Honoring the Work of Heather Gerken - "Not Your Father's Federalism"
Friday, September 28th, 2012
Heather Gerken, the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School, is a recognized expert in election law and constitutional law, having published in numerous scholarly journals and serving as commentator for national news media outlets, including The New York Times, CNN, NBC News, NPR, The Boston Globe, and the L.A. Times. Professor Gerken’s research centers on questions of applied democratic theory, including the role groups play in a democratic system, the translation of institutional design choices into manageable legal doctrine and the values associated with minority-dominated institutions. Her most recent scholarship explores questions of election reform.
Symposium Opening
Rachel Hughes
Tamara Piety
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Panel I: Federalism: From Here All-the-Way-Down, or How to Write a Festschrift Piece
David Schleicher
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Panel I: Federalism: Research Agenda for Uncooperative Federalism
Ernest A. Young
9:30 am - 10:00 am
Panel I: Questions and Answers
David Schleicher
Ernest A. Young
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Panel II: Second Order Diversity - Second-Order Diverse in Name Only: Sovereign Authority in Disaggregated Institutions
Franita Tolson
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Panel II: Dissent and Democracy - Meliorism v. Bomb-Throwing as Techniques of Reform Symposium
Sanford Levinson
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Panel II: Questions and Answers
Sanford Levinson
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Panel III: Dissent and Democracy - Dissent, Diversity, and Democracy: Heather Gerken and the Contingent Imperative of Minority Rule
Guy-Urial Charles
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Panel III: Dissent and Democracy - Relational Federalism: An Essay in Honor of Heather Gerken
David Fontana
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel III: Dissent and Democracy - Taking Dissenting by Deciding All the Way Down
Ilya Somin
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Panel III: Questions and Answers
Ilya Somin
David Fontana
Guy-Urial Charles
Responses from Professor Heather Gerken: Abandoning Bad Ideas and Disregarding Good Ones for the Right Reasons: Reflections on a Festschrift
Heather Gerken
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm