Law and Philosophy Workshop

Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series

The Law and Philosophy Seminar Workshop surveys different topics in legal philosophy and constitutional theory. Organized around a series of six workshops, each features a different leading scholar who presents and discusses their own work with both law and philosophy faculty and the students in the seminar.

Spring 2024 Speakers: 

Jan. 30   - Oren Bracha – William C. Conner Chair in Law, University of Texas School of Law

Feb. 20   - Victor Ferreres – Professor of Constitutional Law, Pompeau Fabra Univeristy (Barcelona)

Mar. 5     - Cecile Laborde – Nuffield Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford

Mar. 26   - Seana Shiffrin – Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice, UCLA

Apr. 2     - Thomas Christiano - Department Head, Professor of Philosophy, The University of Arizona

Apr. 9     - Nicos Stavropoulos – Professor of Law and Philosophy, Mansfield College, University of Oxford

Apr. 16   - Sophia Moreau – Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of Toronto

Events for Spring 2015

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February 5, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Legal Philosophy & Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series - Nelson Tebbe

Speaker:

Topic: Religion and Social Coherentism: A Progressive Defense of Religious Freedom.

February 19, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Legal Philosophy & Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series - John Ferejohn

Speaker:

Topic: Deliberative Democratic Law.

February 26, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Legal Philosophy & Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series - Japa Pallikkathayil

Speaker:

Topic: Between Perfectionism and Political Liberalism.

March 12, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Legal Philosophy & Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series - Micah Schartzman

Speaker:

Topic: Some Realism about Corporate Rights.

March 26, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Legal Philosophy & Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series - Nicos Stavropoulos

Speaker:

Topic: The Grounds of Law.

April 9, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
3:45pm - 5:45pm

Moderators:

Legal Philosophy & Constitutional Theory Workshop Speaker Series - Leslie Green

Speaker:

Topic: Constituting the People.

April 23, 2015 Thursday

JON 5.257
4:00pm - 5:45pm

Moderator:

Legal Philosophy & ConstitutionalTheory Workshop Speaker Series-Lawrence Sager

Speaker:

Why Churches (And, Possibly, The Tarpon Bay Women's Blue Water Fishing Club) Can Discriminate