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Friday, April 20, 2012 

9:00-10:40 a.m. Session I (audio)

• Daniel Brinks, University of Texas at Austin, Political Change and the New Role of Courts and Constitutions in Latin America 
• Surain Subramaniam, University of North Carolina at Asheville, When Does “Politics” Get in the Way of Development?: The Developmental State, Good Governance, and Liberal Democratic Change in Malaysia and Singapore
  • Commentator:  Julio Faundez, University of Warwick

11:00-12:30 p.m.     Session II (audio)

• Bojan Bugaric, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, From Regulatory to Post-Developmental State in Central and Eastern Europe
• John Gillespie, Monash University, Absorbing Global Governance in East Asian MICs
  
  • Commentator:  Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago

2:00-3:30 p.m.         Session III (audio)

• Kevin Davis, New York University, Combating Corruption: Does One-size-fit-all?
• Mike Dowdle, National University of Singapore: Constitutionalism, Development and the Myth of Institutions:  On the Regulatory Logic of MICs
  • Commentator:  Alberto Simpser, University of Chicago

3:50-5:20 p.m.         Session IV (audio)

• Peter Yu, Drake University, Intellectual Property and Middle-income Countries 
• Nick Booth, Policy Advisor on Rule of Law and Access to Justice, UNDP Viet Nam, UNDP Policies and Programs on Development in MICs
  • Commentator: Mark Sidel, Unviersity of Wisconsin

Saturday, April 21, 2012 

9:00-10:30 a.m.        Session V (audio)

• Mariana Mota Prado, University of Toronto, and Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto, Police Reform in Violent Democracies in Latin America 
• Julio Rios-Figueroa, CIDE, Judges, Generals, and Democracy in Latin America: Constitutional Jurisprudence on Military Jurisdiction in Colombia, Mexico and Peru (Fig. 1 | Fig. 2)
  • Commentator:  Jeff Staton, Emory University

10:50-12:30              Session VI (audio)

• Juan Botero, Rule of Law Index Director, The World Justice Project, Two Faces of Justice: Challenges and Opportunities from Increased Integration of Formal and Informal Delivery of Justice in Middle-income Countries 
• César Rodríguez Garavito  Justice Within Reason: Causes and Consequences of the Judicialization of Health Care in Latin America
  • Commentator:  Linn Hammergren, World Bank

1:30-3:00p.m.          Session VII (audio)

• William Hurst, University of Toronto, Nascent Protections in Emerging Giants: Struggles to Judicialize Labor Rights in China and Indonesia
• Benjamin vanRooij, Amsterdam Law School, and Lesley McAllister, University of San Diego, Environmental Law Enforcement Alliances in Middle Income Countries
  • Commentator:  Randall Peerenboom