A Conference in Honor of Frank Upham: Comparative Law, Property, and Gender

Time: Friday, November 14, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Saturday, November 15, 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Venue: Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd St.

Agenda

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About the event:

NYU School of Law is convening this conference to celebrate the extraordinary career and scholarship of Frank K. Upham, Wilf Family Professor of Property Law, Emeritus. More than fifteen speakers from around the world will present research related to enduring themes of Professor Upham’s work in the areas of comparative law, gender, and property.

Agenda

Friday, November 14: Lipton Hall, 108 West Third Street

9:00-10:00am: Continental breakfast available

10 am-Noon: Comparative Law - panel 1.

·         Donald Clarke, George Washington (Emeritus), Promises, Promises: The Dilemma of Urban-Land Use Rights Renewals in China

·         Ben Liebman, Columbia, Redefining Law in China (co-authored with Zeming Liu)

·         Teemu Ruskola, University of Pennsylvania, The Unmaking of the Chinese Working Class (Introduction and Chapter 1)

·         Moderator: Cindy Estlund, NYU

Noon-1:30pm: lunch (with a few speakers offering personal reflections)

1:30-3:30pm: Comparative Law - panel 2.

·         Eric Feldman, University of Pennsylvania

·         Mark Ramseyer, Harvard, When Economic Performance Turns on the Colonized Rather than the Colonist: The Ainu Example

·         Masayuki Tamaruya, Tokyo University, American Contributions to Trust Law: Perspectives from the Far East

·         Moderator: Kevin Davis, NYU

3:30-3:50pm: Coffee break

3:50-5:50: Comparative Law - panel 3.

·         Yun-chien Chang, Cornell, A Theory of Legal Knowledge Diffusion: With Evidence from 824,000 Citations in Top Law Journals in China (co-authored with Chiayu Liu & Jinhua Cheng)

·         Matthew Erie, American University & Oxford University, Inter-Asian Law : Introduction: The Emergence of Inter-Asian Law (co-authored with Ching-Fu Lin)

·         Cory Evans, University of Florida Levin College of Law

·         Moderator: José Alvarez, NYU [to confirm]

Saturday, November 15: Lipton Hall, 108 West Third Street

9:00-10:00am: Continental breakfast available

10:00-10:10am: Opening remarks from Dean Troy McKenzie

10:10am-12:10: Gender

·         Nobuko Nagase, Ochanomizu U, Japan, The Effect of Social Protection Laws for Dependent Housewives on the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Japan

·         Tracy Robinson, University of West Indies, The Immodern Authority of a Caribbean Court

·         Gila Stopler, College of Law and Business, Israel, Women's Rights in Liberal States: Patriarchy, Liberalism, Religion, and the Chimera of Rights

·         Moderator: Rick Hills

Noon-1:00 pm: lunch

1:00-3:00pm: Property

·         Eleanor Marie Brown, Fordham

·         Shitong Qiao, Duke, The Democracy Premium

·         Gabriele Wadlig, Dresden University of Technology , Destination Earth, Digital Twins, and the Platformization of Planetary Governance

·         Moderator: Katrina M. Wyman, NYU

3:00-3:15: Concluding thoughts from Frank Upham

Please contact August Kahn at ak12380@mercury.law.nyu.edu if you have questions about this event.