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Juscelino F. Colares, Ph.D., J.D. – Schott-Van den Eyden Professor of Business Law and Associate Director, Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Dear Colleagues:<\/p>\n One major theory of revolution says it is triggered by “relative deprivation” \u2013 when rising expectations meet bitter disappointment. By this standard, Brazil must be on the precipice.<\/strong><\/p>\n Five years ago, Brazil had been one of the world’s fastest growing economies for a decade, and had recovered well from the international Great Recession. The country was about to host the world’s two most popular events \u2013 the World Cup and Olympic Games. Its political system seemed to have stabilized as a liberal democracy after a long authoritarian period, as symbolized by election of Dilma Roussef, a torture victim of the old regime, as President.<\/p>\n Now President Roussef has been impeached. New President Michel Temer has an approval rating of about 10 percent \u2013\u00a0lower than the unemployment rate<\/u>, which has more than doubled since 2014, to over 12 percent.<\/strong>\u00a0The government has responded to the massive recession by adopting stringent austerity measures. As spending on the poor is cut, legislators protect their own benefits and refuse to raise taxes on the rich. Meanwhile, massive scandals threaten jail terms for much of the Congress \u2013 and, in response, legislators propose giving themselves amnesty.<\/p>\n Join us as Professor Colares \u2013 law professor and Ph.D. political scientist who earned his first law degree and became a tenured professor in Brazil \u2013 analyzes Brazil’s conditions and prospects.<\/p>\n All best regards, About Our Guest<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Juscelino F. Colares<\/strong>\u00a0is the Schott-van den Eynden chair in Business Law and Associate Director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Colares teaches courses in civil procedure, international business law and international environmental law. His scholarship explores interjurisdictional problems that emerge in litigation involving conflicts between domestic regulatory law and international trade, environmental and business norms. Colares’s research has appeared in leading peer-reviewed journals and law reviews, including the\u00a0Journal of Empirical Legal Studies<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of International Economic Law<\/em>,\u00a0Journal of World Trade<\/em>,\u00a0Jurimetrics, Revista dos Tribunais<\/em>\u00a0(Brazil),\u00a0Columbia Journal of European Law<\/em>,\u00a0Cornell International Law Journal<\/em>,\u00a0Georgetown International Environmental Law Review<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law<\/em>.<\/p>\n A former clerk for the Hon. Jean-Louis Debr\u00e9, Chief Justice of the\u00a0Conseil constitutionnel<\/em>\u00a0(the French Constitutional Court) (2008-09 term), Colares was also a visiting professor at\u00a0Ecole normale sup\u00e9rieure<\/em>\u00a0in Paris. Prior to becoming a law professor, Colares, a Brazilian-born, naturalized U.S. citizen, practiced at Dewey Ballantine, LLP in Washington, D.C., where he litigated trade cases before federal agencies, federal courts and NAFTA panels. A versatile scholar, lawyer and economist, Colares was recently reappointed by the Office of the United Trade Representative to serve on the United States Roster of NAFTA Chapter 19 (Trade) Panelists.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
\n Friday April 14, 2017
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.<\/strong><\/span>
\n***Alternate Location: Baker-Nord Center Room, Clark Hall, Room 206,
\n11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, OH 44106***<\/strong><\/span>
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nJoe White
\nLuxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy and Director, Center for Policy Studies<\/span> <\/p>\n
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