Name: Session IV - Law & Politics I
Start: 2013-10-26T10:15:00-0400
End: 2013-10-26T12:15:00-0400

The Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) is sponsored by the Society for Empirical Legal Studies (SELS) and Penn Law School. The conference features original empirical legal scholarship by leading scholars from a diverse range of fields. The 8th annual CELS will take place on October 25-26, 2013, at Penn Law School.

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Session IV - Law & Politics I

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Deliberative Democracy and the American Civil Jury by Valerie Hans, Josh Gastil, and Traci Feller Discussant: Theodore Ruger

Popular Legitimacy and the Exercise of Legal Authority: Motivating Compliance, Cooperation and Engagement by Tom Tyler and Jonathan Jackson- CANCELLED*

Is There a Universal Comparative Advantage of Self Governance? Comparing Effects of Democracy in Germany and China by Stephan Tontrup and Wolfgang Gaissmaier
Discussant: Jacques deLisle

* Note, the Popular Legitimacy paper will not be presented.

Presenters & Discussants

Jacques deLisle

University of Pennsylvania Law School

John Gastil

Penn State

John studies deliberative democracy and has devoted considerable energy to understanding how the jury sustains deliberative traditions and aspirations in the mass public. His presentation will be with Valerie Hans on the civic impact of service on civil juries. It turns out that... Read More →