2008 Law Review Symposium
The Bhopal Disaster Approaches 25:
Looking Back to Look Forward
February 8, 2008
New England School of Law
Cherry Room
154 Stuart St.
Boston, MA
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Symposium Schedule for February 6th — February 8th
The New England Law Review presents a day-long Symposium to:
- discuss the causes and environmental and public health consequences of the 1984 chemical plant explosion in Bhopal, India;
- explore theories of liability under which American companies can be held accountable for their international conduct through the lens of Bhopal; and
- examine modern corporate responsibility in light of such disasters.
Participants include:
- Professor Michael Baram, Boston University School of Law
- Professor Tyler Giannini, Harvard Law School
- Richard Herz, EarthRights
- Professor Sheila Jasanoff, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
- Marjorie Kelly, Tellus Institute
- Steven Lydenberg, Domini Social Investments
- Professor Armin Rosencranz, Stanford University
- Himanshu Rajan Sharma, Law Offices of H. Rajan Sharma, Esq.
- Professor Adam Sulkowski, UMass Dartmouth
- Professor Joel Tickner, UMass Lowell
- Dr. Allen White, Tellus Institute
Moderated by:
- Professor Kent Greenfield, Boston College Law School
- Professor Peter Manus, New England School of Law
- Professor Dina Haynes, New England School of Law
Program chair:
- Professor Eric Lustig, New England School of Law
Co-sponsored by the New England School of Law Center for Business Law, Center for Law and Social Responsibility, and Center for International Law and Policy.
For further information, contact Joel Nolan, Business Managing Editor, New England Law Review at 617-422-7294
nesl.edu