A two-day workshop organised by Antoinette Scherz, Enzo Rossi, Paul Raekstad and Ugur Aytac. This event is sponsored by the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research and PluriCourts – Center for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order. Attendance is free but registration required. Please e-mail: u.aytac[a]uva.nl
11-12 June 2019
University of Amsterdam
Oudemanhuispoort 4-6
1012 CN Amsterdam
Tuesday June 11th
Room OMHP E2.01
12:30-13.00 – Registration/Welcome Drink
Session 1
Chair: Martin Vestergren (University of Oslo)
13.00 Enzo Rossi & Paul Raekstad (University of Amsterdam)
“Political Naturalism: Legitimacy without Sovereignty”
Comment: Rob Jubb (University of Reading)
14.15-14.30 Coffee Break
14.30 Carmen Pavel (King’s College London)
“Normative Judgment, Realism, and International Law”
Comment: Cord Schmelzle (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Justitia Amplificata)
15.45-16.15 Coffee Break
Session 2
Chair: Paul Raekstad (University of Amsterdam)
16.15 Thomas Christiano (University of Arizona)
“The Problem of Selective Prosecution and the Legitimacy of the ICC”
Comment: Andreas Follesdal (University of Oslo)
17:30 End
19:00 Dinner at TBA
Wednesday June 12th
Room OMHP C1.23
Session 3
Chair: Antoinette Scherz (University of Oslo)
10.00 Nate Adams (McMaster University)
“Institutional Separation and Legitimacy”
Comment: Enzo Rossi (University of Amsterdam)
11.15-11.45 Coffee Break
11.45 Ilaria Cozzaglio (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Justitia Amplificata)
“EU legitimacy under threat: a realist remedy to Italian populism”
Comment: Paul Raekstad (University of Amsterdam)
13.00-14.00 – Lunch
Session 4
Chair: Enzo Rossi (University of Amsterdam)
14.00 Martin Vestergren (University of Oslo)
“International investment tribunals and the golden straitjacket: Why providing crucial benefits is objectionable domination”
Comment: Ugur Aytac (University of Amsterdam)
15.15-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30 Antoinette Scherz (University of Oslo)
“Reasons to Comply for States: How Can International Institutions Bind States?”
Comment: Thomas Fossen (Leiden University)
16.15-16.30 Closing remarks