OxJuris/Legal Theory Conference 2024

In partnership with the journal Legal Theory, OxJuris will host its second conference in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law at Brasenose College, Oxford on 4-5 October 2024. 

Here is the draft programme:

Day 1 (Friday, October 4th, 2024) 
10:30amCoffee/Tea and WelcomeAmersi Room 
11:00am-12:30pmSession 1: Benjamin Ewing (Queen’s University)
‘Youth as Moral Opportunity’
Comments by: Patrick Tomlin (University of Warwick) 
Amersi Room
12:30pm-1:30pm  Lunch Medieval Kitchen
1:30pm-3:00pmSession 2: Rebecca Stone (UCLA)
‘Rights, Remedies, and Normative Uncertainty about Justice’
Comments by: Zoe Sinel (Western University) 
Amersi Room
3:00pm-3:30pm  Coffee/TeaAmersi Room
3:30pm-5:00pmSession 3: Maggie O’Brien (York University)
‘Exploding the Private Sphere’
Comments by: Alison Hills (University of Oxford)
Amersi Room
 7:15pm Dinner Medieval Kitchen
Day 2 (Saturday, October 5th, 2024)
9:00am Coffee/Tea   Amersi Room
9:30am-11:00amSession 4: Ori Herstein & Ofer Malcai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
‘Standing as Procedure’
Comments by: Ruth Chang (University of Oxford) 
Amersi Room
11:00am-11:30am  Coffee/TeaAmersi Room
11:30am-1:00pmSession 5: Faron Ray (UCSD)
‘In Their Name’
Comments by: Luís Duarte d’Almeida (NOVA School of Law) 
Amersi Room
1:00pm-2:00pm  Lunch Medieval Kitchen
2:00pm-3:30pm  Session 6: Adam Slavny (University of Warwick)
‘Directed Wrongs and Unforeseeable Victims’
Comments by: Alex Kaiserman (University of Oxford)
Amersi Room

Papers were selected through an open call. At least a substantial majority of the papers will be published in a special issue of Legal Theory (barring exceptional circumstances).

While we hope to include as many people as possible, and attendance is free, space is limited. To indicate your interest in attending, please email oxjuris@gmail.com. 

Organisers

James Edwards
David Enoch
Kate Greasley
Sandy Steel
Adam Perry

Previous

Conference 2022

Our first conference in jurisprudence and philosophy of law, held at Brasenose College in July 2022. Papers were presented by:
– Wendy Salkin (Stanford University)
– Julian Jonker (University of Pennsylvania)
– Ezequiel Monti (Torcuata di Tella University)
– Kacper Majewski (University of Oxford)
– Hrafn Asgeirsson (University of Surrey)
– Elad Uzan (University of Oxford)
A selection of these papers were published in a special issue of Legal Theory.

Oxford Seminars in Jurisprudence 2020-22

We hosted a regular online seminar series during the pandemic. Presenters included:
– Sabine Tsuruda (Queen’s University)
– Mitch Berman (University of Pennsylvania)
– Daniel Wodak (University of Pennsylvania)
– David Plunkett (Dartmouth University)
– Nate Adams (University of Virginia)
– David Enoch (Hebrew University/University of Oxford)
– Kimberley Brownlee (University of British Columbia)
– Victor Tadros (Warwick University)
– Crescente Molina (Harvard University/Rutgers University)
– Felipe Jiminez (University of Southern California)
– Mihailis Diamantis (University of Iowa)
– Sophia Moreau (Toronto/NYU)
– Ezequiel Monti (Torcuata di Tella University)
– Laura Valentini (King’s College London/LMU)

Contact
oxjuris@gmail.com