Mini-conference on the behavior of courts

Schedule:

14.30 – 15.15: Lewis Kornhauser, Professor of law, New York University:
What Courts Do and How to Model it
See https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2979391

Abstract
We review the basic building blocks of the case-space approach to modeling courts, particularly cases, dispositions, and rules. We provide numerous examples of case spaces. We clarify the policy-making actions of courts, distinguishing statutory interpretation, review of agency rule-making on procedural grounds, review of agency rule-making on substantive grounds, and constitutional review. We demonstrate that simple versions of the case-space approach are extensible to more complex legal concepts such as evidence, doctrine, and causes of action. We note some of the feed-back effects of judicial actions, particularly on the distribution of presented cases, the behavior in society at large, and on social welfare.

15.30 – 16.00: Shai Dothan, Associate Professor of Law, Copenhagen University:
Judicial Deference Allows European Consensus to Emerge
See https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2597949

16.15 – 16.45: Gunnar Nordén, Associate Professor of Law, dr Philos, University College of Southeast Norway:
Reasoned judgments and the rule of law: mixed courts v. juries under norm-based legal uncertainty
The paper can be received from Gunnar.Norden@usn.no upon request

17.00 – 17.30: Henrik Lando, Professor of Law and Economics, Copenhagen Business School:
The analysis of courts in Alf Ross’ theory of legal science 
Based on: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3103082

Registration:
By mail: Seminar.jur@cbs.dk no later than February 9 2018