WiP: Filipa Paes (University of Oxford) - ‘Juridical Bivalence’
Location:
Moot Court Room,
Old College
Date/time
Thu 24 April 2025
15:00-17:00
This is a Work-in-Progress seminar organised by the Edinburgh Centre for Legal Theory. The speaker Filipa Paes, from University of Oxford, will be presenting her paper on ‘Juridical Bivalence’.
Our seminars consist of a 30-minute presentation given by the author, followed by a 60 to 90-minute Q&A. This is a pre-read event, and the paper will be circulated beforehand through our mailing list. To subscribe, please send an email to edinburgh.legal.theory@gmail.com.
Author bio: Filipa is a DPhil Candidate at Hertford College, Oxford. Filipa’s research focuses on law and language (legal interpretation and drafting), the rule of law, and legal epistemology, paying particular attention to arbitrariness in judicial decision-making and ambiguity in language. In particular, Filipa is interested in questions of degree that arise in law and legal contexts.