Monday, July 26 - Introduction to Comparative Law / Pre-modern law

8:30Coffee and resource review
9:00Introductions

9:30Introduction to comparative law and the Western tradition

Laurent Mayali, Boalt School of Law, Robbins Library, UCB

10:30Break

10:45"The Code of Hammurapi: Concern for justice, or royal propaganda?"

John Hayes, Near Eastern Studies, UCB

11:45Small groups
12:00Catered lunch

1:00"The Beginnings of Legalism in Ancient China"

Jeffrey Riegel, East Asian Languages and Cultures Department, UCB

2:00Classroom workshop - Justinian Law

Judy Gruzynski, Mill Valley Middle School

3:00Break

3:15International Committee of the Red Cross Curriculum: "Exploring Humanitarian Law"

Joan Kelly-Williams, American Red Cross

4:00End

Tuesday, July 27 - Negotiating gender and community rights

8:30Coffee and resource review
9:00Small groups

9:30Panel: Negotiating gender and community rights in Asia

"Negotiating gender issues in South Asia"
Raka Ray, Center for South Asia Studies, Sociology, UCB
"Adat versus Islam? Customary law and the power of women in Indonesia"
Jeffrey Hadler, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, UCB
"Philosophical Foundations of Traditional and Contemporary Family Law in China"
Shahla Maghzi, Boalt School of Law, UCB

11:30Resources
12:00Catered lunch
1:00"Confucian Law and Women's rights in Korea"

Hildi Kang, Center for Korean Studies, UCB
Mary Melissa Grafflin, Phillip and Sala Burton High School, San Francisco

3:00Credit student field trip to Robbins Library

Julianne Gilland, Robbins Library, UCB

4:00End

Wednesday, July 28 - Legal suppression and its aftermath

8:30Coffee and resource review
9:00Small groups

9:30"Teaching the GULAG: Perspectives and Contexts"

David Wolff, Institute of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, UCB

1030Break

10:45"Citizens, Subjects and Legal Rights under Aztec Rule"

Alex Saragoza, Center for Latin American Studies, UCB

11:45Resources
12:00Catered Lunch

1:00"Literature and censorship in Vietnam"

Cam Nguyen, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, UCB

2:00Panel: Issues of Transitional Justice

"General Yamashita and the Theory of Command Responsibility: Tragedy or precedent?"
Trevor Nakagawa, Political Science Department, UCB
"Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa: How much truth and how much reconciliation?"
Louis Freedberg, San Francisco Chronicle
"Justice Is Elsewhere: The violent consequences of ineffective remedies in South Asia"
Darren Zook, Political Science Department, UCB

4:00End

Thursday, July 29 - Religious Law

8:30Coffee and resource review
9:00Small groups

9:30"Jewish Law: How law develops values of communal assistance"

Rabbi Yair Silverman, Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley

10:30Break

10:40"The Hindu caste system and its legal implications"

Alexander von Rospatt, Buddhist Studies, UCB

11:40Lunch on own

1:15"Islamic Law and Family History in the Arab East"

Beshara Doumani, History Department, UCB

2:15Break

2:30"Muslim Debates about Human and Gender Rights in an Era of Globalization"

Paul Lubeck, Center for Global, International and Regional Studies, UCSC

3:30Credit group meeting

Friday, July 30 - International Law and Human Rights

8:30Coffee and resource review
9:00Small groups

9:30"Introduction to International Human Rights"

Rachel Shigekane, Human Rights Center, UCB

10:30Break

10:40"Human Rights: Universal, Culturally Relativist, Exceptionalist"

Rita Maran, Peace and Conflict Studies, UCB

11:40Resources

12:00Catered lunch

1:00"Perspectives on the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia"

Emily Shaw, Department of Political Science, UCB

2:00"Negotiating Peace in Kashmir: Possible Strategies and Approaches"

Mujtaba Hussain, Boalt School of Law, UCB

3:00Wrap up
4:00End

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