| Symposium on Institutions of Law - 7-8 December 2007 |
 The School of Law at the University Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group recently hosted a Leverhulme Symposium on Professor Sir Neil MacCormick’s recent book, Institutions of Law (OUP, 2007), with papers presentd by distinguished speakers and responses from Prof. MacCormick.
A collection of the papers is in preparation. The working title of the publication is Law as Institutional Normative Order: Essays in Honour of Sir Neil MacCormick. The collection will be edited by Zenon Bankowski and Maksymilian Del Mar. The event coincided with the Tercentenary celebrations of the Law School, and equally, the Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, held for over three decades by Neil MacCormick. The Symposium was generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust. | |
The following photos from the first session of the Symposium were taken by Dr. Richard Jones. 
From L-R: Peng He, John McLeod, William Twining, Neil MacCormick, Emilios Christodoulidis | 
From L-R: Nils Jareborg, Neil MacCormick, Emilios Christodoulidis | 
Zenon Bankowski | 
From R-L: Vittorio Villa, Massimo La Torre, Haris Psarras | 
From L-R: William Twining, Nils Jareborg, Neil MacCormick | 
From L-R: William Twining, Andrew Halpin, Nils Jareborg, Neil MacCormick
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From L-R: Vittorio Villa, Zenon Bankowski | 
From R-L: Ashley Varghese, Cecile Fabre, Maksymilian Del Mar |
The following speakers presented papers:• Prof. Vittorio Villa (Palermo) • Prof. Massimo La Torre (Hull) • Prof. Andrew Halpin (Swansea) • Prof. Fred Schauer (Harvard) • Prof. William Twining (UCL) • Prof. Victor Tadros (Warwick)
• Prof. Nils Jareborg (Uppsala)
• Dr. Magnus Ulväng (Uppsala) • Prof. Jaap Hage (Maastricht)
The following academics will also be contributing to the collection of papers: Participants in the Symposium included Zenon Bankowski, Emilios Christodoulidis, Scott Veitch, Rowan Cruft, Claudio Michelon, and other staff members and research students. The format of the Symposium was by way of a round-table, with working papers presented by the invited speakers, responses from Prof. Neil MacCormick, and general discussion. The programme was as follows: Friday 7 December | TIME | SPEAKER | TOPIC | VENUE | 2.00 - 3.00pm | Prof. Vittorio Villa Session chaired by Prof. Zenon Bankowski | Neil MacCormick's Legal Positivism | Lorimer Room | 3.00 - 4.00pm | Prof. Massimo La Torre Session chaired by Prof. Cecile Fabre | Institutional Theories of Law and Institutions of Law | Lorimer Room | 4.00 - 4.30pm | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | Lorimer Room | 4.30 - 5.30pm | Prof. Andrew Halpin Session chaired by Dr. Claudo Michelon | Methodology and the Articulation of Insight: Some Lessons from MacCormick's Institutions of Law | Lorimer Room | 5.30 - 6.30pm | Prof. Fred Schauer Session chaired by Dr. Claudo Michelon | Law as Institutional Sociology | Lorimer Room |
A Buffer Dinner will be offered to all participants of the Symposium, at the Dining Room in Teviot House. Saturday 8 December | TIME | SPEAKER | TOPIC | VENUE | 10.00 – 11.00am | Prof. Nils Jareborg & Dr. Magnus Ulvang (Joint Session) Session chaired by Maksymilian Del Mar | Criminal Law in Institutions of Law | Raeburn Room | 11.00 – 12.00pm | Prof. Nils Jareborg & Dr. Magnus Ulvang (Joint Session) Session chaired by Maksymilian Del Mar | Criminal Law in Institutions of Law | Raeburn Room | 12.00 – 1.00pm | Sandwich Lunch | Sandwich Lunch | Carstares Room | 1.00 – 2.00pm | Prof. William Twining Session chaired by Dr. Scott Veitch | Non-State Law and Legal Pluralism | Raeburn Room | 2.00 – 3.00pm | Professor Neil MacCormick presented and commented on Dr. Julie Dickson's paper | Is a Bad X Still/Really an X? | Raeburn Room | 3.00 – 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea | Afternoon Tea | Carstares Room | 3.30 – 4.30pm | Prof. Victor Tadros Session chaired by Prof. Emilios Christodoulidis | Institutions and Aims | Raeburn Room | 4.30 – 5.30pm | Prof. Jaap Hage Session chaired by Prof. Emilios Christodoulidis | What is a Legal Transaction? | Raeburn Room | 5.30 – 6.15pm | Wine Reception | Wine Reception | Lobby near Raeburn Room | 6.30 – 9.00pm | Symposium Dinner | Symposium Dinner | Elder Room |
Sunday 9 December
Departure
Maksymilian Del Mar (M.T.Del-Mar@sms.ed.ac.uk) is the administrative contact for the Symposium.
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