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Intellectual Property - Room C2.17

Chair: Mitja Kovac, University of Ljubliana

Testing Tarnishment in Trademark and Copyright Law: The Effect of Pornographic Versions of Protected Marks and Works
Christopher Buccafusco, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Paul J. Heald, University of Illinois College of Law (presenter)
Wen Bu, University of Illinois College of Law
Discussant: Sven Hoeppner, Ghent University

Variation in Transaction Costs and the Propensity to Patent: Some Firm-Level Evidence
Mitja Kovac, University of Ljubljana (presenter)
Rok Spruk, Utrecht University - Research Group Social Economic History
Discussant: Ben Depoorter, University of California Hastings College of the Law
An Empirical Study of Copyright Statutory Damages
Ben Depoorter, University of California Hastings College of the Law (presenter)
Discussant: Mitja Kovac, University of Ljubljana

 

Judges and Judging I - Room C2.23

Chair: Urska Sadl, University of Copenhagen - iCours - Centre of Excellence for International Courts

Do International Courts Make Law in Small Steps? Evidence from the Citation Web of CJEU Case Law
Urska Sadl, University of Copenhagen - iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts (presenter)
Discussant: Keren Weinshall Margel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law
A Micro-Macro Gauge of Ideological Effects on Judicial Decision Making: The Dynamic Comparative Attitudinal Measure and the Ideological Ideal Point Estimate
Keren Weinshall Margel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law (presenter)
Udi Sommer, SUNY University at Albany
Ya'acov Ritov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Discussant: Sofia Amaral-Garcia, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
Consensus and Ideology at the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Sofia Amaral-Garcia, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), (presenter)
Lucia Dallapellegrina, Universitá  degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Quantitative Methods and Business Strategies (DEMS)
Nuno M. Garoupa, Texas A&M University - School of Law
Discussant: Urska Sadl, University of Copenhagen - iCourts - Centre of Excellence for International Courts

 

Litigation and the Legal Professions - Room C3.17

Chair: Nigel Balmer, Faculty of Law, University College London

Navigating the Legal Advice Maze - Knowledge, Expectations and the Reality of Advice Seeking
Pascoe Pleasence, Government of the United Kingdom - Legal Services Research Centre (LSRC)
Nigel J. Balmer, Faculty of Law, University College London (presenter)
Catrina Denvir, University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
Discussant: Adam Hofri-Winogradow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law
Trust Proliferation: An Empirical Analysis
Adam S. Hofri-Winogradow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Faculty of Law (presenter)
Discussant: Sandra Rousseau, KU Leuven - Brussels Campus
The Value of Hiring a Lawyer
Sandra Rousseau, KU Leuven - Brussels Campus (presenter)
Dietrich Earnhart, University of Kansas - Department of Economics
Discussant: Nigel Balmer, Faculty of Law, University College London

 

Law & Text-Mining I - Room D1.09

Chair: Radboud Winkels, University of Amsterdam - Leibniz Center for Law

Two Experiments in Finding Relevant Case Law
Radboud Winkels, University of Amsterdam - Leibniz Center for Law (presenter)
A.W.F. Boer, University of Amsterdam - Leibniz Center for Law
Discussant: Michael Livermore, University of Virginia - School of Law
Bending the Law
Greg Leibon, Dartmouth College
Michael A. Livermore, University of Virginia - School of Law (presenter)
Reed Harder, Dartmouth College
Allen Riddell, Dartmouth College
Daniel Rockmore, Dartmouth College - Department of Mathematics
Discussant: Eyal Sagi, Northwestern University

Moral Language in the Basel Accords: A Quantitative Analysis
Hadar Yoana Jabotinsky, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Eyal Sagi, Northwestern University (presenter)
Discussant: Radboud Winkels, University of Amsterdam - Leibniz Center for Law

 

Comparative Law - Room C0.23

Chair: Mathias Siems, Durham University - Law School

Why Do Businesses Incorporate in Other EU Member States? An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Conflict of Laws Rules
Mathias M. Siems, Durham University - Law School (presenter)
Edmund-Philipp Schuster, London School of Economics - Law Department
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, London School of Economics - Law Department
Federico M. Mucciarelli, University of London, SOAS, Department of Financial and Management Studies
Discussant: Adam Chilton, University of Chicago - Law School
The Cultural Evolution of National Constitutions
Daniel Rockmore, Dartmouth College - Department of Mathematics (presenter)
Chen Fang, Dartmouth College
Nick J. Foti, University of Washington - Department of Statistics
Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago - Law School
David C. Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute
Discussant: Mila Versteeg, University of Virginia - School of Law
Antitrust Laws in Action: A Cross-National Analysis of Enforcement Activity
Anu Bradford, Columbia University
Adam S. Chilton, University of Chicago - Law School (presenter)
Discussant: Mathias Siems, Durham University - Law School

 

Criminal Law I - Room C2.05

Chair: Eric Helland, Claremont Colleges - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance

The Effects of a Simpler Criminal Procedure on Criminal Case Outcomes: Evidence from Czech District-Level Data
Libor Dusek, University of Economics, Prague (presenter)
Discussant: Ben Vollaard, Tilburg University - Center and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration 
Temporal Displacement of Environmental Crime. Evidence from Marine Oil Pollution
Ben Vollaard, Tilburg University - Center and Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (presenter)
Discussant: Libor Dusek, University of Economics, Prague
Criminal Prosecution and Physician Supply
Hatsuru Morita, Tohoku University - School of Law (presenter)
Discussant: Eric Helland, Claremont Colleges - Robert Day School of Economics and Finance