Colloquia

Each year, the School of Law faculty hosts a colloquium series to foster rigorous intellectual exchange. These enlightening and engaging conversations serve as the launching pad for articles and conferences, as well as classroom discussions.

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Faculty Colloquia 2011-2012

September 27, 2011
Can You Believe It’s Kosher: Trust, Reputation and Non-Governmental Regulation in the
Age of Industrial Food
Timothy Lytton
Albany Law School
Comment: Richard Daynard

October 11, 2011
The Properties of Instability: Markets, Predation, Racialized Geography and Property
Law
Audrey McFarlane
University of Baltimore School of Law
Comment: Aziza Ahmad

November 30, 2011
The Killing Court: Death and the Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America
Evan Mandery
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Comment: Michael Meltzner

December 19, 2011
Birth/Rights: Race and the Evidentiary Burdens of Birthright Citizenship
Rachel Rosenbloom
Northeastern University School of Law
Comment: Martha Davis

January 25, 2012
When Pregnancy is an Injury: Metaphor, Law and Culture
Khiara Bridges
Boston University School of Law
Comment: Kara Swanson

February 27, 2012
America’s First Great Depression: Economic Crisis and Political Disorder After the
Panic of 1837
Alasdair Roberts
Suffolk University Law School
Comment: James Hackney

March 19, 2012
Reasoning from Race: Feminism, Law and the Civil Rights Revolution
Serena Mayeri
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Comment: Margaret Burnham

April 9, 2012
The Legal History of Felon Prisoner Voting: A View from the Northeastern Corner
Malick Ghachem
University of Maine School of Law
Comment: Daniel Givelber

May 7, 2012
The Urbanization of Property
Nestor Davidson
Fordham University School of Law
Comment: Rashmi Dyal-Chand

June 27, 2012
Enhancing Environmental Decision-making
Elizabeth Burleson
Pace Law School
Comment: Lee Breckenridge