SELA 2006 June 8-11, 2006 Bogotá, DC, Colombia Hotel Bogota Plaza Calle 100 No.18A-30 Bogotá, DC, Colombia Tel. (571) 632-2200 Fax (571) 632-2237

Executive Power

Note: Papers are working drafts.
Please do not cite or quote without authors' authorization.

Welcome Dinner
Thursday, June 8, 8:00-10:00 pm
Opening Remarks

Dean Harold Koh (Yale Law School)
Dean Eduardo Cifuentes (University of Los Andes’ Law School)
Hotel Bogotá Plaza

Session 1: Structure and Source of the Executive Power
Friday, June 9, 9:00-12:00 pm
Commentator: Eduardo Cifuentes

• Marcelo Alegre, Democracy without Presidents English | Spanish
• Mario Ramos Reyes, Law as the Handmaid of Politics: The Case of Paraguay English | Spanish
• William Vázquez Irizarry, Taking Care of the Faithful Execution of the Laws in the Age of Autonomous Bodies: Reform or Dismissal of the Executive Power Theory English | Spanish

Lunch
Friday, June 9, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hotel Bogotá Plaza

Session 2: Globalization and Executive Power
Friday, June 9, 2:00-5:00 pm
Commentator: Owen Fiss

• Janet Koven Levit, International Law Happens (Whether the Executive Likes It or Not) English | Spanish
• Laura Saldivia, Globalization and the Transformation of the Argentine Executive Branch English | Spanish
• Aída Torres, The Internationalization of Lawmaking Processes: Constraining or Empowering the Executive? English | Spanish

Democracy Roundtable: Perspectives on Colombian Elections and the New Balance of Powers between Congress and the Executive
Friday, June 9, 6:00-8:00 pm
Moderator: Daniel Bonilla

Panelists:
• Juan Fernando Jaramillo Perez (Professor of Law, National University of Colombia and Deputy Justice, Constitutional Court of Colombia)
• Piedad Córdoba Ruiz (Senator, Partido Liberal)
• Gina Parody (Senator, Partido de la U)
• José Obdulio Gaviria (Advisor to President Alvaro Uribe)

Dinner
Dinner
Friday, June 9, 8:45-10:30 pm
Museo Nacional de Colombia
Carrera 7 No. 28-66
Bogotá, DC

Session 3: The Scope of the Executive Power
Saturday, June 10, 9:00-12:00 am
Commentator: Lourdes Peroni

• Alejandro Madrazo, Under the Radar. Infra-constitutional Powers of the Executive: The Case of Tobacco Regulation in Mexico English | Spanish
• Carlos Patrón, The Dog in the Manger: Defining the State's Entrepreneurial Role in Latin America English | Spanish
• Fernando Serrano, Meta-constitutional Powers of the Executive Branch in Mexico English | Spanish

Lunch
Saturday June 10, 12:30-1:45 pm
Hotel Bogotá Plaza

Session 4: Checks on the Executive
Saturday, June 10, 2:00-5:00pm
Commentator: Daniel Markovits

• Elvira Méndez Chang, Can the Executive Branch be Controlled in Foreign Affairs? English | Spanish
• Carlos Portugal Gouvea, Presidentialism and Corruption in Latin America: A Tale of Misleading Assumptions and Disruptive Perceptions English | Spanish
• Jorge Silvero Salgueiro, Constitutional Checks on the Executive English | Spanish

Dinner
Saturday, June 10, 8:00-10:00 pm
Casa de la Moneda
Calle 11 No. 4-93
Bogotá, DC

Session 5: Crises and Presidential Power
Sunday, June 11, 9:00-12:00am
Commentator: Efrén Rivera

• Fernando Atria, On Sovereignty and the Political English | Spanish
• Antonio Barreto, Normalcy and Exceptionalism: The Indecipherable Contemporary Regularity of Exception English | Spanish
• Gabriel Bouzat, Presidential Power and Political Crisis in Argentina English | Spanish

Farewell Lunch
Sunday, June 11, 1:00-3:00 pm
Villa Paulina, Universidad de los Andes
Carrera 1E No. 18A-10
Bogotá, DC