New Governance and Constitutionalism in Europe and the US

Cambridge, 19-20 July 2004: Law Faculty Building, West Road

Below you will find information about a closed workshop to be held in Cambridge, UK. This is to be a comparative project, looking at the emergence of "new governance" and its implications for constitutionalism and legal theory in Europe and the US.

Please note that this is a closed workshop and attendance is by invitation only.

This project is supported by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy and the European Union Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison and by the European Commission Jean Monnet Project.

Provisional Programme

Paper-givers should speak for a maximum of 20 minutes; the rest of the time will be allocated for discussion.

Monday 19th July


8.45-9.15: coffee


9.15-11.00


Gráinne de Búrca & Joanne Scott: Welcome/Introduction


Neil Walker: 'European Constitutionalism and New Governance'


Mark Tushnet: 'Institutional Structures of Governance: "American Political Development"


11.00-11.30: Coffee


11.30-1.00:


Susan Sturm & Katti Daffan: 'Constructing Gender Equity Regimes'


Gráinne de Búrca: 'EU Anti-Discrimination Law'


Claire Kilpatrick: 'EU Employment Governance: is it the economy, stupid?'


1.00-2.00: Lunch


2.00-3.30:


Bill Simon: 'Toyota Jurisprudence: Legal Theory and Rolling Rule Regimes'


Oliver Gerstenberg: 'Integrity without Personification? The Conundrum of Negligence, Human Rights and New Governance'


Dave Trubek: 'Hard and Soft Law and the Theory of European Integration: Fundamental Assumptions and Hybrid Solutions'



3.30-4.00: Coffee


4.00-5.30:


Brad Karkkainnen: 'Accountability in Ecosystem Governance: Two Types of Legal Rules'


Jane Holder & Joanne Scott: 'Iterating Governance: The Case of Environmental Impact Assessment'


Greg Schaffer: 'Regulating GMOS in Europe and the US'



Dinner: Emmanuel College


Tuesday 20th July


9.30-11.00


Kenneth Armstrong: 'The "Europeanization" of National Anti-Poverty Strategies? The Role of the Open Method of Coordination'


Catherine Barnard: 'Solidarity as a Guiding Principle for Social Policy: A Case Study for Multi-Level Governance'


Bruno de Witte: 'EU Education Policy'



11.00-11.30: Coffee


11.30-1.00


Louise Trubek: 'The New US Health Care Governance'


Tammy Hervey: 'EU Sectoral Study on "Health"'


Orly Lobel: 'Occupational Health & Safety'


1.00-2.00: Lunch


2.00-3.30:


Paul Magnette: 'Constitutionalism and Democracy in Europe and the United States'


Chuck Sabel & Jonathan Zeitlin: 'The New Transformation of Europe'

List of Participants

Kenneth Armstrong (Queen Mary, London)

Catherine Barnard (Cambridge)

Nina Boeger (EUI)

Patrycja Dabrowska (EUI)

Grainne de Burca (EUI)

Bruno de Witte (EUI)

Oliver Gerstenberg (Leeds/Princeton)

Tammy Hervey (Nottingham)

Jane Holder (University College, London)

Brad Karkkainen (Minnesota)

Claire Kilpatrick (Cambridge)

Alana Klein (Columbia)

Cristie Lee Ford (Columbia)

Orly Lobel (Harvard)

Paul Magnette (Institut d'Etudes Européennes, Brussels)

Chuck Sabel (Columbia)

Joanne Scott (Cambridge)

Greg Shaffer (Madison)

Bill Simon (Columbia)

Stijn Smismans (EUI)

Susan Sturm (Columbia)

Mattias Sundholm (Swedish Ministry Foreign Affairs)

Yane Svetiev (Columbia)

Dave Trubek (Madison)

Louise Trubek (Madison)

Mark Tushnet (Georgetown)

Neil Walker (EUI)

Jonathan Zeitlin (Madison)

Geert de Baere (Cambridge)

Margaret Young (Cambridge)