Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative Second Annual Summer Workshop

The Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative will host its second annual summer workshop at the Chicago-Kent College of Law on May 21, 2025, the day before the beginning of the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Chicago.

The scope of the Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative summer workshop includes all areas of philosophy of law, and philosophical work relevant to legal questions from all philosophical traditions. We also welcome work in political philosophy, political theory, moral philosophy, social epistemology, social ontology, moral psychology, normative and applied ethics, meta-ethics, philosophy of action and decision theory on topics relevant to law or socio-legal topics.

Prof. Heidi Hurd will give the keynote presentation, provisionally titled "The (Im)morality of Mercy".

The Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative summer workshop will offer two forms of presentations: "paper presentations," where presenters pre-circulate drafts to participants prior to the start of the workshop to enable detailed feedback, and "idea incubators," where presenters share exploratory, early-stage ideas with an audience to facilitate refinement and rethinking prior to writing a full draft.

It is not necessary to participate in the Law and Society Association meeting to participate in the Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative May 21st workshop. However, the Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative is sponsoring a set of around 10 panels at the Law and Society Association meeting in Chicago, from May 22-May 25 through our LSA division (https://www.lawandsociety.org/crn17/). This stand alone workshop will enable participats to recieve more focused feedback on their work and get to know some attendees with shared interests before the LSA meeting begins. If you plan to participate in the LSA meeting, you are welcome to present a longer form of your LSA paper if you presenting at LSA, or you can present a different paper or incubator idea for discussion.

If you would like to present a paper or participate in an incubator session, please send an anonymized abstract between 250 and 750 words describing the paper or incubator idea to [email protected] by May 5th 2024. 

Proposals will be reviewed as they are received, so people proposing papers or incubator ideas will be notified as soon as possible so they can plan accordingly. It would therefore also be an advantage to submit proposals earlier before the time alotted fills up. Announcement of a schedule will be made by April 3rd.

If you would like to present a paper or participate in an incubator session, please send an anonymized abstract between 300 and 750 words describing the paper or incubator idea via our google form here:

https://forms.gle/jLzUbzQ7HexWp3zx9 

Proposals will be considered until March 28, 2025.

However, proposals be reviewed on a rolling basis as soon as they are received, and people will be notified early whenever possible so they can plan accordingly.

For questions concerning the workshop, please write to [email protected]

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