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2021 Program Book Law and Society Association 2021 Annual Meeting CRISIS, HEALING, & RE-IMAGINING Virtual Meeting May 26th-30th, 2021 #LSA2021 Table of Contents 2021 Meeting Theme Welcome from LSA President Special Thanks to our Meeting Committees General Schedule Events and Business Meetings Presidential Address and Thematic Panels Prizes and Awards Meeting Sponsor and Virtual Exhibitors LSA Collaborative Research Networks Annual Meeting Information Anti-Discrimination and Harassment Policy 2021 Session Schedule Wednesday Sessions Thursday Sessions Friday Sessions Saturday Sessions Sunday Sessions 2021 Law and Society Association Annual Meeting 2021 Theme Crisis, Healing, and Re-imagining Ours is an era of multiple and overlapping crises. Climate, democracy, economy and health are newly unstable throughout the world. Last summer, for the first time, the physical Law and Society conference was canceled in light of a global pandemic. In the United States, the pandemic exacerbated underlying racial inequalities that erupted in protests throughout the country, and beyond. Across the globe, these crises reveal existing social inequalities in different ways, and demand that we adapt to survive. What is the role of law, which strives for stability as well as justice, in this volatile context? In this virtual setting, we invite scholars in the law and society tradition to submit panels and papers that speak to the themes of law and justice in crises and disasters, but also in healing and reparations, in building sustainable systems, in reshaping social practices and imaginaries, and in creating new possibilities. A conference focused on crisis foregrounds the present, but it also looks to the past and to the future with the themes of healing and re-imagining. As scholars, we have a special role in re- imagining law and legal institutions to make our societies and institutions more resilient and just. We can also contribute to a multi-faceted understanding of healing, which opens new and different entry points to old problems. These themes cut across disciplines and invite creative thinking beyond law and beyond social science, to encompass the humanities, the arts, medicine, and the natural sciences. Questions include, but are not limited to: • Health: How has law contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic response and to the racial and economic inequities in exposure and morbidity? What might be the role for law and justice in creating a sustainable system for access to health in its wake? • Democracy: What is the role of law and legal institutions in facilitating or retarding the global erosion of democracy? • Race: The mass demonstrations against police brutality that followed the death of George Floyd in 2020 spread around the world. Can policing and the carceral state be re-imagined in response to what many now refer to as the pandemic of violence against racialized minorities? What might defunding look like in practice? • Environment: Climate change has caused many to question whether we are reaching the limits of the planet’s ability to sustain human society in its current form. What role has law played in getting us here, and what role might it play in creating an economic system that is resilient and sustainable? • Economy: The set of legal institutions that governed the expansion of trade over the past decades are being rapidly undermined. What role will law play in an economic downturn and recovery? • Law: How has law contributed to the various crises we find ourselves in? How might legal institutions themselves be re-imagined? Welcome to LSA 2021! The 2021 program committee members, under the leadership of Professor Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin and Professor Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, have worked diligently to put together an exciting, innovative and interactive program with a diverse, global and interdisciplinary collection of scholars who will be presenting their research in a range of areas. Mindful of the imperatives and constraints of time zones, they have put together a timetable that will hopefully ensure optimum attendance and participation. Thank you to Alex, Tom and the program committee! I am particularly grateful to the convenors and members of the CRNs who worked closely with the Program Committee to produce this admirable program. I have been attending LSA meetings since 1993 and the annual meetings have become the highlight of my academic year. In my experience the annual meeting has been a time to revisit academic friends and acquaintances, to make new connections, and to engage with a spirited, supportive and creative intellectual community. And I fondly remember many social events, a testament that we were not just a bunch of stuffy “eggheads” or “geeks” but could also able to “get down”. This is the second virtual meeting of the Association, and we gather at a particularly challenging time in living memory. After more than a year of shelter in place, we have become attuned to the virtual world in which we are required to perform our roles as scholars, teachers and students. In the process our communication, lifestyles, routines, workspaces and a range of other activities have been disrupted. We have become familiar with a new vocabulary previously ignored or unimagined (“zooming”, “pandemic”, COVID-19”, “stressor”, “flattening the curve”, “getting the shot”,“COVID-19 passports”) and the words crisis, healing and re-imagining have become the leitmotif of our contemporary condition. These words also provide the theme for our conference this year. Coming off our first and successful virtual Denver meeting in 2020, this second virtual Chicago meeting provides some poignancy. As the call for papers noted, ours is an era of multiple and overlapping crises. This has generated existential uncertainties relating to health, the economy, governance, democracy, citizenship and so much more. In the United States, South Africa, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Brazil, and elsewhere, the pandemic exacerbated underlying racial and other inequalities. Across the globe, these crises reveal existing social inequalities in different ways, and demand that we adapt to survive. What role do we as law and society scholars play, and what is and should be our contribution to creating a more just, accountable and equitable world in these volatile times? We have arranged a special panel entitled (Re)Naming and (Re)Framing: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Age of Anti-Racism, which brings together a stellar group of scholars to explore what anti-racism means and what it demands as a concrete matter in individual and institutional practice. This session will be chaired by Professor Adrien Wing, University of Iowa. In the USA and elsewhere, the need for governments and civil society to ameliorate the effects of the pandemic has required imaginative perspectives. As law and society scholars we constantly endeavor to identify and understand these phenomena, as well as engaging in dialogue to address these extraordinary challenges that may enable all citizens of the globe to flourish and lead lives of dignity and ubuntu (interconnected humanity). There will be many exciting panels, but I am particularly enthused by the plenary sessions, namely: (1) Plenary Session on Crisis, chaired by Professor Alexander Huneeus, which examines the role of law in identifying and addressing crises. (2) Plenary Session on Healing, chaired by Professor Tom Ginsburg, which will examine what the promise of healing means in the era of multiple and overlapping crises and for which returning to the status quo might not be possible or desirable. (3) Plenary Session on Re-Imagining, chaired by Professor Bronwen Morgan, University of New South Wales, which seeks to highlight the possibilities of law for creating change. In addition to these, the range of panels are thoughtful, inspiring and provocative. The Association is continuing the tradition, started in 2019 by former President, Kim Scheppele, of presenting “Legacy Awards”, which pay tribute to the founding generations of our Association and of our field. We would not be here if it were not for their hard work and selfless dedication to blazing the trail for the rest of us. I applaud them – as well as all the winners and honorable mentions of our range of prizes and awards. I also want to thank the Trustees of the LSA. If you have not done so, I encourage you to visit the LSA website to learn more about the current Board of Trustee members and officers of the LSA. Despite some drawbacks, the wonderful thing about virtual meetings is that the difficulty of attending the USA meetings for scholars from abroad has been somewhat diminished. We have always tried to do what we can as an Association to support scholars coming from outside the USA to obtain funding to join us, to get visas and to show support in other ways. This virtual foray will again guide us in thinking ahead about retaining and sustaining a global community of scholars engaged with the Association. I am particularly interested in learning from your experiences, so that we may think creatively about more inclusive (onsite and virtual) programs in the future – as our resources may permit. This meeting also marks considerable activity behind the scenes in our Association. This is the third meeting under our Executive Officer, Steve Boutcher, who did an amazing job of moving our office from the University of Utah to the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2019, hiring staff and casting fresh eyes on our operations. Steve has been proactive and passionate and has worked hard to streamline, improve and strengthen the processes and operations of the LSA. Melissa King has been the lead staff member doing the bulk of the work for our annual meetings - and the footprint of her efforts are all over the program. Without Melissa’s tireless efforts, the challenges of the virtual meeting would be more fraught. Gregory Barlow, who is the wizard of communications, has worked very closely with Steve and Melissa to showcase the amazing program on our wonderful new website.
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