Cambridge: International Law is Political – So What?

International Law is Political – So What?

Cambridge, 26 and 27 January 2012

Draft Programme

Thursday 26 January 2012 LCIL

09.00  Opening: James Crawford     LCIL
09.15  Capturing the Political
             Introduction: Wouter Werner
             Discussant: Oliver Kessler
11.00  Coffee
11.30  The Various Politics of International Law
             Introductions: Philip Liste and Sarah Nouwen
             Discussant: Tanja Aalberts
13.00  Sandwich lunch     LCIL, Old Library
14.00  International Law is Political  LCIL, Finley Library
            Lunch lecture by Martti Koskenniemi
15.00  Tea
15.30  International Law is Political - So What?
            Key note: Barney Afako and Susan Marks
17.30  Launch      Law Faculty, LG 19
            Cambridge Companion to International Law
            James Crawford, Martti Koskenniemi
             Key note: Anne Orford, Thomas Pogge and Frédéric Mégret
18.30  Drinks reception
19.45  Dinner    Jesus College, Prioress’s Room

Friday 27 January 2012      Pembroke College
07.00  The Political as a Moving Target: a gentle 4 mile wake-up run to the Grantchester Orchard, in the footsteps of, among others, Virginia Woolf, Rupert Brooke, Wittgenstein and Keynes.
09.00  Researching the Politics of International Law: A New Agenda?
             Introduction by key note speaker: Susan Marks
             Keynote discussants: Barney Afako, Frédéric Mégret
11.00  Coffee
11.30  Operationalising a New Research Agenda
             Introduction by expert Thomas Pogge
             Discussant: Nikolas Rajkovic
             Key note: Immi Tallgren
13.00  Lunch
14.00  Challenges in Research on the Politics of International Law
             Key note: Anne Orford
             Discussants: Hélène Ruiz-Fabri, Michael Waibel
15.30  Closing: Wouter Werner and James Crawford
16.00  End