Seminar Programme – Helsinki Summer Seminar 2021

Monday, 23 August

13:30	Registration online
13:45 – 15:15	Welcome & Introduction Legal Imagination and International Power: A History Martti Koskenniemi (University of Helsinki)
15:15 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30	Transnational avant la lettre: Jessup and private international law Karen Knop (University of Toronto)
16:30 – 17:30	In conversation: Martti Koskenniemi & Karen Knop

Tuesday, 24 August

12:00 – 13:30	Introduction to Inter-legality Jan Klabbers (University of Helsinki)
13:30 – 13:45	Coffee Break
13:45 – 15:15	Transnational Law as Post-Imperial Law Poul F. Kjaer (Copenhagen Business School)
15:15 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00	In conversation: Jan Klabbers & Poul F. Kjaer
16:00 – 17:00	Workshop (groups of 20 participants) chaired by Jan Klabbers, Martti Koskenniemi and Päivi Leino-Sandberg

Wednesday, 25 August

12:00 – 13:30	Is there a Transnational Legal Order? – What could a Transnational Legal Order be? Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh)
13:30 – 13:45	Coffee Break
13:45 – 15:15	The Making and Unmaking of International Courts: Theory and Practice Mikael Rask Madsen (University of Copenhagen)
15:15 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:00	In conversation: Nehal Bhuta & Mikael Rask Madsen with Jan Klabbers
16:00 – 17:00	Populism, transnational legal process and the rise of foreign relations law Karen Knop (University of Toronto)

Thursday, 26 August

12:00 – 13:30	The making of a European transnational administrative space Mariolina Eliantonio (University of Maastricht)
13:30 – 13:45	Coffee Break
13:45 – 15:15	Is transnational governance beyond judicial control? Group work session led by Mariolina Eliantonio (University of Maastricht) & Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki)
15:15 – 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30	Is transnational governance beyond judicial control? Plenary session led by Mariolina Eliantonio & Päivi Leino-Sandberg

Friday, 27 August

12:00 – 13:30	The transnational lawyer Päivi Leino-Sandberg (University of Helsinki)
13:30 – 13:45	Coffee Break
13:45 – 14:45	Is there a Transnational Legal Order? – What does the Transnational Legal Order order? Nehal Bhuta (University of Edinburgh)
15:00 – 16:00	Closing words Martti Koskenniemi, Jan Klabbers and Päivi Leino-Sandberg

The seminar will take place on zoom and all lectures include a brief Q&A session at the end.

Questions can be sent to the organisers prior or be asked at the end of each lecture.

The summer seminar is organised by the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law, supported by the Faculty of Law at Helsinki University.

Please note that the programme is subject to changes.