Proportionality in Public Policy: The Balance between Rights and Public Interests in Decision Making
Israel Democracy Institute | 4 Pinsker st. Jerusalem
We are honored to invite you to an international conference on the topic of:
"Proportionality in Public Policy: Balancing of Rights and Interests in Decision-Making"
The conference is the culmination of a six year research project conducted at the Israel Democracy Institute, headed by Professor Mordechai Kremnitzer and funded by an ERC advance grant.
The two day conference will be devoted to the theme of the place of rights considerations in the policy making process, focusing on the different products of our research. Responding to the presentations will be legal constitutional scholars, public policy researchers and judgment and decision making experts from around the globe.
Day One
Day Two
Sunday, May 19th
9:30 | Gathering and Registration
10:00 | Greetings
10:30-12:00 | Book Panel: Proportionality in Action - an Empirical Study of the Judicial Practice in Six Apex Courts
Chair: Moshe Cohen-Eliya, College of Law and Business
Speakers: Niels Petersen, University of Munster
Liora Lazarus, Oxford University
Former Chief Justice Aharon Barak, IDC, Herzliya
Responses: Mordechai Kremnitzer, Israel Democracy Institute
Talya Steiner, Israel Democracy Institute
Andrej Lang, University of Halle-Wittenberg & Israel Democracy Institute
12:00-13:00 | Lunch
13:00-14:30 | Experimental Panel: Empirical Analysis of the Proportionality Doctrine
Chair: Keren Weinshall, The Hebrew University
Presenters: Facts, Preferences and Doctrine: An Empirical Analysis of Proportionality Judgement
Raanan Sulitzeanu-Kenan, Israel Democracy Institute & The Hebrew University (with Mordechai Kremnitzer & Sharon Alon)
Experts' Application of the Proportionality Principle in War
Daniel Statman, University of Haifa (with Raanan Sulitzeanu Kenan, Micha Mandel, Michael Skerker & Stephen De Wijze)
Balancing versus Necessity: The Effects of Proportionality's Subtests on the Level of Rights Protection
Liat Netzer, Israel Democracy Institute (with Talya Steiner & Raanan Sulitzeanu Kenan)
Commentators:
Eyal Zamir, The Hebrew University
Amichai Cohen, Israel Democracy Institute & Ono Academic College
14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break
15:00-16:30 | Panel of Experts from the Field: Critical Reflections on the Day-to-Day Application of Proportionality
Moderator: Suzie Navot, College of Management Academic Studies
Participants: Former Constitutional Court Justice, Dieter Grimm
Former Chief Justice, Dorit Beinisch
Mike Blass, Former Deputy to the Israeli Attorney General
Gur Bligh, Legal Advisor to the Knesset Constitution, Law & Justice Committee
Eli Bahar, Former Legal Advisor to the Israeli Security Agency
16:30-17:00 | Coffee Break
17:00-18:00 | Key Note Speech by Professor Mattias Kumm, New York University, WZB Berlin & Humboldt University
"Rights, proportionality and courts under unfavorable circumstances: Some observations on history and judicial strategy"
Monday, May 20th
9:30 | Gathering
10:00-11:00 | Key Note Speech by Professor Paul Slovic, University of Oregon
"The Prominence Effect and Disproportionate Policy Making"
11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 | Experimental Panel: Behavioral Effects on Decision Making involving Rights Limitations
Chair: Ilana Ritov, The Hebrew University
Presenters: Does the Civil Rights Discourse Moderate or Escalate Political Bias? Contrasting Effects in Israel and Canada
Raanan Sulitzeanu Kenan, Israel Democracy Institute & The Hebrew University (with Lior Sheffer, Talya Steiner & Shiran Barzilai)
The Effect of Sequence on Repeated Proportionality Decisions
Ori Plonsky, The Technion (with Daniel Chen, Liat Netzer, Talya Steiner & Yuval Feldman)
Decisions' Residue: Coherence Effects following the Balancing of Rights and Public Interests
Liat Netzer, Israel Democracy Institute (with Andreas Gloeckner, Raanan Sulitzeanu Kenan & Talya Steiner)
Commentators:
Andreas Gloeckner, University of Cologne
13:00-14:00 | Lunch
14:00-15:30 | Case Studies Panel: The Consideration of Rights within the Policy Process
Chair: Gila Stopler, College of Law and Business
Presenters: The Consideration of Rights in the Development of the Israeli Combatting Terror Act
Lila Margalit, Israel Democracy Institute
Rights and Proportionality in the Making of the Anti-Terrorism Data Base and the Data Retention Legislation
Andrej Lang, University of Halle-Wittenberg & Israel Democracy Institute
Commentators:
Paul Yowell, Oxford University
Richard Stacey, University of Toronto.
15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 | Proportionality in Public Policy – Conclusions and Future Directions: Discussion with Project Directors
Moderator: Yuval Shany, Israel Democracy Institute & The Hebrew University
Discussants: Mordechai Kremnitzer, Raanan Sulitzeanu Kenan, Yuval Feldman, Talya Steiner
