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| | | | SYNOPSISWe study the value of foreign judges for emerging courts in post-colonial democracies, with a specific focus on the Hong Kong’s highest appellate court. Using a novel dataset of all publicly available decisions from 1997 to 2020, we show that foreign judges bring their foreign law expertise to the court, especially in cases where the Hong Kong government is a party and the court rules in the government's favor. The findings are consistent with the possibility that foreign judges’ expertise in foreign case law is relevant for upholding the perception of the court’s independence from the executive branch. SPEAKER Professor Nuno Garoupa
George Mason University Nuno Garoupa is Professor of Law (since 2018) and former Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development (2018-2023) at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. Previously, he taught at Texas A&M University School of Law (2015-2018) and University of Illinois College of Law (2007-2015). Professor Garoupa received his DPhil in Economics from the University of York (UK), also holds an LLM from the University of London (UK) and an MA in Political Science from George Mason University. He has a long-established research interest in the economics of law and legal institutions, empirical legal studies, and comparative judicial politics. Professor Garoupa is the current President of the European Association of Law and Economics (2023-2026). In the past, he served as Member of the Executive Board of the American Society for Comparative Law (2021-2023). CHAIR Professor Maartje De Visser
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
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Lunch bento will be provided.
| | | DATE4 February 2025, Tuesday
| | | PROGRAMME11.50am
Registration 12.00pm
Introduction by
Professor Maartje De Visser
SMU Yong Pung How School of Law 12.05pm
Presentation by
Professor Nuno Garoupa
George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School 12.45pm
Q & A (moderated by Professor Maartje De Visser)
1.00pm
End of Seminar | | | VENUESingapore Management University
Yong Pung How School of Law
Level 5, Meeting room 5.04
55 Armenian Street
Singapore 179943
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