Congressman Frank J. Guarini Series in Public Affairs

The Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò series at NYU Law features lectures, conferences, panel discussions, and debates—on issues ranging from politics to public policy, foreign affairs to international economy and trade. It features both Italian and American personalities distinguished in their fields of study and professional activities.

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò's website: nyu.edu/pages/casaitaliana

Past Speakers

Francesco Paolo Fulci, Italian Ambassador to the United Nations
Ahmed Kanol, Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations
Jeff Laurenti, NGO, United Nations
Francesco Rutelli, Deputy Prime Minister of Italy
Richard Spogli, United States Ambassador to Italy
Massimo Franco, Author - Parallel Empires
Germano Maccioni, Film Director – Lo stato di eccezione

Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law

The Center works to advance scholarly inquiry and writing, enhance legal training, and develop and implement innovative solutions to environmental protection and land use problems at the national, regional, and global levels.

The Center's website: www.law.nyu.edu/centers/elc/index.htm

Past Events

Dedication of the Center
New York University School of Law hosted a dedication of the Frank J. Guarini Center on Environmental and Land Use Law.
November 20, 2008

Breaking the Logjam Symposium
Over 40 environmental experts from academia, environmental groups, business, and government presented specific proposals for new federal programs on climate and oceans and major changes in existing laws for air pollution, water pollution, endangered species, farm policy, grazing on the public lands, federal water policy, hazardous waste, nuclear waste, sprawl and smart growth, traffic congestion and transportation. In addition, experts presented proposals on cross-cutting topics including environmental information systems, managerial strategies, improved regulatory science, and innovative regulatory approaches based on environmental services, property rights systems (including trading), taxes and subsidies as well as strategies for an appropriate division of regulatory responsibilities at the global, national, and state and local levels.
March 28-29, 2008

Global Administrative Law Conference
This conference brought together leading specialists on different regulatory problems - from the UN Security Council to the World Bank, from food safety to labor standards to timber certification - to consider the big picture of how the administration of global governance does work and should work. The aim was to help map and shape the emerging new field of global administrative law. It includes mechanisms for participation and review in transnational agencies, industry bodies, and private-public partnerships, and the roles of national courts in reviewing transnational rules and decisions.
April 22 - 23, 2005

Regulatory Expropriations Conference
The Conference provided participants an opportunity to learn about recent legislative and arbitral developments, to draw upon the experience of scholars, policy-makers, and advocates from North and South America and Europe , and to delve into the underlying normative and pragmatic questions raised by the debate.
April 26 - 27, 2002