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

19.30 It’s dinner time!