2013 Schedule

2013 Academic Year

Semester I (4 March - 2 June 2013) [go to Semester II]

All workshop meetings are held on Fridays, from 12.30pm-2.30pm. To receive notifications about upcoming meetings and copies of the draft papers circulated, please subscribe to the LTW mailing list.

  • 8 March 2013 – Dr. David Plunkett (Dartmouth, Philosophy), "Dworkin's Interpretivism, Metalinguistic Negotiations, and the Pragmatics of Legal Disputes" (with Timothy Sundell). Commentator: Dr. Dale Smith (Monash).

  • 22 March 2013 – Prof. Tonja Jacobi (Northwestern), "The Self-Stabilizing Constitution" (with Barry Weingast).Commentator: Prof. Cheryl Saunders (Melbourne).

Easter Break/Non-Teaching Period: 27 March - 7 April 2013.

  • 12 April 2013 – Prof. John Tasioulas (UCL), “Human Dignity and the Foundations of Human Rights”. Commentator: A/Prof. John Tobin (Melbourne).

  • 26 April 2013 – Dr. Farrah Ahmed (Melbourne), "A Coherent Autonomy-based Right to Religious Freedom". Commentator: Prof. Carolyn Evans (Melbourne).

  • 3 May 2013 – Prof. Theunis Roux (UNSW), "American Ideas Abroad: A Conceptual Map for the Comparative Application of U.S. Judicial Decision-Making Models". Commentator: Prof. Adrienne Stone.

  • 31 May 2013 – Mr. Andrew Roberts (Melbourne), "Definition, Disagreement, and the Value of Privacy". Commentator: Prof. Megan Richardson (Melbourne).

Winter Recess/Non-teaching Period: 3 June - 28 July

Semester II (29 July - 27 October 2012) [go to Semester I]

  • 9 August 2013 – Dr. Joel Colon-Rios (Victoria University, Wellington), "A New Typology of Judicial Review of Legislation". Commentator: Prof. Cheryl Saunders (Melbourne).

16 - 18 August: Australian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference (University of Sydney)

  • 23 August 2013 – Dr. Adam Perry (Aberdeen), "The Internal Aspect of Social Rules". Commentator. Dr. Patrick Emerton (Monash).

  • 6 September 2013 – Dr. Devika Hovell (LSE), "A Dialogue Model: The Role of the Domestic Judge in Security Council Decision-making". Commentator: Prof. Adrienne Stone (Melbourne).

  • 20 September 2013 – Dr. Kirsty Gover (Melbourne), "The Reasonable Settler Executive: The Honour of the Crown in New Zealand, Canada and Australia". Commentator: A/Prof. Maureen Tehan.

  • 27 September 2013 – Dr. Michael Sevel (Sydney), "Obeying the Law and Doing the Right Thing". Commentator: Dr. Farrah Ahmed (Melbourne).

  • 11 October 2013 – A/Prof. Anthony Connolly (ANU), "Naturalised Jurisprudence as an Experimental Philosophy of Law". Commentator: Dr. Dale Smith (Monash).

  • 25 October 2013 – Prof. Kit Barker (TC Beirne, QLD), "Damages without loss? What Hohfeld can offer". Commentator: A/Prof. Elise Bant (Melbourne).