BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260623T211537Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20161118T070000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20161119T120000 SUMMARY:Modern Legal Interpretation: Legalism or Beyond? UID:20260624T204247Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Cankarjevo nabrežje 11\, Ljubljana\, Slovenia\, 1000 DESCRIPTION:Topic \;\nLegalism or legal formalism usually depicts judges who apply cases by merely applying preexisting legal rules. They do not legislate\, do not exercise discretion\, do not balance or pursue policies and definitely do not look outside conventional legal texts for guidance in deciding new cases. For them law is autonomous domain of knowledge and technique. What they really follow are the maxims of clarity\, determinacy\, and coherence of law. This perception of law and adjudication\, with its relevance for interpretation and argumentation\, can sometimes be even designated as &ldquo\;orthodox lawyering&rdquo\;. Although legalism in its broadest term can mean a separate legal culture\, in the frame of this conference we&rsquo\;ll rather focus on legal interpretation by trying to address the following questions: is legalism as a distinctive theory of legal interpretation still a feasible theory of interpretation? Has it been even reiterated again today? How can its formalist approach withstand a critique from Dworkinian (moral) interpretivism or accusations being a myth masking political preferences from legal realists? What light do new findings in neuro science shed on legalism as an interpretative approach? What other theories such as\, e.g.\, psychological\, psychoanalytic\, sociological\, economic\, pragmatist\, or phenomenological theories of adjudication and interpretation have to say about the legalist methods of interpretation? These and some other issues concerning legal interpretation will be discussed in the workshops of this conference in order to find some clues about the modern state-of-the art of legalism and legal interpretation. \;\nThe conference will be structured into several panels dedicated not only to legal argumentation and legal theory but also to legal philosophy and constitutional law. Potentially there could be an open section too. The event aims to bring senior and junior researchers from the above fields together. A special panel will be devoted to presentations by Ph.D. researchers. \;\n
\nVenue and format \;\nThe two-day workshop will be held at the European Faculty of Law and the Graduate School of Government and European Studies and in the beautiful surroundings of Ljubljana Old Town (Slovenia) on \;18 \;and \;19 November 2016. \;\nIn addition to coffee &\; snacks during the breaks\, the Organizer is going to host a conference dinner. \;\nMore information on the travel to and accommodation in Ljubljana will follow in due time. \;\n
\nSubmissions \;\nThe European Faculty of Law (www.evro-pf.si) and the Graduate School of Government and European Studies (www.fds.si) invite researchers undertaking research on the proposed topic to submit abstracts for consideration. Interested applicants should send a \;250-word abstract \;and a \;CV \;in narrative form by \;1 September 2016 \;tomarko.novak@evro-pf.si. Authors will be notified of acceptance by \;15 September 2016. If you have any questions\, please write to marko.novak@evro-pf.si. \;\n
\nOrganizing Committee: \;\nMarko Novak\, European Faculty of Law \;\nMatej Avbelj\, Graduate School of Government and European Studies \;\nJernej Letnar Černič\, Graduate School of Government and European Studies \;\n\nVojko Strahovnik\, University of Ljubljana ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR