The Labor and the Law Workshop, co-hosted by the Center for Political Economy at Columbia University, seeks contributions from junior researchers (PhD students and post-doctoral fellows) that address the labor movement’s relationship to the law. Both contemporary and historical approaches to the topic as well as qualitative and quantitative contributions are welcome. We are interested…
Cornell ILR School invites submissions for the Work Law Junior Scholar Workshop to be held in Ithaca, New York, on November 8-9, 2024. Participants will receive feedback on their scholarship from one of the leading scholar discussants (Matt Bodie, Veena Dubal, Hiba Hafiz, Kerry Rittich, and Noah Zatz), comments from fellow junior scholars, and advice about career development and journal…
The fourth session of our 6-part open course/reading group “What To Do About The Courts,” cohosted with the People’s Parity Project, will take place on April 16 at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. This session will be led by Professors Ganesh Sitaraman and Amy Kapczynski. TOPIC: Several reforms have been proposed to restructure, reform, and/or disempower the courts, each with…
The YLS Law and Political Economy (LPE) Student Group and Professors Aslı Ü. Bâli, Ntina Tzouvala, and Tendayi Achiume will be co-hosting a panel series entitled “Money, Empire, and the Law” taking place on Saturday, April 13th at the Yale Law School. This series will take place following the “TWAIL, Geopolitical Competition, and Non-Western Imperialisms” conference which will take…
Please join Professors Aslı Ü. Bâli, Ntina Tzouvala, and Tendayi Achiume for a two-day conference entitled “TWAIL, Geopolitical Competition and the Rise of Non-Western Imperialisms” scheduled for Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12, at Yale Law School. This will be followed by a student-led segment of the conference, “Money, Empire and the Law,” on Saturday, April…
The Law and Political Economy Blog is looking to hire two student editors to join our staff starting in June 2024, with the expectation of working some amount over the summer (though the Blog goes on hiatus in August) and continuing in the position for 2024-2025 academic year. The work involves collaboratively coming up with ideas for posts,…
“Law and Marxism” is the fourth session of The New School’s LPE Night School. It will be a conversation between Rafael Khachaturian and Igor Shoikhedbrod. What does Marxism have to teach us about law? Does law always reflect the interests of the ruling class, and if so, why does it take on a universal, general…
Please join the LPE Project on Tuesday, April 2nd, at 4:30pm ET (please note time change!) for a talk with Professor Jedidiah Kroncke, on “Territorial Labor and American Empire: A History of Democratic Avoidance and Constitutional Enervation.” Much recent attention has been given to acknowledging the full historical scope of the American empire and its…
