iCourts
Research Group on Global and Regional Governance at Stockholm University
The Performance of International Courts and their Legitimation Strategies
Concepts and Methods Workshop December 7-8, 2015
Monday December 7: Performance
12.00 Lunch at PluriCourts 13.00 Welcome
13.30 "The performance of ICs." Theresa Squatrito (PluriCourts)
with some comments from a philosophical perspective by Andreas Føllesdal (PluriCourts)
14.15 "The performance of international organizations."
Thomas Sommerer (Research Group on Global and Regional Governance)
14.45 "Methods of interpretation and design of remedies by international courts: consequences for national implementation." Geir Ulfstein (PluriCourts)
15:15 Discussion 16.00 Coffee
16.30 "Can the legitimacy of IC's be studied through who cite them? Challenges and opportunities of quantitative court citation analysis." Marlene Wind (iCourts)
17.00 “Measuring systemic bias in investment treaty arbitration outcomes.” Daniel Behn, Malcolm Langford, Ole Kristian Fauchald and Tarald Laudal Berge (PluriCourts) 17.30 Wrap-up: general observations and questions
19.00 Dinner at Beijing Palace
Tuesday December 8: Legitimation
09.00 "ICs' legitimation and authority."
Mikael Madsen (iCourts)
09:30 "Elite legitimation and delegitimation of international organizations."
Lisa Dellmuth (Research Group on Global and Regional Governance)
10.00 "Legitimation strategies of ICs from a political science perspective."
Daniel Naurin (PluriCourts) 10.30 Discussion
11.00 Coffee
11.15 "Legal interpretation as a legitimation strategy."
Henrik Palmer Olsen (iCourts)
11.45 "Legitimation strategies of ICs: philosophical perspectives."
Andreas Føllesdal (PluriCourts) 12.15 Discussion
12.45 Lunch at PluriCourts
13:30 “Managing backlash: The evolving investment treaty arbitrator?”
Malcolm Langford and Daniel Behn (PluriCourts)
14.00 “Legitimation and International Courts”
Theresa Squatrito (PluriCourts)
14.30 "The legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations."
Jonas Tallberg (Research Group on Global and Regional Governance) 15:00 Discussion
15.30 Rapporteur: lessons learned 16.00 Tapas