 Welcome to the Home Page of the UK IVR Conference, to be held at the School of Law, Old College, South Bridge, University of Edinburgh, from Friday 30 May to Saturday 31 May 2008. The theme for the Conference is New Directions in Legal and Social Theory.
The UK IVR is a branch of the International Association for Legal and Social Philosophy (IVR). The Secretariat of the IVR is in Edinburgh, with Professor Sir Neil MacCormick as President, Professor Zenon Bankowski as Treasurer, and Dr. Claudio Michelon as Secretary General. The Conference will coincide with the IVR Executive Meeting, thus bringing together many prominent legal and social philosophers from around the world. The members of the executive of the UK IVR are: Professor Zenon Bankowski (as President), Burkhard Schafer (as Secretary) and Beverley Clucas (as Treasurer). The two keynote speakers for the Conference are Professor Les Green, University of Oxford, and Professor Cecile Fabre, University of Edinburgh. NB. Professor Green has taken ill and will not be attending the Conference. Professor Tom Campbell will be the second keynote speaker. For more general information about legal theory in Edinburgh please visit the website of the Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group. | |
Presenters who have sent in papers have PDF's uploaded below. Please do not cite these papers without permission from the authors. Friday 30 May 10.00 – 11.30
Registration, Lorimer Room (remains open throughout the day for coffee and tea) 10.00 – 11.00
General Meeting of the Executive Committee of the IVR, L05 11.30 – 12.30
Opening keynote address, Professor Cecile Fabre (University of Edinburgh), PMCs and Mercenaries: War and the Moral Limits of the Market, Lecture Theatre 175; Chaired by Professor Neil Walker (University of Edinburgh)
14.00pm – 19.00
Open Paper Parallel Sessions | TIME | SESSION I - L03 | SESSION II - L05 | | 14.00-14.45 | Chaired by Massimo Renzo Perfect and Imperfect Rights: a New Account - Dan Dennis (University of Edinburgh) | Chaired by Haris Psarras General Concepts from a Comparative Perspective: the Case of Legal Transactions – Jaap Hage (University of Maastricht) | | 14.45-15.30 | Chaired by Massimo Renzo Rights Enforcement – Adina Preda (University College Dublin) | Chaired by Haris Psarras Count-as Norms – Maris Köpcke Tinturé (University of Oxford)  | | 15.30-15.45 | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK | | 15.45-16.30 | Chaired by Alexander Brostl Law, Art and Life: A critique of Economic Analysis of Law based on Integrity – Marco Vinício Chein Feres (Universidade Federal De Juiz De Fora) | Chaired by Burkhard Schafer When Bullshitting Becomes a Legal Wrong - Heidi Feldman (Georgetown University) | | 16.30-17.15 | Chaired by Alexander Brostl The Import of the Latest Imports – Angus McDonald (Staffordshire University) | Chaired by Burkhard Schafer Guarding the Fiduciary’s Conscience: A Justification of Stringent Profit-stripping – Irit Samet-Porat (University of Essex) | | 17.15-17.30 | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK | | 17.30-18.15 | Chaired by Alexander Brostl Hart’s Internal Point of View: a Non-reason-giving Standpoint – Haris Psarras (University of Edinburgh) | Chaired by Zenon Bankowski An Analysis of Law and Society in the Non-Western Context: the Revival of Private Property and its Limitations in China – Ting Xu (London School of Economics) | | 18.15-19.00 | Chaired by Alexander Brostl Two Dilemmas for Positivism: the Case for a New Philosophy of Law – Thomas da Rosa de Bustamante (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora) | Chaired by Zenon Bankowski Could there be any Epistemic Reason to Restrict the Use of Statistical Evidence in Court? Amit Pundik (University of Cambridge) |
Saturday 31 May 9.00 - 9.30
Coffee and Tea, Lorimer Room (remains open throughout the day for coffee and tea) 9.30 – 13.00
Open Paper Parallel Sessions | TIME | SESSION III - Moot Court Room | SESSION IV - L03 | SESSION V - L05 | | 9.30-10.15 | Chaired by Yasutomo Morigiwa The Limits of Razian Authority and the Value of Democracy – Adam Tucker (University of Manchester) | Chaired by Alessandra Asteriti Is There an International Order? Austin Refurbished – Gerald McGinley (National University of Lesotho) | Chaired by Francisco Laporta Justice, Pluralism and Human Rights - Fabrizio Sciacca (Universita di Catania) | | 10.15-11.00 | Chaired by Yasutomo Morigiwa From Democracy towards Accountability – Pauline Westerman | Chaired by Alessandra Asteriti Expanding the Boundaries of International Human Rights Adjudication – Lucas Lixinski (European University Institute) | Chaired by Francisco Laporta Legal Insights about the Moment of Death: Biology, Democracy and the End of Life – Denis Franco Silva (Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro) | | 11.00-11.30 | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK | COFFEE BREAK | | 11.30-12.15 | Chaired by Yasutomo Morigiwa Institutional Roles and Constitutional Review - Dimitrios Kyritsis (University of Sheffield) | Chaired by Fernando Atria Drawing the Line: a Jurisdictional Theory of International Crimes – Alejandro Chehtman (London School of Economics) | Chaired by Francisco Laporta Philosophical Gymnastics for the 'Sad' Pragmatist: Debunking a False Dilemma -
Sylvie Delacroix (University College London) | 12.15-13.00 | Chaired by Yasutomo Morigiwa Democracy, Judicial Review and Disagreements about Justice - Dean Machin (University of Bristol) | Chaired by Fernando Atria The Legal Status of Migrants who are Long-Term Residents in the European Union: is There a New Legal Other? - Diego Acosta (King’s College, London) | Chaired by Francisco Laporta The 'Multiple Groundings' Idea and How it Applies to Law – Marcin Matczak (Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) |
13.00 – 14.15
Lunch 14.15 – 16.00
Open Paper Parallel Sessions | TIME | SESSION VI - L03 | SESSION VII - L05 | SESSION VIII - L04 | | 14.15-15.00 | Chaired by Martin Borowski Between Positivism and Constitutionalism: is Democracy the Source of Law’s Normativity? - Michael Wilkinson (London School of Economics) | Chaired by Burkhard Schafer Left-Libertarianism, Joint Ownership, and Socialism – Nicholas Vrousalis (University of Oxford) | Chaired by Maksymilian Del Mar Natural Law versus Positivism - Otilia Miclosina (West University of Timisoara) | 15.00-15.45 | Chaired by Martin Borowski Multiple Principle Theory of State Legitimacy - Massimo Renzo (University of Stirling) | Chaired by Burkhard Schafer Reconciliation and Moral Repair – François du Bois (University of Nottingham) | |
14.30 – 15.30
Second Meeting of the Executive Committee of the IVR, Moot Court Room
16.00 – 16.30
Book Launch, Lorimer Room 16.30 – 17.30
Closing keynote speech, Professor Tom Campbell, Charles Sturt University, 'Emergency Strategies for Prescriptive Legal Positivism: Anti-Terrorist Law and Legal Theory', Lecture Theatre 175; Chaired by Professor Zenon Bankowski 17.30 – 18.30
General Assembly of the UK IVR, Lecture Theatre 175 and continuation of the IVR Executive Committee meeting, if such need arises, Moot Court Room. 18.30 – 19.30
Festival wine reception, Lorimer Room
From 19.30
Executive Committee of the IVR Dinner, Venue TBA The Entry Fees for the Conference are as follows: - Non-Members of the UK IVR: £20;
- Non-Members (Concessions) of the UK IVR: £15
- Members of the UK IVR: £10
- Members (Concessions) of the UK IVR: £5
The Entry Fee includes the Festival Handbook, free entry to other Festival Events, and free entry to the Festival Wine Reception (held on Saturday night). The Entry Fee is payable in advance (send a cheque to Beverley Clucas, Law School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX) or during Registration (Friday morning). The Administrative Contact for the UK IVR Conference is Burkhard Schafer: B.Schafer@ed.ac.uk.
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