The seminar presents on-going work from an interdisciplinary research project collaboration between the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi and the Centre on Law & Social Transformation (CMI-UiB). The project is examining the potential and limits of legal regulations in facilitating inclusive sustainable development in India, as they play out in different social and […]
Course on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Litigation
November 3-5 2014 a course in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Litigation is given at Harvard University (FXB Center for Health and Human Rights in collaboration with the Global School on Socioeconomic Rights). Sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are increasingly politicized and morally charged. Activism involves strong emotions and sparks reactions among both progressive […]
Programme Wednesday 20 August: 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Welcome and opening (Siri Gloppen, Malcolm Langford) 13:30 Overview of the Field (Chair: Charles Ngwena)Quantitative approaches to: the study of legal mobilization (Theresa Squatrito) the study of judicial behaviour (Gunnar Grendstad) the study of judicial independence (Andrea Castagnola) 15:00 Coffee & Tea 15:30 Overview of the Field (continued) (Chair: Lise Rakner)Quantitative approaches to: […]
Program 12:15: Light lunch & mingling 13:00: Opening of the Centre on Law & Social Transformation Siri Gloppen: Introducing the Centre 14:00: Daniel M. Brinks: Studying Law & Social Transformation 15:00: Nils Christie: Den vakre straffen (in Norwegian) Reception Daniel M. Brinks teaches Comparative Politics and Public Law at the University of Texas at Austin and co-directs the Rapoport Center for […]
In light of diverse experiences around welfare rights over the last two decades, this talk asks: What difference does it make that social policy is rights-based? Does it make courtrooms central sites of welfare policy- and if so, how do judges deal with these deeply political issues, and to what effect? And does it matter […]