2017 Schedule

2017 Academic Year

Semester I (27 February - 28 May 2017) [go to Semester II]

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

  • FRI 17 March – Dr William Partlett (Melbourne) & Dr Zim Nwokora (Deakin), ‘The Foundations of Democratic Dualism: Why Constitutional Politics and Ordinary Politics are Different’ Commentator: Dr Scott Stephenson (Melbourne).

  • FRI 24 March – Dr Lisa Burton Crawford (Monash), ‘Judicial Review and the Limits of Legislative Power’. Commentator: A/Prof Kristen Rundle (Melbourne).

Easter Break/Non-Teaching Period: 14 - 23 April.

  • FRI 7 April – A/Prof Vasuki Nesiah (NYU), 'Indebted: The Cruel Optimism of Leaning-in to Empowerment'. Commentator: Prof Miranda Stewart (Melbourne).

  • FRI 28 April – A/Prof Jason Varuhas (Melbourne), 'Taxonomy and Public Law'. Commentator: Prof Andrew Robertson (Melbourne).

  • FRI 19 May – A/Prof Sarah Sorial (Wollongong), 'What does it mean to "offend", "insult" and "intimidate"? A conceptual analysis of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act'. Commentator: Dr Robert Simpson (Monash).

* Workshop co-sponsored by the Centre for Media and Communications Law.

  • FRI 26 May – Dr Michael Sevel (Sydney), 'Philosophical Anarchism Revisited'. Commentator: Dr Dale Smith (Melbourne).

Winter Recess/Non-teaching Period: 29 May - 23 July.

Semester II (24 July - 22 October 2015) [go to Semester I]

  • FRI 28 July – Prof Colleen Murphy (Illinois), 'Judging the Justice of the Colombian Peace Process'. Commentator: Mr Sebasian Machado Ramirez (Melbourne).

  • FRI 11 August – Prof Wojciech Sadurski (Sydney), 'Rationales for Public Reason: Respect, Freedom, Equality, etc.' Commentator: Dr Daniel Halliday (Melbourne).

  • THU 24 August (3pm-5pm) – Prof Jeff King (UCL), 'The Social Dimension of the Rule of Law'. Commentator: Dr Scott Stephenson (Melbourne). ** note unusual meeting day/time **

  • FRI 1 September – Dr David Winterton (UNSW), 'Two Conceptions of the "Performance Interest" in Contract Damages'. Commentator: A/Prof Katy Barnett.

* Workshop co-sponsored by the Obligations Group.

  • FRI 15 September – Dr Mark McBride (NUS), 'Modality and Bentham's Test'. Commentator: A/Prof Patrick Emerton (Monash).

Autumn Break/Non-Teaching Period: 25 September - 1 October.

  • FRI 6 October – A/Prof Tarunabh Khaitan (Oxford) and Dr Jane Norton (Auckland), ‘Distinguishing Freedom of Religion from Religious Non-Discrimination’ Commentator: TBA.

  • FRI 20 October – Dr Joel Harrison (Macquarie), 'The Liberal Egalitarian Account [of Religious Liberty]'. Commentator: Prof Matthew Harding (Melbourne).