WORKSHOP: Constitutional Rights, Judicial Independence and the Transition to Democracy; November 13-16, 2014, -New York Law School

这次讲习班将汇集一批不同的国际和跨学科从业人员、法律和社会科学学者以及具有以下方面专门知识的创新法律教师：向民主过渡的进程;全球化与法律;宪法法院的作用;法律和社会运动;法律的多元化和习惯法;经济和社会权利;以及法律的教育对法律的职业和法律的影响。 其更广泛的影响包括促进美国和南非学者之间更深层次的联系，协助南非律师和社会科学家保护人权，并在美国提高对南非面临的挑战及其对民主和法律的思维所作贡献的认识。讲习班将围绕五个核心主题进行持续的系列分阶段讨论：司法独立;司法干预的潜力、局限和陷阱;主张权利方面的文化、传统、公众抵制和精英压力;公共利益法;社会经济权利和归还。论文将提前提交，并在研讨会网站上提供给其他演讲者，该网站也将作为额外相关阅读和材料的资源。每一主题都将在全体会议上介绍，然后围绕与该主题有关的具体问题举行小组会议，最后举行汇报会议。 每次会议的讨论摘要将张贴在研讨会网站上。小组讨论会的目的是将社会法律的和法律的学者、法律的教育工作者和从业人员聚集在一起。 它将包括来自代表性不足群体的参与者，以及早期职业学者和学生。

This workshop will bring together a diverse international and interdisciplinary group of practitioners, scholars in both law and social science, and innovative law teachers with expertise in the processes of transition to democracy; globalization and law; the role of constitutional courts; law and social movements; legal pluralism and customary law; economic and social rights; and the impact of legal education on legal professions and law. Its broader impacts include fostering deeper connections between American and South African scholars, assisting South African lawyers and social scientists in protecting human rights, and building awareness in the United States both of the challenges South Africa faces and of the contributions to democratic and legal thinking that it is making. The workshop will be a sustained series of structured discussions around five core themes: judicial independence; the potential, limits and pitfalls of judicial intervention; culture, tradition, public resistance and elite pressure in the assertion of rights; public interest law; and socioeconomic rights and restitution. Papers will be submitted in advance and made available to other presenters on a workshop website, which will also serve as a resource for additional relevant readings and materials. Each theme will be introduced with a plenary session, followed by small-group meetings around particular issues bearing on that theme, and culminating in a report-back session. Summaries of each session's discussions will be posted on the workshop website. Panels will be designed to bring together socio-legal and legal scholars, legal educators, and practitioners. It will include participants who are from under-represented groups and who are early-career scholars and students.