Abstracts

Abstracts will be added as they are received.

Introductory Panel

Rule of Law Radicalism: The Pluralist Potential of Republican Legal Theory

– Mary Liston, Law, University of British Columbia

Fractal Responsiveness: Making Deals and Living with Constraints in Multi-Layered Regulatory Systems

– Carol Heimer, Sociology, Northwestern University

A Systems Theory Approach to Responsive Regulation

– Susan Sturm, Law School, Columbia University

Environmental Regulations Panel

Why Study Large Projects? Environmental Regulation’s Neglected Frontier

– Natasha Affolder, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia

Responsive Regulation and the Limits of Regulatory Intervention

– Oren Perez, Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Environmental Governance through Fiduciary Finance

– Benjamin Richardson, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Taxation Panel

Americans don’t hate taxes, they hate paying taxes

– Dennis Ventry, School of Law, University of California, Davis 

Responsive Regulation, Risk and Rules: Applying the Theory to Tax Practice

– Judith Freedman, Faculty of Law, Oxford University

Responsive Regulation, Tax Compliance, and Tax Avoidance

– David Duff, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia

Financial Regulation Panel

A Harder Nut to Crack? Responsive Regulation in the Financial Services Sector

– Dimity Kingsford-Smith, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Macro and Micro Level Effects on Responsive Financial Regulation

– Cristie Ford, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia

Regulatory Failures and the Global Financial Crisis: Some Historical Puzzles

– Edward Balleisen, History, Duke University

Closing Panel

Madison on Federalism as Responsive Regulation

– Arthur Stinchcombe, Sociology, Northwestern University