SCHOOL OF LAW

Aug. 28
Friday

SCOTUS Review

S. Powe (UT Law)- Race Cases
D. Frederick (UT Law)- Admin Law
L. Blais (UT Law)- Environmental
S. Klein & J. Steiker(UT Law)- Crim Pro
S. Lindquist (UT Law)- Sotomayor
L. Sager (UT Law)- Con Law

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Sept. 11
Friday

Meeting of the Whole:
Emily Kadens (UT Law School)

The Last Bankrupt Hanged - Capital Punishment for Bankruptcy in 18th Century England

Commentator -
Douglas Baird (U. Chicago Law)

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Sept. 14
Monday

Sarah Snyder,
Cassius Marcellus Clay Fellow, Department of History, Yale University

“The Development and Influence of Helsinki Watch”

Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series

Faculty Lounge
Townes Hall, 3.214

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle

Sept. 21
Monday

Sean Williams (UT)

Contract Theory and Future Selves

Drawing Board Lunch

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Mitch Berman

Sept. 22
Tuesday

Andrew Ashworth (Oxford)

Just Prevention: Preventive justice and the limits of the criminal law

Oxford Exchange Workshop

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Jane Stapleton

Sept. 24
Thursday

Derrick Darby
(Philosophy, University of Kansas)

"The Social Basis of Moral Rights"

Law and Philosophy Workshop

TNH 2.139

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

John Deigh

Sept. 25
Friday

David Schleicher

What if Europe Held an Election and No One Cared?

Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Dan Rodriguez

Sept. 28
Monday

Lisa Hajjar,
Associate Professor & Department Chair, Law and Society, University of California, Santa Barbara

“Does Torture Work?”

Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series

Faculty Lounge
Townes Hall, 3.214

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle

Oct. 2
Friday

Global Warming and the Law

Friday Faculty Colloquium - Marvin Key Collie Lectureship

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Oct. 8
Thursday

Christopher Kutz
(Law, UC Berkeley)

"The Repugnance of Secret Law"

Law and Philosophy Workshop

TNH 2.139

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

John Deigh

Oct. 12
Monday

Jens Dammann (UT)

Family Firms

Drawing Board Lunch

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Mitch Berman

Oct. 12
Monday

TBA

Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series

Faculty Lounge
Townes Hall, 3.214

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle

Oct. 20
Tuesday

Hannah Wiseman

Public Communitites, Private Rules

ESP Colloquium

Jury Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

William Forbath

Oct. 22
Thursday

Henry Shue
(International Studies, Oxford University)

Limiting Killing in War: Military Necessity, Not Inidividual 'Liability'

Co-Sponsored by the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice

Law and Philosophy Workshop

Sheffield Room

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

John Deigh

Oct. 23
Friday

Concepts, Categories, and Compliance in the Regulatory State

Commentators - Cal Johnson (UT Law) and Matt Spitzer

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Faculty Lounge

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Oct. 26
Monday

Murhabazi Namegabe,
Director, Bureau pour le Volontariat au Sevice de l’Enfance et de la Santé (BVES), Democratic Republic of the Congo

"Child Soldiers"

Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series

Faculty Lounge
Townes Hall, 3.214

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle

Oct. 27
Tuesday

Ian Farrell

Provocation as Partial Justification and Partial Excuse

ESP Colloquium

Jury Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

William Forbath

Oct. 29
Thursday

Garrick Pursley

ESP Colloquium

Jury Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

William Forbath

Oct. 29
Thursday

Norman Daniels
(Public Health, Harvard University)

"A Constitutional Right to Health Care and the Role of the Courts: Lessons from Colombia"

Commentator: Larry Sager

Law and Philosophy Workshop

TNH 2.139

3:45 - 5:30 p.m.

John Deigh

Oct. 30
Friday

A Theory of Loopholes

Commentors: Sager and Hinnich

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Oct. 30
Friday

Michael Sandel (Harvard Govt.)

Interlocutors:
L. Sager
J. Abramson
Pangle

Alexander Watkins Terrell Lecture

Eidman Courtroom

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

W. Forbath

Nov. 2
Monday

Chris Sanchirico

A CRITICAL LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT FOR TAXING ONLY LABOR INCOME

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1353322
http://ssrn.com/abstract=1491130

Law and Econ Seminar

3.125

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Bernard Black

Nov. 2
Monday

John Golden (UT)

Rulemaking for Patentable Subject Matter:An Alternative Choice for Policymaking Mode

Drawing Board Lunch

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Mitch Berman

Nov. 9
Monday

Gillian Slovo,
South African born novelist, playwright and memoirist

Topic TBA

Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series

Faculty Lounge
Townes Hall, 3.214

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle

Nov. 12
Thursday

Job Talk

Job Talk

Faculty Lounge
11:15-2:00

Nov. 12
Thursday

David Luban (Law, Georgetown)

"State Criminality and the Ambition of International Criminal Law" 

Law and Philosophy Workshop

TNH 2.139

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

John Deigh

Nov. 13
Friday

How to Improve Health Care?

Ronen Avraham (UT Law)

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Nov. 17
Tuesday

Mira Ganor (UT)

Drawing Board Lunch

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Mitch Berman

Nov. 23
Monday

TBA

Rapoport Center Human Rights Happy Hour Speaker Series

Faculty Lounge
Townes Hall, 3.214

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Barbara Harlow and Karen Engle

Dec. 1
Tuesday

Mitch Berman (UT)

"Slack"

Drawing Board Lunch

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:00 p.m.

Mitch Berman

Dec. 3
Thursday

Gary Watson (Philosophy, USC)

"The Challenge of Psychopathy"  

Law and Philosophy Workshop

TNH 2.139

3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

John Deigh

Dec. 4
Friday

Robert O'Neill (UVA Law) &
Lino Graglia (UT Law)

Affirmative Action Retrospective

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver

Dec. 11
Friday

Jennifer Laurin (UT Law)

Friday Faculty Colloquium

Sheffield Room

11:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Charles Silver