Comparative Supreme Court Decision Making Workshop |
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December 16-17, 2018 Mt. Scopus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Beit-Maiersdorf, Room 503 Organized by Keren Weinshall & Lee Epstein |
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Sunday, December 16, 2018: |
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16:00-16:15 |
Registration |
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16:15-16:30 |
Greetings |
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Michael Karayanni, Dean, Law Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ilana Ritov, Director of the Center for Empirical Studies of Decision Making and the Law |
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16:30-18:00 |
The Israeli Supreme Court Dataset |
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Chair: Yoav Dotan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Keren Weinshall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis (with Andy Worms) (Abstract) |
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Introducing the Israeli Supreme Court Dataset (ISCD) |
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Reflections on Judicial Datasets in the Age of Big Data: Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, the Israeli Supreme Court Adam Liptak, New York Times |
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18:00-18:30 |
Coffee break |
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18:30-19:45 |
Creating Datasets for the Study of Supreme Court Decision Making Chair: Talia Fisher, Tel Aviv University |
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Matthew Gabel, Washington University in St. Louis (with Jeff Ziegler) (Abstract) |
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Automating the Complaw Database: Exploring the limits and possibilities of replacing human coders |
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Comments: Bernard Black, Northwestern University |
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Gunnar Grendstad, University of Bergen (Abstract, Full Paper) |
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Interrupted paper trails. Analyzing decision making on the Norwegian Supreme Court Comments: Kate Litvak, Northwestern University |
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20:00 |
Dinner |
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Monday, December 17, 2018 |
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9:00-10:45 |
Coalition Formation in Supreme Courts |
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Chair: Gideon Parchomovsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Chris Hanretty, Royal Holloway, University of London (Abstract) |
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Panel formation on the UK Supreme Court Comments: Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Yen-Tu Su, Academia Sinica & Chien-chieh Lin, Academia Sinica (Abstract, Full Paper) |
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Are Taiwan Constitutional Court Justices Political? Comments: Adi Leibovitch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University (with Alejandro Chehtman, Sofia Amaral-Garcia & Sergio Muro) (Full Paper) |
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Dissent in the Supreme Court of Argentina Comments: Udi Sommer, Tel Aviv University |
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10:45-11:00 |
Coffee break |
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11:00-12:45 |
Supreme Courts versus Governments |
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Chair: Nancy Staudt, Washington University in St. Louis |
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Andrew Green, University of Toronto & Benjamin Alarie, University of Toronto (Abstract) |
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Judging the Government: Evidence from the Supreme Court of Canada Comments: Rivka Weill, IDC Herzliya |
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Eyal Zamir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Leon Yehuda Anidjar & Ori Katz) (Abstract, Full Paper) |
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Enforced Performance in Common-Law versus Civil-Law Systems: An Empirical Study of a Legal Transformation Comments: Tamar Kricheli Katz, Tel Aviv University |
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Talya Steiner, The Israel Democracy Institute (with Mordechai Kremnitzer and Andej Lang) |
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Proportionality in Theory and in Action: A Multi-National Analysis Comments: Netta Barak-Corren, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:45 |
Judges as Humans |
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Chair: David Levi-Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis (with James E. Daily & Kevin Quinn) (Abstract) |
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Using Automated Linguistic Analysis to Assess How Justices Age Comments: Shaul Shenhav, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa, Assaf Meydani, The Academic College of Tel – Aviv Yaffo & Maoz Rosental, IDC Herzliya (Abstract) |
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The Personalization of Judicial Review: The Cohesiveness of Judicial Nominations and Constitutional Courts Comments: Adam Shinar, IDC Herzliya |
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Oren Gazal-Ayal, University of Haifa (with Haim Azulai and Itai Hammer) (Abstract, Full Paper) |
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Do Judges Obey the Law? Comments: Doron Teichman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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15:45-17:00 |
Tour in Mount Scopes Campus (weather permitting) |
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17:00-18:45 |
Decision Making in the Israeli Supreme Court Chair: Margit Cohn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
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Michal Alberstein, Bar-Ilan University (with Limor Gabay-Egozi Bryna Bogoch) (Full Paper) |
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Formalisms of Law: Building Measures to Evaluate the Fluctuating Paths of Legal Rhetoric in Supreme Court Decisions Comments: Ayelet Sela, Bar Ilan University |
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Menachem Hofnung, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Ofir Hadad, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Abstract, Full Paper) |
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Legal Framing and Judicial Policy Making: Former Intelligence Collaborators, Present Asylum Seekers at the Israeli High Court of Justice Comments: Ori Aronson, Bar Ilan University |
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Inbar Levy, Melbourne Law School (with Nadiv Mordechay) (Abstract) |
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Costs Rulings and Substantive Judicial Review in the Israeli High Court of Justice Comments: Issi Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University |
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19:00 |
Dinner |
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Supported by the I-Core Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and The Israel Science Foundation, grant no. 1821/12, The Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, The Aharon Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Research and the Katia & Hans Guth-Dreyfus Lectureship in Conflict Resolution and Law. |
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Comparative Supreme Court Decision Making Workshop
Date:
Sun, 16/12/2018 16:00 to Mon, 17/12/2018 20:30