism and Its Future
The University of Texas School of Law
February 10 ? February 12, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011

4:30?6:00 p.m.
Eidman Courtroom (2.306)
Keynote Address
Vicki Jackson, Georgetown University: "Understanding U.S. Federalism: The Warren Court and Post World War II Models of Constitutional Legitimacy"

Friday, February 11, 2011

9:15?10:30 a.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Author: Michael Greve, Constitutional Disorder: The Promise and Pathology of American Federalism
Discussant: Jacob T. Levy
Moderator: Justin Driver

10:45 a.m.?12:00 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Authors: Malcolm Feely and Edward Rubin, Federalism: Political Identity and Tragic Compromise
Discussant: Andy Karch
Moderator: Lynn Baker

1:00?2:15 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Authors: Alison LaCroix, The Ideological Origins of American Federalism
Ed Purcell, Originalism, Federalism, and the American Constitutional Enterprise: A Historical Inquiry
Discussants: Alison LaCroix, Ed Purcell

2:30?3:45 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Author: John Nugent, Safeguarding Federalism: How States Protect their Interests in National Policymaking
Discussant: Rob Mikos
Moderator: Abbe Gluck
Moderator: Willy Forbath

4:00?5:15 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Authors: Sujit Choudhry, Federalism, Secession and Devolution: From classical to Post-Conflict
Heather Gerken, The Supreme Court 2009 Term - Forward: Federalism All the Way Down
Discussants: Dan Halberstam, Vicki Jackson (Choudhry), Dan Rodriguez (Gerken)
Moderator: Zack Elkins

Saturday, February 12, 2011

9:15?10:30 a.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Author: Jenna Bednar, The Robust Federation
Discussant: Ann Bowman
Moderator: Frank Cross

10:45 a.m.?12:00 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Author: Erin Ryan, Federalism and the Tug of War Within
Discussant: Wendy Wagner
Moderator: Jim Rossi 1:00?2:15 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Author: Robert Schapiro, Polyphonic Federalism: Toward the Protection of Fundamental Rights
Discussant: Louise Weinberg
Moderator: Ernie Young

2:30?3:45 p.m.
Jeffers Courtroom (3.140)
Authors: Dan Rubinfeld and Robert Inman, Federal Institutions and the Democratic Transition: Learning from South Africa
Discussant: Rick Hills
Moderator: Dan Rodriguez

3:45 p.m.
Wrap-up

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).