UMEÅ Sweden March 2017
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Program
Morning: Introduction of the project, the projects, and the participants
10.00 – 10.30
- Welcome by the hosts Mattias Derlen and Johan Lindholm
- Introduction of the workshop and the NoLesLaw project by Urška Šadl and Suvi Sankari
- Pursuing empirical legal research: epistemological foundations by Jakob vH Holtermann (15 min)
- Disseminating empirical legal research by Gijs van Dijck (5 min)
10.30 – 12.00
Introduction of the participants and short projects (10 min presentations and discussion)
- Map the law by Mattias Derlen and Johan Lindholm
- Evidence based treaties by Margherita Melillo
- The landmark cases and how to spot them in the crowd by Fabien Tarissan
- Social networks and the enforcement of international law by Shai Dothan
Lunch
Early afternoon: paper presentations
13.00 – 15.30
Paper presentations (10 min presentations followed by discussion, time limit strictly enforced)
Panel 1
- The Choice for Europe by Arthur Djevre
- As you sow, so shall you reap by Anna Wallerman
- Agents or trustees by Olof Larsson
Panel 2
- Been there, done that by Maija Dahlberg
- What ‘if’? by Jakob vH Holtermann and Anne Lise Kjaer
- Poor states or poor governance by Daniel Behn
(The presentations will be divided into two separate panels, proceeding in parallel)
Coffee
Late afternoon: focus on the methodology of legal empirical research
16.00 – 17.30
Paper presentations (10 min presentations followed by discussion, time limit strictly enforced)
- Legal research methods and new technologies by Amalie Frese
- The emergence of network effects by Henrik Palmer
- Interviewing lawyers by Emilia Korkea-aho and Paivi Leino
17.30 – 18.00
Discussion
