Call for Papers

Below are listed Sections that issued a call for papers for one or more panelists for their programs. The Section appointed a review committee and announced the call for papers to its members. Members submitted detailed abstracts or papers for peer review from Section members. Click 'view paper' to view the papers that have been submitted to AALS for posting on this web site.

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

2:00-5:00 p.m.
Section on Business Associations

Topic: Dimensions of Disney: The Evolution of Corporate Law and Corporate Governance

Disney in a Comparative Light
Franklin Gevurtz, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

The Rise of Independent Directors, 1950-2005: Towards a New Corporate Governance Paradigm
Jeffrey N. Gordon, Columbia University School of Law

The Board as a Collective Body or a Collection of Individuals- Implications for Director Liability
Darian M. Ibrahim, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Law, Norms, and the Breakdown of the Board: Promoting Accountability in Corporate Governance
Renee M. Jones, Boston College Law School

2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Joint Program of Sections on Property Law, Real Estate Transactions, State and Local Government Law, Co-Sponsored by Section on Minority Groups

Topic: The Katrina Workshop: Redeveloping a Region After a Mega Disaster

Rebuilding New Orleans: What Law Can Learn from New Urbanism, Kobe, Japan .... and Itself ...
Paul J. Boudreaux, Stetson University College of Law -view paper-

People and Place Matter -Rebuilding Community and Preserving Identity
Rachel A. Van Cleave, Golden Gate University School of Law -view paper-

Thursday, January 4, 2007

8:30–10:15 a.m.
Section on Agency, Partnership, LLCs & Unincorporated Associations

Topic: What Can Theoretical Perspectives Add to Our Understanding of Unincorporated Business Associations

Victor Fleischer, University of Colorado School of Law -view paper-
Larry Edward Ribstein, University of Illinois College of Law -view paper-
Robert H. Sitkoff, New York University School of Law -view paper-
Brett David Freudenberg, Senior Lecturer- Taxation, Griffith Business School, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia -view paper-

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Section on Family and Juvenile Law

The New Uniform Representation of Children in Abuse, Neglect, and Custody Proceedings Act: Bridging the Divide Between the Pragmatists and the Idealists
Barbara Ann Atwood, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law -view paper-
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Still Partners? Examining the Consequences of Post-Separation and Post-Divorce Parenting
Theresa Glennon, Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law -view paper-

Resolving Family Conflicts: Implications of a Paradigm Shift -view paper-
Jane C. Murphy, University of Baltimore School of Law
Jana B. Singer, University of Maryland School of Law

Multi-Tiered Marriage: Ideas and Influences from New York and Louisiana to the International Community
Joel A. Nichols, Pepperdine University School of Law -view paper-

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Section on National Security Law

Topic: Prosecuting Leakers and Leakees: The End of National Security Muckracking?

Publishing National Security Secrets: The Case for Benign Indeterminacy
William H. Freivogel, Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Journalism, Carbondale, Illinois

10:30 a.m.-12:15 a.m.
Section on North American Cooperation

Topic: North American Cooperation and NAFTA in a Changing Political Environment

The New Oil: Trade in Bulk Water Under NAFTA
Peter Bowal, Professor, Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Transboundary Environmental Assessment in North America: Obstacles and Opportunities
Neil Craik , University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law -view paper-

Embracing Reciprocity: Revisiting Domestic Legal Solutions To Ontario’s Transboundary Pollution Problem -view paper-
Shi-Ling Hsu, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
Austen L. Parrish, Southwestern Law School

Friday, January 5, 2007

10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
Section on Securities Regulation

Topic: Current Topics in Securities Regulation

Litigation Risk and the Forward-Looking Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
Speakers: Karen K. Nelson, Professor, Jones Graduate School of Management, Rice University, Houston, Texas
Adam Christopher Pritchard, The University of Michigan Law School

 The New Shareholder Activism
Speakers: Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego School of Law
Randall Stuart Thomas, Vanderbilt University Law School

A Consumer-Protection Approach to Mutual Fund Disclosure: Reducing the Incidence of Poorly Informed Investor Behavior versus Ensuring Optimal Portfolio Decisions
Speaker: Joseph A. Franco, Suffolk University Law School

Why You Want Your CEO to Lie to You After the Supreme Court’s Dura Pharmaceuticals Decision
Speaker: James C. Spindler, University of Southern California Gould School of Law -view paper-

1:30-3:15 p.m.
Section on Contracts

Topic: New Frontiers in Private Ordering

Daniela Caruso, Boston University School of Law
Rachel S. Arnow-Richman, University of Denver College of Law

This program will explore ways in which contracts, real or metaphorical, are being used to deal with problems that public law is not necessarily addressing very effectively. A “new frontier” in private ordering can involve, among other possibilities, an unusual purpose of contracting or an unusual subject matter of the contract. Both celebratory and critical perspectives on private ordering will be included. The presenters will address ways to contract around homophobia, negotiated sales of body parts, employment form terms that limit employees’ ability to find alternative work or pursue statutory discrimination claims, and the effects of welfare reform on courts’ receptivity to distributive goals in contract adjudication. Overall, the program will examine interesting examples of new private ordering, develop theoretical perspectives on these examples, and consider strengths and weaknesses of using private rather than public ordering to address social problems.

Saturday, January 6, 2007

9:00-10:45 a.m.
Section on International Human Rights Law

Topic: New Voices in International Human Rights Scholarship

Moderator: Mark E. Wojcik, The John Marshall Law School

Constitutional Conversations and New Religious Movements
Leigh Hunt Greenhaw, Washington University School of Law
Michael H. Koby, Washington University School of Law

Toward an International Criminal Procedure: Due Process Aspirations and Limitations
Gregory S. Gordon, University of North Dakota School of Law -view paper-

Did Globalization Kill the Criminal Law?  The Corrosive Effects of Globalization on Compliance with the Criminal Law and the Vitality of Norms
Patrick J. Keenan, University of Illinois College of Law

 Peacekeepers as Perpetrators: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Women and Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Susan A. Notar, Managing Editor, International Legal Materials, American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C.
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