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    Efficiency and the Judiciary
    Law and Economics Perspectives


    Collegio Carlo Alberto, Moncalieri (Turin)

    December 3 & 4, 2009
     




    Featuring:


    Pim Albers,
    Ministry of Justice, Netherlands
    Alberto Cassone, Università del Piemonte Orientale
    Robert Christensen, University of North Carolina
    Enrico Colombatto,
    Università di Torino & IEL

    Chiara Besso
    Marcheis
    , Università di Torino

    Maria Dakolias, World Bank
    Theodore Eisenberg, Cornell University & IEL
    Michal Gal, University of Haifa
    Oren Gazal-Ayal, University of Haifa
    Valerie Hans, Cornell University
    Manfred J. Holler
    , Hamburg University & IEL
    Kuo-Chang Huang, Academia Sinica
    Alain Marciano, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne
    Geoffrey Miller, New York University
    Theodore Pelagidis, University of Piraeus
    Jeff Rachlinsky, Cornell University
    Giovanni B. Ramello, Università del Piemonte Orientale & IEL
    Mark Ramseyer, Harvard University
    Virginia Rosales
    ,
    University of Granada

    Lorenzo Sacconi, Univeristà di Trento and EconomEtica
    Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Hamburg University & Bucerius Law School
    John Szmer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Stefan Voigt, Marburg University & IEL
    Ahmed Zaki, Ministry of Justice, Egypt


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    The relationship between efficiency and the judiciary is relevant to economists, legal scholars and policy makers. Sustainable development and health of national economic systems crucially depend on the well functioning judiciary. Accordingly, over the last years, there have been many attempts to improve various dimensions of judicial process within national legal systems. Examples are to have judges organize their own affairs via judicial councils, to make them accountable for their use of time by introducing court calendars and so forth. On the other hand the judiciary can equally represent the suitable solution for fostering efficiency in distinct domains equally relevant for attaining the welfare. This is the case for competition or regulatory innovation.This conference deal with the conceptual foundations of the relationship between efficiency and the judiciary, its single aspects, the consequences on economic development as well as options and constraints for reform. They will also try to shed light on the idiosyncratic features of the judicial process that can play a crucial role in the advance of democratic societies. The venue aims to contribute to academic progress and policy debate on the topic by gathering a group of experts and have them discuss various aspects during a two-and-a-half-day event at Collegio Carlo Alberto.The conference will be concluded by a roundtable to which experts on judicial reform will contribute. It is thus intended as a confrontation between theoretical insights on the one hand and practical experience on the other.

    For details and application: iel@carloalberto.org and Mrs. Leanne Duggan Tel. +39 011.6705001, Fax +39 011.6705088