Legal Theory Festival
Location:
Old College
Date/time
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03/06/2024 13:30- 17:00
04/06/2024 09:00- 17:00
05/06/2024 09:00- 17:00
Every year during the Spring term we hold the Legal Theory Festival, which is the flaghip event of the Centre. The Legal Theory Festival includes the Jurisprudence Annual Lecture and comprises a series of thematic workshops, book symposiums, and roundtables organised by staff and students of the University of Edinburgh.
The 2024 Legal Theory Festival will take place from 3 to 5 June, 2024. Unless otherwise specified, the event will be taking place at Edinburgh Law School's Quad Teaching Room.
Registration links can be found in the agenda below.
Quad Teaching Room, Old College & Online
1:30pm - 4:30pm: Book Symposium: Neil MacCormick: A Study in Character by Maksymilian del Mar
Organiser: Neil Walker
Speakers:
Colin Kidd (University of St. Andrews),
Nicola Lacey (London School of Economics),
Claudio Michelon (University of Edinburgh),
Neil Walker (University of Edinburgh)
Usha Kasera Lecture Theatre & Online
5:00pm Annual Jurisprudence Lecture, ‘Law and Morality: A Conceivability Argument' by José Juan Moreso (Pompeu Fabra University)
Quad Teaching Room, Old College
9:30am - 1:00pm: Workshop: Functional Explanations in Law
Organisers: Maria Besomi and Tsampika Taralli
Speakers: Maria Besomi (University of Edinburgh), Andrew Cornford (University of Edinburgh),Jonathan Crowe (University of Southern Queensland), Kenneth Ehrenberg (University of Surrey), Frank Hindriks (University of Groningen), Tsampika Taralli (University of Edinburgh)
2:00pm - 5:00pm: Book Symposium: Agency, Morality, and the Law by Joshua Jowitt
Organisers: Amalia Amaya and Martin David Kelly
Speakers: Benedict Douglas (Durham University),
Antony Hatzistavrou (University of Hull),
Josh Jowitt (Newcastle University),
Maris Köpcke (University of Barcelona),
Verónica Rodriguez-Blanco (University of Surrey)
Quad Teaching Room, Old College
9:30am - 1:00pm: Workshop: Chapters from Legal Argument by Luís Duarte d’Almeida and Euan MacDonald
Organisers: Luís Duarte d’Almeida and Euan MacDonald
Speakers: Luís Duarte d’Almeida (NOVA University Lisbon), Euan MacDonald (University of Edinburgh), John MacLeod (University of Edinburgh), Margaret O’Brien (York University, Canada), Tom Welsh KC
1:45pm - 5:00pm: Workshop: Legal drafting and Interpretation: Ruth Sullivan in a Nutshell (co-organised with the Edinburgh Centre for Private Law)
Organisers: Martin David Kelly and Scott Wortley
Speakers:
Timothy Endicott (University of Oxford),
Martin David Kelly (University of Edinburgh),
John Mark Keyes (University of Ottawa),
Dame Brenda King (Attorney General for Northern Ireland),
Victoria Nourse (Georgetown University),
The Honourable Lady Poole (Senator of the College of Justice),
Amelia Retter (Parliamentary Counsel Office, Scottish Government),
Scott Wortley (University of Edinburgh)