Robert A. Hershey, a James E. Rogers College of Law faculty member
Former Congressman Jim Kolbe
Two Arizona-based experts on the effects of globalization will debate its merits at the University of Arizona law school this week.
Former Congressman Jim Kolbe and Robert A. Hershey, UA law faculty and director of the University's Indigenous Peoples Law Clinic, will face off in “More Global? More Local? A Debate on Globalization.”
The debate was coordinated by the law school's International Law Society, a student club that works to promote awareness of international law and current issues in other countries.
"We organized a debate focusing on the causes and consequences of globalization because of the way globalization has changed our world," said Pankaj Raval, a third-year law student and president of the law society.
"From concerns over our environment to issues with the distribution of wealth around the globe, the question of 'More Local or More Global?' is of ever increasing importance," Raval said.
The event will be held at the college on Nov. 19. The debate is free and open to the public and will be held at 12:15 in Room 160 at the law school, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd.
"Both panelists bring a varied and unique understanding of issues related to the globalization of law, pollution, trade, and migration," Raval said.
Kolbe, an adjuct assisitant professor of law at the UA served in the Arizona State Senate from 1977 to 1983 and represented southeastern Arizona in Congress from 1985 to 2007. He also chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations from 2001 to 2007.
The former congressman is a specialist in international trade issues and was a major supporter of both the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central American equivalent, CAFTA.
Robert A. Hershey is a faculty member of both law and American Indian studies, and teaches on globalization and the preservation of culture. He has served as counsel for the Fort Defiance Agency of Dinebeiina Nahilna Be Agaditahe (DNA Legal Services) on the Navajo Indian Reservation, the White Mountain Apache Tribe and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. He now serves as Judge Pro Tempore for the Tohono O’odham Tribal Court.
"We live in an increasingly international world. The spread of cultures and progress of technology has brought each corner of the world closer together," Raval said.
"These advancements have come at break-neck speeds without a clear understanding of how far reaching the effects of globalization are," he added. "Amidst cultures mixing, trade increasing, and economies changing, this debate seeks to highlight some of the pressing issues of globalization and encourage attendants to think critically about their role in the world."
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