2023 Schedule
2023 Academic Year
All workshop meetings are scheduled for 12.30pm-2pm unless indicated otherwise. To receive notifications about upcoming meetings and copies of the draft papers circulated, please subscribe to the LTW mailing list.
Semester I (27 February - 28 May 2023)
FRI 17 March – Prof Ben Golder (UNSW), ‘The Performative Theory of Human Rights’. Commentator: A/Prof Juliet Rogers (Melbourne - Criminology).
FRI 31 March – Dr Alice Taylor (Bond), ‘Grounding Grounds: Understanding the Underlying Rationale for Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of an Attribute’. Commentator: A/Prof Alysia Blackham (Melbourne).
FRI 5 May – Prof Damiano Canale (Bocconi), ‘When Experts Make the Law: Deference, Opacity, and Legitimacy’. Commentator: Dr David Tan (Deakin).
FRI 26 May – Dr Hillary Nye (Alberta), ‘Pragmatism, Listening, and Moral Truth’. Commentator: A/Prof Stephanie Collins (Monash).
FRI 9 June – Dr Luara Ferracioli (Sydney), ‘On the Human Right to Found a Family’. Commentator: Prof John Tobin (Melbourne).
Semester II (24 July - 22 October 2023)
FRI 4 August – Dr Meir Yarom (NYU/Sydney), ‘Coherence and Consistency: An Investigation’. Commentator: Dr David Frydrych (Monash).
FRI 18 August – Dr Eric Ghosh (New England), '‘The republican revival and administrative law: Liberty and administrative juries’. Commentator: Prof Kristen Rundle (Melbourne).
FRI 8 September – A/Prof Elisa Arcioni (Sydney), ‘Territoriality at the heart of membership: a relational account’. Commentator: Prof Kirsty Gover (Melbourne).
FRI 22 September (12.15pm-1.45pm) – A/Prof Karen Jones (Melbourne), 'Wise Trust'. Commentator: Prof Farrah Ahmed (Melbourne).
FRI 13 October – Prof Janet McLean (Auckland), 'Bureaucracy, Sovereignty – and Democracy?' Commentator: A/Prof George Duke (Deakin).