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Latin American Series at YLS
Spring 2013
Monday, April 22, 6:10 - 7:30 p.m. in room 129
Panel discussion with Anthony Bebbington of Clark University, Claire Priest of Yale Law School, and Andrés Calderon López, YLS LL.M. '13, of the controversy over Peru's 2011 Consulta Previa law requiring requests for new mining concessions to be considered by the affected communities.
Wednesday, April 17, 6:10 - 7:30 p.m. in room 129
Edmar Bacha, Former Head of the Brazilian Development Bank and since 2003 Director of Casa das Garças Institute for Economic Policy Studies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The New Brazil: Achievements and Challenges
Thursday, March 28, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in the faculty lounge
Alejandro Madrazo Lajous, Centro de Investigaciones y Docencia Económicas (CIDE): Prenatal Personhood: Its Strategic Importance in Abortion Law
Thursday, February 14, 6:10 - 8:00 p.m. in room 129
Presentations by visiting Latin American law students on Argentina's recent media law, the institutional reforms of the 1990s in Brazil, the judicial reforms in Chile since the return to democratic rule, problems with court interpretation of the right to health in Brazil, and problems in resolving the territorial dispute between Peru and Chile.
Wednesday, February 13, 6:10 - 7:00 p.m. in room 121
Jorge Contesse, Universidad Diego Portales: Sexual Orientation in the Inter-American Human Rights System: The Atala Case
Thursday, February 7, 6:15 - 7:45 p.m. in room 129
The Mensalão Case in Brazil: A panel discussion featuring past and current clerks on the Brazilian Supreme Court (Thomaz Pereira, Bruno Bodart, and Felipe De Melo Fonte) and Paul Lagunes, a post-doctoral fellow at Yale's Political Science department whose research focuses on corruption.
Fall 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 12:20 – 1:50 p.m. in room 128
2012 World Fellow Patrick Struebi
Mr. Struebi, a native of Switzerland, founded Fairtrasa, an international farming organization that links small-scale farmers in Latin America to local and international markets. See www.fairtrasa.com for more details.
Tuesday, September 25, Room 128, 12:20 – 1:50 p.m. in room 128
2012 World Fellow Gabriella Gómez-Mont
Ms. Gómez-Mont founded Tóxico Cultura, an independent cultural project dedicated to furthering creative excellence across various mediums based in Mexico City. See www.toxicocultura.com for more).
Wednesday, October 10, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. in room 129
Understanding Mexico's Return to the PRI: Fraud, Governance and Social Protest (watch video here)
John Ackerman, Professor, Institute of Legal Research at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Co-sponsored by the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies and the Latino Law Students’ Association
Wednesday, October 17, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m. in room 127
Investigative Journalism at Work: Revealing the Corruption of Power Wielders
David Barstow of the New York Times
Co-sponsored by the Poynter Fellowship in Journalism and the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies
Wednesday, October 24, 12:10 – 1:30 p.m.
Maira Neiva Gomes, Coordinator of the Legal Department of the United Metal Workers Union of Contagem, Brazil
Monday, November 5, 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. in room 128
Argentina: In the Loop or Just Stuck in the Loop?
2012 World Fellow Martin Lousteau currently runs a macroeconomic and political consultancy firm advising large companies, governments, and politicians. He previously served as the Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina, and prior to that was President of the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Thursday, November 15, 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. in room 128
2012 World Fellow Paula Escobar-Chavarría (Chile)
Ms. Escobar-Chavarría is the Magazines Editor of El Mercurio, overseeing six weekly publications and writing regular columns in magazines and newspapers. She has written four books and is working on a fifth that will focus on the leadership of Chilean presidents during the country’s transition to democracy.
Thursday, December 6, 4:15 - 5:45 p.m. in faculty lounge
For Memory, Truth and Justice? Prosecuting Crimes Against Humanity in Argentina
Sam Ferguson, YLS ’09 will discuss his forthcoming book, Remnants of a Dirty War, that provides in-depth analysis of the ongoing human rights trials in Argentina. The book compiles thousands of hours of archival work and interviews over the past three or four years (starting with his stint in Argentina with the law school’s exchange program).
Spring 2012
February 6 – 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 128 – Implementing Human Rights Policies: The Challenges Facing the Mexican Government. Luis Zavala de Alba, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
February 8 – 4:10 – 5:30 p.m. – Room 122 – Land Restitution in Colombia, an empirical analysis by Pablo Kalmanovitz, post-doctoral fellow in Political Science at Yale University
March 6 – 12:45 – 2:00 p.m. – Room A422 – Transitions without end? The Continuing Human Rights Trials of Crimes Committed During the Military Juntas in Argentina. Samuel Ferguson, YLS ’09.
March 27 – 4:30 – 5:45 – Room 120 – Public lecture on U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges in Latin America by former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Professor Arturo Valenzuela.
March 28 – 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Continuing the conversation with Professor Arturo Valenzuela.
Fall 2011
November 9: 2011:
The Student Protests in Chile. Conversation with Lucas Sierra, Professor of Law at the University of Chile.
November 8, 2011:
Going Backwards? Forestry Regulation Reform in Brazil. Marcelo Furtado of Greenpeace Brazil, Sebastien Jodoin of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law and Gabriela Bueno de Almeida of Yale Law School discuss the current proposal to scale back ecological requirements in Brazil's forestry code.
October 26, 2011:
The War on Drugs in Mexico: What, Who and Why Are We Fighting? Alejandro Madrazo, Professor and Coordinator of the Right to Health Programme Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, Mexico.
October 3, 2011:
Change and Continuity in Cuba. Carlos Alzugaray Treto of the Center for Hemispheric and U.S. Studies at the University of Havana will discuss the reforms recently enacted in Cuba.
Past Events from the 2010 - 2011 academic year include:
The Architecture of Politics in Argentina. German Feierhard and Camila Blanco discuss the structure of the political system in Argentina and the predicament caused by rogue Vice-President Cobos
Drugs, Prisons, and Latin America. Ana Paula Hernandez examines the effect of drug policy on prison populations in Latin America and the trend towards decriminalization.
What will Dilma Do? The 2010 Brazilian Presidential Election in Perspective. Catarina Barbieri, Thomaz Pereira, Natasha Salinas, and Eduardo Jordão participate in a panel discussion on the historic nature of the election and the issues on President Rousseff's political agenda.
Brazil's Unbalanced Democracy: Presidential Hegemony, Legislative Frailty, and the Rise of Judicial Power. Professor Luis Roberto Barroso of the Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro offers his assessment of the problem and solution for it. With the participation of Yale Law School Professor Bruce Ackerman. Moderated by Diego Arguelhes.
The Effect of the War in Colombia on Civilian Populations. Presentation of documentary film by Hollman Morris, followed by commentary from the independent television journalist and filmmaker.
The 'Leftnicity' of Chile's Concertacion Coalition and the Future of Neoliberalism. A discussion between the former US Ambassador to Chile and Professor Fernando Atria from the Universidad de Chile of political identity in Chile. This event comes on the heels of President Obama's visit to the country in March 2011.
Political Theology and the Jurisprudence of Self-Government. A presentation by Professor Fernando Atria from the Universidad de Chile on the elusiveness of political legitimacy with comments by Professor Paulina Ochoa Espejo of Yale University.
For comments, questions, or to become involved, email the adminiatrative coordinator at bradley.hayes@yale.edu.
