Date:
Sun, 16/12/2018 16:00 to Mon, 17/12/2018 20:30
Date:
Sun, 16/12/2018 16:00 to Mon, 17/12/2018 20:30
Comparative Supreme Court Decision Making Workshop
December 16-17, 2018
Mt. Scopus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Beit-Maiersdorf, Room 503
Organized by Keren Weinshall & Lee Epstein
Sunday, December 16, 2018:
16:00-16:15
Registration
16:15-16:30
Greetings
Michael Karayanni, Dean, Law Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ilana Ritov, Director of the Center for Empirical Studies of Decision Making and the Law
16:30-18:00
The Israeli Supreme Court Dataset
Chair: Yoav Dotan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Keren Weinshall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis (with Andy Worms) (Abstract)
Introducing the Israeli Supreme Court Dataset (ISCD)
Reflections on Judicial Datasets in the Age of Big Data:
Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, the Israeli Supreme Court
Adam Liptak, New York Times
18:00-18:30
Coffee break
18:30-19:45
Creating Datasets for the Study of Supreme Court Decision Making
Chair: Talia Fisher, Tel Aviv University
Matthew Gabel, Washington University in St. Louis (with Jeff Ziegler) (Abstract)
Automating the Complaw Database: Exploring the limits and possibilities of replacing human coders
Comments: Bernard Black, Northwestern University
Gunnar Grendstad, University of Bergen (Abstract, Full Paper)
Interrupted paper trails. Analyzing decision making on the Norwegian Supreme Court
Comments: Kate Litvak, Northwestern University
20:00
Dinner
Monday, December 17, 2018
9:00-10:45
Coalition Formation in Supreme Courts
Chair: Gideon Parchomovsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chris Hanretty, Royal Holloway, University of London (Abstract)
Panel formation on the UK Supreme Court
Comments: Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yen-Tu Su, Academia Sinica & Chien-chieh Lin, Academia Sinica (Abstract, Full Paper)
Are Taiwan Constitutional Court Justices Political?
Comments: Adi Leibovitch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University (with Alejandro Chehtman,
Sofia Amaral-Garcia & Sergio Muro) (Full Paper)
Dissent in the Supreme Court of Argentina
Comments: Udi Sommer, Tel Aviv University
10:45-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:45
Supreme Courts versus Governments
Chair: Nancy Staudt, Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew Green, University of Toronto & Benjamin Alarie, University of Toronto (Abstract)
Judging the Government: Evidence from the Supreme Court of Canada
Comments: Rivka Weill, IDC Herzliya
Eyal Zamir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Leon Yehuda Anidjar & Ori Katz) (Abstract, Full Paper)
Enforced Performance in Common-Law versus Civil-Law Systems: An Empirical Study of a Legal Transformation
Comments: Tamar Kricheli Katz, Tel Aviv University
Talya Steiner, The Israel Democracy Institute (with Mordechai Kremnitzer and Andej Lang)
Proportionality in Theory and in Action: A Multi-National Analysis
Comments: Netta Barak-Corren, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
12:45-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:45
Judges as Humans
Chair: David Levi-Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis (with James E. Daily & Kevin Quinn) (Abstract)
Using Automated Linguistic Analysis to Assess How Justices Age
Comments: Shaul Shenhav, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa, Assaf Meydani, The Academic College of Tel – Aviv Yaffo & Maoz Rosental, IDC Herzliya (Abstract)
The Personalization of Judicial Review: The Cohesiveness of Judicial Nominations and Constitutional Courts
Comments: Adam Shinar, IDC Herzliya
Oren Gazal-Ayal, University of Haifa (with Haim Azulai and Itai Hammer) (Abstract, Full Paper)
Do Judges Obey the Law?
Comments: Doron Teichman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15:45-17:00
Tour in Mount Scopes Campus (weather permitting)
17:00-18:45
Decision Making in the Israeli Supreme Court
Chair: Margit Cohn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michal Alberstein, Bar-Ilan University (with Limor Gabay-Egozi Bryna Bogoch) (Full Paper)
Formalisms of Law: Building Measures to Evaluate the Fluctuating Paths of Legal Rhetoric in Supreme Court Decisions
Comments: Ayelet Sela, Bar Ilan University
Menachem Hofnung, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Ofir Hadad, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Abstract, Full Paper)
Legal Framing and Judicial Policy Making: Former Intelligence Collaborators, Present Asylum Seekers at the Israeli High Court of Justice
Comments: Ori Aronson, Bar Ilan University
Inbar Levy, Melbourne Law School (with Nadiv Mordechay) (Abstract)
Costs Rulings and Substantive Judicial Review in the Israeli High Court of Justice
Comments: Issi Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University
19:00
Dinner
Supported by the I-Core Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and The Israel Science Foundation, grant no. 1821/12, The Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, The Aharon Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Research and the Katia & Hans Guth-Dreyfus Lectureship in Conflict Resolution and Law.
Conference Program
Sun, 16/12/2018 16:00 to Mon, 17/12/2018 20:30
Comparative Supreme Court Decision Making Workshop
December 16-17, 2018
Mt. Scopus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Beit-Maiersdorf, Room 503
Organized by Keren Weinshall & Lee Epstein
Sunday, December 16, 2018:
16:00-16:15
Registration
16:15-16:30
Greetings
Michael Karayanni, Dean, Law Faculty, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ilana Ritov, Director of the Center for Empirical Studies of Decision Making and the Law
16:30-18:00
The Israeli Supreme Court Dataset
Chair: Yoav Dotan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Keren Weinshall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis (with Andy Worms) (Abstract)
Introducing the Israeli Supreme Court Dataset (ISCD)
Reflections on Judicial Datasets in the Age of Big Data:
Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, the Israeli Supreme Court
Adam Liptak, New York Times
18:00-18:30
Coffee break
18:30-19:45
Creating Datasets for the Study of Supreme Court Decision Making
Chair: Talia Fisher, Tel Aviv University
Matthew Gabel, Washington University in St. Louis (with Jeff Ziegler) (Abstract)
Automating the Complaw Database: Exploring the limits and possibilities of replacing human coders
Comments: Bernard Black, Northwestern University
Gunnar Grendstad, University of Bergen (Abstract, Full Paper)
Interrupted paper trails. Analyzing decision making on the Norwegian Supreme Court
Comments: Kate Litvak, Northwestern University
20:00
Dinner
Monday, December 17, 2018
9:00-10:45
Coalition Formation in Supreme Courts
Chair: Gideon Parchomovsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Chris Hanretty, Royal Holloway, University of London (Abstract)
Panel formation on the UK Supreme Court
Comments: Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yen-Tu Su, Academia Sinica & Chien-chieh Lin, Academia Sinica (Abstract, Full Paper)
Are Taiwan Constitutional Court Justices Political?
Comments: Adi Leibovitch, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University (with Alejandro Chehtman,
Sofia Amaral-Garcia & Sergio Muro) (Full Paper)
Dissent in the Supreme Court of Argentina
Comments: Udi Sommer, Tel Aviv University
10:45-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-12:45
Supreme Courts versus Governments
Chair: Nancy Staudt, Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew Green, University of Toronto & Benjamin Alarie, University of Toronto (Abstract)
Judging the Government: Evidence from the Supreme Court of Canada
Comments: Rivka Weill, IDC Herzliya
Eyal Zamir, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (with Leon Yehuda Anidjar & Ori Katz) (Abstract, Full Paper)
Enforced Performance in Common-Law versus Civil-Law Systems: An Empirical Study of a Legal Transformation
Comments: Tamar Kricheli Katz, Tel Aviv University
Talya Steiner, The Israel Democracy Institute (with Mordechai Kremnitzer and Andej Lang)
Proportionality in Theory and in Action: A Multi-National Analysis
Comments: Netta Barak-Corren, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
12:45-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:45
Judges as Humans
Chair: David Levi-Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Lee Epstein, Washington University in St. Louis (with James E. Daily & Kevin Quinn) (Abstract)
Using Automated Linguistic Analysis to Assess How Justices Age
Comments: Shaul Shenhav, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa, Assaf Meydani, The Academic College of Tel – Aviv Yaffo & Maoz Rosental, IDC Herzliya (Abstract)
The Personalization of Judicial Review: The Cohesiveness of Judicial Nominations and Constitutional Courts
Comments: Adam Shinar, IDC Herzliya
Oren Gazal-Ayal, University of Haifa (with Haim Azulai and Itai Hammer) (Abstract, Full Paper)
Do Judges Obey the Law?
Comments: Doron Teichman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
15:45-17:00
Tour in Mount Scopes Campus (weather permitting)
17:00-18:45
Decision Making in the Israeli Supreme Court
Chair: Margit Cohn, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michal Alberstein, Bar-Ilan University (with Limor Gabay-Egozi Bryna Bogoch) (Full Paper)
Formalisms of Law: Building Measures to Evaluate the Fluctuating Paths of Legal Rhetoric in Supreme Court Decisions
Comments: Ayelet Sela, Bar Ilan University
Menachem Hofnung, Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Ofir Hadad, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Abstract, Full Paper)
Legal Framing and Judicial Policy Making: Former Intelligence Collaborators, Present Asylum Seekers at the Israeli High Court of Justice
Comments: Ori Aronson, Bar Ilan University
Inbar Levy, Melbourne Law School (with Nadiv Mordechay) (Abstract)
Costs Rulings and Substantive Judicial Review in the Israeli High Court of Justice
Comments: Issi Rosen-Zvi, Tel Aviv University
19:00
Dinner
Supported by the I-Core Program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee and The Israel Science Foundation, grant no. 1821/12, The Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, The Aharon Barak Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Research and the Katia & Hans Guth-Dreyfus Lectureship in Conflict Resolution and Law.
Conference Program