This session will explore the situations in which law offers less democratic warrant than some might feel it could–or should–hold. Through an examination of trade law, US constitutional law, and comparative constitutionalism, this conversation will trace the origins of the perception of the “democratic deficit” and consider how to assess that perception in practice today.
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This event is a part of Columbia Academy on Law in Global Affairs (CALGA), a series of online open-access events, in which Columbia Law School faculty present their research and debate current issues with colleagues from around the globe.
CALGA is cosponsored by Columbia Law School, the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, The Committee on Global Thought, and Columbia | Global Centers.
About the Speakers
A prolific scholar, Jedediah S. Purdy joined the Columbia Law School faculty in 2019 after 15 years at Duke Law School. He teaches and writes about environmental, property, and constitutional law as well as legal and political theory.
Madhav Khosla works across a range of themes in public law and political theory. Much of his writing and research focuses on comparative constitutional law, especially in South Asia and India. His work has been cited by courts in India and Pakistan. Prior to joining the Columbia Law faculty on January 1, 2022, Khosla was the Ambedkar Visiting Associate Professor of Law at Columbia University, an associate professor of political science at India’s Ashoka University, and a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows.
David Singh Grewal is Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law. His teaching and research interests include legal and political theory; intellectual history, particularly the history of economic thought; global economic governance and international trade law; intellectual property law and biotechnology; and law and economics.
