1301  Law and Professionalism as an Instrument for Social Mobility in Twentieth-Century America

Robert J. Kaczorowski, Fordham University, U.S.A.

Chair
Louis Anthes, Clemson University, U.S.A.
Guilds, Poems, and Justice: Karl Llewellyn and Imagining Social Change in the Legal Professional Field
William P. LaPiana, New York Law School, U.S.A.
Testing and Diversity: The LSAT and the American Lawyer
William E. Nelson, New York University, U.S.A.
Edward Weinfeld and Upward Mobility in the Immigrant Jewish Community
Mary L. Dudziak, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Discussant
Morton J. Horwitz, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Discussant

1302  Globalization and Legal Culture (WG 2)

David Nelken, University of Macerata and University of Wales, ITALY and WALES

Chair
David Nelken, University of Macerata and University of Wales, ITALY and WALES
Globalization and Legal Delay in Italy
Irene Torres-Arends, Central University of Venezuela, VENEZUELA
From the External Legal Culture to the Internal Legal Culture: Measuring a Moment in the Transition
David E. Zammit, University of Malta, MALTA
“They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wait”: Exploring the Economy of Legal Time in Malta
Samuel Krislov, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.
Discussant
Susan S. Silbey, Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Discussant

1303  Author-Meets-Reader—Temporary Work: The Gendered Rise of a Precarious Employment Relationship, by Leah Vosko (CRN 4)

Ruth Buchanan, University of British Columbia, CANADA

Chair
Leah F. Vosko, McMaster University, CANADA
Author

Barbara Heyns, New York University, U.S.A.

Reader
Kerry Rittich, University of Toronto, CANADA
Reader

1304  Multinational, Multidisciplinary: The Evolution of the Large Law Firm

Elizabeth S. Chambliss, Harvard University, U.S.A.

Chair
Elizabeth S. Chambliss, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Who Should Regulate MNPs and MDPs?
Jakko Gunst, University of Utrecht, THE NETHERLANDS
A Tale of Two Law Firms
Laurel S. Terry, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
German MDP’s: Lessons to Learn?
Richard Abel, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Discussant
David B. Wilkins, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Discussant

1305  Law: Its Material Manifestations

John Brigham, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.

Chair
Richard Mohr, University of Wollongong, AUSTRALIA
Axis and Excess
Julie Nice, University of Denver, U.S.A.
Constituting Welfare Reform
Agnes T. M. Schreiner, University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
Landmarks for Aboriginal Law in Australia
Kathy Laster, Latrobe University, AUSTRALIA
Discussant

1306  Rights, Race, and Production

Katherine M. Franke, Columbia University, U.S.A.

Chair
R. Richard Banks, Stanford University, U.S.A.
Racial Discrimination in the Form of Stereotyping
Devon Carbado, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
E-Racing Suspicion
Katherine M. Franke, Columbia University, U.S.A.
Civil Rights, Progress Narratives, and the Production of “Good Blacks” in the Immediate Post-Bellum South
Cheryl Harris, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Equal Treatment and the Production of Inequality

1307  Controlling Government in a Globalizing World: Constitutional and Administrative Mechanisms in Comparative Perspective

Edward L. Rubin, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Chair/Discussant
Javier Couso, Universidad Diego Portales, CHILE
Globalization and Judicial Review in Latin America
Tom Ginsburg, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
Globalization and Judical Review in East Asia
Bronwen Morgan, University of Oxford, ENGLAND
The Internationalisation of Regulating Government
Colin Scott, London School of Economics, ENGLAND
The Private Regulation of the Public Sector

1308  International Human Rights and Local Legal Reform in Muslim Societies

Lisa Hajjar, Morehouse College, U.S.A.

Chair
Alice  Bullard, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Constitutional Law, Shari’a and Human Rights Movements in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Sheila Carapico, University of Richmond, U.S.A.
Struggles for Rights in Yemen Throughout the Twentieth Century
Lisa Hajjar, Morehouse College, U.S.A.
Domestic Violence and Shari’a: A Comparative Study of Muslim Societies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia
Isis Nusair, Human Rights Watch, U.S.A.
Legal Reform Strategies by Women’s and Human Rights Organizations in Morocco and Jordan

1309  Critiques of Law and Economics

Gerald N. Rosenberg, University of Chicago and Northwestern University, U.S.A.

Chair
Adam Badawi, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Expressive Law and Contingent Harms: When do Laws Alter Social Norms?
Mark Gould, Haverford College, U.S.A.
Social Norms: A Critique of Law and Economics Formulations and a Guide to Their Correct Conceptualization
Peter H. Huang, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Emotional Investing and Securities Regulation
Richard O. Lempert, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
Economic Analysis and Evidence Law: Does This Couple Have a Future Together?
W. Bradley Wendel, Washington and Lee University, U.S.A.
A Critique of Rational Choice Theories of Social Norms

1310  Insiders and Outsiders: Rethinking the Family

Jon Goldberg-Hiller, University of Hawaii, U.S.A.

Chair
Didi Herman, Keele University, ENGLAND
Divinity and Data: The Christian Right’s “Natural Family”
Sally Sheldon, Keele University, ENGLAND
Unmarried Fathers and Parental Responsibility
Carl Stychin, University of Reading, ENGLAND
Queering the Third Way: New Labour’s Communitarianism, Social Inclusion, and the Politics of Sexual Dissent

1311  Law in Action: The Azerbaijani, Imperial Russian, Adygei, and Armenian Experiences

Alfred J. Rieber, Central European University, HUNGARY

Chair/Discussant
Nadir Kamaladdinov, Ctr. of Legal and Economic Education (CLEE), AZERBAIJAN
The Imperial Russian Legal Reforms in Azerbaijan
Cheri C. Wilson, U. of Minnesota, Twin Cities and Loyola College, U.S.A.
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: The Problems of Reforming the Imperial Russian Legal System
Irina Babich, Russian Academy of Sciences, RUSSIA
Customary Law in Action
Kristina Galstyan, USAID, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
Law in Transition: The Armenian Experience

1312  States, Winners, and Losers

Pat O’Malley, La Trobe University, AUSTRALIA

Chair/Discussant

Chris Hasselmann, Washington University, U.S.A.

Privatization and Reform of the Social Welfare State: An Analysis of Interest Representation in Hungary
Paul Minderhoud and Manon Pluymen, University of Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS
Access to Public Services as an Instrument of Migration Policy in the Netherlands
Virginia Noble, University of North Carolina, U.S.A.
Reform and Deterrence: The British National Assistance Board’s Strategies for Poor Unemployed Men in the 1950’s and 1960’s
Rachel Weber, University of Illinois, Chicago, U.S.A.
City Power and the Politics of Redistribution

1313  Property, Democracy, and Social Change

Klaus A. Ziegert, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Chair/Discussant
Corinne M. Davis, University of Texas, Austin, U.S.A.
Property Rights and the Legal System: Negotiating Neighbor Disputes in a Brazilian Shantytown
Cao Pei, City University of Hong Kong, PR OF CHINA
The Interrelationship Between Law and Social Change in the Real Estate System Reform of China: An Empirical Study Property, Democracy, and Social Change
Grazyna Skapska, Jagiellonian University, POLAND
Rule of Law, Protection of Rights or Legal Pragmatism: The Case of Property Rights Restitution During Profound Social Change
Sandra Stephenson, University of California, Davis, U.S.A.
Paving Democracy: Deconstructing Eminent Domain and the Vision of Public Good

1314  Roundtable: Sovereignty in an Age of Empire—Hardt and Negri

Paul A. Passavant, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, U.S.A.

Chair
Jodi Dean, Hobart & William Smith Colleges/, U.S.A.
Participant
Peter Fitzpatrick, Birkbeck College, ENGLAND
Participant
Stewart Motha, University of London, ENGLAND
Participant
Sundhya Pahuja, University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Participant

1315  Crime and Its Control

Gary LaFree, University of Maryland, U.S.A.

Chair
Gary LaFree, University of Maryland, U.S.A., and Kriss A. Drass, University of Nevada, U.S.A
Crime Booms and Busts Among Nations, 1956 to 1994
Francesca U. Bitetto, Universita degli Studi di Bari, ITALY
Identity of Children “At Risk of Crime Involvement” and Institutional “Borderline” Practices
David A. Ford, Indiana University, U.S.A., and Ronet Bachman, University of Delaware, U.S.A.
Research on Controlling Violence Against Women in the United States: The Impact of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act
Alyssa C. Mellott, Antigua Universidad, U.S.A.
Evolving Criminal Justice Approaches to Drug Related Offenses in California

Joachim J. Savelsberg, University of Minnesota, U.S.A.

Discussant

1316  Sociolegal Perspectives on Taxation

Carolyn C. Jones, University of Connecticut, U.S.A.

Chair
Carolyn C. Jones, University of Connecticut, U.S.A.
Consumption Norms and Taxation
Assaf Likhovski, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
A Map of Society: The Definition of Income in Anglo-American Tax Legislation
Claire Young, University of British Columbia, CANADA
Taxing Times for Women: The Gendered Impact of Funding Social Programs Through the Tax System
Neta Ziv, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
Taxing Minorities: The Struggle Against Property Tax in Israel as a Form of Cultural Acknowledgment
Valerie Braithwaite, Australian National University, AUSTRALIA
Discussant

1317  Consumer Debt, Debtors, and Bankruptcy: Cultural and Legal Constructs (CRN 6, I—William C. Whitford, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A., Organizer)

Iain Ramsay, York University, CANADA

Chair/Discussant
Marianne B. Culhane and Michaela M. White, Creighton University, U.S.A.
The Fresh Start in U.S. Consumer Bankruptcy: As Fresh as Advertised?
Jose Reinaldo de Lima Lopes, Universidade de Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Consumer Over-indebtedness in Brazil
Alexander Karpf, Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice, AUSTRIA
Comparative Study of the Law of Debt Collection of Consumer Debts in England and Austria
Johanna Niemi-Kiesilainen, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
Collective or Individual? Constructions of Debtors and Creditors in Consumer Bankruptcy