Wednesday, June 16, 2010

9:00-9:15	Greetings: Stewart J. Schwab, Dean, Cornell Law School                     Hanoch Dagan, Dean, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law
	Emerging Trends in Legal Theory   Moderator:  Avihay Dorfman, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law   Hanoch Dagan and Roy Kreitner, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law The Character of Legal Theory Commentator:   Gregory S. Alexander, Cornell Law School   Shai Lavi, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law "But where danger lies, there too grows the saving:"  Rethinking the Crisis of Legal Scholarship Commentator:  Jens Ohlin, Cornell Law School   Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell Law School Evidence-Based Law Commentator:   Shai Wozner, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law
11:15-11:30	Law and Institutions   Moderator:  Sharon Hannes, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law   Ron Harris, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Division of Labor or Disciplinary Imperialism: The Historical Study of Institutions Commentator:  Chantal Thomas, Cornell Law School   Chantal Thomas, Cornell Law School Law and Development: Between Theory and Praxis Commentator:   Yoram Margalioth, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

15:00 – 17:00

Law and Society   Moderator:  Yofi Tirosh, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell Law School, and Talia Fisher and Issi Rozen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law The Israeli Supreme Court:  An Empirical Study Commentator:  Daphne Barak-Erez, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law   Daphna Hacker,  Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Law and Society Jurisprudence Commentator:   Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell Law School   Stewart J. Schwab and Michael Heise, Cornell School of Law Studying the Iceberg From Below the Water Line: An Empirical Perspective on Employment Discrimination Settlements Commentator:   Hila Shamir, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

Thursday, June 17, 2010

09:00 - 10:30

Law and Economics   Moderator:  David Gilo, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law   Alon Harel Hebrew University Faculty of Law and Ariel Porat, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Why Does "Law and Economics" Irritate (Some) People? Commentator:   Stewart J. Schwab, Cornell Law School   Jens Ohlin,  Cornell Law School Nash Equilibrium and International Law Commentator:  Eyal Benvenisti, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

11:15 - 12:45

Law and Culture Moderator:  Leora Bilsky, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law   Menachem Mautner, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law Three Approaches to Law and Culture Commentator:   Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell Law School  Gregory S. Alexander and Annelise Riles, Carnell Law School The Uses and Misuses of Culture in Property Theory Commentator:  Yishai Blank, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law