2018 Conference

Law and Development in High-Income Countries (2018)

The Law and Development Institute, Humboldt University Faculty of Law, and Walter de Gruyter GmbH co-hosted the ninth annual conference in law and development, commemorating the tenth anniversary of Law and Development Review (LDR), currently the only peer-reviewed academic journal in existence devoted to law and development studies. Sixteen leading scholars from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America presented papers on key topics in law and development including the current status of law and development scholarship, the General Theory of Law and Development and its applications, enhancement and protection of economic and social interests, and development governance and the role of development agencies in the development process.
 
Date: July 6 and 7, 2018

Venue: Humboldt University Berlin – Faculty of Law, Room E 25, Unter den Linden 9, 10099 Berlin

The conference is open to the general public. There is no registration fee, but participants must register online at www.lawanddevelopment.net/registration2018.php no later than June 15, 2018.

Local contact: Ms. Corinna Roudani (email) corinna.roudani@rewi.hu-berlin.de (phone) +44(030)2093-3318

Day 1: July 6, 2018

9:00am-9:30amRegistration
9:30am–9:40amIntroductory Remarks by Professor Philipp Dann, Professor for Public and Comparative Law, Humboldt University
9:40am–9:50amOpening Statement by Prof. Y.S. Lee, Director and Professorial Fellow, The Law and Development Institute
9:50am–10:00amWelcome Address by Mr. Jan Schmidt, Editorial Director, DeGruyter
10:00am–12:00pm

Panel 1: “Reflections on Law and Development scholarship: Where Does It Stand Today? What Does It Rest on?””
Chair: Prof. Philipp Dann, Humboldt University

“Towards a Fourth Moment in Law and Development?”
Prof. Wouter Vandenhole, University of Antwerp

“Beyond the ‘Moments’ of Law and Development: Critical Reflections on Law and Development Scholarship in a Globalized Economy”
Associate Prof. Celine Tan, University of Warrick

“Freedom from Development”
Associate Prof. Michael Ilg, University of Calgary

“Reflexive Law and Development: From Theory to Scholarship”
Dr. Deval Desai, Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute (Geneva)

11:55am–12:30pmQ&A Session
12:30pm–1:50pmLunch
 2:00pm–3:30pm

Panel 2: “Theoretical Frameworks for Law and Development: General Theory and Application”
Chair: Paul Zwier, Emory University

“General Theory of Law and Development”
Prof. Y.S. Lee, The Law and Development Institute

“Application of the General Theory to Botswana”
Ms. Sara Ghebremusse, Osgoode Hall Law School (York University)

“The Limits of Evidence-Based Regulation: The Case of Anti-Bribery Law”
Prof. Kevin Davis, New York University School of Law

3:30pm–4:00pmQ&A Session
4:00pm–4:15pmCoffee Break
4:15pm–6:15pm

Panel 3: “Enhancement and Protection of Economic and Social Interests”
Chair: Associate Prof. Celine Tan, University of Warrick

“Taking Laws in Developing Countries: The Case for Clear and Precise Legal Norms on Eminent Domain Power”
Prof. Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Bucerius Law School

“New Institutions, Old Organizations: Legal Reforms in the Brazilian Housing Finance”
Prof. Mario Schapiro, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV, São Paulo)

“Contracting for Development: Law and Innovation Policies in Brazil”
Associate Prof. Diogo Coutinho, University of São Paulo

“Something Old, Something New – Which Way to Go for Rule of Law Projects in the Agenda 2030 Era?”
Ms. Elizabeth Bakibinga-Gaswaga, Legal Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat (London)

6:15pm–6:45pmQ&A Session
6:45pm–7:00pmPhoto Session, First Day Closing
7:00pm–9:00pmConference Dinner (speakers and invite guests only)

Day 2: July 7, 2018

9:00am–9:30amRegistration
9:30am–11:10am

Panel 4: “Development Governance and the Role of Development Agencies in the Development Process”
Chair: Prof. Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Bucerius Law School

“Between (Re-) Empowerment and (Hyper-) Conditionality: The Rise of Accountability-Oriented Governance in Development Cooperation”
Prof. Florian Hoffmann, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

“World Bank Rulemaking and the Evolution of Global Order”
Prof. Philipp Dann, Humboldt University

“Mining Community Development in South Africa: A Critical Consideration of How the Law and Development Approach the Concept ‘Community’ ”
Ms. Anri Heyns, University of Cape Town

“Institutional Responsiveness as an Instrument of Distributive Justice in India and China”
Associate Prof. Nandini Ramanujam and Dr. Nicholas Caviano, McGill University

11:10am–12:00pmQ&A Session
12:00am–12:15pmClosing Statement by Prof. Y.S. Lee, The Law and Development Institute