What is required to create a judicial system that respects the rule of law? In this talk, Professor Gerald N. Rosenberg of the University of Chicago Law School will examine the formal, structural requirements for a judicial system that embodies the rule of law. In addition, he will highlight the equally important informal practices and culture that make the judicially-supported rule of law synonymous with courts in the United States. Finally, Rosenberg will distinguish between the rule of law and judicial review, suggesting that China could adopt the former without the latter.

Wednesday, August 27, 6:30pm-9pm
“The Rule of Law: Formal and Informal Requirements“
Gerald N. Rosenberg, Associate Professor of Political Science and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago
University of Chicago Center in Beijing
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What is required to create a judicial system that respects the rule of law?  In this talk, Professor Gerald N. Rosenberg of the University of Chicago Law School will examine the formal, structural requirements for a judicial system that embodies the rule of law.  In addition, he will highlight the equally important informal practices and culture that make the judicially-supported rule of law synonymous with courts in the United States.  Finally, Rosenberg will distinguish between the rule of law and judicial review, suggesting that China could adopt the former without the latter.

Gerald N. Rosenberg is Associate Professor of Political Science and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago.  He has taught at Yale University, Northwestern University School of Law where he served as the Jack N. Pritzker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, the National Law School of India University, and at the Law School of Xiamen University in China as a Fulbright Professor.  He has served as a Visiting Fellow in the Law Program of the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.  Rosenberg graduated from Dartmouth College and holds a master’s degree in Politics and Philosophy from Oxford, a law degree from Michigan, and a doctorate in Political Science from Yale.  His work focuses on the interaction between courts, social movements, and the larger society.  A member of the Washington, D.C. bar, his work has appeared in the University of Chicago Law Review, the University of Virginia Law Review, NOMOS, Supreme Court Review, and other law reviews and journals.  Rosenberg has contributed to multiple edited collections and is the author of The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? and a textbook on American Government.

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